Notebook: Pippen leaves game after 17 seasons
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Scottie Pippen played the sidekick to the game&#39;s greatest star, creating a partnership the Chicago Bulls parlayed into a virtual dynasty with six titles in the 1990s.
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Sooner or later, every professional basketball playerâs career comes to an end. For Todd MacCulloch, that day came earlier than expected.
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Mercifully, it's over for Lenny Wilkens. It's never easy watching a coach on the verge (see: Rick Pitino, January 2001), and, in the end, Wilkens left. Yesterday he "resigned," which really means he jumped before he was pushed and still will be well-compensated to not coach the New York Knicks.
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LA ends a three-game road trip on Saturday in Chicago...Newly named New York Mets manager Willie Randolph was in attendance...The Knicks went 26-of-29 from the free throw line...Bobby Simmons had 10 points for the Clippers, who are 2-2 on the road this
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Patrick Ewing resigned as an assistant coach with the Houston Rockets.
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Avery Johnson announced his retirement Thursday, officially ending his 16-year playing career and becoming a full-time assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks.
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Rashard Lewis formally joined the Magic on Wednesday, leaving the Seattle SuperSonics after nine seasons when the teams completed a sign-and-trade deal.
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Scottie Pippen announced his retirement from the Chicago Bulls, the team he and Michael Jordan led to six NBA titles in the 1990s.
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WINNIPEG - After more than 200 games, former Winnipegger Todd MacCulloch has decided to retire from the National Basketball Association.
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The announcement officially ended the 18-year career of arguably the best American-born player in N.H.L. history.
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The Spurs, or what's left of them, made their annual visit to Boston yesterday. The Celtics, or what's left of them, ended a home losing streak to San Antonio that stretched to Jan. 8, 1997, when Tim Duncan still was enjoying the pleasures of Wake Forest, Tony Parker was a teenager, and Bruce Bowen was league-hopping three times, including a ...
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob Knight left when he wanted to this time. Eight years after he was fired by Indiana, the school he led to three national championships, Knight walked away yesterday from college basketball in midseason.
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Former All-Star Scottie Pippen said on Friday he would love to return to the NBA as a coach. "My playing days are pretty much over, I've put my time in," Pippen, 32, told a news conference.
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Lenny Wilkens resigned as coach of the New York Knicks yesterday, likely ending his Hall of Fame career after barely a year with his hometown team.
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TORONTO -- Precious few professional athletes leave their sport on their terms. Even fewer depart having won a championship in their final game. Injuries, diminished skills, and burnout can cut short careers.
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The Orlando Magic should be used to disappointment. Shaquille O'Neal left a decade ago, and the Magic got nothing in return. Tracy McGrady left three years ago, and Orlando got little more than a headache for him.
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Karl Malone is retiring, ending a career in which he became one of the NBA's best power forwards and was No. 2 on the all-time scoring list.