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 Ex-NBA Star Cops Plea 
 in 2002 Shooting 

Jayson Williams averts retrial, expected to serve 18 months

Nov 19, 09 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Former New Jersey Net Jayson Williams has agreed to a plea bargain in the 2002 shooting death of a limo driver and the subsequent attempt to cover up his involvement. Under the deal, he will plead guilty tomorrow to aggravated assault, receive a sentence of 3 years, and serve a... More »

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NBA • basketball • New Jersey Nets • manslaughter • plea bargain • shooting • criminal charges • Jayson Williams • cover-up • Jayson Williams plea bargain

LeBron in NFL? Browns Coach Says Suit Up

Woeful Cleveland willing to give NBA star a shot

Nov 18, 09 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - If LeBron James really wants to try football, Eric Mangini will find room on his roster. “I think he should come on down,” the Browns coach tells the Cleveland Plain Dealer . “The guy’s a freak athletically.” James may be an NBA star now, but... More »

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NBA • NFL • basketball • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • Brady Quinn • Cleveland Browns • football • Eric Mangini

 Abdul-Jabbar Has Cancer 

NBA legend goes public with leukemia diagnosis

Nov 10, 09 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Los Angeles Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, he announced today. The 62-year-old was diagnosed a year ago and doctors hope he will be able to live a full and active life with the proper treatment. Abdul-Jabbar said he decided to go public... More »

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NBA • Los Angeles Lakers • leukemia • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

BUZZ BISSINGER

 NBA Age Limits Are a Scam 

Cynical 2005 move by pro basketball was all about the bottom line

Oct 27, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NBA’s minimum draft age of 19, with one year of college—and a new proposal to make it 20—is nothing but a cynical ploy by pro basketball and the NCAA that “hasn’t helped players in any way,” Buzz Bissinger writes. Players can easily sail... More »

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NBA • NCAA • high school basketball • draft pick • Pro basketball • college basketball • H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger • professional athletes

Magic Johnson: Isiah Spread Rumors I Was Gay

Thomas denies accusation, feels 'really hurt'

Oct 22, 09 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Magic Johnson blames former friend Isiah Thomas for spreading rumors that Johnson was gay after he announced he had HIV in 1991. "Isiah kept questioning people about it,'' Magic writes. "I couldn't believe that. The one guy I thought I could count on had all these doubts.... More »

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NBA • basketball • HIV • Magic Johnson • Larry Bird • Isiah Thomas • gay

 11 Reasons to 
 Stop Hating the WNBA 

It's no NBA—but it shouldn't be, argues blogger. Plus, some players are hot.

Oct 4, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The WNBA finals are going on, which has—in the past—led Sam Greenspan to joke, “Man I hope one of the players lands a one-handed breakaway dunk to seal the best-of-one series!” The league is “universally ripped on,” he writes for 11points.com, but the... More »

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sports • NBA • WNBA • women's basketball • basketball • sexism • Jay-ZTV

 Most Underpaid Athletes 

Even LeBron James makes the list—relatively speaking, of course

Oct 3, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you set aside the fact that even the minimum-earning NBA player ($457,558) is still in the top 1% of American earners, you can appreciate that some sports standouts are relatively underpaid. Yahoo! Sports lists some of the biggies:
  • Tim Lincecum, MLB, San Francisco Giants: Though he’s
... More »

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 Kardashian-Odom Wedding 
 'News' Rules Tabloids 

Khloé and Lamar take over the gossip websites, too

Sep 25, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fairytale romance of Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom, who met over a $3,000 bar tab a mere 4 weeks ago and plan to marry Sunday, continues—and the tabloids and gossip sites are eating it up. Some recent tidbits:
  • Guests are shelling out for some very fitting
... More »

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Russian Tycoon Makes Bid for NJ Nets

NBA team could be
first to go under
foreign ownership

Sep 22, 09 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Russian tycoon has made a bid for a controlling stake in the New Jersey Nets, in what could become the first instance of foreign ownership of an NBA club, Reuters reports. Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia’s richest man, said on his blog that his Onexmi group had offered to loan... More »

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 Khloe Kardashian 
 Will Wed NBA Star  

