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US pulls away in 2nd half to rout...
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Charles Dimino found this 13 hours ago on sports.yahoo.com
| Eric Gordon(notes) scored 21 points and the United States pulled away from Tunisia after sleepwalking through the first half, winning 92-57 on Thursday in its final game of pool play at the world championship.
With nothing to play for, the Americans led their winless opponent by only four points early in the third quarter before turning the game into a rout over the final 15...
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Team USA’s roster shrinks
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Charles Dimino found this 1 month ago on sports.yahoo.com
| The 2008 Beijing Olympic team no-showed en masse. Amar’e Stoudemire(notes) left because of insurance concerns with his contract. Robin Lopez(notes) walked out with back problems and David Lee(notes) lasted just one day before a finger injury scratched him from the roster.
Team USA’s pool of players for the world championships has dwindled in...
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Nate Robinson going Green again
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 month ago on www.bostonherald.com
| | Though the Celtics [team stats] failed to reach a resolution with Tony Allen, and paid the price Sunday night when the guard and the Memphis Grizzlies agreed on a three-year contract, talks with the team’s other remaining free agent continue to progress.
Aaron Goodwin, the agent for Nate Robinson, said yesterday the two sides could reach a deal by the end of the week.
“Things...
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Mavericks and others showing interest...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 month ago on www.dallasnews.com
| | The Dallas Mavericks are one of three teams that have shown interest in acquiring future Hall-of-Fame center Shaquille O'Neal, according to a report by ESPN's Chris Broussard.
"O'Neal also has a close relationship with Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki," Broussard writes. "Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has long had interest in bringing O'Neal to Dallas, where he could...
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Big doings: Erden signed
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 month ago on www.boston.com
| | Just three weeks removed from a championship season in Turkey, Semih Erden flew to the States to join the Celtics’ summer camp. Taken by Boston with the last pick in the 2008 draft, Erden played out his contract with Fenerbahce Ulker in Istanbul. Yesterday, he signed a new one with the Celtics.
With the Celtics looking for length as they sort through Rasheed Wallace’s possible...
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Hot hand in Luke Harangody
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 month ago on www.bostonherald.com
| | The Celtics [team stats] lost their summer league opener to Oklahoma City, 87-82, last night. But no one at the Orlando Magic’s practice facility came away talking about the Thunder comeback.
It’d be fair to say that Luke Harangody - No. 55 in your program, No. 52 overall in the NBA draft - turned a few heads. The 6-foot-8 forward still looking to secure an NBA contract had 23...
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Danny Ainge trying to work while NBA...
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jtsredsox24 found this 1 month ago on www.bostonherald.com
| | The Indiana Pacers were playing the Orlando Magic late yesterday afternoon, and Danny Ainge’s attention was split.
The Celtics [team stats] general manager had one eye on the summer league game and one on a list of big men who are either free agents or might be able to be had for the right price. He and assistant Michael Zarren were going over salary numbers, while Ainge was...
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Celtics as we know it could be done
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Charles Dimino found this 2 months ago on sports.yahoo.com
| Three NBA officials stood in the Boston Celtics’ tunnel, each clutching large pieces of luggage with heavy airline tags hanging from them. Inside the bags were special 2010 commemorative championship Celtics hats and T-shirts. As soon as time ran out on the Celtics’ 83-79 Game 7 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals on Thursday night, they took off running with...
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Manute Bol, NBA player-humanitarian,...
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Charles Dimino found this 2 months ago on sports.yahoo.com
| Manute Bol, a lithe 7-foot-7 shot-blocker from Sudan who spent 10 seasons in the NBA and was dedicated to humanitarian work in Africa, died Saturday. He was 47.
Bol died at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, where he was being treated for severe kidney trouble and a painful skin condition, Tom Prichard, executive director of the group Sudan Sunrise, said in an...
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