All posts tagged "NBA"

  • Fans whoop it up behind an ESPN reporter outside Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, after NBA basketball star LeBron James announced he would return to the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday, July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
    [HOT LINKS] LeBron: I’m coming back to Cleveland

    LeBron James is going back to the Cleveland Cavaliers.  James told Sports Illustrated on Friday that he’s decided to go home. James told SI in a first-person story: “My relationship with Northeast Ohio is bigger than basketball....

    • Posted July 11, 2014
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  • The San Antonio Spurs pose for a photo after Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals against the Miami Heat on Sunday, June 15, 2014, in San Antonio. The Spurs won the NBA championship 104-87. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    Spurs Win 5th NBA Championship

    Rout Heat 104-87 in Game 5 to wrap up the finals (AP) From their low moment in the NBA Finals, back to the top of the league. The San Antonio Spurs turned the rematch with the Miami...

    • Posted June 16, 2014
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  • FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2014, photo, then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, left, shakes hands with former NBA players Bill Russell, right, and "Downtown" Freddie Brown as Omar Lee looks on during an NCAA college basketball game between Washington and Oregon State in Seattle. An individual with knowledge of negotiations to sell the Los Angeles Clippers said Shelly Sterling has reached an agreement to sell the team to Ballmer for $2 billion. The individual, who wasn뭪 authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 29, 2014, that Ballmer and the Sterling Family Trust now have a binding agreement. The deal now must be presented to the NBA. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
    Shelly Sterling agrees to sell Clippers for $2 billion

    (CNS) – Shelly Sterling, the wife of embattled Clippers owner Donald Sterling, has agreed to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, she announced today. “I am delighted that we are selling...

    • Posted May 30, 2014
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  • Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is one step closer to becoming the new owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. (AP)
    Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer bids $2 billion for Clippers

    (CNS) – A furious round of bidding for the Los Angeles Clippers apparently ended today, with news that former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered a record $2 billion for the NBA franchise. The Los Angeles Times, citing an anonymous...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • Michelle Wie says he had good off-season, and feels good about this year. (AP)
    [HOT LINKS] Is Michelle Wie dating NBA center Brook Lopez?

     We got ourselves the makings of a regular ol’ sports romance novel here. Brook Lopez — the 7-foot Brooklyn Nets center — and Michelle Wie — the global golf star — were apparently seen leaving...

    • Posted May 9, 2014
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  • NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addresses the media during a news conference, in New York, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Silver announced that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the league in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Clippers owner banned for life by NBA over racist comments

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Clippers owner Donald Sterling was banned for life today by the NBA and barred from having any association with the team over racist remarks he purportedly made in a recorded telephone conversation. Sterling was also...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • Los Angeles Clippers players listen to the national anthem wearing their warmup jerseys inside out to protest alleged racial remarks by team owner Donald Sterling before Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
    Clippers Fall in Playoff Game Amid Sterling Fallout

    (CNS) – Los Angeles Clippers players wore their warm-ups inside-out — obscuring the team name — before their 118-97 loss to the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of the teams’ NBA playoff series today as a...

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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