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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is beginning the week by hosting the NBA world champion Dallas Mavericks at the White House.
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Obama, who roots regularly for the Chicago Bulls in his adopted home town, will congratulate the Mavericks for winning the 2011 championship title. He also will recognize
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Carmelo Anthony’s return to Denver is delayed for another year. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade won’t be visiting Sacramento anytime soon. Fans in Chicago will only be seeing Kobe Bryant on television this season.
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The NBA sought competitive balance. What it got was schedule imbalance.
One of the many consequences of the lockout, besides hundreds of lost games
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A former National Basketball Association security official is suing the league, alleging that he was fired for warning his superiors that women in the office were being sexually harassed or discriminated against.
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Warren Glover, 50, filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court Thursday morning accusing senior N.B.A. security officials of creating a hostile environment and being denied promotions because of his willingness to
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NEW ORLEANS— Chris Paul is headed to Los Angeles for real this time — to the Clippers, not the Lakers.
The Hornets traded Paul to the Clippers for guard Eric Gordon, forward Al-Farouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman and a first-round draft choice.
The deal required the approval of NBA Commissioner David Stern because the Hornets are owned by the league.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan says while the league’s new collective bargaining agreement is a step toward improving competitive balance in the league it is far from perfect.
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Jordan says he opposed the Chris Paul trade to the Los Angeles Lakers because “as a small market (owner) I’m very supportive of being able
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PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation but avoided jail time on drunken driving and gun possession charges stemming from a September traffic stop in suburban Detroit.
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Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Shalina Kumar also sentenced Wallace to fines, court costs and 30 hours of community service.
“We want to treat Mr. Wallace as if
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The NBA has stopped Chris Paul from going to Los Angeles once again. The NBA, which owns Chris Paul’s team, The New Orleans Hornets has decided that The Clippers offer for Paul was not substantial enough.
The NBA asked that The Clippers include leading scorer, Eric Gordon to a package that already included former All-Star center Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and Eric Bledsoe and a first round draft pick, but the Clippers
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LOS ANGELES-A trade that would send point guard, Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets to the Los Angeles Clippers has been submitted to the NBA for approval.
A previous trade that would have sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was nullified by the NBA, which owns the New Orleans Hornets.
ESPN reports:
Read MoreThe New Orleans Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers have submitted a multiplayer blockbuster deal to the NBA that would
A trade that would have sent New Orleans Hornets guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers was vetoed Thursday night N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern.
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According to sources, the three-team deal that also involved the Houston Rockets was vetoed by Stern, who has the authority since the league purchased the Hornets from former owner George Shinn in 2010.
Read MoreThe league did not immediately explain the decision, other than to
