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Pete Newell, Basketball Coach and Innovator, Dies at 93
Pete Newell, one of the most influential coaches in the history of basketball, who won a national championship at the University of California in 1959, an Olympic championship in 1960, and whose camp became a required seminar in low-post play for generations of professional stars, died Monday
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Four Cavaliers Highlight 2009 NBA All-Star Ballot
LeBron, LeBron, LeBron and LeBron.
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LeBron James
LeBron James Named NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week
LeBron named POTW again.
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LeBron James
28th in Attendance, Sixers lower ticket prices
When the 76ers committed $160 million to Andre Iguodala and Elton Brand this offseason surely they imagined the Wachovia Center packed with loud and happy fans cheering them on. They were coming off a year in which they exceeded every expectations , had replaced an unpopular general ...
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Philadelphia 76ers
Wachovia Center
Andre Iguodala
Elton Brand
Philadelphia Phillies
Dr. Yao Ming to receive honorary degree for AIDS advocacy
I'm late to this news , but hey, that's what happens when one starts getting artsy-fartsy with Yao Ming , tassels and good ol' Photoshop. Rome wasn't built in a day, people, and neither was that picture. In fact, that's two weeks worth of work right there. I'm slow with the magic wand. ANYWAY, ...
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Yao Ming
Magic Johnson
My Cavs Are Red Hot
Denver is here and I have to say I'm not so much concerned with beating them as I am about their Mayor. That is one hard-to-accessorize outfit.
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Larry Brown
Delonte West
Ben Gordon
Daniel Gibson
Cleveland Cavaliers
Denver Nuggets
Lining Them Up and Knocking Them Down
Utah Jazz are in town. Teams keep lining up at the Q and we keep knocking them down. With the Jazz comes Carlos Boozer. I knew he left us and Gordon Gund has said: Wild Thing and LB do the...
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Utah Jazz
Carlos Boozer
Gordon Gund
Cleveland Cavaliers
Larry Brown
Tony Battie
Captain, oh Captain (of my handball team)
Much was made of Barack Obama playing bball right up to and including election day. Scorn him or adore him, he upholds a long tradition: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) broke barriers and altered the course of history. "The Great Emancipator" loved...
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Transcending Basketball
Bill Russell's Go Up For Glory, published in 1966, is a thin volume rich with insight. Reading Bill's thoughts (hope it's ok to call him "Bill," I feel intimate with him now after reading so many pages) is a journey...
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Bill Russell
The Largest Possible Freedom
Virtual Tourist's Top Ten Ugliest Buildings list is out. Cleveland is safe this year. However, the country of Lichtenstein took quite a blow: Lichtenstein Museum of Fine Arts 7. Liechtenstein Museum of Fine Arts; Vaduz, Liechtenstein Some feel the building's...
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Cleveland Cavaliers
Utah Jazz: After 'long summer,' Harpring returns
Reflecting on where he was three months ago and the infection that required him to be hospitalized after undergoing ankle surgery, Jazz forward Matt Harpring said he questioned whether he would ever play again.
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Utah Jazz
Matt Harpring
Legoblokjes
I think we all know: De Lego Group is de vijfde grootste speelgoedfabrikant van de wereld. However, the big news is this:
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Homers of the Brave and the Free
Veteran's Day ends nicely with a matchup between the Cavs and Mo Williams' former team - the Milwaukee Bucks. Cavs are on a 4-game winning streak; Bucks are hobbling along without Michael...
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Cleveland Cavaliers
Larry Brown
Delonte West
Milwaukee Bucks
Daniel Gibson
Ben Gordon
Lebron James Gets Rare Victory Over Denver
LeBron James just missed his first triple-double this season, but got something even more rare: a win over good buddy Carmelo Anthony.
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LeBron James
Carmelo Anthony
Denver Nuggets
The 10-man rotation, starring Carmelo Anthony's personal chef
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Boston.com , via Deadspin . Obama could steal 'Melo's personal chef for The ...
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Carmelo Anthony
Chris Bosh
Baron Davis
Gary Payton
Rajon Rondo
Los Angeles Lakers
Phil Jackson may have commitment issues
L.A. Times : Jerry Buss wants Phil Jackson to coach the Lakers for years to come, but there’s one small problem: Jackson isn’t quite ready to commit beyond this season. Jackson stayed consistent with an overall reluctance to look into the future when asked Tuesday about recent ...
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Los Angeles Lakers
Phil Jackson
Jerry Buss
New Orleans Hornets
Lebron James Dunks From the Free Throw Line!
So to be correct, he had one foot over the line when he took off. But who the hell cares! So did Michael Jordan in his second dunk contest victory. The thing about this video below however is that Lebron did this IN A GAME! Are you kidding me? This is so ...
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LeBron James
Michael Jordan
Slam Dunk Contest
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Nets to give free tickets to the unemployed
Good news, Yinka Dare: the New Jersey Nets are offering free tickets to people out of work. David Waldstein of The Star-Ledger reports : "In a nod to current economic conditions, the basketball team will give unemployed fans who submit their resumes to the Nets Job Bank up to four free ...
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New Jersey Nets
Sports Illustrated's Slimming of the Masthead
The dreadful economy and veritable collapse of Western Civilization is about to hit Sports Illustrated. Hard. The mag is asking 40 staffers to voluntary step forward and accept a buyout . One possible bonus to taking the buyout now:
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