Archive for September, 2010

E. Curry out 4 to 6 weeks with hamstring injury

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com w New York Knicks center Eddy Curry will miss at least four weeks with a strained right hamstring, the third straight year he was sidelined early in training camp. Curry was hurt during practice Sunday and had ...

Airmen in Panhandle eager for Heat to arrive

Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com wire reportsSep. 26, 2010 Serious people have serious jobs at Hurlburt Field, a U.S. Air Force installation in Floridas Panhandle that houses the 1st Special Operations Wing. For them, the next few days will be more ...

Ala. board won’t change Bledsoe’s grade

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com w The Birmingham school board decided Friday to let basketball star Eric Bledsoe keep a grade that helped him gain NCAA eligibility to play at Kentucky. Superintendent Craig Witherspoon said a teacher claims Bledsoe completed makeup work ...

Knicks select Stoudemire, Felton as co-captains

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com w The New York Knicks opened training camp with word another superstar was perhaps slipping away. And yet even without Carmelo Anthony, coach Mike DAntoni is clear hes happy with what he has. "Im really ...

Bobcats’ Brown out 4-6 weeks with ankle sprain

Sunday, September 26th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com Charlotte Bobcats center Kwame Brown will miss four to six weeks after severely spraining his left ankle in a pickup game. Brown was injured Thursday in a workout before the start of training camp. The team ...

Kansas big man Withey out with broken foot

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com Kansas center Jeff Withey will be out four to six weeks with a broken foot. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self disclosed the injury Friday. The 7-0 Withey was a redshirt freshman last season after transferring ...

Cavaliers’ Williams hurts groin during workout

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSport Mo Williams rough offseason got rougher. Clevelands star point guard, who admitted being hurt by LeBron James decision to leave the Cavaliers, injured his right groin Friday while playing at the teams facility and is expected to ...

Heat decide not to pursue veteran center Dampier

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSS The Miami Heat have decided not to offer a contract to free-agent center Erick Dampier, who worked out for the team earlier this week. Heat president Pat Riley said the team was intrigued by the possibility of ...

Yao unsure what to expect from himself this season

Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Posted in NBA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSpo All-star center Yao Ming said Friday that hes still not sure what to expect from himself this season after foot surgery in July 2009 sidelined him all of last year. "After one year away, I keep telling ...

Calipari confident Kanter will play for Kentucky

Friday, September 24th, 2010 Posted in NCAA basketball news | No Comments »

CBSSports.com Kentucky coach John Calipari believes that freshman center Enes Kanter is an amateur and that Turkish club officials have "four million reasons" why they want him to return to Europe. The NCAA is reviewing Kanters status, ...