WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Arne Duncan is the Chicago educator and former professional basketball player President-elect Barack Obama named as his choice as education secretary.
SEATTLE, April 15 (UPI) -- Former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz may sue to get the team back because its new owners plan to move it, an attorney said.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Nick Lachey, A.J. Discala -- Jamie-Lynn Sigler's ex-husband -- and sports figures are backing a new American Basketball Association team, the Hollywood Fame.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Jayceon Taylor, aka hip-hop superstar The Game, has become part-owner and member of the Inglewood (Calif.) Cobras ABA basketball team.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 20 (UPI) -- Rapper Nelly has bought partial ownership of a North Carolina National Basketball Association franchise team.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 12 (UPI) -- The NBA expansion franchise in Charlotte, N.C., will be nicknamed the Bobcats.