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Hundreds of up-and-coming hoops players will trek to Glendale each year as USA Basketball confirmed Monday it will move its headquarters and training operations to the Valley, bringing an annual economic boost pegged at $63.4 million.

Famed basketball coach and teaching legend Pete Newell, whose long journey in the sport included stops at USF and Cal, where he led the Bears to a national championship in 1959, died Monday at age 93. Mr. Newell died in Rancho Santa Fe (San Diego County) at...

China's professional basketball league kicked off its 2008-09 season this week with a group of ex-NBA players hoping to capitalise on new rules allowing them more playing time.

USA Basketball confirmed Monday it will move its headquarters and training operations to Glendale, bringing an annual economic boost pegged at $63.4 million.

Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game's greatest big men, died Monday. He was 93.

Pete Newell's death Monday at age 93 elicited sadness and praise from his former Cal players. Another common theme emerged in their reflections on the Hall of Fame basketball coach - Newell genuinely taught them the game. "Someone once said there are a lot of...

Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game’s greatest big men, died Monday. He was 93.

THAILAND will help the Philippines in shouldering the cost of staging basketball in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos.

Mr. Newell was one of the most influential coaches in the history of basketball, whose camp became a required seminar in low-post play for generations of professional stars.

Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach who won an NCAA championship and Olympic gold medal and later tutored some of the game's greatest big men, died Monday. He was 93.