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![]() Eurosport.com AU | Basketball Australia names Opals squad of 14 for London Olympics Herald Sun BASKETBALL Australia has named a 14-woman squad headed by superstar Lauren Jackson ahead of the London Olympics. Coach Carrie Graf said there were encouraging signs in the first week of their Canberra camp and she looked forward to a second week to ... Women's basketball squad trimmed to 14 Opals polished ahead of Olympics |
![]() Eurosport.com AU | A bad day for basketball in the City of Angels USA TODAY By Jack Carey, USA TODAY Just when you thought the Lakers were ready to reassert themselves and make things complicated for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are trying to make the Western Conference finals for the second year in a row, OKC took another ... Basketball - NBA Lakers avoid hole as 76ers even series Thunder beat Lakers 103-100 for 3-1 lead Basketball: Kobe stars as Lakers beats Thunder |
![]() Boston Globe | Sunday basketball notes Boston Globe By Gary Washburn Larry Bird, President of Basketball Operations for the Indiana Pacers, was given the NBA Executive of the Year award by Stu Jackson in Indianapolis on May 17. It always seemed as though Larry Bird's 15-year tenure with the Pacers has ... Summer Olympics Basketball: Magic and Larry Bird's Rivalry, Friendship Made ... Bird makes history Larry Bird: The legend lives on in today's youth and thank heavens! |
![]() NBCSports.com | Revisiting a Decline in Minority College Coaches New York Times African-Americans have long dominated college basketball on the court. The same cannot be said for the sideline. The number of minority coaches in NCAA Division I is declining. The latest race and gender report card released in 2010 by The Institute ... SEC stands out in hiring of minority coaches, report shows Report: Minority hiring declining in college hoops |
Michigan basketball unlikely to embrace its tarnished past in 2013 Detroit Free Press Many Michigan basketball fans see 2013 as the end of the Ed Martin booster scandal. According to the NCAA sanctions handed out a decade earlier, the UM athletic department will no longer be banned from associating with and recognizing the four players ... |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Basketball: Penney non starter for Tall Blacks New Zealand Herald Over the past decade, he has emerged as a highly respected player in international basketball. In 2003, Penney became the second Kiwi - after Sean Marks - to appear in the NBA and has won championships in the NBA development league, ... Penney out of Olympics with injury Penney out of Tall Blacks for Olympic qualifying tournament |
![]() Air Alamo | National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules Chicago Tribune Los Angeles, CA — Tony Parker scored 23 points, Tim Duncan had 19 and the San Antonio Spurs came back from 24 points down on Saturday afternoon to beat the Los Angeles Clippers, 96-86, for a 3-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal. Spurs rally from 24 down, take 3-0 series lead on Clippers Spurs playing good, old-fashioned basketball Basketball: Spurs win 17th in a row to rally past Clippers |
How other college basketball programs dealt with vacated Final Four appearances Detroit Free Press "There's been no discussion," said Ohio State associate athletic director Dan Wallenberg, who has been the men's basketball public relations liaison since 1998. "There was a 10-year anniversary, and we didn't do anything. Our agreement with NCAA (was) ... |
![]() USA TODAY | Equal pay? Not on the basketball court Tucson Citizen $291 million, excluding endorsements, according to basketball-reference.com. According to Sports Illustrated, Garnett now makes more than $10 million a year off the court with adidas; Anta, a Chinese sportswear brand; Gatorade; and Wheaties in addition ... Equal pay not found on basketball court Indiana Fever outshoot Atlanta Dream in WNBA opener at fieldhous |
![]() Tulsa World | Just Danny: Deep love of family and basketball are traits of new TU basketball ... Tulsa World His basketball career played out on televisions around the globe. But Manning is a very private person. His body language when speaking about himself proves that. His professional life is very public. Privacy is the last thing he can try to control. |