Hoops for St.

LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct Relief International, one of the world's leading medical relief organizations, today announced that twenty players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) have committed to supporting the organization in their effort to help the people of Japan recover from the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

Hoops Ambassadors Gasol, Wade, Howard, Love, Blake, Gay, Lee and Coach Karl Recruit Fans to Get in the Game to Support St. Jude MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The NBA and St.

Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard and David Lee team up with returning ambassadors Kevin Love, Pau Gasol, Rudy Gay, Steve Blake and Coach George Karl to support St. Jude MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan.

NBA Coach George Karl uses his own battle against cancer to help the kids of St. Jude MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of Hoops for St. Jude, a season-long fundraising program benefiting St.