Two-time Olympic champion Yolanda Griffith, Alana Beard and Seimone Augustus were named to the US Women's Basketball World Championship squad.
Shaquille O'Neal and Miami Heat will open the defence of their 2005-2006 NBA title on Halloween as part of the new season schedule announced overnight.
Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant will spend another Christmas together.
The Dallas Mavericks agreed Tuesday to a two-year, $4.2 million contract with Devean George, bolstering their defense with a three-time NBA champion capable of competing for a starting job.
Swiss swingman Thabo Sefolosha and US teenage forward Tyrus Thomas, both first-round National Basketball Association Draft picks, signed on with the Chicago Bulls.
The New Orleans Hornets will play their home opener in New Orleans on Nov. 5, and a second home opener two nights later in Oklahoma City.
The Chicago Bulls signed free agent Adrian Griffin, luring the seven-year veteran swingman back to Chicago from the Dallas Mavericks.
Dwyane Wade slumped in a chair, bags of ice resting on both knees and his right wrist.
NBA star center Shaquille O'Neal is the latest international sports hero to join the LiNing family.
Grooming tips and advice on gentlemanly behaviour are being served up on television to millions of Chinese youngsters by the NBA as the sport extends its grip on the world's most populous nation.
The offer sheet Jared Jeffries signed with the New York Knicks last week was officially sent Monday to the Washington Wizards, who have a week to decide whether to match it.
Jamaal Magliore, a former All-Star center, was obtained by the Portland Trail Blazers in a four-player deal that sent South Korean giant Ha Seung-Jin to Milwaukee.
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