Kemba Walker scored a career-high 60 points for the Charlotte Hornets but it still was not enough to top the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.

The NBA starts again on Tuesday night with a high-profile doubleheader.

Mirabilis or horribilis? Your opinion of the hurling year so far probably owes a good deal to what happens when you turn on that geolocator on your phone, the one feeding all your personal information to a bot factory in Kazakhstan.

Much discussion this last week of Tipperary’s defeat at the hands of Galway in the NHL final, with the size of that losing margin - 16 points - the main issue being raised over and over, writes Michael Moynihan.

The Cleveland Cavaliers won for an eighth time in nine NBA games this season as they had too much for the Charlotte Hornets.

An electrician has plunged 800ft to his death from a Los Angeles skyscraper that will be the tallest on the West Coast once it is completed.

The King is Dead. Long live the King!

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, arguably the best NBA player of his generation, will retire at the end of this season.

Lamar Odom didn’t last long at the glittering intersection of championship success and Hollywood celebrity.

Former NBA and reality TV star, Lamar Odom, has been hospitalised after he was found unconscious at a US brothel.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is set for nine months out after undergoing surgery on a shoulder injury.

Ouch! That's gotta hurt.

LeBron James returned to Miami for the first time on Christmas Day but there was no generosity afforded from the Heat who saw off his Cleveland Cavaliers 101-91.

It’s hard to think of as bad a team that’s been as compelling to follow as the current Los Angeles Lakers.

Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow are neighbours.

Los Angeles Clippers players staged a protest at a play-off game on Sunday against racist comments allegedly made by team owner Donald Sterling, turning their warm-up jerseys inside out to hide the team name before a loss to the Golden State Warriors.

Oprah Winfrey has offered to help Lamar Odom get his life back on track.

The San Antonio Spurs spent most of the past week resting, answering the same questions from the media and battering each other during practice.

Lil Wayne suffered another seizure on Tuesday night.

Gail Goodrich knew Miami would beat Boston the other night.

There are big games, very big games and then there are mega games.

Rihanna is on vacation in Ireland without Chris Brown.

Justin Bieber is “too young” to marry Selena Gomez.

Selena Gomez's Kiss Cam smooch with Justin Bieber was "the most humiliating thing that's ever happened" to her.

The man destined to be China’s next leader won an extraordinary welcome across Washington in a finely scripted opening to one of the world’s most important relationships.

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NBA players rejected the league’s latest contract offer and will disband as a union, a move that could wipe out the entire season with the sides taking their labour dispute into the court of law.

Virtus Bologna owner Claudio Sabatini expects Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant’s signing to be completed in the next few hours.

“Just got pulled over by Cincinnati police for my window tint being to dark? Does this qualify as being in trouble?”

NBA basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal has revealed he is set to retire.

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick are engaged.

David Hasselhoff is to compete in Season 11 of 'Dancing With The Stars'.

THERE’S winning pretty, and there’s just plain winning – and the Los Angeles Lakers will to continue their no-nonsense winning approach as they look to outmuscle the Boston Celtics in tomorrow night’s Game Two of the NBA Finals (tomorrow 1am Irish time, Live on ESPN).

Kobe Bryant admitted “a big old monkey” was off his back after winning his fourth NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers, his first without the help of former team-mate Shaquille O’Neal.

Rihanna and Chris Brown avoided a face-to-face reunion at a basketball game this week in Florida when the former lovers sat in separate courtside sections.

Leonardo DiCaprio has warned fellow actor Zac Efron to avoid taking heroin if he wants to enjoy a lasting career in Hollywood.

NO LONGER the loveable losers that last year became the first US sports franchise to lose 10,000 games, the Philadelphia Phillies can put away their symbols of futility.

NO member of the Boston Celtics enjoyed their 17th championship more than Paul Pierce.

Despite the relationship rumours Ashanti claims she and Nelly are just “good friends”.

PAUL PIERCE hailed the character of the Boston Celtics after they stormed back from a 24-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers and move within one game of the NBA title.

LOS ANGELES Lakers guard Kobe Bryant rates reaching this year’s NBA Finals among his greatest achievements.

Patrick Swayze defied reports he's close to death by appearing happy and healthy at a Los Angeles Lakers play-off game on Friday night.