Blazers show Roy that loyalty still exists in sports
SHANE SMITH
When modern sporting games were at their inception, it was believed that games like baseball and basketball would instill a form of virtue lacking from the sporting culture emerging in early America. These games would teach children and men the virtues of life: how to win and lose gracefully, how to work within a [...]
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Kemba, Jimmer begin NBA careers with huge expectations; What kind of NBA players will they be?
Now that the NBA lockout is over its time to remember the players we have been dying to see play at the next level.
SHANE SMITH
With the completion of the NBA lockout it is FINALLY time for professional basketball again. Everyone will be excited to see an intensified version of free agency, ala: the NFL lockout, [...]
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Finally! NBA, NBAPA reach agreement, tenatively end lockout
SCOTT JACOBS
As of this very moment, there is labor peace at last in the National Basketball Association. The NBA and NBAPA managed to salvage their season with productive Black Friday talks, and today held a press conference to announce what NBA fans have been waiting for way too long — that a tentative agreement has [...]
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NBA needs to refocus on real victims of the lockout: the children
CHRIS KNEPLEY
The NBA lockout has now resulted in the cancellation of professional basketball games until at least December 15th and with the players now filing antitrust lawsuits against the owners, it seems that the NBA season is in real jeopardy of not taking place at all.
Of course, missing an entire season would not only be [...]
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NBA Lockout: Canceled season could cripple overconfident NBA
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The NBA Owners and David Stern have their vision. The Players Association headed by Billy Hunter and Player Head Derek Fisher, have theirs. Though just roughly 2% in revenue separates themselves from being on the cusp of a deal (there are system issues as well), the NBA and its Players Association are also a [...]
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Choker LeBron James wants Steve Nash to come to Miami because he can’t win a championship with Wade and Bosh
LeBron James recruits Steve Nash and Jamal Crawford on Twitter.
MITCH BLATT
After guaranteeing the Heat would win at least 8 championships when he signed with them last year, LeBron James has now taken to Twitter to try to recruit free agents Steve Nash and Jamal Crawford to join him in Miami. As if three superstars weren’t [...]
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LeBron James vs. Merril Hoge: It’s on like Donkey Kong in Tebow Twitter war
Hoge well within his rights to criticize Tebow — LeBron needs to get a clue sometimes
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The NBA is in a steady, gruesome lockout, and LeBron James is still making news. Yesterday after Merril Hodge told the world what he thought of Tim Tebow on SportsCenter, LeBron came out 140 chararacters a fightin’, tweeting:
“Tim Tebow [...]
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Ron Artest changed his name to Metta World Peace for a reason
The Lakers forward may be unique, but he’s always an interesting interview. Further proof is an interview he recently had with RocaWear.
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Call the guy what you want, but Ron Artest, in his own quirky way, actually seems like he’s a pretty good guy. Yes, the malace at the palace forever linked him to one [...]
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