Dexter Pittman

|TV SPORTS| Auto Racing--NASCAR Nationwide Series, DRIVE4COPD 300 pole qualifying, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Hockey--Michigan at Ohio State, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Yale at Quinnipiac, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); North Dakota at Denver, 9 p.m....

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL| |District 1A at Britton|  Groton (11-8) vs. Britton-Hecla (7-10), 7 p.m. |District 2A at Sisseton|  Milbank (11-8) vs. Tiospa Zina (4-16), 6 p.m.  Webster (11-6) vs. Sisseton (8-11), 7:30 p.m....

It's unclear how long the Lakers' Pau Gasol will be out with what the team said Wednesday was a "tear of the plantar fascia." The forward/center is still being evaluated, but it seems a foregone conclusion that he's going to be out for a significant...

   The audience with President Obama was brief, and Dexter Pittman knew it was not the right time, even if it was the right place.    Then again, the Miami Heat backup center had made his feelings clear earlier in the month on Twitter, when he posted,...

|TV SPORTS| NBA Basketball--Indiana Pacers at Memphis Grizzlies, Noon (ESPN); San Antonio Spurs at Philadelphia 76ers, 6 p.m. (TNT); Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago Bulls, 8:30 p.m. (TNT) Men’s College Basketball--Cincinnati at Syracuse, 2:30 p.m....

    It used to be that this is where prospects were unearthed, careers salvaged.     Bruce Bowen. Udonis Haslem. Anthony Carter. Joel Anthony.     For years, it had been an immense source of pride for Pat Riley and those on his Miami Heat staff.    ...

   The one thing Dexter Pittman has never had problems with is making friends. To know the third-year Miami Heat center is to like him.    Making inroads in his pro career, or even gains with his skills? That's another issue.    That's why when...

   RuPaul has left the building. Or, more to the point, Shaquille O'Neal no longer sees the need to drag out the issue anymore.    The former Miami Heat center has come around on current Heat center Chris Bosh. While Bosh does not match up to Shaq in...

MIAMI - There were no pleading of the fifth or asking for forgiveness from either party-even when the accused became the victim. Sitting in this peculiar position at American Airlines Arena on Tuesday evening was Tyler Hansbrough, the Pacers guard who...

In a move to get the hometown crowd excited about the Indiana Pacers in their first home game against the Miami Heat in round two, the Pacers followed the motto of most playoff teams these days and draped every chair at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with a free...

TV SPORTS NBA Basketball--Playoffs, Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers, 7 p.m. (ESPN) College Softball--NCAA Division I Playoffs, Super Regionals, 7 and 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball--Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox, 7 p.m. (FXSP) TODAY...

INDIANAPOLIS - Miami's Big Two was more than enough to finish off the Indiana Pacers. Dwyane Wade and LeBron James turned around a season on the brink with perhaps the most remarkable week of their high-powered partnership, capped off by a 105-93...