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NEW YORK – A year ago at this time, Stanley Robinson was working at a scrap metal yard not far from the UConn campus in Willimantic, Conn. He was battling a combination of medical and financial issues, so UConn coach Jim Calhoun told the 6-foot-9, 210-pound forward to take a leave of ...
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Connecticut Huskies
Stanley Robinson
Jim Calhoun
Madison Square Garden
Allen Iverson has decided to retire from the NBA, according to comments he made on Stephen A. Smith’s official Website.
“I would like to announce my plans to retire from the National Basketball Association,” Iverson said in a statement on StephanA.com. “I always ...
NCAA Basketball
Memphis Tigers
Villanova freshman forward Mouphtaou Yarou continues to be evaluated by physicians after leaving San Juan, Puerto Rico last Thursday. He underwent tests at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia on Tuesday in an effort to determine the origins of a viral infection. Team physicians are ...
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invading MSG for the Preseason NIT here ** NEW...
YORK — For what it’s worth, Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni has the backing of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Coach K was the head coach on Team USA ...
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NEW YORK – UConn coach Jim Calhoun says he doesn’t think sophomore point guard Kemba Walker will leave early for the NBA.
“No, I don’t think it’s going to happen. I personally don’t think he’s in that position quite yet,” Calhoun said Tuesday ...
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Connecticut Huskies
Jim Calhoun
Kemba Walker
NEW YORK — Coach K doesn’t really care where LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh end up next summer, but he hopes they figure it out quickly.
“Hopefully, whatever they have to take care of will be done before the World Championships,” Coach K said Tuesday in ...
NCAA Basketball
Mike Krzyzewski
James Brown
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Rutgers appears to be the leader at this
point for Gilvydas Biruta, a 6-8 senior forward from...
Lithuania now playing for Dan Hurley at St. Benedict’s Prep. “Rutgers is the strong favorite,” a source close to the St. Ben’s ...
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Rutgers Leading for Biruta
Now that his season has ended with another State sectional championship, Paterson Catholic defensive end Trevor Clemmings is set to take college visits.
The 6-foot-6, 263-pound Clemmings will visit Pittsburgh Dec. 11 but no other visits have been set, according to PC coach Benjie Wimberly. ...
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Pittsburgh Panthers
Ohio State Buckeyes
NEW YORK — Doc Rivers on Sunday became the latest person outside the Knicks organization to state the obvious: The Knicks need to win some games in order to attract the big-name free agents next summer.
Talking to the media before his Boston Celtics edged the Knicks, 107-105 in ...
NCAA Basketball
James Brown
The Big East improved to 51-4 on the young season after Cincinnati downed No. 24 Vanderbilt 67-58 in the Maui Invitational.
Seven Big East teams are ranked in the latest AP poll, including Syracuse, which was unranked a week ago but vaulted to No. 10 — with one first-place vote — ...
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Cincinnati Bearcats
Lance Stephenson
West Virginia sophomore forward Devin Ebanks has yet to play this season for what are being called “personal” reasons and head coach Bob Huggins says he isn’t sure when Ebanks might return.
“I don’t know,” Huggins told The Dominion Post .
No. 8 West ...
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West Virginia Mountaineers
Devin Ebanks
The Enes Kanter Sweepstakes is over.
Kanter, a 6-foot-10 Turkish citizen born in Zurich, Switzerland who now plays for Stoneridge (Calif.) Prep, has verbally committed to the University of Washington. He chose UW over USC and UCLA.
“Yes,” Stoneridge coach Tank Thornton said ...
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Washington Huskies
With Thanksgiving coming up this week, here’s a great story to warm your heart.
Kyle Weafer is a football player at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, who just happens to be austistic.
According to this column by Mark Dewar of Sun Publications , Weafer had ...
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Lance Stephenson will play his first nationally televised game as a college freshman today when Cincinnati meets Vanderbilt in the Maui Invitational at 5:30 on ESPN2.
The 6-foot-6 Stephenson is averaging 11.5 points and 3.5 rebounds for the Bearcats (2-0). After a rough first game in which ...
NCAA Basketball
Cincinnati Bearcats
Lance Stephenson
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David Laury , a 6-foot-8, 225-pound power forward
from West Orange, N.J., has verbally committed to Iona....
Iona beat out Houston and TCU for Laury, who had initially signed a National of Letter to Western Kentucky. Because he already ...
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David Laury to Iona
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NEW YORK — Doc Rivers says he can
relate to Mike D’Antoni trying to win while also...
awaiting the heralded 2010 free agents. While Rivers coached in Orlando, the Magic added Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady through sign-and-trade deals in ...
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Doc Rivers Can Relate to Mike D’Antoni
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Austin Rivers is “definitely” considering Duke even though
he has verbally committed to Florida, according to his...
father, Celtics coach Doc Rivers. “He definitely is,” Doc said before Boston met the Knicks Sunday at ...
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Austin Rivers ‘Definitely’ Considering Duke
Finally, the Knicks surpassed the Yankees’ win total.
For November.
With their 98-91 victory Saturday at winless New Jersey, the Knicks won their second straight and improved to 3-9 on the season.
“Very important,” Knicks forward Al Harrington , who hit a huge ...
NCAA Basketball
Tina Cervasio
Madison Square Garden
The Big East is now 41-2 and counting on the season.
Sure, it’s early but that’s certainly a good start for a league that was supposed to be “down” this year.
“It’s early,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Friday night after his team throttled ...
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Syracuse Orange
North Carolina Tar Heels
NEW YORK – Playing on the biggest stage of his life Friday night, Wesley Johnson came through with a performance that thrust him into the national college basketball consciousness.
Johnson, a 6-foot-7 junior forward, put up a game-high 25 points and 8 rebounds and earned ...
