Basketball
Pierce, Bosh, L. Jackson among 14 HOF finalists
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 13:00
Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Chris Webber, Michael Cooper, Lauren Jackson, Ben Wallace and Yolanda Griffith are among the finalists in the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, announced Tuesday on ESPN's The Jump.Pierce, a first-time nominee, spent 15 of his 19 NBA seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning a championship and Finals MVP in 2008. He's a 10-time…
Vanessa Bryant wins ruling in crash photos suit
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Tuesday, 09 March 2021 09:12
LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge in California has ruled that Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, can obtain the names of four Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies who allegedly shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed her husband, their daughter Gianna and seven others.An effort by Los Angeles County lawyers to keep the deputies' names…
NBA: No positive tests during ASG weekend
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Monday, 08 March 2021 11:21
The NBA's mini-bubble in Atlanta for the All-Star Game apparently worked.No players, coaches or game officials tested positive for COVID-19 while in Atlanta, the NBA said Monday after the final tests were processed and results were returned to the league and the teams involved.That includes Philadelphia's Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, a pair of All-Stars who had to miss the…
An NBA double standard is hindering Black head coach candidates
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Monday, 08 March 2021 09:10
When the Minnesota Timberwolves fired head coach Ryan Saunders last month and made the rare in-season move to hire Toronto Raptors assistant coach Chris Finch -- bypassing Wolves associate head coach David Vanterpool, who is Black -- it renewed the conversation about the NBA's hiring practices for coaches."It's discouraging," one Black NBA assistant coach told Marc J. Spears of The…
NBA Power Rankings: The questions, stars and matchups that matter in the second half
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Monday, 08 March 2021 03:48
The NBA's second half is here. Which stars, storylines and matchups are we watching down the stretch?Can LeBron James and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers wrestle the Western Conference lead from the Utah Jazz? Can Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors stay in the hunt? Can the New York Knicks challenge the Eastern Conference elite for home-court advantage?With…
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