The NBA fined Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge $25,000 on Thursday for tossing a towel to try to distract a Cleveland free-throw shooter in a playoff game on Monday.
Cleveland star LeBron James and Orlando center Dwight Howard were unanimous selections Thursday to the All-NBA first team.
Former world number one Ana Ivanovic continued her return to form at the claycourt Rome Open at the Foro Italico here on Thursday as she took her third successive seed's scalp.
NEW YORK—Kobe Bryant was named to the NBA all-defensive first team on Wednesday, the fifth straight year he has received the honor.
The Smart Gilas national developmental pool has signed up Serbian Milan Vucicevic as import for the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.