STORRS, Conn., Sept. 24 (UPI) -- University of Connecticut basketball player Tyler Olander, arrested for drunken driving this month, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, his lawyer said.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Ex-Indiana basketball player Devan Dumes was acquitted of charges he tried to kill an acquaintance and steal his car in an alleged row over a debt and drugs.
STORRS, Conn., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Tyler Olander has been suspended indefinitely from the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team after his second arrest in six months, officials say.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Jim Larranaga has been given a contract extension that retains him as the men's basketball coach at Miami (Fla.) through the 2021-22 season, the school said.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Maryland basketball player Dez Wells says he will sue Xavier University, which he claims wrongfully dismissed him after he was accused of rape in 2012.
MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Former Baltimore basketball star Devin Gray died of a heart attack at the age of 41 in suburban Atlanta this weekend, his family said.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Del., July 22 (UPI) -- Former Auburn basketball player Korvotney Barber, whose body was found on the beach in Panama City Beach, Fla., Sunday, apparently drowned, city police said.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 17 (UPI) -- Michigan men's basketball Coach John Beilein has been given a contract extension with the Wolverines through 2018-19, the school said Wednesday.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 10 (UPI) -- Injured University of Louisville guard Kevin Ware should be able to return to the team in October, Cardinals coach Rick Pitino says.
DURHAM, N.C., May 23 (UPI) -- Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski will return to coach the U.S. men's national basketball team through 2016, USA Basketball announced Thursday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 21 (UPI) -- Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced Tuesday he is asking permission for the NBA team to change its name to the Hornets.
LAWRENCE, Kan., May 14 (UPI) -- Andrew Wiggins, considered one of the top high school recruits this year, said Tuesday he would play college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks.
NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- The semifinals of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, a staple on CBS since 1982, will be shown on TBS in 2014 and '15, the networks said Tuesday.
MIAMI, April 26 (UPI) -- Baseball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst Barry Larkin said his son, University of Miami basketball player Shane Larkin, will declare for the NBA draft.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 26 (UPI) -- University of Louisville basketball Coach Rick Pitino made good on a promise to his players by getting a tattoo when they won the national title.
STORRS, Conn., April 26 (UPI) -- Connecticut leading scorer Shabazz Napier Friday confirmed he was returning to the Huskies basketball team for his senior season.
PISCATAWAY, N.J., April 23 (UPI) -- Former Rutgers star Eddie Jordan has been tapped to replace fired Scarlet Knights head basketball Coach Mike Rice, the school announced Tuesday.
NEWARK, N.J., April 18 (UPI) -- A former star guard for Rutgers, Eddie Jordan, is reportedly close to signing a deal to return to the school as its basketball coach.
FORT MYERS, Fla., April 17 (UPI) -- Longtime Kansas assistant Joe Dooley has been hired to be the men's head basketball coach at Florida Gulf Coast University.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 17 (UPI) -- Junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. said Wednesday he is leaving the Michigan basketball program and entering the NBA draft.
MIAMI, April 16 (UPI) -- Former Norfolk State head basketball Coach Anthony Evans Tuesday was named to a similar position with Florida International University.
LOS ANGELES, April 16 (UPI) -- Freshman Shabazz Muhammad, who led UCLA in scoring last season, said he is leaving the Pac-12 school and making himself eligible for the NBA draft.
ATHENS, Ga., April 15 (UPI) -- Georgia sophomore Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who was second in the SEC in scoring last season, said Monday he planned to hire an agent and enter the NBA draft.
LEXINGTON, Ky., April 15 (UPI) -- Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel, whose season was cut short by a knee injury, announced Monday he was entering the NBA draft.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden order take-out lunch at Taylor Gourmet on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C. on October 4, 2013. The reason he gave was they are starving and the establishment is giving a 10 percent discount to furloughed government workers as an indication of how ordinary Americans are looking out for one another. UPI/Pete Marovich/Pool
