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The Big East is now losing teams that aren’t even a part of its conference yet. TCU going to the Big 12 became the latest move in more than a year of college football’s conference reshuffle and realignment.

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine analyzed over over 300,000 free throws during five regular NBA seasons between 2005 and 2010 and concluded that the hot hand exists with individual players.

FC Barcelona's basketball team has said the Gasol brothers will practice with them during the NBA lockout.

The Lakers guard may be signed within the next few days.

The full season could be on the line this week as players reconvene Monday.

The Lakers star may not join the club due to a schedule conflict.

With Kobe Bryant leaving to play ball in Italy during the lockout, other superstars might follow.

Kobe Bryant has reached a verbal agreement with Italian basketball club Virtus Bologna to play for them during the NBA lockout.

Basketball fans in Italy will now pray to delay the NBA Lockout as long as possible so they can see the performance of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant.

NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant was on the verge of making a remarkable move to the modest Italian basketball arena on Friday after Virtus Bologna president Claudio Sabatini described the deal as 95 per cent done.

NBA superstar Kobe Bryant will sign a 10 game, $3 million contract with Italian basketball club Virtus Bologna, according to The Associated Press.

Kobe Bryant said it is very possible he will play in Italy during the current NBA lockout, according to The Associated Press. It would make sense because the five-time NBA champion and 13-time all-star spent some of his childhood there.

The conference realignment rumor mill has slowed down a bit recently, but several conferences could still expand in the foreseeable future, including the SEC.

Texas A&M is officially headed to the SEC in 2012 and despite commissioner Mike Slive's assertions the conference is content at 13 teams, it's only a matter of time before the SEC looks to round up its base to 14 or more.

Sarah Palin on Monday threatened to sue the author and publisher of the biography which stated that she had used cocaine in the past, had a six-month affair with one of her husband's business partners and had a one-night stand with Glenn Rice.

The rapper's shows will be the new arena's first.

The Big East plans to aggressively and ambitiously pursue new conference members, but where exactly does it turn?

Highly ranked high school basketball Kyle Anderson selected UCLA over a slew of other high profile suitors on Monday night.

Big East conference members Pittsburgh and Syracuse are heading to the ACC and possibly taking with it the Big East's chance of long-term survival.

Inside Ron Artest's decision to change his name.

Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton waived his right on Friday to appear before a magistrate judge in Georgia on a murder charge in the drive-by shooting death of a young mother of four.