New Orleans Hornets

The New Orleans Hornets announced today that they have waived center Eric Chenowith and forward Anthony Richardson. Both players signed as free agents on Oct. 1, prior to the start of training camp. Chenowith, who spent last season in the Puerto Rican League, did not appear in a preseason game. Richardson, a former Florida State Seminole, appeared in one preseason game, grabbing two rebounds in four minutes of play. The Hornets%u2019 roster now stands at 15. No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/Country NBA Exp 12 Hilton Armstrong C/F 6-11 235 Nov. 11, 1984 Connecticut 1 40...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Gov. Kathleen Blanco is backing $14.5 million in state funding to build a new training facility for the New Orleans Hornets. The dollars for the practice center were included in the Blanco administration recommendations for construction project funding submitted Thursday to the State Bond Commission, which will vote next week on whether to approve the list. Under the plan proposed by Blanco, the state would spend $1.5 million this year and the rest in later years. The state agreed to build a new practice facility -- and the city set aside more than $6 million to help pay...

Baton Rouge, LA - The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets announced that proceeds from their preseason game against Shaquille O%u2019Neal and the Miami Heat at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, October 25th will benefit the team%u2019s Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. %u201CWe are excited about this opportunity to not only play in front of our fans in Baton Rouge, but raise money to assist in the rebuilding of New Orleans at the same time,%u201D said Hornets%u2019 President Paul Mott. %u201CI would like to thank our partners at Cox Communications for helping us put together...