NEW YORK -- Jazz coach Jerry Sloan was suspended seven games Wednesday by the NBA for shoving an official, a steep penalty that will keep him off the sidelines until the middle of February.

Jerry Sloan was a Hall of Famer, the Original Bull and a Jazz legend, a dirt farmer and a folk hero, a hardnosed and sharp-elbowed defender, a coach who carved teams up with the pick-and-roll ...

Throughout Karl Malone's rise to prominence - from his first All-NBA First Team selection through his two MVP honors and the Utah Jazz winning two Western Conference titles - Jerry Sloan was the ...