Anthony Davis

No. 1 draft pick Anthony Davis has signed his first pro contract. Davis, chosen first overall in June by the New Orleans Hornets, finalized an endorsement deal with Nike. The 2011-12 college basketball player of the year, Davis already has a "Nike Swoosh Unibrow" print for sale. In June, Davis filed for trademarks of multiple unibrow phrases which began at Kentucky last season, including "Fear the Brow. "

LAS VEGAS - Anthony Davis is a former No. 1 draft pick and an Olympic gold medalist. Neither fact has the Chicago native resting on his laurels as he participates in USA Basketball's minicamp this week. "I don't think I'm a lock at all (for the 2016 Olympics)," Davis said Tuesday. "I have to earn my spot. " Davis averaged 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds as the youngest member of the 2012 U.S. team in London. "It was a great experience," he said. "I had a lot of fun, and the...

Perspectives-Joslin senior Anthony Davis has orally committed to play basketball for Kentucky, his father told the Tribune on Friday. The 6-foot-10, 220-pound forward remains at the center of a controversy surrounding his recruitment after the Chicago Sun-Times published multiple stories citing sources alleging Anthony Davis Sr. was asking for between $125,000 and $200,000 in return for his son's commitment. Davis Sr. and Kentucky denied the...

Kings' rout of Hornets dampened by Davis' injury SACRAMENTO -- The Sacramento Kings finally found a team that would play a worse defensive game than they did in the tired New Orleans Hornets. The Kings ended their four-game losing streak Wednesday night with a 121-110 victory over the Hornets before an announced crowd of 14,275 at Sleep Train Arena. It was the Kings' first victory in three attempts against the Hornets (27-52). Even before the game, the teams were...

NCAA Freshman of the Year, Player of the Year, National Champion and likely No. 1 NBA draft pick Anthony Davis might soon add "Olympian" to his resume. Davis, a Perspectives graduate, has been "selected as a replacement candidate to compete in the London Games this summer," reports Sports Illustrated's Sam Amick. Injuries to Team USA finalists Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Chauncey Billips and LaMarcus Aldridge led USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo to consider...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Clippers at Hornets The Los Angeles Clippers try to improve their playoff positioning in the Western Conference playoffs when they visit the New Orleans Hornets on Friday. The Clippers enter two games behind third-place Denver with four to play, and are a game behind Memphis, which is technically the No. 5 seed but would have home-court advantage if it plays Los Angeles in the first round if it ends with a better record. Behind a balanced attack, the Clippers won...

The two seniors, a sophomore and two freshmen are among the top handful of players in their respective classes and were all on the Chicago State court at the same time Thursday. Anthony Davis may be the cream of that — or any — crop, but the rest of the promising group was wearing white and orange. The 6-foot-10 Davis' emergence as possibly the No. 1 high school player in the nation hasn't translated into victories even...

The 49ers signed offensive tackle Anthony Davis to a five-year, $37 million contract extension. A 2010 first-round picki, Davis is part of a road-grading offensive line that returns intact in 2013.

De La Salle senior guard Dre Henley had heard all the reports and watched the pregame hoopla center on Perspectives-MSA forward Anthony Davis. Henley wanted to make a statement about his game, and he knew Tuesday's final regular-season game was an ideal setting. "I know I can make shots, and that I'm a scorer," Henley said after scoring 28 points in No. 3 De La Salle's 70-49 victory over Perspectives-MSA. "You don't want to leave me...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Hornets 95, Suns 92 Hornets 95, Suns 92: Anthony Davis scored 10 of his 20 points in the third quarter to help lift visiting New Orleans to a rare road win. Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson scored 17 points apiece for the Hornets, who snapped an eight-game slide away from home. Markieff Morris led Phoenix with 18 points and Luis Scola had 17 and pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds. Their teammates combined to shoot 20-for-58 from the field as the Suns fell for the...

Perspectives-MSA supplied the turnovers and wasted a 46-point performance by Kentucky-bound Anthony Davis on Monday morning in a 74-66 loss to Harper. The Wolves turned the ball over 38 times and Harper had 24 steals in the opening first-round Chicago Public Schools Holiday Showcase game at Crane. "It was tough playing early (9 a.m.) and we were a little sluggish, but we attacked the ball," said...

Davis guides Hornets to rare road win PHOENIX -- The New Orleans Hornets hadn't won a road game in almost two months, and No. 1 overall draft pick Anthony Davis hadn't scored 20 points in consecutive games during his rookie season. Both those truths changed Sunday -- and one had a lot to do with the other. Davis scored 10 of his 20 points in the decisive third quarter, and the New Orleans Hornets snapped an eight-game road losing streak with a 95-92 win over the Phoenix Suns...

`My truth is a hammer coming from the back. It will beat you down when you least expect," sings Malcolm X in a passionate soliloquy that ends the first act of Anthony Davis` opera "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X." Twenty-seven years after his assassination, the "truth" of the martyred black nationalist leader has entered mainstream American culture with a vengeance. Spike Lee's already controversial film biography is only the most visible manifestation of Malcolm as trendy icon, but an opera?

Part of the blessing of having talented young core players is the curse of trying to keep them together by satisfying their contract needs, as the San Francisco 49ers are soon to find out. The Super Bowl runner-up plans to begin taking steps toward long-term roster stability, general manager Trent Baalke said last month, and his plan was put back into motion Friday. On the heels of long-term deals with linebackers NaVorro Bowman and Patrick Willis and running back Frank...

Anthony Davis is the star freshman who helped the University of Kentucky win this year's NCAA championship. He's expected to be the NBA's top draft pick later this month. When he graduated last year from the Joslin campus of Chicago's Perspectives Charter Schools, he left behind two friends who were also on the high school's basketball team but have been demonstrating their mad skills off the court. Manuel Whitfield Jr. and Ronald Brown Jr., both 18, graduated last week and believe...

LAS VEGAS - Anthony Davis is a former No. 1 draft pick and an Olympic gold medalist. Neither fact has the Chicago native resting on his laurels as he participates in USA Basketball's minicamp this week. "I don't think I'm a lock at all (for the 2016 Olympics)," Davis said Tuesday. "I have to earn my spot. " Davis averaged 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds as the youngest member of the 2012 U.S. team in London. "It was a great experience," he said. "I had a lot of fun, and the...

Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau foresees an oustanding future for New Orleans Hornets rookie and Chicago native Anthony Davis.