La Salle, Saint Joseph's and Temple have plenty of tournament teams on their schedule this college basketball season. La Salle will play 14 teams that reached the postseason last year, Saint Joseph's will play 15 such teams and Temple 16. (full story...)

AFP - Bolstered by Team China's appearance in the knockout stage at the World Basketball Championships despite managing only one win, coach Bob Donewald now has his eyes on the upcoming Asian Games. (full story...)

The National Basketball Association wants to expand the game and are looking at emerging markets such as India and China to push their products. (full story...)

The National Basketball Association wants to expand the game and are looking at emerging markets such as India and China to push their products. (full story...)

Temple, Saint Joseph's and La Salle released their men's basketball schedules for the coming season today. (full story...)

One of nine teenagers to first test racial segregation at US schools in 1957 dies, aged 67Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in America's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 67.Thomas died on Sunday at a care home in Columbus, Ohio, of pancreatic canc....(more) (full story...)

NEWS ITEM: The U.S. national basketball team routs Angola, 121-66, in the field of 16 knockout round of the FIBA World Championships in Turkey. (full story...)

Kevin Durant and Chauncey Billups powered the American team into the basketball world championship quarterfinals Monday with a 121-66 victory over Angola in Istanbul, Turkey. (full story...)