Durant Shares Lead at Hope
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Former champion Joe Durant has a pair of eagles on his way to a 7-under-par 65 and a share of the first-round lead in the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, Calif.
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Kevin Durant, chosen second over all in the N.B.A. draft by the Seattle Supersonics, is a candidate for rookie of the year with about one-quarter of the regular season behind him.
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DALLAS The Pistons moved over the -500 mark with a 101-to-85 win over the Mavericks tonight in Dallas. Chauncey Billups tied his season high with 24 points and Richard Hamilton scored 13 of his 19 points in the third quarter for Detroit.
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Reigning league MVP Kevin Garnett has picked up where he left off last season for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The same canât be said for the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons.
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Basketball Kevin Durant worked out with the Portland Trail Blazers yesterday, two days after Greg Oden , as both players show their talents to the team with the top draft pick. Durant, a 6-foot-9-inch forward out of Texas, said: "I feel good here. Like I belong here." Said Blazers GM Kevin Pritchard : "That was as impressive a workout as ...
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Joe Ogilvie continued his excellent  form at the $4.7 million Bob Hope Classic on Friday, firing a  six-under 66 to grab the third round clubhouse lead.
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The San Antonio Spurs are closing in  on their fourth title in the past nine years with a surge that  has impressed even LeBron James. &quot;It&#39;s awesome,&quot; the Cleveland  Cavaliers forward told reporters. &quot;They don&#39;t have the great  athletes in the world. They don&#39;t have the greatest shooters in  the world.
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Kevin Durant isn't even a SuperSonic yet. Heck, he's not even 19. Yet the dynamic Texas Longhorns forward and likely No. 2 pick in next month's NBA draft is already &#151; probably unwittingly &#151; assuming the role of potential savior for the Sonics' dead-end, 2007-08 season.
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The Sporting News - Hope comes in many forms in the NBA.\
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Americans Joe Durant and D.J. Trahan took the Southern Farm Bureau Classic into a sudden-death playoff in Madison, Mississippi on Sunday.
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D.J. Trahan shoots an 8-under-par 64, and Robert Gamez has a 65 yesterday to tie for the lead after two rounds of the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, Calif.
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Veteran American Joe Durant enjoyed the honor of hitting the first shot of the 136th British Open on Thursday at a wet and overcast Carnoustie.
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The No. 1 player takes the Chrysler lead and is in position to tie Tiger Woods for victories in a season. By BOB HARIG, Times Staff Writer.
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Bostonâs Kevin Garnett, the most valuable player of the 2003 All-Star Game, was the leading vote-getter for this seasonâs game with 2,399,148 votes, according to totals announced Thursday.
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LeBron James scored 33 points, passed out 12 assists and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers past National Basketball Association leader Boston 114-113 here on Tuesday.
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Kevin Durant used to be able to sit around with his family and watch movies on Christmas.
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Australia&#39;s John Senden was tied for third as American Dean Wilson seized the halfway lead in the Texas Open in San Antonio this morning.