GM Dunleavy Fired; Are L.A. Clippers Positioning For LeBron James?

March 10, 2010 by Paula Duffy · Leave a Comment 

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - After Mike Dunleavy stepped down as coach but stayed on as the team’s GM, things did not improve so on Tuesday the team announced it had severed ties with Dunleavy.

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LeBron Files For Uniform Number Change

March 2, 2010 by Paula Duffy · Leave a Comment 

It was reported that LeBron James has filed paperwork to wear a uniform sporting the No. 6, foregoing the No. 23 that he has worn his entire NBA career, leaving his old number to Michael Jordan’s legacy.

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108,000 Cram Into Jerry’s House for NBA All-Star Game

February 15, 2010 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment 

A record-setting crowd of 108,713 jammed into Cowboys Stadium Sunday to watch the NBA Eastern Conference squeak out a 141-139 victory over the West. Originally designed and listed to support a capacity of 35,000 fans for basketball and 80,000 for football, most of the fans had to watch the game on the giant screen to even have a clue what was happening on the court.

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NBA News: Oden Admits Taking Nude Photos, Crittenton’s Gun Plea

January 27, 2010 by Paula Duffy · Leave a Comment 

PORTLAND - Portland Blazers center Greg Oden has stepped up to the mic and apologized, admitting the nude photos circulating the internet are of him and were taken 1 1/2 years ago with his cell phone and sent to a former girlfriend.

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NBA Announces Starting All-Star Rosters

January 22, 2010 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment 

NEW YORK - The results of the fan balloting are in for the NBA All-Star game and this year like most other years reminds us how the best or most deserving players do not always make it to the game.
Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson was voted to start for the Eastern Conference alongside Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett. Garnett has missed a good portion of the season and A.I. well, we know all about A.I.

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NBA Player Arenas Pleads Guilty To Felony Gun Charge

January 15, 2010 by Tom Ferda · 1 Comment 

WASHINGTON - Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas pleaded guilty Friday for carrying a pistol without a license in D.C. That charge is a felony and the player awaits to see what effect the felony conviction will have on his personal life and NBA career.

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NBA Commissioner Stern Suspends Gilbert Arenas

January 7, 2010 by Tom Ferda · 1 Comment 

Gilbert Arenas should stick to basketball and leave his comedy routine off the court because he and NBA Commissioner David Stern clearly have a different opinion on what is funny and what is not.

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Lakers Great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Diagnosed with Leukemia

November 10, 2009 by J. Donetelli · Leave a Comment 

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Lakers great, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the man formally known as Lew Alcindor, was diagnosed last December with chronic myeloid leukemia. Similar to how Los Angeles Laker star Magic Johnson brought awareness to HIV after contacting the disease in the mid-90’s, Kareem wants to do the same with his disease.

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Ex-Con/NBA Ref Book Publication Cancelled

November 3, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment 

Random House has cancelled the publication of ex-NBA referee and convict Tim Donaghy’s book, “Blowing the Whistle.” The FBI investigation that rocked the NBA and sent Donaghy to prison found that he had acted alone yet Donaghy proclaims in his book that several referees were involved in side-betting before and during NBA contests.

November 3, 2009 | Read the story »

NBA Refs Face Lockout–Will We Notice the Difference?

September 18, 2009 by Tom Ferda · 4 Comments 

CHICAGO - It appears the major disagreement stems around some retirement issues. I guess ex-referee and whistle-blower Tim Donaghy’s living conditions in jail are not quite up to par with the union’s idea of retirement. Donaghy is in jail where he belongs after fixing several NBA games over a several year period.

September 18, 2009 | Read the story »

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