Son of former NBA player charged with capital murder

By Aaron Cooper and Michael Martinez, CNN (CNN) -- Nickey Van Exel, the 20-year-old son of former NBA player and current Atlanta Hawks coaching staff member ...

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Mavericks: The Morning After - The Spurs continue on their perch atop the NBA and Western Conference after a win against the Dirk Nowitzki-less Dallas ...

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Son of Ex-NBA Player Charged With Murder

Police have charged the 20-year-old son of the former NBA player Nick Van Exel with capital murder. Nickey Maxwell Van Exel was arrested Wednesday night and ...

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Lakers steamroll Hornets, 103-88

By Kevin Ding / The Orange County Register NEW ORLEANS â€" The two-time defending NBA champions can still be the dragon that causes lesser opponents to ...

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Phil Jackson dislikes NBA's Hornets

AP NEW ORLEANS -- Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson says he's "not happy" about the NBA's ownership of the Hornets and is pessimistic about the club's ...

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Sports Morning Headlines-Wednesday, 12/29/10

NBA-best Spurs rout Bryant and reeling Lakers - Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili were on the bench before the final horn, and not because of their bad shooting ...

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Sizing up whether San Antonio is the Lakers' main threat in the West

... so much so that their 24-3 mark through 27 games ties the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls' record as the second-best start in NBA history at that point. ...

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NBA Report

The highly anticipated first matchup between the Miami Heat and the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers drew the highest television rating for an NBA ...

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Chasing the Heat With a Wrecking Ball

David Goldman/AP By HOWARD BECK Before the Miami Heat could rise and despair could set in, NBA executives and fans began reaching for coping mechanisms last ...

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NBA scoring leader hasn't been vs. Mavs

By Jeff Caplan OKLAHOMA CITY -- As phenomenal as least season was for Kevin Durant, he still couldn't extract the one thorn in his side: The Dallas ...

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Magic-Nets Preview

After cooling off two of the NBA's hottest teams in consecutive games, the Orlando Magic will face one of the league's worst. The Magic look to win their ...

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Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy has a suggestion for NBA on Christmas games

Van Gundy sarcastically suggested Saturday that the NBA go from five to 10 games on Christmas and start them at midnight. Orlando played host to the Boston ...

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Lakers fall to Heat, LeBron's triple double

By KEVIN DING LOS ANGELES â€" The much-anticipated December version of the NBA Finals came and went with the Lakers seeing how much work remains for them to ...

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NBA Saturday: Hedo Turkoglu's Second Chance

"Orlando is the best for me career-wise because I reached the highest level of my NBA career here. That makes it really special for me. ...

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Los Angeles Lakers guard, NBPA president Derek Fisher responds to Miami Heat F ...

"I agree that the '80s was a great time for NBA basketball," Fisher said. "I don't agree that contraction or arbitrarily trying to get 'Hall of Famers' or ...

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James says star-filled teams good for NBA

PHOENIX, Arizona â€" LeBron James again defended his decision to form a superstar trio with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, saying that an NBA with more ...

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Sports media notebook: ABC tips off NBA coverage Christmas Day

ABC tips off its NBA coverage for the 2010-11 season with an attractive Christmas Day doubleheader â€" Boston at Orlando in a battle of Eastern Conference ...

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NBA AM: Brown's Exit Create Trade Options

Larry Brown's Exit: So who in the room is surprised that Larry Brown has abruptly quit on a NBA team?... Let's face it; three-year olds have a greater ...

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Paul Silas gets to take Charlotte's terrible coaching job

But 2011 starts in a week and a half, and while I don't like bordering on being cruel, there just isn't a lot of precedent for former NBA coaches to leave ...

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Rockets planning extension for Yao Ming?

By Mark J. Miller Houston Rockets 7-6 center Yao Ming(notes) was the first overall pick in the NBA draft back in 2002. Since then, he's scored 9247 points, ...

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Rockets ask NBA for Yao Ming disabled player exception

HOUSTON (AP) â€" The Houston Rockets have asked the NBA for a disabled player salary cap exception in the wake of Yao Ming's (FSY) season-ending ankle injury ...

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Tunney side of sports

The Miami Heat struggled to begin the NBA season, starting out just 9-8. It was widely expected when LeBron James made his narcissistic announcement on ESPN ...

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NBA OKs its purchase of Hornets

20 (UPI) -- The NBA's Board of Governors Monday officially approved the league's purchase of the cash-strapped New Orleans Hornets, officials said. ...

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NBA AM: The Gilbert Arenas Experiment

Before the Orlando Magic were able to complete their two blockbuster trades over the weekend, Otis Smith had to sit down and have a very difficult ...

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NBA: Wayward Shooting Sends Pacers to 99-88 Defeat at Boston

... to not only become the second team to enter the Garden and knock off Boston, but record another win versus one of the NBA's marquee opponents. ...

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Yao Ming faces big decision as he again battles injury: NBA Coast to Coast

The first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and a seven-time All-Star has missed all or parts of six consecutive seasons with bone injuries. ...

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Miami Dominates New York: Why The Knicks Are Still Just ... The Knicks

Everybody in the NBA can score. When the Knicks go cold, as they did Friday night (shooting 39 percent as a team), it's a serious problem because they don't ...

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NBA: Heat handle Knicks

Bosh each Wade each added 26 points for the Heat, who are second in the NBA's Eastern Conference following a 9-8 start. Knicks center Amare Stoudemire was ...

