NBA Bets on Billionaire Bounce in Russia With Prokhorov Push
“Basketball in Russia needs to develop from the grass roots because a few very wealthy people are not enough to create a market,” Marshall Glickman, a former president of the Portland Trail Blazers ... seat basketball stadium, said Andrei ...

Bandon-area man facing DUII, endangerment charges after crashing car with son near Bend
A Bandon-area man and his 5-year-old son are in a Bend hospital with serious injuries after the ... and driving uninsured, according to Oregon State Police. According to police, on Friday evening, Ward reportedly left Bandon with his son ...

'Southern lady' was sixth-generation Floridian, devoted mom, gifted pianist
In addition to her three children, Doudney is survived by six grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Robert Bryant Funeral & Cremation Chapel is handling the arrangements.

6/8: Deaths in Central Florida
Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Apopka Chapel. JOANNA M. LAWRENCE, 27, Orlando, died Monday. Robert Bryant Funeral & Cremation Chapel, Orlando. WILLIAM EDWARD McDONALD III, 62, Orlando, died Thursday. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Winter ...

New Zealander takes 2013 Boise Ironman 70.3 title
Bevan Docherty had never run the Ironman 70.3 Boise race before, and he didn't even scout the course before the cannon sounded at noon on Saturday. "Sometimes that can be a good thing," he said. Good indeed. Docherty won the 2013 Ironman 70.3 ...

MOUNTAIN BIKING: Big Bear trail foreshadows Idyllwild changes
This is a landmark summer for mountain biking in Big Bear, where an approach to San Bernardino National Forest ... the trail since was opened. When completed, it could be the best mountain bike trail in Southern California, maybe the state.