Jerrell Powe rolled his eyes before a smirk came across his face. This was about a decade ago, when I’d asked the mammoth defensive tackle about a statement the NCAA had made stressing that it was ...

Leon Powe still regards Game 2 of the 2008 NBA Finals as one of the absolute high points of his basketball career. The 36-year-old former Cal star delivered a near out-of-body performance for the ...

Jerrell Powe is almost anonymous in Houston. His name means little. His story less. An immensely oversized No. 95 blends in and disappears, with Powe's 6-2, 331-pound frame fading in the light of ...

"I'm from Oakland, California," former NBA player Leon Powe says. "Grew up right there in the hood where a lot of kids don't make it." (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) "Well, I'm from Oakland, California.

CLEVELAND—Leon Powe once thought he was the nation’s top 10th-grade basketball player. Then he saw one of his AAU teammates play: LeBron James. Powe asked his coach if James was in his graduating ...

It is just a step in the process, but Leon Powe got good news from his doctor this week, and he's just cleared another hurdle in returning from his knee injury. Instead of traveling with the Cavaliers ...

Leon Powe was calm and prepared until the moment of truth. Then he felt his legs start to buckle and thought he was about to pass out. The pressure of a game-winning free-throw attempt? No, the birth ...

Leon Powe says people recognize him all the time now, and not just hard-core Boston fans. On a vacation in the Bahamas this summer, right after the Celtics beat the Lakers for the NBA title, Powe ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- Jerrell Powe was denied in his quest to play at Mississippi for the third time Thursday when the NCAA rejected the appeals of the defensive lineman and the school. The ...

Leon Powe certainly has his share of fans, but two of his biggest supporters go by the names of Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge. Beyond their appreciation of his interior toughness, they are rooting for ...

It’s hard to tell what emotion weighed more on Leon Powe’s voice yesterday. There was unmitigated relief after Cleveland doctors satisfied Powe’s greatest hope – that the power forward’s surgically ...

It’s been an incredible two weeks for Debreasha Powe. The Meridian High School standout has seen team and individual success come her way that she couldn’t ever imagine and she knows that the best is ...