Let’s keep…it…moving, Spurs fans! At the time I began this preview, our Spurs had just squeaked out another unnecessarily close win against Toronto for their 9th consecutive victory. Immediately following the telecast, I and a few other LP having basketb

Tonight the Utah Jazz face off on the road against the Houston Rockets in their gym, the Toyota Center. Tip off is scheduled for 5:00 MST. This is a rivalry game, even if it's not Jerry Sloan going up against Rudy Tomjanovich or Rick Adelman. Tonight it'

Matthews had a feeling what was coming. He figured he might lose his starting position. The Blazers had hit a rough patch, and one of the reasons was his shot hadn't been falling. "Honestly, deep down. I expected it," Matthews said. He was right. When he

Everyone knows about Arenas' past. He's a head case and he hasn't shown that he can contribute on the court to mask his off-court problems. Last season, Agent Zero averaged just 8 points and 3.2 assists in 49 games with the Orlando Magic. Besides, he's a

The Lakers might have something to do with that – unless they can get Brandon Jennings on the cheap and then team him with Dwight Howard wasn’t there just a post on here about how he’s not a FA for 2 more years?

When the Jazz once staged a celebration of their past as a game-night promotion, owner Larry H. Miller memorably squeezed himself into a old-style uniform and walked across the court to his front-row seat. This month, unwittingly observing the 25th anniv

Please enable JavaScript for your browser in order to use thespectrum.com. This content and other exclusive local content now require a subscription. Get access now for only $9.95 per month! Sometimes there are things you know on an abstract level. (Like

2011-12 Power Rankings: Week 7 RANK TEAM / RECORD TRENDING COMMENTS 1 -- Last Week: 1 If the Heat fall to 0-3 on the season against the Bucks on Monday night in Milwaukee -- which would be Miami's second straight defeat to the Bogut-less Bucks -- let's h

Jerry Manos was the envy of a lot of men, his sister-in-law Sheila Meyer said. As a peanut vendor outside Wrigley Field for nearly 30 years, Mr. Manos worked just 81 days a year — Chicago Cubs home games — then spent the rest of the year driving across t

MEMPHIS, Tenn. That's how much the Hall of Fame coach appreciated and admired his old boss. It's been a year since Sloan joined Layden in the NBA ret

The Jazz have lost 5 of their last 6 games. We knew that February’s schedule was going to be brutal, but this looks like a completely different team. Here are the Jazz’s 5 main issues that that are costing them games. If you’re a Utah Jazz fan, you know

Scott Cunningham/NBAE/Getty Images After helping set the All-Star ballot, Bill Simmons reveals who should have made the cut By Bill Simmons on February 10, 2012 Y ou may have noticed the NBA announced its All-Star rosters Thursday night. The timing seeme

Former Utah Jazz assistant Phil Johnson could have replaced Jerry Sloan as head coach. He could have parlayed 23 years of loyalty to Sloan and the organization into a multi-year contract worth millions of dollars. After Sloan resigned, Johnson simply nee

SALT LAKE CITY — A year ago today, Tyrone Corbin received a phone call that set in motion a life-changing day. One minute, he was at home faithfully doing his assistant-coach duty of preparing a scouting report for his team's game the next night against

SALT LAKE CITY — A year ago today, Tyrone Corbin received a phone call that set in motion a life-changing day. One minute, he was at home faithfully doing his assistant-coach duty of preparing a scouting report for his team's game the next night against

Following a legend is often a road to nowhere. But when Tyrone Corbin found out in a blurred rush one year ago that Jerry Sloan was quitting and that Jazz management wanted him to take over for the iconic coach, his response was … good choice. “The circu

The numbers are staggering. His name still rings out and forever will. Jerry Sloan collected 1,221 victories coaching the Jazz and Chicago, with 1,127 captured as he led Utah to two NBA Finals and 19 postseason appearances. He ranks third all-time in NBA

Every time the Magic lose a game — or, God forbid, two or three games in a row — the emails roll in, the message boards light up and some irate fan will inevitably suggest firing Coach Stan Van Gundy. "Fire Stan and hire Jerry Sloan!"

NBA Commissioner David Stern, in an attempt to help save face for the league after a damaging 149-day lockout this summer, is asking both sides of the recent Utah Jazz-Karl Malone argument to make amends. Malone, aka “The Mailman,” the second-leading sco