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Grizzlies' Tony Allen fined $5,000 by NBA for flop vs. Spurs
This post has been corrected. See below.Tony Allen’s dramatics helped the Memphis Grizzlies push the San Antonio Spurs to overtime in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, but it also cost him $5,000. The NBA announced Friday that Allen had been fined for violating the league’s...Tags: Jeff Pendergraph, Women's National Basketball Association, Tony Allen, Indiana Pacers, National Basketball Association
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Phil Jackson picks Bill Russell, not Bryant or Jordan, as greatest
One thing you have to say for former Lakers Coach Phil Jackson: He's not afraid to give his opinion. Jackson sat down with Time.com on Thursday for an interview to promote his new book. One of the questions asked: If he was starting a team from...
Tags: Sports, Basketball, Kobe Bryant, National Basketball Association, Phil Jackson
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Lakers' Kobe Bryant is named to his 11th All-NBA first team
Kobe Bryant was named to his 11th All-NBA first team Thursday, joining LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Tim Duncan and Chris Paul for the 2012-13 season. With the honor, Bryant joins Karl Malone with the most first-team selections in league history. The...
Tags: Elgin Baylor, Kevin Durant, Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul, Los Angeles Lakers
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Kobe Bryant named to All-NBA 1st team; Dwight Howard on 3rd team
Kobe Bryant was named to his 11th All-NBA first team on Thursday, joining LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Tim Duncan and Chris Paul for the 2012-13 season. With the honor, Bryant joins Karl Malone with the most first-team selections in league history. The...
Tags: Elgin Baylor, Kevin Durant, Los Angeles Clippers, Chris Paul, Los Angeles Lakers
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Pac-12's Larry Scott is highest-paid commissioner
Larry Scott of the Pac-12 Conference appears to be the highest-paid sitting college commissioner ever, the Wall Street Journal reported. Scott earned more than $3 million in 2011-12, according to tax documents released by the conference Sunday. Scott,...
Tags: Big Ten Conference, Military Bowl, Georgia Bulldogs, Southeastern Conference, The Wall Street Journal
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Phil Jackson skeptical that Dwight Howard has reason to return to Lakers
On Tuesday, Phil Jackson suggested Dwight Howard might not have sufficient reason to return to the Lakers this summer as a free agent. "Would you? If you felt like your game wasn't going to be featured?" asked Jackson on the Dan Patrick Show. Jackson...
Tags: Mike Brown (basketball), Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol, Mitch Kupchak, Phil Jackson
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Michael Jordan says Bobcats will change name to Charlotte Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets are coming back. At least that’s what Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced at a news conference Tuesday. The name change must be approved by the NBA Board of Governors, which will meet in July, but Jordan was...
Tags: New Orleans Hornets, National Basketball Association, Charlotte Bobcats, Mike Dunlap
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Kobe Bryant tweets on retirement, Michael Jordan and his own memoir
Kobe Bryant set the record straight on Twitter on Sunday night about the notion of an early retirement. Really?? Me. Retire?? Soon, but not yet Vino still has work to do #35 #OG #kbvff — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) Speculation ran rampant over the...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Chicago Bulls, National Basketball Association, Shaquille O'Neal, Phil Jackson
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Metta World Peace does the weather, talks Lakers season
Metta World Peace joined Liz Habib on the KTTV-TV (Channel 11) news broadcast Friday night to talk sports and do the weather with meteorologist Pablo Pereira. "I came to L.A. because of Phil Jackson, Kobe [Bryant] reminded me of [Michael] Jordan,...
Tags: Television, Chicago Bulls, Staples Center, WTTW, Phil Jackson
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Phil Jackson has interest in a front-office NBA job
Phil Jackson apparently would like to have another stint in the NBA. The 11-time champion coach said Thursday evening on "The Tonight Show" that he was interested in a front-office job with the Seattle group that failed in an attempt to relocate the...
Tags: Mike Brown (basketball), Kobe Bryant, Christopher Hansen, National Basketball Association, Sacramento Kings
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NBA's Bobcats start process to change name to Charlotte Hornets
The good news for NBA fans in North Carolina is that they might be well on their way to rooting for the Charlotte Hornets again. The bad news for those fans is that the team they'll be cheering for will still be the same one that is currently known as...
Tags: Dwyane Wade, Sports, Basketball, New Orleans Hornets, Charlotte Bobcats
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Kevin Durant: 'I don't have to be Kobe Bryant'
When the Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs in 2011, Kobe Bryant said any season that didn't end in an NBA title was "a wasted year of my life." A day after the Oklahoma City Thunder were knocked out of the second round by the Memphis Grizzlies,...
Tags: Sports, Basketball, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Magic Johnson
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