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The Celtics signed the free-agent forward Jamel Thomas to make up for the loss of their leading scorer, Paul Pierce, who will be out about two weeks with a sprained […]

ATLANTA -- They are the accidental playoff participant, a team whose management has stressed winning its players' acceptance of a fresh system more than winning games this season. Reaching the [...]

WALTHAM, Mass. -- The playoffs so often take on a Darwinian approach, and the Boston Celtics on Friday certainly felt as if they survived -- and not much else -- [...]

Caron Butler made a 19-foot jumper with 0.5 of a second left, capping the Washington Wizards' comeback from a 21-point deficit Friday night in a 92-91 victory against the host [...]

A rare playoff goal from defenseman Mattias Norstrom helped move the Dallas Stars one victory from the Western Conference finals. Norstrom scored from the top of the left circle 4 […]

Familiar Initials The week's most interesting game should be Tuesday when the Sixers play the Nuggets and Allen Iverson gets a chance to take on his former teammates. The Sixers […]

The Olympic men's hockey tournament, famous for humbling international superpowers, nearly took out North America on Saturday. Canada, a professional all-star team in disguise, lost to Switzerland, a tiny upstart […]

After a miserable offensive first half during which two of Syracuse's best players seemed to be missing in action, an explosion seemed inevitable. It came forcefully in the opening minutes […]

Nearly a decade of ineptitude is over. The Denver Nuggets are going to the playoffs. Marcus Camby had 12 points, 21 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocked shots last night […]

Michigan State went into cruise control and crashed in the second half as Nevada closed the game on a 23-7 run last night in Seattle. The seventh-seeded Spartans led by […]

Down by 20 points before halftime, dumbfounded by a former Temple University point guard in need of work, 12 N.B.A. players and their tortured coach were shockingly outplayed by a […]

IT was inevitable from the day the celebrity pros from the United States embarked on a global strategy and hung the first racks of jerseys abroad that said, 'Buy me.' […]

RED WINGS 3, LIGHTNING 1 Larry Murphy moved into third place for games played and Pat Verbeek had two assists to go over 1,000 career points as host Detroit beat […]