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In case you were out doing some very last-minute ballot-box stuffing for the People's Choice Awards, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Kansas avoided an upset in their Big-12 opener beating Iowa State, 97-89, in overtime, as freshma...

Nine-time All-Star Gary Payton and Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf are among the 2013 nominees for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

CHICAGO -- After winning six championships in his nearly three decades as chairman of the Chicago Bulls, Jerry Reinsdorf was nominated to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame for 2013. If he is elected, it will be the fifth straight year ...

Good news, Celtics fans! Paul Pierce is a charter member of ESPN The Magazine's analytically rebuilt Hall of Fame. Bad news? Bob Cousy and 111 other inductees are out.

Our staff shares their fondest memories of Jim Durham, the voice of the NBA on ESPN radio.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Phil Knight was left awestruck when Naismith board chairman Jerry Colangelo called him and said he had been selected for enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame. The Nike co-founder and CEO had no idea there was a categ...

Former Bulls teammates praise Chet Walker as he enters Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame point guard and Chicago native Isiah Thomas said Friday he plans to reach out soon to Derrick Rose as the Chicago Bulls star recovers from knee surgery. "The best thing I can say to him is all of us Chicagoans, we have a never-say-die...

George "The Iceman" Gervin, who had a stellar career in the NBA and the ABA, turns 60 years old today. The Detroit native was inducted into basketball's Hall of Fame and was named to the NBA's 50 Greatest Players. Interesting tidbit: Gervin pla...

Showtime ended with announcement, then Magic showed a new way.

Phil Jackson said Thursday he believes Jerry Krause ultimately will make it to the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame, but it may take a while as it did with recent inductee Tex Winter.

We paint a picture of Dennis Rodman's NBA career.

Recognized for his basketball talents, Dennis Rodman instead talked about his personal shortcomings.

He won six titles in eight years in Chicago. He followed that with five titles in Los Angeles. He was blessed with superstars in Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal. And he used the Triangle to do it all. Phil Jackson m...

We paint of picture of Tex Winter's NBA career.

We paint of picture of Artis Gilmore's NBA career.