Track-It Serbia

Feb. 6--Luka Mirkovic banked home a free throw earlier this season. And then against North Florida, he drained a 3-pointer and followed it up with an airball from behind the arc. Read more

Feb. 6--One of the strongest recruiting pitches made by Utah men's basketball coach Jim Boylen in July had nothing to do with convincing a 17-year-old that Utah was the place for him. Read more

Feb. 6--DALLAS -- Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis used a rare four-day break in the middle of the season to take his team to Dallas two days early in an unsuccessful search for sun and warmth. Read more

Jan. 31--Randy Peele, Winthrop's men's basketball coach, went to Africa three years ago on a recruiting trip as an Eagles assistant. It was in Nigeria he first saw Julius Francis, now a 6-foot-11 freshman for the Eagles. Read more

Jan. 31--Nenad Krstic still lifts his eyes to the sky when he thinks about the bombs.

He was a teenager when war came to his Serbian homeland. Ethnic disputes, long a problem in what was once known as Yugoslavia, had again turned ugly, bloody and deadly. International forces stepped in, and shells rained down. Read more

Jan. 30--Freshman Nikola Cerina rarely worked out with weights before arriving at TCU in late August. Read more

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and the state-owned Hungarian Development Bank signed a deal Friday setting up a company to develop Hungary's part of the South Stream gas pipeline project. Read more

BELGRADE, Serbia — The new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church on Thursday urged dialogue to overcome long-standing divisions with Roman Catholics. Read more

Jan. 27--The leader of one of the world's smallest countries has some advice for upstart nations: You have a friend in the United States. Read more

Jan. 26--PROVINCETOWN -- Two 18-year-old exchange students from Serbia -- one 6-foot-6 and the other 6-foot-4 -- would have brought their height and skills to Provincetown High School's basketball team this year. Read more