Game a family affair for Jordin Sparks
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Jordin Sparks probably couldn't have picked a better set of circumstances for her first Super Bowl.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Charles Barkley loves watching films of himself playing basketball. He says it's not narcissistic. It's about seeing basketball played hard, with players giving 100 percent and the game coming before the individual.
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Move over, Peyton. Make room in the Manning family trophy case, Archie.
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Five days after his arrest on suspicion of domestic violence, Ron Artest said he'd stumbled as a father and husband &#151; and the Sacramento Kings announced they would let the volatile player return to the team.
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Alan Curbishley is in no doubt of the impact Jerome Thomas has made to Charlton&#39;s resurgence, but will give the young winger a rest if it all becomes too much over the hectic festive season.
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Vin Baker's daily ritual is different these days. The New York Knicks center seeks cellular peace. He pulls out his cellphone, reaches out, and touches someone special. His phone is not just a communication device. It is his lifeline -- to his father.
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It&#39;s the first of the festive season duels and it&#39;s one of high stakes and even higher interest. The two major videogame consoles, Sony&#39;s Playstation 2 (PS2) and Microsoft&#39;s Xbox, are involved in a multi-million
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BASKETBALL Los Angeles Sparks star Lisa Leslie has withdrawn from next week's world basketball championships because of family medical problems. Leslie, recently chosen the WNBA's most valuable player, won't play in the Sept. 12-23 championships in Brazil because her mother-in-law is facing surgery and her uncle has been hospitalized since a car accident Aug. 27, USA Basketball spokeswoman Caroline Williams ...
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Shaquille O&#39;Neal came to town to play Santa Claus to 250 kids, and it didn&#39;t matter that the grinning basketball star was no longer a member of the home team.
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You better watch out. The Christmas Day collision between Shaquille O&#39;Neal and Kobe Bryant has sent visions dancing in the fans&#39; heads of the former sending the latter into the third row of
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Indiana forward Jermaine O'Neal can play against Detroit on Christmas after a federal judge upheld an arbitrator's decision to reduce the Pacers star's suspension for his part in a Nov. 19 brawl between the teams.
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Basketball has shaped the relationship between legendary high school coach Morgan Wooten and his son Joe, but now their connection will be even closer as Joe gives his dad a kidney transplant.
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Tune into a classic rivalry in the same league as Russell and Chamberlain, or Itchy and Scratchy.
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The Capitals will be joined on their road trip by 16 fathers, and one father-in-law, for this weekend's critical games against the Panthers and the Lightning.
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In private, Scott and Sean May have a strong father-son relationship. In public, the Indiana legend and the North Carolina center keep their basketball careers separate.
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NEW YORK  &#151; Given the multiplatinum, Grammy-winning successes of fellow "American Idol" winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks is feeling pressure to make her own mark on the music world.
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Gary Payton is running the show again after playing a supporting role in the Shaq and Kobe drama in Hollywood. Any doubts that family concerns would keep the aggressive point guard from reporting to the Celtics