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LOS ANGELES -- Jamal Crawford thought he should have been selected to play in the NBA All-Star Game last month. He tries not to think about it anymore, but it still stings him to think that the best and most enjoyable season of his career wasn't ...

Chris Paul says he got goosebumps when he learned Wake Forest wanted to retire his jersey No. 3.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game is an annual mid-season exhibition contest held to showcase the professional league's top performers, pitting players from the Eastern Conference against their counterparts from the Western Conf...

Michael Jordan is fawned over for the awesome accomplishment of turning 50, but Danica Patrick gets ripped after actually winning the pole at Daytona? In The Buzz That Was, we look back at a very upside-down week.

It's Sunday afternoon in downtown Houston, the host city of the 62nd NBA All-Star Game, and rapper and actor Common, along with his manager and some friends, walks into the makeshift green room on the top floor of the swanky Alden Hotel. He's there t...

The Cross-Sport Power Rankings rate the top 10 athletes making noise around the world of sports. This week, Chris Paul gets the No. 1 spot.

I did not attend the East Coast Invasion at the Roxy. I didn't crash the 2 Kings dinner thrown by LeBron James and Jay-Z. I didn't wind up in a secret basement humidor club with World Wide Wes, Phil Knight, and J. Prince. I'm sure at some point I was...

So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. RIP, King LeBron James, 1984-2013...

Play is done. But the 2013 NBA All-Star Game isn't over. Not until we recap the high-scoring contest -- plus the entire sports weekend -- with photos: Photos of the Weekend: Feb. 15-17...

If you're going to bash the NFL Pro Bowl for a lack of defense, then Arian Foster thinks it's only fair to do the same to the NBA. Foster shot off a couple tweets of note Sunday evening while the NBA All-Star Game was being played in Houston. T...

In case you were busy making a fool of yourself mixing up the accomplishments of Franklin Pierce and James K. Polk, here's what you missed in sports last weekend. The NBA All-Star Game pitted the best players in the game against each other in Ho...

Dan Woike of The Orange County Register: The Clippers biggest star shone brightest in Texas Sunday night. Chris Paul was named the game's Most Valuable Player as he orchestrated the Western Conference to a 143-138 win over the Eastern Conference in t...

HOUSTON -- Joakim Noah did not want to waste a second of his first All-Star experience. He was the first player out on the floor Sunday night, happily bouncing onto the Toyota Center court, soaking his superstar surroundings in. As he got ready...

HOUSTON -- Chris Paul had just walked out of the interview room at the Toyota Center holding his NBA All-Star Game MVP trophy in one hand and his son's hand in the other. Waiting for him in the hallway was Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterlin...

Bob Donnan/USA TODAY SportsKevin Garnett (5) chases a rebound during Sunday's All-Star game in Houston.Rapid reaction after Boston Celtics center Kevin Garnett participated in the NBA All-Star game on Sunday night in Houston: THE NITTY GRITTY No...

HOUSTON -- A quick take on the Western Conference's 143-138 win over the Eastern Conference in the 62nd NBA All-Star Game: WHAT IT MEANS: The West has the East's number. It has now won the past three All-Star Games. Los Angeles Clippers guard C...