Lakers' Lamar Odom, reality-TV star wrap up whirlwind courtship

Sep 21, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Famous-for-being-famous reality-TV star Khloe Kardashian and Lakers star Lamar Odom are planning their wedding after dating for just a month. "They are hoping to pull together a wedding within the next two weeks so they can get married and have time for a honeymoon," a source tells US ... More »

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Air Jordan Touches Down
in Hall of Fame

Guard leads class including David Robinson, John Stockton

Sep 11, 09 7:22 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Jordan, maybe the greatest of them all, is taking his place alongside basketball's other greats. Jordan was being enshrined in the Hall of Fame tonight, an honor that follows all the championship rings and MVP trophies he collected during his career. He joins David Robinson and John Stockton, a... More »

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(Newser) - We're months away from the NBA season, but the scrutiny of the monster pairing of Shaq and LeBron has already begun in earnest. Can the superstars exist in harmony on one team? The Wall Street Journal sniffs out a little trouble, noting that the two haven't exactly acted like best... More »

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NBA • basketball • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • Shaquille O'Neal • Shaq

 In Obama's Eyes, 
 Jordan Tops Kobe 

Prez: 'I haven't seen anybody match up with Michael'

Jul 2, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President and Basketballer-in-Chief Obama wasn’t coy when asked whether he preferred Kobe Bryant or Michael Jordan: “Oh, Michael,” he told the AP. “I mean, Kobe’s terrific. Don’t get me wrong,” he said. “But I haven’t seen anybody match up with Michael.... More »

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 Kobe's Next Title: 
 '1-Man State 
 Department' 
 to China 

Lakers star makes inroads with new Chinese foundation

Jun 30, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yao Ming may be an NBA star, but the most popular basketball player in China is Kobe Bryant—he's plastered on billboards and even once had his own reality show on Chinese TV. The Lakers guard has made a deliberate push in the world's largest nation, and he's now establishing... More »

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(Newser) - Women get excited over dresses at the Oscars. J.E. Skeets of Yahoo Sports gets excited about suits at the NBA draft. Here are his picks for the best- and worst-dressed players at last night's big event:  
  • Best Dressed: Brandon Jennings—"What's not to like?"
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NBA • basketball • NBA draft • Austin Daye • Brandon Jennings • Blake Griffin • Hasheem Thabeet • Ricky Rubio • Jordan Hill

 Cavs Swing Trade for Shaq 


Jun 25, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - LeBron James is about to get some big help—literally. The Suns and Cavaliers have agreed in principle to a deal to send Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland in exchange for Ben Wallace, Sasha Pavlovic, and the 46th pick in today's draft, multiple team execs tell the Plain Dealer.... More »

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NBA • basketball • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • Phoenix Suns • Shaquille O'Neal • sports trade • 2010

OPINION

 Cleveland 
 to Shaq: 
 We're Big 
 Enough 
 for Ya 

Local shops can handle huge

Jun 23, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shaquille O’Neal may be big, but if the superstar NBA center joins the Cavaliers, Cleveland has plenty of room, write Mary Schmitt Boyer and Jodie Valade in the Plain Dealer. Some suggestions:
  • Though he’d be playing for a team in a cold-weather city for the first time,
... More »

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 LA Flocks to Lakers Parade 

Cops vow to jail
miscreants as
coliseum fills

Jun 17, 09 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - An estimated 150,000 clogged streets in downtown Los Angeles today as the NBA-champion Lakers took a victory lap around downtown, the Times reports. Some 80,000 more jammed the Coliseum for a rally at parade’s end. Police, hoping to avoid the looting and chaos that followed Sunday’s... More »

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(Newser) - The NBA ref imprisoned for betting on games will finish his 15-month sentence in a halfway house, the Tampa Tribune reports; he’ll be released Wednesday. A press release from a “prisoner advocacy group” said Donaghy is being sprung early because he “was injured during an assault in... More »

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NBA • prison • gambling • mob • Mafia • Tim Donaghy • halfway house

 Turnovers Ding Magic in OT 

Lakers gain 2-0 lead in finals

Jun 8, 09 1:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic 101-96 in Los Angeles yesterday, taking a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals. Orlando flubbed a last-second shot at a fourth-quarter win, then let the Lakers dominate overtime with a 7-0 run, the Los Angeles Times reports. Kobe Bryant nailed just 29 points, 11... More »

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