Shane Battier celebrates drawing a charge in a 2001 game in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke won the national championship that year in Battier’s final game as a collegian. 2001 News & Observer file ...

As former Duke star Shane Battier makes his way around Charlotte with his family, he encounters one question more often than any other: What exactly are you doing here? Battier, his wife Heidi and ...

Former NBA player Ron Artest was at the center of one of the ugliest moments in league history. In 2004, he helped start the infamous "Malice At The Palace" fight between the Indiana Pacers and ...

Ron Artest (now Metta Sandiford-Artest) has countless Kobe Bryant stories, but one stands out above the rest. Whether it was a fierce practice battle, a moment of leadership, or a glimpse into ...

All Artest wanted was to patch things. "He comes to the phone and he says, `What up Ron' like he know me," Artest said. "I liked him at that point. I lost tons of money. We just talked about a few ...

Regardless, anyone who grew up idolizing Kobe Bryant also grew up with a healthy respect for Shane Battier and his defensive aptitude. The swingman was a nuisance defensively, one who was always ...