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Category: Basketball
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Red McCombs, Car Salesman Turned Media Mogul, Dies at 95
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Brittney Griner Will Return to W.N.B.A.
The New York Times – Sports:Griner, who was released from a prison camp in Russia in December, signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury.
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This Stanford Freshman Wants His Play to Represent India
The New York Times – Sports:Ryan Agarwal, a Cardinal shooting guard who was born in Texas, is hoping to increase Indian representation in the N.C.A.A. and beyond.
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Luka Doncic Only Makes Basketball Look Easy
The New York Times – Sports:The Dallas Mavericks guard is having the best season of his career. Long media-shy, he’s now opening up about life in the N.B.A. spotlight, and his plans for life after.
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Boston Celtics Hire Joe Mazzulla, Cutting Ties With Ime Udoka
The New York Times – Sports:The Boston Celtics had named Mazzulla the interim head coach in September after suspending Udoka for the season for violating team policies.
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A Missed $140 Million Payment Sends Sports TV Negotiations Into Overdrive
The New York Times – Sports:The owners of the regional television channels branded as Bally Sports have nearly $9 billion in debt and owe hefty rights fees to M.L.B., N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. Now, they’re all on the clock to find a solution.
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Keep the Dunk Contest Weird
The New York Times – Sports:It’s a campy celebration of basketball’s pugnacious spirit, and a jolt to the predictable pageantry of the N.B.A.
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4-2 Game Rekindles Shot Clock Debate in High School Basketball
The New York Times – Sports:One of the two teams from Oklahoma, the Anadarko High School Warriors, passed the ball around for nearly the entire game in what an announcer called “stall ball.”
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4-2 Game Rekindles Shot Clock Debate in High School Basketball
The New York Times – Sports:One of the two teams from Oklahoma, the Anadarko High School Warriors, passed the ball around for nearly the entire game in what an announcer called “stall ball.”
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Two Women’s Basketball Coaches, Cheryl Reeve and Janice Washington, on Mentorship and Adjusting Expectations
The New York Times – Sports:Cheryl Reeve, a three-time W.N.B.A. Coach of the Year, and Janice Washington, the new head coach at Lincoln University, discuss “the persistence of women in leadership who have pulled us forward.”
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How the Nets Fell Apart From the Top
The New York Times – Sports:Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant have become the faces of their superteam’s failure, but the Nets leadership could have averted disaster several times, and didn’t.
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NBA Trade Deadline 2023: Suns Get Durant as Power Shifts to the West
The New York Times – Sports:No move was bigger than Phoenix Suns’ trade for Kevin Durant. But the Lakers and Mavericks look stronger after deals of their own.