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05/30/2008 |
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| .'' Houston played in the Compaq Center in the league's first seven seasons, before moving to the Toyota Center starting in 2003. The Comets averaged nearly 8,200 fans at the 18,300-seat arena last season. Hilton Koch, who bought the Comets from Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander on Jan. 31, 2007, announced the team's move to Reliant Arena, which has a capacity of 7,256, last December. ``I love it,'' coach Karleen Thompson said. ``We finally were able to see what it will be like. The crowd was loud. |
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| Houston Comets open play in new arena |
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05/30/2008 |
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| .'' Houston played in the Compaq Center in the league's first seven seasons, before moving to the Toyota Center starting in 2003. The Comets averaged nearly 8,200 fans at the 18,300-seat arena last season. Hilton Koch, who bought the Comets from Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander on Jan. 31, 2007, announced the team's move to Reliant Arena, which has a capacity of 7,256, last December. ``I love it,'' coach Karleen Thompson said. ``We finally were able to see what it will be like. The crowd was loud. |
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| NBA playoffs disappear from TV in China |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| the tenor in China following the Sichuan earthquake,'' Bass said. NBA basketball is popular in China, although interest has dropped off without the top two Chinese players - Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian - in the playoffs. The injured Yao plays for the Houston Rockets and Yi plays for the Milwaukee Bucks.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of |
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| Yao shaken by China's earthquake tragedy |
NBA Basketball |
05/25/2008 |
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - Yao Ming wakes up each morning and immediately heads for the computer to get the latest on the earthquake that devastated China. The Houston Rockets All-Star center and China's most recognizable athlete awoke Sunday to more bad news: a powerful aftershock had killed one person and destroyed 70,000 homes. ``Every day the number is going up. This morning it was over 62,000 people killed,'' Yao said. ``We are very sad for the people we have lost in the earthquake.'' Yao was at Lowe's |
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| Vegas casino, DA say Barkley has paid $400,000 gambling debt |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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| Barkley didn't pay the Wynn debt. A theft conviction could carry a penalty of one to 10 years in state prison. A felony bad check conviction could bring one to four years. Barkley played 16 NBA seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, and played on the USA Olympic ``Dream Team'' in 1992 and 1996. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and was league MVP in 1993. He has talked openly about his gambling, estimating during a May 2006 interview with ESPN that he'd gambled away about $10 m |
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| Charles Barkley hasn't paid gambling debt, casino and DA say |
NBA Basketball |
05/20/2008 |
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| arges if Barkley didn't pay up. Each theft conviction could carry a penalty of one to 10 years in state prison. A felony bad check conviction could bring one to four years. Barkley played 16 NBA seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, and played on the USA Olympic ``Dream Team'' in 1992 and 1996. He was an 11-time NBA All-Star and was league MVP in 1993. He has talked openly about his gambling, estimating during a May 2006 interview with ESPN that he'd gambled away about $10 m |
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| Suns to interview Rockets' assistant Turner |
NBA Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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PHOENIX (AP) -The Phoenix Suns will interview Houston Rockets assistant Elston Turner as a replacement for former head coach Mike D'Antoni. The interview will be next week, the team said Friday. The 48-year-old Turner has been an assistant to coach Rick Adelman for 11 years with Portland, Sacramento and Houston. Turner joins Terry Porter and Mark Jackson as candidates. Porter, a Detroit Pistons' assistant and former head coach at Milwaukee, was interviewed by Suns general manager Steve Kerr on Tuesd |
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| Jazz host Lakers in Game 6 of West semis |
NBA Basketball |
05/16/2008 |
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| o their fourth title in five years. Utah, which won its second straight Northwest Division crown during the regular season, has made it to the West semis for the second straight year. Last year, the Jazz knocked off the Golden State Warriors, 4-1, in this round and fell to the San Antonio Spurs, 4-1, in the conference finals. The Jazz are 6-6 all-time in the semifinals. The Jazz defeated Tracy McGrady and the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets, 4-2, for the second straight year in the opening round of the playoffs. |
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| Rockets' Mutombo wants to play another year |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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HOUSTON (AP) -Houston Rockets center Dikembe Mutombo still isn't ready to retire. ``I'm going to consider to keep playing basketball. The next part will be to tell my lawyer, David Falk,'' Mutombo said in Thursday's online edition of the Houston Chronicle. ``My body and my mind is responding to the thrill of the game. The coaches and the fans and everyone are in there.'' Mutombo, listed at 42 years old, had considered retiring last year and then decided to play one more season. During the season, he sai |
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| Barkley says he'll pay huge gambling debt |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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| be filed. The possible penalty for each theft conviction is one to 10 years in state prison. A conviction on a felony bad check charge could carry a one- to four-year term. Barkley played 16 NBA seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. He was named league MVP in 1993 and was an 11-time NBA All-Star. Barkley also played on the USA Olympic ``Dream Team'' in 1992 and 1996. Barkley has made no secret of his gambling over the years. He estimated during a May 2006 interview with ESPN |
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