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Lieberman,
50, Returning
to WNBA

Hall of Famer to play
for short-handed
Detroit for 7 days

Jul 24, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman is headed back to the WNBA at age 50, reports ESPN, which is losing her from its airwaves to the Detroit Shock, a team she played for and coached. Lieberman signed a 7-day contract to help a team hurt by injury and looming disciplinary action;... More »

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WNBA • women's basketball • basketball • Detroit Shock • Nancy Lieberman

 LeBron Sprain
 Rattles Team USA 

Forward leaves Olympic practice after injuring right ankle

Jul 23, 08 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Team USA got a shock last night when LeBron James sprained his right ankle in a practice scrimmage in a high school gym, reports the Los Angeles Times. Team officials said it was a minor injury, but the star will be carefully evaluated today. His Beijing-bound teammates were optimistic James... More »

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Kevin Durant • basketball • LeBron James • Team USA • Cleveland Cavaliers • 2008 Beijing Olympics • injury • US National Basketball Team

 All-Star Memento Today, 
 Nest Egg Tomorrow  

Memorabilia auctions offer old-timers chance to cash in

Jul 15, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to souvenirs, some athletes are as memorabilia-hungry as fans. Albert Pujols has great success stockpiling mementos—for his son, or so he says—but even megastars experience slumps: Tiger Woods won’t sign for Roger Federer. “It is more important for me to talk to them... More »

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basketball • Tiger Woods • Albert Pujols • Roger Federer • memorabilia • sports collectibles • sports memorabilia • baseball • autographs • MLB All-Star Game • Whitey Ford • Bill Russell

CBS Bounces Packer From NCAA Team

After 34 years of Final Fours, controversial broadcaster is out

Jul 14, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time in 34 years, Billy Packer won’t be calling the Final Four, the Miami Herald reports. CBS won’t renew the 68-year-old’s year-to-year contract, an exec confirmed, but will replace Packer with veteran announcer Clark Kellogg. Packer has been a controversy magnet, most famously for... More »

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basketball • NCAA basketball • broadcasting • college basketball • Billy Packer

 Ariz. Coach Swears Off
 1-Year Wonders 

Olson calls NBA rule "farce," plans to push for changes benefiting college basketball

Jul 11, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lute Olson is sick of an NBA rule that results in top basketball prospects spending just one year in college, the Los Angeles Times reports, and says he'll no longer recruit such players for his University of Arizona program. Olson, who's seen the rule cost Arizona two top players this... More »

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NBA • basketball • NCAA basketball • University of Arizona • basketball recruiting • Jerryd Bayless • Lute Olson • college basketball • Brandon Jennings • Jim Boeheim

OPINION

Prospect's European Exile Ruffles Feathers

Some fault NBA age rule in driving Jennings abroad; others rip teen

Jul 10, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decision by a top high school basketball prospect to ditch his commitment to college and play professionally in Europe—thus thumbing his nose at the NBA, which bars players under 19—has observers up in arms, the Wall Street Journal's Daily Fix blog notes. Camps appear split into those... More »

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NBA • basketball • Europe • Arizona Wildcats • college basketball • Brandon Jennings

 Olympians Adjust to
 Tougher Drug Tests 

Athletes must keep agency up to speed on their whereabouts

Jul 1, 08 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many US professional athletes aren't accustomed to giving blood and urine samples during their off seasons, but with the Olympics approaching, that's all been changing, writes USA Today. The US Anti-Doping Agency requires all potential competitors to comply with a "whereabouts program" and submit to random screenings for HGH... More »

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basketball • soccer • 2008 Beijing Olympics • human growth hormone • sports doping • USADA • blood tests • baseball • drugs in sports

LeBron's In a New York
(or New Jersey) State of Mind

Cavs star knows Knicks, Nets ready to court him

Jul 1, 08 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - LeBron James knows how much Knicks fans would love to see him suit up in Madison Square Garden come 2010 or 2011, but the Cleveland star isn't committing to anything yet, writes ESPN. What he is saying might have New York coach Mike D'Antoni worried, though: LeBron's favorite borough is... More »

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NBA • basketball • LeBron James • Cleveland Cavaliers • New Jersey Nets • New York Knicks • free agent

Review

 Gunnin' Sure to Score
  With Hoop Fans 

Beastie Boy produces shallow but pleasing documentary

Jun 27, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot, the second documentary from Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, is no Hoop Dreams, but critics predict a slam-dunk with roundball and hip-hop aficionados. The film follows eight high school phenoms through a high-profile Harlem pick-up game and “offers a snapshot of the kind of... More »

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basketball • movie review • documentary • Beastie Boys • documentary film • Adam Yauch

OPINION

Last Thing Bulls Should Give Rose is Time

Chicago has waited long enough, and this 19-year-old is ready

Jun 27, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago Bulls GM John Paxson said after last night's NBA draft that he thinks the team should give Derrick Rose some time to settle in, but he seems to be the only person who thinks so, writes Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times. The No. 1 draft pick says he... More »

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NBA • basketball • Chicago Bulls • NBA draft • Derrick Rose

