I get a lot of emails to the Newsday address that is listed at the end of my columns and in my byline in news stories that appear in the paper and online. I try to read my Newsday email as little as possible, because more often than not, this is what I find there: 1) Spam. Tons and tons of spam. 2) Invitations to join the staff for cake or pizza in the newsroom, which is an hour away from my office...

There's New York point guard news, and it doesn't involve Stephon Marbury. Well, it does involve his cousin, but it doesn't involve a late-night altercation with the rapper Fabolous. Sebastian Telfair has agreed to a multi-year extension with the Timberwolves. The Nets, continuing to reshape their roster this summer, have traded point guard Marcus Williams to the Warriors for a lottery-protected fi...

Luol Deng, who turned down a five-year, $57.5 million extension last year, has given the Bulls a two-week window to sign him to a new deal. If not, he will sign a one-year qualifying offer and become an unrestricted free agent next summer. Word is, the Bulls aren't offering close to what Deng turned down previously. Deng says he wants the situation resolved before he goes overseas to play for the B...

Dwyane Wade is being sued -- not for putting the "y" and "a" in the wrong order in his name, but rather over accusations that he failed to live up to his advertising and promotional promises for a failed restaurant chain bearing his name. I have no comment on this, other than it appears D-Wade is handling his business in this photo and I am glad I did not open any restaurants this year....

Three weeks after their promotional tour in New York, Team USA has reconvened in Las Vegas for a brief training camp capped by its only exhibition game on American soil -- Friday night against Team Canada. Read Chris Sheridan on the psychological battle the Americans are fighting. He's with the Olympians in Vegas and will be heading to Beijing to chronicle what everyone assumes will be a redemptive...