basketball

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — He isn't the first incoming freshman to get tuition from a college for being able to sink a basket. But Lem Turner is one of the few who got a free ride — but didn't do it as a member of the school basketball team...

SEATTLE (AP) — Tina Charles scored a season-high 30 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 81-77 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. New York (11-5) is off to its best start since going 16-5 in 2001...

SEATTLE (AP) — Jewell Loyd scored 13 points and Seattle ended a five-game losing streak with a 68-61 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday. Crystal Langhorne added 12 points and Ramu Tokashiki had 10 for Seattle (4-12). Three of the Storm's four victories have come against the Sparks (2-11), who are winless in seven road games...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Riquna Williams' step-back jumper put Tulsa up by two with 10.9 seconds left, and the Shock held off the Seattle Storm 93-89 on Sunday to tie the franchise record with their eighth straight victory. The Shock also had an eight-game winning streak while based in Detroit in 2003...

SEATTLE (AP) — Damiris Dantas converted a go-ahead three-point play with 18 seconds left and the Minnesota Lynx rallied past the Seattle Storm 76-73 on Thursday night. Minnesota overcame an 18-point deficit, outscoring Seattle 22-11 in the fourth quarter...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The NCAA has released its latest Academic Progress Rate for student-athletes and Washington State teams recorded six perfect scores. The announcement Wednesday was for the 2013-14 academic year. Women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's golf, rowing and volleyball all recorded perfect academic scores of 1,000 for the year...

SEATTLE (AP) — The investor attempting to build a new basketball and hockey arena in Seattle says his group has yet to be presented with a plan that would have a hockey franchise as the first occupant of the facility. In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Chris Hansen said despite speculation about Seattle being a potential NHL expansion market, there has yet to be any formal prop

This morning we received this email. Under Armour Apologizes for Basketball T-Shirt Based on Iwo Jima Flag Raising After coming under criticism, Under Armour has apologized for a basketball-themed T-shirt design based on the Iwo Jima flag-raising and pulled it from sale...

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — The mayor of the Seattle suburb of Tukwila has sent letters to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressing his support for a proposed new multipurpose arena that could house franchises for both leagues...

Anybody who had Michigan State in the Final Four in this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament was in a class by themselves. And Frank Alegria was banking on the Spartans -- the Granger Spartans, anyway. But when MSU's Spartans advanced to the semifinal round, Frank's bracket started looking pretty sweet...