Paul may be on a new team before the start of the season.
Oakland Tech athletic director James Coplan told The Oregonian that students at Thompson's former school were mourning the loss Thursday. Grief counselors are being made available, and a Fred Thompson Memorial was set up in the main lobby of the school building.
Thompson was playing a pick-up game of basketball at the Dixon Rec Center on the OSU campus when he collapsed. The 6-foot-4, 317-pound defensive tackle was from Richmond, California. He had suffered a shoulder injury in the spring and did not play this season for the Beavers, though he dressed out for games late in the season for coach Mike Riley.
The 7'1 defensive star might sign with New York.
A few A-list free agents and many top-notch B-list free agents head the 2011 class, but here are the top five who will especially help potential suitors in need of specific skills and services.
The latest Los Angeles Lakers rumor is the team is hoping to put a blockbuster trade together and acquire all-star center Dwight Howard and point guard Chris Paul.
The NBA has added two more games to its Christmas Day tripleheader: the Orlando Magic vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Clippers vs. the Golden State Warriors.
Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge said he has no intentions to trade the team's All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo for New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul.
The Ohio State star is thinner and better than last season.
A former Syracuse police chief knew about the Bernie Fine allegations in 2002, but did not pass them along to the district attorney's office, according to a new report.
New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham is establishing himself as a premier NFL tight end.
The chief executive of Adidas
, the world's second largest sportswear company, is eyeing a year-end boost to its basketball business following the end of the NBA lockout in the United States.
The pressure is mounting for long-time Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim after new allegations led to the dismissal of assistant coach Bernie Fine.
Retired Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming venturing into a new world, has launched a wine collection in his own name in Shanghai.
The NBA lockout is over. We want to play basketball, NBA commissioner David Stern said, perhaps forgetting that he actually didn't want to play basketball for the first scheduled month of the season.
Jordan, the dominant athlete of my lifetime, a global icon, and widely regarded as the greatest basketball player in history, is now fat.
The Heat go into the season with a strong chance of winning the title.
Syracuse men's basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine denied allegations that he molested a former team ball boy in a statement released on Friday.
The Cowboys face the Cyclones after Thursday's tragic plane crash
The Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and his assistant, Miranda Serna, died on Thursday when a single-engine plane they were traveling in spiraled out of control and took a nosedive in a forest in Arkansas.
Syracuse University placed assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine on administrative leave Thursday following accusations of molesting ball boys decades ago.
The week of early season basketball tournaments continued in exciting fashion on Wednesday night with close games between Long Beach State-Pittsburgh and Oklahoma State-UT-San Antonio leading the way.