 Trade Spices Up
 Frosh-Heavy
 Draft 

Rose goes first, in glut of college freshmen

Jun 27, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bulls grabbed Derrick Rose with the first overall pick last night in a wild NBA draft dominated by college freshmen. For the first time in history, the top three picks all were first-year wonders, ESPN reports. The Timberwolves then traded that third pick—OJ Mayo—for No. 5 pick... More »

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NBA • basketball • trade • NBA draft • Derrick Rose • Kevin Love • OJ Mayo • Michael Beasley

Beasties' Yauch Finds a Groove
With Hoops Doc

Rapper/director's Gunnin' For That #1 Spot opens tomorrow

Jun 26, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though by his own admission, he's "just terrible at watching basketball on television," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch—aka MCA—has directed a documentary about the nation's top prep players. Gunnin' for That #1 Spot opens tomorrow, and Radar catches up with Yauch, whose fight for his right to... More »

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basketball • Michael Beasley • Beastie Boys • Adam Yauch • Gunnin' for That #1 Spot • Rucker Park

Finding Meaning in the Death
of Len Bias

Cocaine killed the athlete 22 years ago, but the impact lingers

Jun 26, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-two years ago, Celtics legend Larry Bird called the sudden death of new Boston draftee Len Bias "one of the the cruelest things I've ever heard." The legacy of the Maryland basketball great, whose NBA career ended with cocaine use just two days after it began, retains its... More »

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NBA • basketball • cocaine • NBA draft • Boston Celtics • overdose • college basketball

 Celtics Win
 Ripples Across Globe 

Boston's championship watched from London to Shanghai

Jun 18, 08 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the buzzer sounded last night, giving the Boston Celtics the NBA Championship over the Los Angeles Lakers, it wasn't heard only in Beantown. All over the world, from London to Shanghai, basketball fans watched the Celtics take home their 17th Larry O’Brien Trophy. "It’s a global... More »

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sports • NBA • basketball • Bain Capital • Boston Celtics • Steve Pagliuca

OPINION

Lakers Still Alive,
But for How Much Longer?

Celtics still have advantage and momentum, say columnists

Jun 16, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Lakers showed last night that Boston doesn't have the NBA title wrapped up yet, but columnists say they still face an uphill battle. Los Angeles, trailing 3-2, has "very little to be proud of," Bob Ryan sniffs in the Boston Globe, pointing to squandered leads. Bill Plaschke... More »

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Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • Boston Celtics

 Do Feds Suspect
 Another Ref? 

Officials report being asked about Bavetta during Donaghy probe

Jun 13, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - While questioning former NBA referees about Tim Donaghy, federal investigators also asked lots of questions about another ref named Dick Bavetta, ESPN reports. Commissioner David Stern, however, insisted the league has no concerns about the veteran official, who worked Game 1 of this year's finals. Stern again suggested that Donaghy's... More »

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NBA • basketball • NBA referees • Boston Celtics • David Stern • Tim Donaghy • 2008 NBA playoffs • LA Lakers • Dick Bavetta

 Ousted Ref: NBA
 Fixed 2002 Series

Donaghy charges officials manipulated results to stretch playoff series

Jun 11, 08 2:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disgraced former NBA referee claims that league officials conspired with referees to stretch the 2002 Lakers-Kings playoff series to a money-making seventh game, the Los Angeles Times reports. The allegation from Tim Donaghy came in a letter to the FBI that made broad claims of misconduct and match-fixing among... More »

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Los Angeles Lakers • Phil Jackson • basketball • NBA playoffs • NBA referees • Sacramento Kings • referee • Tim Donaghy

 Pierce Plays Through Pain 

Celtics captain, felled by knee sprain, jumps back into game

Jun 6, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Paul Pierce crumpled to the parquet in the third quarter of last night's NBA Finals game, everyone watching likely echoed the fears of Boston coach Doc Rivers, who "thought the worst." But after writhing in pain and leaving the court in a wheelchair, the Celtics captain returned,... More »

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NBA • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • NBA finals • Boston Celtics • Paul Pierce • knee injury • 2008 NBA playoffs

Opinion

Let the Games Begin:
Kobe Starved for a Title 

He must feed the beast of his addiction to b-ball dominance

Jun 5, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Wire's pitiable junkie Bubbles and Kobe Bryant wouldn't seem to have much, if anything, in common. But not so, Scoop Jackson writes on ESPN.com, arguing that the Los Angeles Lakers star has an addiction of his own—a fiendish thirst to win a championship "no athlete... More »

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Kobe Bryant • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • Boston Celtics • Shaquille O'Neal • 2008 NBA playoffs

 Lakers, Celtics Renew
 Rivalry for Finals 

Teams will face each other in reprise of '80s showdowns

May 31, 08 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics will revive a historic rivalry in this year’s NBA finals, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Celtics’ defeat of the Detroit Pistons last night will bring the celebrated franchises together for the 11th time in the finals. Lakers coach Phil Jackson will... More »

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NBA • Los Angeles Lakers • basketball • NBA finals • rivalry • Boston Celtics

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