Yet, Bob Pettit completely broke the mold ... "To my knowledge, I was the first basketball player in any era that ever started lifting weights. This was in 1956-57. I asked Wilt Chamberlain ...

NBA All-Star appearances are great. All-Star starting nods are even better. Which players have started the All-Star Game the ...

Bryant was named the All-Star MVP four times -- in 2002, 2007, 2009 (co-MVP with Shaquille O'Neal) and 2011 -- tying the NBA record with Bob Pettit. Julius Erving, 16 Erving was selected to 11 NBA ...

The ultimate measure of success for a trade of the magnitude of Luka-for-AD is simple: Will it lead to a title for either team?

Today in Sports, January 24 - David Duval shoots a 59 to match what is then the best round in PGA Tour history ...

which only three other players with 10-plus seasons of NBA experience (Julius Erving, Bob Pettit and Paul Arizin) have accomplished." But who tops West as the fourth-greatest Laker ever?

1954 — For the first time in NBA All-Star history, an overtime period is needed. Boston’s Bob Cousy scores 10 points in the ...

1959 — In the NBA All-Star game in Detroit, St. Louis’ Bob Pettit and Elgin Baylor of Minneapolis become the first co-winners of the MVP award, leading the West to a 124-108 victory. 1979 — Willie ...