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The Miami Heat Is Everything a Pro Team Should Be. Seriously
There are two things sports fans love to hate, and the first is the epidemic of selfishness and greed: ball-hogging superstars who care only about their stats and their paychecks, teams that don’t play defense and don’t play like teams, owners with no commitment to winning and no sense of loyalty. Fortunately, the National Basketball Association has a team that defies those stereotypes.
High School Sports Concussions
Too many kids are returning to the playing field too soon after a concussion. How many?
Work: Thank God It’s Monday!
In Game 5 of the first round of the 1984 NBA play-offs, Isiah Thomas experienced the most remarkable 1 1/2 minutes of his career. Playing for the Detroit Pistons, trailing the New York Knicks in sweltering Joe Louis Arena, Thomas suddenly couldn’t miss
Barry Bonds Trial: Why the Government Should Get Over It
This weekend, college basketball will whittle its postseason tournament down to the Final Four.
Michael Jordan rapped for smoking on course
Basketball legend Michael Jordan has caused a furor at the President’s Cup golf tournament after the former Chicago Bulls player was snapped smoking a cigar at the Harding Park course in San Francisco. Jordan — who is acting as the honorary assistant captain for the U.S.
Kardashian wedding to be a ‘classy affair’
With less than a week to go before their Sunday nuptials, Khloe Kardashian and her L.A. Lakers beau Lamar Odom have decided to hold their wedding ceremony at the Los Angeles-area home of family friend and legendary music manager Irving Azoff.
Continental divide separates Africans, African-Americans
Africa is not a country, and Africans generally do not live in trees or hunt game with spears.
Chinese business world wants to play ball
Chinese investors want to cash in on the country’s NBA fever with a bid to buy a 15 percent stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Chinese-born businessman Kenny Huang is heading the deal, estimated to be worth more than $70 million. Huang has masterminded previous sports deals, including introducing Mandarin advertisements in the Houston Toyota Center, home of Rockets and Chinese basketball star Yao Ming
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead at 97
Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire," has died at age 97, his manager said Wednesday. Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m