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Chris Bosh enjoyed just about every second of his jampacked offseason. Nonetheless, he's ready to go back to work. Bosh said Saturday that he expects the Miami Heat to reconvene sometime soon, even though the NBA lockout has entered its third month with no apparent ending in sight. This would ordinarily be ...

How do you prepare for a season that might not be? That's a question being studied by plenty of folks around the NBA, but especially by coaches, who have nobody to teach, whine about, encourage or hug. There's no telling when the NBA lockout will end and the season will begin, ...

Under normal circumstances, Lawrence Frank would have begun his tenure as the coach of the Detroit Pistons by talking about Tayshaun Prince, Richard Hamilton and Rodney Stuckey. Instead, he found himself discussing Boston coach Doc River, Philadelphia president Rod Thorn and his high-school basketball coach - names from his past instead ...

The last time "lockout" was on the lips of so many NBA players, team owners and fans, Kevin Garnett still really was a kid, befitting an early nickname that has fallen by the wayside over time. He was 22, three years removed from his senior prom, an historic ...

He treated the basketball world as his own personal playground, toggling between pop-culture celebrity and hoop icon. And now -- Kazaam! -- his career is off to that Big Rocking Chair in the sky. We'll miss Shaq, although he's not really going anywhere. He's not getting lost ...

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers is recovering from surgery to remove a benign polyp from his throat. The team said doctors told Rivers he is cancer free. Rivers joked that his family will be happy that he can't talk for two weeks. But he also urged all coaches to get ...

Doc Rivers gave the Boston Celtics their first win of the offseason. Barring a change of heart, he'll return to the sideline next season. And it's for a simple reason: He says the Celtics aren't finished as NBA title-contenders. Rivers' status has been the source of speculation for some time, ...

Shaquille O'Neal is expected to play for the Boston Celtics in the playoffs for the first time in Game 3 against the Miami Heat. Coach Doc Rivers said Thursday the center likely will return from a right calf injury Saturday night against the Heat, who lead the best-of-seven ...

For the Miami Heat, one national-anthem performer will not be enough Tuesday night. They want thousands. Breaking from tradition, the Heat will not have anyone brought in to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Game 2 of their Eastern Conference playoff series with the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night. Instead, ...

Paul Pierce got hit - and then run. Boston's captain was ejected with seven minutes left in Game 1 of the Celtics' Eastern Conference semifinal series on Sunday afternoon after picking up two technical fouls on separate plays in the fourth quarter. The ejection came after a play where ...