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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 Tu |
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| Webb moves to 9-0 as Arizona sweeps Rockies again |
MLB Baseball |
05/16/2008 |
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| game because of a right shoulder contusion. Colorado recalled lefty Josh Newman from Triple-A Colorado Springs to fill the vacant roster spot...Arizona has a 39-25 head-to-head advantage over Colorado since the beginning of the 2005 season...Former Phoenix Suns star Dan Majerle took batting practice with the D'Backs prior to the game...Arizona improved to 8-1 with a pair of three-game series sweeps against Colorado this season...Arizona committed four errors in the game, two by Hudson...Lyon has recorded s |
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| Barkley says he'll pay huge gambling debt |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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| ck charges could 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 |
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| Charles Barkley faces gambling debt case |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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| ediately respond to messages seeking comment, and a TNT spokeswoman in Atlanta declined comment. Wynn Las Vegas spokeswoman Dorothy Land also declined comment, citing ongoing litigation. Barkley, 45, played 16 seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. He was named 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 estimated during a May 2006 interview with ESPN that he'd gambled away about $10 million |
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| Spurs try to stave off elimination against Hornets |
NBA Basketball |
05/15/2008 |
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| opening round to Phoenix, and lost in the semis to the Lakers in 2004 and Dallas in 2006. San Antonio, which is playing in the postseason for the 11th straight year, advanced to the West semis for the eighth straight year. The Spurs knocked out Steve Nash and the sixth-seeded Phoenix Suns in five games in round one. The Spurs have won four of their last seven trips to the West semis. They defeated the Suns, 4-2, last year in this round. This is the first time the Hornets and Spurs have met in the playoffs. |
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| Knicks hope D'Antoni helps present and future |
NBA Basketball |
05/14/2008 |
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| s their new coach Tuesday, hoping one of the NBA's top offensive minds can turn around a team with seven straight losing seasons - and make New York an exciting future destination for free agents who want to play his entertaining style. The former Phoenix Suns coach believes he can win right away, even though the mismatched group of players he inherits makes that difficult to imagine. ``I look at the roster and that's the roster I'm going to win with,'' D'Antoni said. ``My focus is to win this coming ye |
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| Knicks introduce D'Antoni as coach |
NBA Basketball |
05/13/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Mike D'Antoni is bringing his high-scoring brand of basketball to a Knicks team that seems ill-suited to run it. No matter. The former Phoenix Suns coach figures he'll come up with something that works. ``I will adapt what I do. Now I like to play fast, move the ball and all that stuff, and we'll try to do that as best as we can,'' D'Antoni said Tuesday. ``Obviously you're going to be a little slower than (the Suns), but at the same time there's no reason why you can't run, be exciting |
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| D'Antoni introduced as new Knicks coach |
NBA Basketball |
05/13/2008 |
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| Saturday. Terms were not disclosed during Tuesday's press conference, but the New York Post has reported it to be worth $24 million over four years. "This is a great opportunity for me," said D'Antoni. "I'm excited to get started." D'Antoni left the Phoenix Suns after four-plus years at the helm and had his choice of jobs, speaking with the Chicago Bulls in addition to the Knicks. "It was time for me to move on," D'Antoni said about his decision to leave the Suns. "I couldn't think of a better place to coac |
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| Hornets, Spurs battle in pivotal Game 5 |
NBA Basketball |
05/13/2008 |
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| opening round to Phoenix, and lost in the semis to the Lakers in 2004 and Dallas in 2006. San Antonio, which is playing in the postseason for the 11th straight year, advanced to the West semis for the eighth straight year. The Spurs knocked out Steve Nash and the sixth-seeded Phoenix Suns in five games in round one. The Spurs have won four of their last seven trips to the West semis. They defeated the Suns, 4-2, last year in this round. This is the first time the Hornets and Spurs have met in the playoffs. |
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| Knicks to introduce D'Antoni Tuesday |
NBA Basketball |
05/12/2008 |
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| ntoni as their next head coach. Late Saturday, the Knicks agreed in principle for D'Antoni to take over as coach, and the New York Post reports D'Antoni will get a four-year deal worth $24 million. After their first-round exit from the playoffs, the Phoenix Suns granted permission to the 2004-05 Coach of the Year to talk with other teams about their coaching vacancies, and the 57-year old D'Antoni chose the Knicks. The Knicks, under new general manager Donnie Walsh, fired head coach Isiah Thomas last month, |
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