Patients travel far to have surgery 14 hr ago | Add a comment SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before getting two artificial disks to ease the pain in his back, Wayne King asked prospective surgeons where they trained and how many disk replacements they had done....

Thunder's Swift misses Friday game 12 hr ago | Comments 4 Oklahoma City Thunder center Robert Swift, suffering from back spasms, will not suit out for Friday night's game against the New Orleans Hornets. The injury occurred sometime Friday. Swift,...

Primary-care clinic in Grove to close Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 1 GROVE — A Grove primary-care clinic affiliated with a Joplin, Mo., medical center is set to close as part of a plan to cut $30 million in expenses . St. John's Regional Medical Center is also...

NBA notebook Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Oden returns to floor Greg Oden returned to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wednesday night’s matchup with the Miami Heat, following a six-game absence because of a sprained right foot. The...

NFL notebook: Jets visit Pats tonight Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Jets visit Pats tonight Cornerback Ty Law signed with the Jets on Tuesday and practiced with the team after sitting out nearly 11 months as a free agent. The Jets only had a walkthrough Wednesday,...

EDGE endowment policy board gives research nod in Oklahoma Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Add a comment The EDGE endowment policy board rewarded five finalists with nearly $12 million Monday, including one company that plans to establish its headquarters in Oklahoma City and employ more than 100...

NBA notebook Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Add a comment Billups not likely to make Nuggets debut tonight at Golden State Chauncey Billups isn’t likely to make his Denver Nuggets debut tonight at Golden State. The Nuggets said Tuesday Billups...

Rookie propels Blazers Sat, Nov 1, 2008 | Add a comment The Blazers beat expansion Rapid City in a 4-3 Halloween night thriller Friday night at the Ford Center, and Oklahoma City’s newest player made his presence felt. With the loss of forward...

Lots of promise for Thunder's Robert Swift Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Comments 1 Underneath the flop-top red hair and all those tattoos lies a talented basketball player within Robert Swift. This must be true, or why else would the Thunder be clinging to this great unknown?...

Carlesimo: Swift is a "major problem" Sat, Oct 4, 2008 | Comments 1 The Thunder entered training camp with two of their three centers, Robert Swift and Mo Sene, hampered by injuries. On Saturday, the team lost its last healthy center when Johan Petro sustained a...

Celtics sign F Bill Walker Fri, Aug 22, 2008 BOSTON (AP) -- The Celtics have signed second-round draft pick Bill Walker. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge praised Walker's "hard work and skill development" over the summer in...

Surgeries and mental health Wed, Oct 8, 2008 | Add a comment After four cardiac-arrest episodes in 2007 and this year’s implant of a device to help her heart rhythms, Oklahoma City minister Loyce Newton-Edwards hit a “mental slump” that made getting up...

Nuggets coach Karl has hip replacement surgery Tue, May 20, 2008 DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Nuggets say coach George Karl has undergone left hip replacement surgery. The team says the operation Tuesday lasted two hours. Karl is expected to resume...

Arenas Scores 20 in Wizards' 109-93 Win Wed, Mar 28, 2007 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gilbert Arenas finally looked like Agent Zero again, just in time for the Washington Wizards to put the Philadelphia 76ers out of reach. After another passive...

LeBron Will Rest Back During Stretch Run Mon, Apr 7, 2008 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- While his teammates practiced their free throws, LeBron James worked on a trick shot where he stands under the basket and heaves a ball off a nearby wall,...

Carney, 76ers Beat Bulls 110-106 Wed, Dec 6, 2006 CHICAGO (AP) -- Andre Iguodala scored 25 points and Rodney Carney had 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the...

Dwyane Wade's Season Over Wed, Jun 14, 2006 MIAMI (AP) -- For a month, the Miami Heat wondered when the time would come to shut an ailing Dwyane Wade down for the season. His body spoke up over the weekend. In the third...

LeBron's 17th Triple-Double Rallies Cavs Wed, Nov 15, 2006 CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and recorded his seventh triple-double of the season as the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied in the second half for an...

Hawks' Childress to Miss at Least 1 Game Wed, Feb 13, 2008 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Atlanta Hawks guard Josh Childress was sent home Wednesday to undergo an MRI on his injured right knee. Childress suffered what a team official called a mild...

Hinrich's 27 Leads Bulls Past T-Wolves Sat, Dec 9, 2006 CHICAGO (AP) -- Kirk Hinrich finished with 27 points after a rough start, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 96-85, spoiling Randy Foye's return from a knee injury...