NEW YORK — With his broad shoulders and big smile, Anthony Bennett flashes a striking resemblance to a basketball star who stole the show here 22 years ago.
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MIAMI — LeBron James and the Miami Heat remain atop the NBA, and not even a proud push from the San Antonio Spurs could knock them down.
It has been said that while progress is a nice word, change is its motivator, and that change has its enemies.
The West Coast Conference basketball tournament has been expanded from five to six days, with the 2014 tournament scheduled from March 6 to 11 at Orleans Arena, it was announced Wednesday.
The newly renamed New Orleans Pelicans will tip off the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas against the New York Knicks at 1 p.m. July 12 in Cox Pavilion.
MIAMI — LeBron James led a title-saving charge, and now his crown will be on the line one more time in Game 7.
At this point, despite the agony of another defeat, LeBron James has to like his chances. The Miami Heat are headed home, and only their margin for error has been eliminated.
It was turn-back-the-clock night for Dwyane Wade, and as a result, a wild series is right back where it started. But maybe it’s not that wild, because this is what was expected.
SAN ANTONIO — An 11-year-old Latino boy whose singing of the national anthem at the NBA Finals set off a barrage of racist tweets earned a roaring ovation in an encore performance before Game 4 between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat on Thursday night.
SAN ANTONIO — LeBron James was better as promised. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were the best they’ve been since the playoffs started.
If crafting an annual schedule to create an impressive RPI is a science, UNLV has consistently graded higher than most biology honor students. The Rebels have advanced to five of the past six NCAA Tournaments, mostly because of impressive records and yet also because their RPI has been so strong throughout the course of a season, their placement as an at-large team is often solidified weeks before Selection Sunday.
If the past is any indication, next month’s USA Basketball men’s national team mini-camp at UNLV figures to spawn several members of the 2016 Olympic team.
NEWARK, N.J. — Kobe Bryant settled two lawsuits with a New Jersey auction house over plans to sell his memorabilia, and the parents of the All-Star basketball guard apologized to him for their actions.
SAN ANTONIO — From big 3s to Big Three, the Spurs had it all in the NBA Finals’ raucous return to San Antonio.
It was the memory of his dad’s voice that persuaded Kevin Olekaibe to come home to finish college.
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