Pelicans to play preseason games in Melbourne against NBL’s Melbourne United and South East Melbourne Phoenix on Oct. 3 and 5.

Michael Snyder hit a solo home run deep to left with one out in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Miami Marlins to come back from six runs down to tie the visiting Washington Nationals 9-9 in a spring training shootout Monday in Jupiter, Fla.

New Orleans Pelicans will become the first NBA team to play in Australia when they tip off in two pre-season games in October, organisers said Tuesday."This is an exciting moment for our organisation and a testament to the growing global impact of the NBA,

Former NBA center Oliver Miller, who played for 6 teams in career that spanned 9 seasons, has died, the National Basketball Retired Players Association confirmed Wednesday. He was 54 years old.

Longtime NBA center Oliver Miller has sadly passed away at just 54, according to the National Basketball Retired Players Association ( Twitter link ). No official cause of death has been revealed, but Miller tweeted late last month that he was battling from cancer.

Oliver Miller, a 6-9 forward/center, helped lead the Arkansas Razorbacks to the 1990 Final Four and the Phoenix Suns to the 1993 NBA Finals.