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Jerry Buss dies at 80; Lakers owner brought 'Showtime' success to L.A.
When Jerry Buss bought the Lakers in 1979, he wanted to build a championship team. He also wanted to put on a show. The new owner gave courtside seats to movie stars. He hired pretty women to dance during timeouts. He spent freely on big stars and...
Tags: Dwight Howard, Chick Hearn, Jerry West, Jim Brown, Chemistry
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Lakers owner Jerry Buss brought 'Showtime' success to L.A.
The frozen fields of Wyoming came first. Long before the championship trophies. Before the glitz and glamour. Jerry Buss was still a teenager, digging ditches beside his stepfather, when he dreamed of bigger things. It was youthful ambition — a...
Tags: Dwight Howard, Chick Hearn, Jerry West, Jim Brown, Chemistry
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Michael Jordan's 50 most memorable points
Michael Jordan probably provided about 50,000 breathtaking moments during his basketball career. On MJ's 50th birthday, we try to capture some of his high points — adding up to 50. 2 — March 29, 1982: As a freshman at North Carolina, Jordan...
Tags: Reggie Miller, Spike Lee, Karl Malone, John Starks, Larry Bird
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NBA All Star Game 2013 weekend TV schedule
Channel Guide MagazineNBA All Star Game 2013 weekend TV schedule begins Friday on ESPN and TNT and runs through Sunday with the NBA All Star Game at the Toyota Center in Houston. The NBA’s best head to the Toyota Center in Houston Feb. 15-17 for the annual celebration of... -
Ravens went all Dikembe Mutombo on the Raiders
In Sunday’s 55-20 win over the Oakland Raiders, Ravens defenders channeled their inner Dikembe Mutombo, swatting six of quarterback Carson Palmer’s passes at the line. All that was missing was the finger-wagging. “It’s something...
Tags: John Harbaugh, Paul Kruger, DeAngelo Tyson, Sports, Terrell Suggs
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Tale of the tape: Houston's pick-six of Joe Flacco
Every Tuesday, blogger Matt Vensel breaks down a critical play, sometimes with the help of Ravens players, from that week’s game. Today he looks at Joe Flacco’s interception that Houston returned for a touchdown. There weren’t many...
Tags: Brooks Reed, Whitney Mercilus, Kelechi Osemele, Johnathan Joseph, Joe Flacco
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Boys' Water Polo: CdM lead short-lived
CORONA DEL MAR — The match could not have started much better for the Corona del Mar High boys' water polo team. The Sea Kings scored the first two goals and saw visiting Mater Dei's starting center defender foul out. They even allowed themselves...Tags: Water Polo, Sports, Ice Hockey, Sacramento Kings, National Basketball Association
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Let the riots begin: Kentucky poised to win it all
The Baltimore SunMemo to University of Kentucky campus police: get the pepper spray ready, boys. They'll be torching couches and playing "Flip the Toyota" again tonight after the Wildcats get past Kansas and win their eighth NCAAtitle -- although their first since 1998....Tags: Anthony Davis, University of Kentucky
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Commentary: Plan "B" for an arena plan - calling Howard Schultz?
It was an arena proposal that seemed like a slam dunk on Thursday, and now looks as sure as a first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets – a couple City Council members mockingly wagging their fingers like Dikembe Mutombo, as if to say...Tags: Sports, Denver Nuggets, Business, Steve Ballmer, Golf
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Teel Time: First 0-2 ACC start in six years doesn't bode well for Virginia Tech
Looking at Virginia Tech’s basketball schedule this preseason, a 3-0 ACC start seemed beyond plausible if not necessary, presuming the Hokies harbored NCAA tournament aspirations. Tuesday’s 63-59 home loss to Florida State – I watched...Tags: Princeton Tigers, Ivy League, Boston College Eagles, Florida State Seminoles, Duke Blue Devils
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Dwight Howard will participate in hoops fundraiser for President Obama's 2012 campaign
Orlando SentinelThere's no end in sight to the NBA lockout, but in the meantime, Orlando Magic players Dwight Howard and Quentin Richardson and Magic assistant coach Patrick Ewing have signed up for a new team. President Barack Obama's re-election team. Officials...Tags: Dwight Howard, Alonzo Mourning, Basketball, Carmelo Anthony, Vince Carter
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NBA stars teaming up for the 'Obama Classic' fundraiser
With ample time on their hands because of the strike, some of the elite players in the NBA are taking part in an exhibition game next month to raise money for President Obama's reelection campaign.
The game is set for 4 p.m. on Dec. 12 in Washington, D....Tags: Chris Bosh, Spike Lee, Russell Westbrook, Derek Fisher, Alonzo Mourning
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