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| NABC to honor former Sen. Bill Bradley |
College Basketball |
02/16/2010 |
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| areer by serving in the U.S. Senate, has been selected to receive the Court of Honor Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation. Bradley, who led Princeton to a Final Four and played on two NBA championship teams with the New York Knicks, will receive the award May 17 in New York. The award is presented to someone who has roots in college basketball, values those roots, and has gone on to distinguish himself in his profession, exhibiting the highest standards of leadership. Brad |
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| Blazers acquire Camby from Clips |
NBA Basketball |
02/16/2010 |
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| h run," said Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard. "He's a fierce competitor and has been one of the league's best defensive players for quite some time." In his 14th NBA season, Camby will join his fifth team. He has also played for Toronto, the New York Knicks and Denver before joining the Clippers for the 2008-09 campaign. Camby has averaged 10.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 808 NBA games. He was the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for 2006-07 with Denver and is one of only 11 players in NB |
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| Knicks open home-and-home set with Bulls in Windy City |
NBA Basketball |
02/16/2010 |
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| (BettingExpress) - New York Knicks guard and first ever three-time Slam Dunk champion Nate Robinson hopes to lead his team to a road victory tonight against the Chicago Bulls in the opener of a home-and-home series from the United Center. The Knicks and Bulls have split a pair of matchups already this season, with each team holding serve as the host, and will meet again Wednesday back at Madison Square Garden. Chicago has won 14 of 20 and 15 of the last 22 meetings with New York, which has lost three straight |
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| Robinson has sights set on dunk history |
NBA Basketball |
02/13/2010 |
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| (BettingExpress) - There's not much going on with the New York Knicks these days, but at least guard Nate Robinson can bring the storied franchise into a positive light when he defends his Slam Dunk title Saturday during the NBA All-Star Game festivities at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The 5-foot-9 Robinson is trying to become the first three-time winner of the NBA Slam Dunk contest, having captured the crown in 2006 and 2009. He is the fifth player to win the contest twice, joining Michael Jordan (198 |
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| Malone, Pippen, Dream Team highlight Hall of Fame finalists |
NBA Basketball |
02/12/2010 |
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| a finalist in 2006, 2008 and last year. He is also a three-time NBA Coach of the Year winner and is currently second in NBA coaching victories. An NBA player with the Chicago Zephyrs, Lakers and Boston Celtics, Nelson has also coached Milwaukee, the New York Knicks and Dallas. Winter was the 1998 recipient of the John Bunn Lifetime Achievement award, presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame to recognize his work in coaching and as the proponent of the triangle and triple-post offense that has been the foundati |
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| Former WVU, Lakers coaching legend Schaus passes |
NBA Basketball |
02/11/2010 |
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| election committee, while also helping to reorganize many of college football's television agreements that remain in place today. Schaus also had a brief playing career in the NBA after the forward scored 1,009 career points over 61 career games at WVU. He went on to play four seasons for the Fort Wayne Pistons and was named to the first-ever NBA All- Star game in 1951. Schaus played his final year in the NBA for the New York Knicks in 1954 after becoming the first player to reach 1,000 points for Fort Wayne. |
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| Former Knick Carl Braun passes |
NBA Basketball |
02/10/2010 |
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| New York, NY (BettingExpress) - Former New York Knicks legend Carl Braun passed away Wednesday at the age of 82. Braun represented the Knicks in five consecutive NBA All-Star Games from 1953-1957. The guard-forward played 12 of his 13 seasons in New York, the first two as part of the defunct Basketball Association of America, and upon retiring in 1962 finished as the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 10,449 points despite missing two seasons while serving in the military. He remains fifth on the Knicks |
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| Former Knicks star Carl Braun dies at 82 |
NBA Basketball |
02/10/2010 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Carl Braun, who played in five consecutive All-Star games as a member of the New York Knicks, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 82. Braun died in Florida, the team said. He is the second former Knicks star to die in a week. Hall of Famer Dick McGuire passed away last Wednesday. Braun was an All-Star from 1953-57 and retired as the team's career scoring leader with 10,449 points. He's still in fifth place on the career list behind Patrick Ewing, Walt Frazier, Willis Reed and Allan H |
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| USA Basketball Names 27 to National Team |
NBA Basketball |
02/10/2010 |
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| a City Thunder's Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, Memphis Grizzlies' Rudy Gay and O.J. Mayo, Los Angeles Clippers' Eric Gordon, Indiana Pacers' Danny Granger Philadelphia 76ers' Andre Iguodala, Minnesota Timberwolves' Al Jefferson and Kevin Love, New York Knicks' David Lee, New Jersey Nets' Brook Lopez, Boston Celtics' Kendrick Perkins, Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose and Charlotte Bobcats' Gerald Wallace. "I'm really excited about the players who were selected and who committed to be part of the 2010-12 USA Na |
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| Kings hope to snap long road losing streak in MSG vs. Knicks |
NBA Basketball |
02/09/2010 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Wins have been hard to come by lately for the Sacramento Kings, who will try to put the brakes on a six-game losing streak Tuesday night against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. The Kings opened a three-game eastern road trip with a 115-104 loss at Toronto on Sunday, as Kevin Martin had 24 points and Spencer Hawes posted 14 with 11 rebounds. Donte Greene chipped in 13 points, while Tyreke Evans and Andres Nocioni each had 11 for Sacramento, which has lost 11 in a row on the roa |
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