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basketball.about.com - 3 days ago
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The first rule of Fight Club is: you
do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule
of Fight Club is: you DO NOT talk about Fight Club! - Brad Pitt (as Tyler Durden) The NCAA is apparently following the Tyler Durden school of public relations these days. They've issued a ruling on the ...
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NCAA Rules on Memphis Appeal but Won't Announce Ruling
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basketball.about.com - 6 days ago
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In what is being termed a "mutual agreement,"
Allen Iverson and the Grizzlies are going their separate
ways. He'll be placed on waivers on Tuesday, November 17th, and should be a free agent by Wednesday . The New York Knicks will consider offering Iverson a deal. Charlotte and Cleveland have ...
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Iverson, Grizzlies Part Ways
basketball.about.com - 6 days ago
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Note to S-Jax -- be careful what you
wish for. Stephen Jackson's wish -- to be traded
away from the struggling and dysfunctional Golden State Warriors and coach Don Nelson -- was granted earlier today. But it's hard to make the case that his new situation is an improvement. Jackson and ...
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Stephen Jackson Traded to Charlotte
basketball.about.com - 9 days ago
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LeBron James has announced plans to give up
uniform number 23 as a means of honoring Michael
Jordan. "I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," James told reporters. James wants the league's twelve other twenty-threes to follow suit. One of ...
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LeBron Giving Up No. 23 to Honor His Airness; Wants ...
basketball.about.com - 9 days ago
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Byron Scott became the first NBA coach to
lose his job this season when the Hornets dropped
the axe this week . Scott's departure wasn't unexpected -- his contract expires after this season, and his high salary and middling job performance made him an obvious target for the perpetually ...
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Byron Scott Axed
basketball.about.com - 10 days ago
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Here's an observation that should terrify Memphis fans:
He leads by example. - Ronald Tillery of the
Memphis Commercial Appeal , on Zach Randolph Uh, Mr. Tillery? That's the problem. State of the Grizzlies originally appeared on About.com Basketball on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at ...
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State of the Grizzlies
basketball.about.com - 11 days ago
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Phil Jackson gave Laker fans -- and fantasy
basketball players -- a scare yesterday when he suggested
forward/center Pau Gasol might not be back until Christmas. Gasol is recovering from a hamstring injury and has yet to play this season. He has been listed as "day-to-day," which usually ...
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How Many Shopping Days 'til Pau Gasol Returns?
basketball.about.com - 11 days ago
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Syracuse will struggle to replace Jonny Flynn, Paul
Harris and Eric Devendorf this season -- but one
thing is clear: Jim Boeheim's trademark 2-3 zone is back this season. The early-season nominee for quote of the year comes from Albany guard Mike Black, a freshman point who faced Syracuse in ...
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Playing Against Jim Boeheim's 2-3
basketball.about.com - 11 days ago
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Binghamton doesn't have a total monopoly on misbehaving
basketball players this season. Five Arkansas Razorbacks players --
including starters Courtney Fortson and Stefan Welsh -- have been suspended while authorities investigate an alleged rape. Seton Hall guard Keon Lawrence has ...
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College Ballers Behaving Badly
basketball.about.com - 11 days ago
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Back when the Bulls drafted Joakim Noah, Chicago
Tribute columnist Rick Morrissey said he'd eat his column
-- with salsa, no less -- if Noah became a productive NBA player within three years. Three years later, a bulked-up Noah has become a double-double machine... and Morrissey has learned ...
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Tribune Columnist Eats His Words
basketball.about.com - 11 days ago
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No one -- I mean, no one --
thought the Grizzlies' acquisitions of Allen Iverson and Zach
Randolph would turn out well. But most observers thought that meant AI and Z-Bo would impede the development of young players like O.J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Hasheem Thabeet and Mike Conley and cause the Grizz ...
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Stuck Inside the Grizzlies with the Memphis Blues Again
basketball.about.com - 13 days ago
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NBA players have subjected an unsuspecting public to
a lot of bad music over the years... from
Shaquille O'Neal's collaborations with the Fu-Schnickens to Ron Artest's Tru Warier label to Tony Parker's French rhymes to J.J. Redick's forthcoming album . (I admit, I've yet to hear the musical ...
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The Chicago Bulls are Totally 80s
basketball.about.com - 13 days ago
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With his first victory of the 2009-10 season,
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim will reach the 800-win plateau.
He'll be just the eighth coach in men's basketball history to reach number 800. Among active coaches, only Duke's Mike Krzyzewski and Connecticut's Jim Calhoun have more W's -- but unlike ...
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Boeheim Goes for #800
basketball.about.com - 14 days ago
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Aspiring NBA ballers have gone to great lengths
trying to earn college scholarships... but Anthony Avalos' attempt
is particularly noteworthy. Avalos re-enrolled in high school at age 22, using a phony birth certificate. Thanks to his youthful appearance, Avalos fooled the school ...
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How Not to Get a College Scholarship
basketball.about.com - 14 days ago
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The American Kennel Club wants to know --
which canine college mascot is your favorite? As part
of the celebration of their 125th anniversary, the AKC has launched a quest to find the 125 top dogs in American popular culture. The nominees for top college mascot are Georgia's UGA, Yale's ...
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Pick of the Litter: AKC Poll on Favorite Dog Mascot
basketball.about.com - 14 days ago
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Everyone who thought Allen Iverson would be satisfied
playing a bench role for a cellar-dweller in Memphis,
please raise your hand. OK, Mr. Heisley. You can put your hand down. Anyone else? Didn't think so. The Iverson-in-Memphis experiment may be over after just three games; the ...
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Iverson Goes AWOL
basketball.about.com - 16 days ago
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The Sacramento Kings -- already playing without projected
starter Francisco Garcia -- got more bad news this
week, when they learned leading scorer Kevin Martin will be sidelined for up to two months. Martin suffered a non-displaced fracture of the navicular bone in his left wrist when he ...
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Shorthanded Kings Lose Martin for 6-8 Weeks
basketball.about.com - 16 days ago
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Nancy Lieberman was the first woman to play
in a men's professional basketball league. Next, she'll become
the first woman to coach in one. She was named coach of the new D-League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks, to be based in Frisco, Texas . The new team makes its debut with the 2010-11 ...
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Another First for Nancy Lieberman
basketball.about.com - 16 days ago
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The city of Las Vegas has been pushing
for an NBA franchise for years. But the league
is torn; they'd love to be the only pro sports league in town, they have a long and well-established footprint in the city thanks to the annual summer league, a number of USA Basketball events and the 2007 ...
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Cavs Owner Pushing for Cleveland Casino
basketball.about.com - 16 days ago
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Michael Jordan's son started his college basketball career
wearing Air Jordans. That decision is costing his school
a $3 million Adidas contract . Marcus Jordan agreed to play ball for the Golden Knights knowing they were an Adidas school. He was apparently assured he'd be allowed to wear ...
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Marcus Jordan Dumps Adidas, Adidas Dumps UCF
