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Rutgers is set to introduce Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan as the new coach of the Scarlet Knights' scandal-marred basketball program.

Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan has agreed to become Rutgers' head coach, a source confirmed to ESPN's Brett McMurphy.

Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Eddie Jordan is returning to New Jersey for what might be a final round of talks with Rutgers about taking over its beleaguered basketball program.

After spending two days in New Jersey talking with Rutgers about taking over as head coach of the scandal-marred basketball program, assistant coach Eddie Jordan returned to Los Angeles and got back to work preparing for the Lakers' regular-season finale.

A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that Eddie Jordan is nearing an agreement with Rutgers to replace Mike Rice as coach.

Leave it to Metta World Peace to top a severed goat's head for lunacy. Elsewhere, Spike Albrecht's tweet to Kate Upton surely is lost on Vin Scully in this week's "The Buzz That Was."

Rutgers has zeroed in on Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan as a replacement for the fired Mike Rice now that Rhode Island Rams coach Danny Hurley has turned down the school, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

Chad Ford unveils his first mock draft of 2013, with Nerlens Noel leading the way.

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LeRoy Ellis, who starred at St. John's before playing 14 seasons in the NBA, died Saturday in Portland, Ore., after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 72.

The majority of Orlando Woolridge's life was full of the joy he brought to others.

Five-time All-Star Reggie Miller and longtime coach Don Nelson are among a dozen players, coaches and teams that will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Oklahoma City Thunder assistant coach Maurice Cheeks said Friday night that he has been informed he did not receive the necessary votes for induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

1.Memphis coach Josh Pastner said assistant coach Luke Walton will coach his last game for the Tigers at Miami on Dec. 6 before returning to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, now that the NBA lockout is ending. Pastner said Walton wants to continue p...

Former NBA star Magic Johnson is asking a judge for "mercy" and no prison for college teammate Jay Vincent, who is facing years behind bars for fraud.

In this epidemic of NBA players doing obscure, unnecessary jobs to avoid being stuck in million-dollar homes, Luke Walton went a direction other players weren't conscientious enough to go.

Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton is about to land a job during the NBA lockout as a college assistant coach for the Memphis Tigers.