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Basketball: Marks waived by Bobcats
New Zealand's Sean Marks is on the hunt for a new NBA club after being released by the Charlotte Bobcats.

Baksetball: Cougars pull out of NBL
The Christchurch Cougars have been forced to pull out of the 2011 NBL.

Basketball: Breakers get home advantage for crucial games
The Breakers will play their best-of-three ANBL semifinals - and potentially finals - series on a home-away-home basis, general manager Richard Clarke has confirmed.

Basketball: Title within grasp as Breakers bite Crocs
The Breakers have one hand on the ANBL minor premiership after surviving a nail-biting finish last night.

Basketball: Breakers must rediscover winning form
Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis refuses to panic as his side look to end a losing sequence tomorrow night.

Basketball: Jones faces head-butt charge
Former Tall Black Phill Jones will face an ANBL tribunal this week after allegedly head-butting an opponent.

Basketball: Breakers' late dash ends up just short
The defeat that had been coming the Breakers' way for a while now finally arrived last night, and much of it wasn't pretty.

Basketball: Breakers fall to Blaze
The New Zealand Breakers' unbeaten run in the ANBL came to a halt in Auckland tonight at the hands of the Gold Coast Blaze.

Basketball: Breakers see next games as practice
The New Zealand Breakers, runaway leaders in the ANBL, see their double-header against Gold Coast as excellent preparation for a playoff campaign.

Basketball: Breakers go the extra yard in victory
The New Zealand Breakers needed two periods of overtime to outlast the Gold Coast Blaze last night.

Basketball: Import thriving at Breakers
Breakers' American forward Gary Wilkinson is already being considered one of the best imports recruited by the club.

Basketball: Injury-hit Breakers dig deep for Perth
All season, the Breakers have touted their depth as their greatest strength. Tonight they have a chance to prove just that.

Basketball: NBL leaders shape up for showdown
Runaway Australian NBL leaders New Zealand Breakers and Perth are set to test their title credentials against each other on Thursday.

Basketball: Bloodied Boucher tames Tigers
A vintage defensive display from Dillon Boucher and Kirk Penney's hot hand got the Breakers home for a sixth-straight ANBL victory.

Basketball: Breakers extend winning streak
The New Zealand Breakers secured their seventh Australian National Basketball League win on end with a 101-91 win over Melbourne Tigers.

Basketball: 'Chief' growing into his nickname
Breakers big man Alex "The Chief" Pledger likes his current nickname a lot more than his previous one.

Ex-Tall Black set to ride out Yasi in wardrobe
Former Tall Black Phill Jones converted his master bedroom's walk-in wardrobe into a virtual bunker to protect his family against Cyclone Yasi.

Basketball: Dickel facing three weeks on sidelines
Sydney's wretched luck with their point guards has continued, with the NBL cellar dwellers losing New Zealander Mark Dickel for at least three weeks.

Basketball: Breakers engineer epic comeback
Just when the NZ Breakers appeared fallible while undertaking their toughest road trip, they underscored their title credentials with a stunning 77-74 win in Cairns.