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| Fight against cancer inspires Tisdale's 'Rebound' |
NBA Basketball |
06/13/2008 |
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| ieves is his strongest songwriting. ``It made me dig deeper, dig and find some new ground,'' he said. Tisdale gained fame in the early 1980s, setting the Sooners' career scoring and rebounding records before getting drafted second overall by the Indiana Pacers in 1985. He went on to average 15.3 points in the NBA with the Pacers, Sacramento Kings and Phoenix Suns before focusing on his music career. Several of his albums have made the top 10 on the Billboard charts and his last album of new music - ``Wa |
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| Michael Curry introduced as new Detroit Pistons head coach |
NBA Basketball |
06/10/2008 |
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| other teams in the league,'' Curry said. ``We're going to be a hardworking staff from top to bottom.'' Curry's playing career started as an undrafted free agent during the 1993-94 season in Philadelphia and ended during the 2004-05 season with the Indiana Pacers. Near the end of his playing career, Curry headed up the NBA players' association, leading it from 2001-2003. He later served as the NBDL's vice president of player development and the NBA's vice president of basketball operations before spending |
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| Michael Curry tabbed as new coach of the Detroit Pistons |
NBA Basketball |
06/09/2008 |
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| season. Before going to the bench, Curry was the NBDL's vice president of player development following a playing career that started as an undrafted free agent during the 1993-94 season in Philadelphia and ended during the 2004-05 season with the Indiana Pacers. He averaged 4 1/2 points, 1.6 rebounds and 20 minutes a game over his career, which included two stops in Detroit along with stints in Milwaukee, Toronto and Washington. His defense and leadership kept him in the league despite averaging less tha |
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| North Carolina's Ty Lawson charged with alcohol offense |
Headlines |
06/06/2008 |
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| NBA draft. Lawson has not hired an agent, meaning he could return to school for his junior season. Lawson attended the NBA pre-draft workouts last week in Florida with teammates Wayne Ellington and Danny Green. On Wednesday, he worked out for the Indiana Pacers. Lawson helped the Tar Heels reach the Final Four, where they lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the semifinals.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be p |
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| Lawson charged with alcohol offense |
Headlines |
06/06/2008 |
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| 8 NBA draft. Lawson has not hired an agent, meaning he could return to school for his junior season. Lawson attended the NBA predraft workouts last week in Florida with teammates Wayne Ellington and Danny Green. On Wednesday, he worked out for the Indiana Pacers. Lawson helped the Tar Heels reach the Final Four, where they lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the semifinals.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be p |
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| North Carolina's Ty Lawson charged with DWI |
College Basketball |
06/06/2008 |
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| 8 NBA draft. Lawson has not hired an agent, meaning he could return to school for his junior season. Lawson attended the NBA predraft workouts last week in Florida with teammates Wayne Ellington and Danny Green. On Wednesday, he worked out for the Indiana Pacers. Lawson helped the Tar Heels reach the Final Four, where they lost to eventual national champion Kansas in the semifinals.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be p |
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| Hawks hire Rick Sund as general manager |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| tant general manager Chris Grant, who previously worked in Atlanta under Knight and former general manager Pete Babcock. Grant withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday. Sund was linked with front-office openings with the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers before taking the job with the Hawks. ``Rick has an enormous amount of experience, and an outstanding reputation around the league,'' Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon Jr. said. ``During this process, as we spoke with basketball people that we respe |
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| Hawks hire Sund as GM |
NBA Basketball |
05/28/2008 |
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| tant general manager Chris Grant, who previously worked in Atlanta under Knight and former general manager Pete Babcock. Grant withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday. Sund was linked with front-office openings with the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers before taking the job with the Hawks. ``Rick has an enormous amount of experience, and an outstanding reputation around the league,'' Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon Jr. said. ``During this process, as we spoke with basketball people that we respe |
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| NBA's losing teams hope for big score in lottery |
NBA Basketball |
05/19/2008 |
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| er, better known as rap mogul Jay-Z, to take their seat on the stage. ``This is very exciting and I hope my nickname 'Lucky Lefty' holds up,'' he said. The Nets have just a 1 percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick. Jay-Z will be seated next to Indiana Pacers president and Hall of Famer Larry Bird. Durant and Miami's Dwyane Wade are among the star players representing their fallen franchises. The Knicks, with a lottery pick again after shipping top-10 choices to Chicago each of the last two years in th |
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| Patrick gets SI cover |
This Day in Sports |
05/14/2008 |
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| >``It's great,'' Lopes said. ``To get her out there helps us tremendously from a marketing standpoint. It reinforces the fact that she transcends the sport. She's a pop-culture icon.'' --- CHARITY CAMPOUT: Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy and Indiana Pacers coach Jim O'Brien have joined forces with several local media members to help raise money for the Wheeler Mission, an Indianapolis group that helps provide food and shelter for the city's homeless. A different media participant will camp out for f |
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