basketball

Cajuns' coach locked in through 2016-17

The experts have made it quite clear, there are several things you should not do while talking on the cellphone. If that is true, there must be some moments when being on the cellphone is recommended.

A longstanding college football rivalry, an Ultimate Fighting Championship event and NASCAR's last race of 2012 highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:

Fans can go to the EK Long Gym tonight from 5 – 6:30 p.m. to meet both the Men’s and Women’s Ragin’ Cajun basketball teams. FREE Pizza Hut pizza, while supplies last. Be a part of a team shooting contest, see the Women’s team scrimmage and get your autographs, pictures and more...

We'll admit that the first time we saw a team wear a throwback uniform, we thought it was cool. But these days it's just gotten out of hand.

I love seeing stories like this. I just wish that all of our service men and women were either coming home or at home already. This is a story of two brothers. Immediately the Keith Whitley/ Earl Thomas Conley song Brotherly Love started playing in my head...

Earlier we told you that today was the official opening day of a Victoria's Secret store inside of the Dallas Cowboy's stadium in Arlington. We're daydreaming about the half time show getting a whole lot better real soon, so this is a business partnership we feel really passionate about.

For fans of the University of Kentucky there is nothing more exciting than Big Blue Madness. This is a celebration of the only reason I can think of that anyone would ever be excited about anything that happened at U.K.; Kentucky Basketball...

USA women win basketball Gold, Usain Bolt Wins Third Gold Medal, Helps Relay Team Set World Record

Candace Parker scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, as the United States women’s basketball team soundly defeated France, 86-50, on Saturday night to win the gold medal game at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Most fans can sense when a contest has gotten way out of hand and it is time to beat the traffic and listen to the rest of the game on the radio. This shouldn't have been the case in this basketball game.

It's been a nice run for former UL Ragin' Cajun basketball star Anna Petrakova and her Russian Women's Basketball team. Yesterday, they squeaked out a nail-biter against Turkey 66-63.

One of UL's all-time great women's basketball players, Anna Petrakova, will be heading to the London Olympics as part of the Russian women's basketball team.

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.

Tiger Woods chases a major victory, eight teams seek NCAA glory and LeBron James looks to derail Kevin Durant in the NBA Finals. Here’s what to watch this weekend in sports:

We made it through March Madness with the NCAA basketball tournament and now it's time for the NBA to showcase its post season. Our own New Orleans Hornets have been in the news lately, you might have heard they have a new owner, it's Saints owner Tom Benson...

Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky held off a spirited Kansas rally to beat the Jayhawks 67-59 in the NCAA title game in New Orleans on Monday night. The win gave the Wildcats (38-2) their eighth national championship in school history and first since 1998.

Overall top-seed Kentucky and Midwest Region champ Kansas each won national semifinal games in the Final Four in New Orleans on Saturday to advance to the NCAA title game on Monday night. Here’s a recap of Saturday’s games:

In Kentucky, basketball is king. Now that Louisville and Kentucky are playing each other in Saturday's Final Four in New Orleans, you can just imagine how crazy the Blue Grass State is over the matchup.

Traditional college basketball powers Kentucky and Kansas each won regional finals on Sunday to join Ohio State and Louisville in the 2012 Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. Here’s a recap of Sunday’s regional final games: