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Leandro Voted Sixth Man

Suns speedy Brazilian guard averaged 18.1 ppg off the bench

Apr 23, 07 10:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sportswriters voted the preternaturally quick Leandro Barbosa the NBA's best sixth man in 2007. Used primarily off the bench, the Brazilian guard served to propel the Phoenix Suns to a higher gear, after the team had already established its fast-paced, high-scoring brand of play; he achieved over 18 points per... More »

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sports • NBA • Phil Jackson • basketball • Phoenix Suns • Leandro Barbosa • Brazil

Nuggets Upset Spurs, 95-89

Anthony-Iverson pairing pays its first playoff dividends for Denver

Apr 22, 07 11:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - High-scoring Nuggets Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson combined for 61 points in an eye-opening playoff opener against San Antonio, winning 95-89 and stealing home court advantage. The combination of the two ruthless scorers, while difficult to manage earlier in the season, now has Denver peaking at the perfect time. More »

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NBA Ref Suspended for Season

Joey Crawford will not ref NBA games for the rest of the season

Apr 17, 07 10:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Veteran referee Joey Crawford has been suspended for the season for his hot-tempered ejection of Spurs star Tim Duncan, who was disciplined for laughing at a foul while on the bench.  As Russ Bengtson points out, Crawford has a history of taking the actions of players somewhat personally. More »

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Crawford v. Duncan Feud Escalates

The NBA's mild child thinks veteran ref wants a fight

Apr 16, 07 10:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bad blood between 31-year referee Joey Crawford and softspoken, inoffensive Spurs leader Tim Duncan may end in a physical altercation, predicts the gloomy-faced forward. Crawford ejected Duncan in Sunday's match against the Mavs with two technical fouls, both issued for Duncan's perceived rebelliousness while on the bench. The second... More »

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Clippers Top Lakers as Playoff Picture Clouds

Maggette’s career
high 39 outshines
50 from Kobe

Apr 13, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - With more than just city bragging rights at stake, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Lakers 118-110 last night. The Clippers moved into a tie for the eighth and final playoff spot with idle Golden State, as both teams sit 1.5 games behind the Lakers. More »

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NBA • Kobe Bryant • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • Los Angeles Clippers • Corey Maggette • Elton Brand

Durant Will Jump to Pros

Will he be the No. 1 draft pick—or will Buckeyes center
Greg Oden?

Apr 11, 07 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Longhorns freshman heartthrob Kevin Durant has announced he will leave Texas for the NBA draft.  Durant averaged a frankly absurd 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds over the course of an award-sweeping first-year campaign that ended one game short of the Sweet Sixteen. Texas benefitted from a new... More »

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Mavs Clinch West’s Top Seed; Clippers Fall to 9th

Dallas win allows team to rest up for playoffs

Apr 10, 07 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Dallas Mavericks clinched the NBA’s best record and the number one seed in the Western Conference playoffs, winning 96-86 over the Los Angeles Clippers at home yesterday. With five games remaining in the regular season, the Mavs can now afford to rest stars Dirk Nowitzki and Jerry Stackhouse... More »

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Suns Drop Lakers to 7th
In West

Bell’s hot shooting
sets up possible
playoff rematch

Apr 9, 07 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phoenix Suns keep rolling through the regular season, with their Sunday win against the Los Angeles Lakers setting up a possible rematch of last year’s first-round playoff series. Raja Bell hit all six of his three point attempts en route to 22 points as the Suns won 115-107. More »

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sports • Kobe Bryant • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • Phoenix Suns • Raja Bell • Los Angeles • Phoenix • Mike D'Antoni

(Newser) - Gilbert Arenas, the hot-shooting Washington guard sportswriters are now legally required to describe as "quirky," is out for 2 to 3 months with a knee injury.  Unless he recovers and the Wizards reach the NBA Finals minus both him (their leading scorer) and fellow All-Star Caron Butler... More »

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LADY VOLS TAKE CHAMPIONSHIP

No. 1 seed returns to top of NCAA tourney in easy brush past Rutgers

Apr 4, 07 7:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tennessee Lady Vols won the NCAA title last night, sweeping No. 4 seed Rutgers 59-46 behind a suffocating defensive effort. All-American Candace Parker won her first championship, leading the way with 17 points, as Tennessee broke a nine-year tournament drought. "We were a team that didn't want to... More »

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LeBron Tepid
On Team USA

He's been studying Mandarin, but may not be heading to Beijing

Apr 3, 07 10:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Beijing next year, basketball's Team USA may be missing one of the sport's most familiar faces.  For flaky-sounding reasons, LeBron James has let it be known that he is "50-50" for the upcoming Tournament of the Americas, an Olympic qualifier, and Jerry Colangelo, the man putting the... More »

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Florida Coach Mulls Move To Kentucky

After Gainsville triumph, does he still want dream job?

Apr 3, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of his second straight championship, Gators coach Billy Donovan has a difficult, if enviable, decision.  The 41-year-old workaholic can continue stewarding the historic program he has built in Gainesville, or he can fill the vacancy at basketball powerhouse Kentucky, where he was assistant coach for five... More »

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Gators Win Twice with Teamwork   

Florida Earns Second Championship With Guts and Discipline

Apr 3, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - By repeating as national champions, the University of Florida men's basketball team has shown what commitment and teamwork can do, says Dick Jerardi. "It was equal parts breathtaking and mesmerizing," he writes. "If you love to watch selfless basketball in which there is one goal, you had... More »

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Lamoriello  Pulls Another Riley

Devils GM takes his own coach's job for second year in a row

Apr 2, 07 7:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite his team's first-place standing in the NHL's Atlantic Division, New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has summarily dismissed coach Claude Julien and will coach the team himself for the remainder of the season, which consists of a week and then the playoffs.  This is the second time in... More »

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Kobe Joins Wilt With Four 50-Pointers

Needs four more 50-point games to break Chamberlain's record

Mar 25, 07 5:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kobe Bryant’s 50 points Friday night versus the New Orleans Hornets moved the three-time NBA Champion into elite company: Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player to score at least 50 points in at least four consecutive games. More »

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Penn State
Coach Quits

Women's basketball head coach
Rene Portland resigned amid
allegations of discrimation

Mar 22, 07 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland, who resigned last night,  ends her 27-year college career with 606 wins, amid allegations that she discriminated against lesbian players.  Under Portland, Penn State played in 21 NCAA tournaments, including the 2000 Final Four, but the team’s performance slipped the... More »

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Duke Baller Bolts for NBA

Sophomore forward/center
Josh McRoberts will enter the draft

Mar 22, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Duke co-captain Josh McRoberts  will enter the NBA draft, he announced yesterday, just a  week after his Blue Devils fell in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.  Duke men’s basketball Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski is OK with that. “It is time for him... More »

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Candace Parker Can Go Pro

The UT standout, though not a senior,
is eligible for the
2007 draft

Mar 22, 07 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - UT women’s basketball standout Candace Parker can declare for the WNBA draft for 2007, even though she's a member of  the class of 2008. Parker, who could play her last college basketball game within two weeks, needs only to show she can graduate by December and that she intends... More »

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Son Replaces Dad
As Drake Head Coach

Tom Davis steps down, son Keno steps up as basketball coach

Mar 22, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Keno Davis will replace his father, Dr. Tom Davis, who is retiring as Drake University’s men’s basketball head coach. The elder Davis had coached Division I basketball for 32 seasons, the last four at Drake. Earlier, at Lafayette, he gave University of Maryland men’s basketball Head Coach... More »

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Artest Could Face Jail Time in Domestic dispute

Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged with four misdemeanors Tuesday.

Mar 21, 07 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacramento Kings forward Ron Artest was charged Tuesday, March 20, with four misdemeanors stemming from an altercation with his wife earlier this month. The famously temperamental NBA player could spend time behind bars if found guilty on any of the four charges, which include battery and corporal injury to a... More »

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