Basketball

HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — Montana State-Northern women's basketball coach Chris Mouat has announced the signing of post player Ashley Honeycutt of Ferndale, Wash. Honeycutt played her freshman year at Lewis-Clark State and played as a sophomore at Whatcom Community College before missing last season with an injury...

LeBron James recorded a triple-double, and the Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA title with a 121-106 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Miami on Thursday night.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Bozeman High guard Collin Moriarty has signed a letter of intent to join the men's basketball team at Rocky Mountain College. The Billings Gazette reports Moriarty averaged 12 points and three rebounds per game last season for the Hawks and made 47 percent of his shots from 3-point range...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The Montana State men's basketball team is scheduled to play against three Canadian teams in a round-robin tournament in Alberta in August. MSU and Wyoming are the two NCAA teams participating in the 2012 Battle of the Border Aug...

The NBA Finals gets underway on Tuesday.  Two of basketball’s most explosive stars will go up against each other in Kevin Durant and LeBron James. While they have each seen success, neither has a ring yet. Who will get their first and who will win more of them?

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana State Billings men's basketball coach Jamie Stevens has announced the signing of point guard Kalob Hatcher of San Diego. Hatcher transfers to MSU Billings after two seasons at Irvine Valley College, where he averaged 9...

On ‘Conan,’ Conan O’Brien thought it time someone poked fun at the clothing NBA players wear during post-game interviews. Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder, in particular, has gained some notoriety for bad fashion choices. Really, Russell? A shirt with a print of teddy bears?

The Miami Heat advanced to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive year by eliminating the Boston Celtics, 101-88, in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday. The Heat will play the Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA’s Western Conference champions, in the 2012 NBA Finals, starting Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.

Some things are difficult to explain to a child, especially if that child is a die-hard sports fan and you’re trying to explain why his favorite player is leaving the team. This happened to Julie Armento when the news came that football player Brandon Jacobs was leaving the New York Giants for the San Francisco 49ers and her 6-year-old son Joseph wanted answers.

For years many have claimed that the NBA rigs many of it’s events.  Is there any truth to the speculation? Or are people just bitter when things don’t go their way?