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John Calipari would welcome NBA to Kentucky

Kentucky coach John Calipari is all for the NBA coming to the Bluegrass. Calipari said Friday he believes the NBA would be a success in Kentucky. ...

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No Overlap in Labor Talks Spells Trouble for NBA

By HOWARD BECK David Stern had come to celebrate the NBA's first 3-D broadcast. When the discussion turned to labor talks, his appraisal was distinctly ...

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Yao could be leaving behind legacy of promise and potential

Truth is, his parents were concerned enough about his welfare that they did not want him to attempt a return to the NBA after the last broken bone that was ...

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Mark Cuban BCS Plan: NBA Owner Wants College Football Playoff System

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban told ESPNDallas.com on Wednesday that he has a plan to personally fund a playoff system in order to do away with the BCS. ...

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Dwight Howard frustrated with Magic's defense

Including all-star Dwight Howard, the reigning two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. He didn't like how his teammates defended against Carmelo Anthony, ...

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NBA: What's going on?

The last time I did an NBA summary on UFR was December 2nd. The first line referred to Miami only being 11-8. Of course, if you are any kind of an NBA fan, ...

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Pro Basketball Betting: Boston Celtics at New York Knicks Expert Picks

Boston enters Wednesday's contest as the hottest team in the NBA and will likely hear more about its opponents winning streak than theirs. ...

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NBA Players Association disbanding?

By Mark J. Miller Next summer, the NBA needs to renegotiate its collective-bargaining agreement with the players. It would seem that this would be the ...

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Obama honors Lakers at DC community center

"I want to congratulate Coach Phil Jackson on earning his 11th NBA championship ring. It was his fifth championship with the Lakers - which I should point ...

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NBA Rumors: 'Melo Demands Trade to the Knicks

By Justin Meiser. Published on 12/13/2010 - 9:51am The rumor mill has been swirling since Carmelo Anthony turned down the 3 year $65M contract extension ...

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Philadelphia rookie Evan Turner slowly adapting to NBA play

Turner, after playing 30-plus games in college for three seasons, is entering the next phase of a rookie NBA season. "Sometimes, you're playing four games ...

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In New Orleans, it's either buy or goodbye

By Gary Washburn The NBA's unprecedented move to purchase the New Orleans Hornets and operate the franchise offers hope to those markets that have been ...

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NBA takeover of Hornets keeps Chris Paul in New Orleans, for now

The NBA does. Commissioner David Stern mused the franchise is "worth" $300 million â€" which isn't what he's paying with more than $100 million in debts. ...

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NBA basketball game results, Dec. 10

The seventh coach in NBA history with 1000 wins, Karl shook hands with spectators as fans next to the Nuggets' bench bowed to him in the final seconds of ...

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New Orleans Hornets: Objects of NBA contraction?

The NBA's 29 other clubs paid a reported $300 million to help bail out George Shinn, who moved the team from Charlotte to the Bayou in 2002. ...

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NBA: Kevin Garnett converts alley-oop to stretch Boston Celtics streak

AP Garnett banked in a shot off Rondo's alley-oop pass with 1.4 seconds left to give the Boston Celtics their ninth straight victory, 102-101 over the ...

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NBA AM: HEAT Turning It Around

The next ten games for the HEAT are not exactly the cream of the NBA crop with a visit to Golden State on Friday, at Sacramento on Saturday, before hosting ...

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NBA lockout practically inevitable

The only conclusion to be drawn from the NBA players' latest proposal is that a lockout is practically inevitable. Commissioner David Stern and his owners ...

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Fisher NBA's consecutive games leader

1 after he passed Portland's Andre Miller on Tuesday to become the NBA's active leader for the longest regular-season consecutive games streak. ...

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Sperling looking for local buyer for Hornets

Credit: AP New Orleans Hornets' Chris Paul (3) drives against Portland Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge (12) during the first half of an NBA basketball game ...

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NBA Buys New Orleans Hornets

Stern added that the NBA wouldn't be joining the sports ownership business. There's a solution here. If the money works out, the NBA needs to sell the ...

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NBA Takes Drastic Step of Buying Hornets

By Kevin Clark The NBA took the dramatic step of purchasing the New Orleans Hornets on Monday, the most dire turn yet for a struggling franchise. ...

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NBA AM: Knicks Working The Phones

Many of these veteran point guards are waiting for an injury to occur or a roster spot to open up so that they can make their NBA comeback. ...

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Report: NBA to take control of Hornets; Seattle on horizon?

According to a report from ESPN.com, the NBA is set to assume control of the New Orleans Hornets. Is Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in line to take over the ...

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NBA Buying Hornets Is Good Business

As recently reported, the NBA is belived to be contemplating whether to purchase the franchise from longtime owner George Shinn after talks with potential ...

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It isn't all about Lakers and Heat, as things turn out

By Mark Heisler Amid the gnashing of teeth/jubilation at Miami's woes, the NBA's most eagerly-awaited season ever is wandering off script. ...

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Sources: NBA weighing purchase of New Orleans Hornets

By Marc Stein The NBA is weighing whether to buy the New Orleans Hornets from longtime owner George Shinn to have greater control over the permanent sale of ...

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Sources: NBA weighing purchase of New Orleans Hornets

By Marc Stein The NBA is weighing whether to buy the New Orleans Hornets from longtime owner George Shinn to have greater control over the permanent sale of ...

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NBA Scores And More: LeBron James Returns to Cleveland And Shows No Mercy

about 11 hours ago: CLEVELAND OH - DECEMBER 02: LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat smiles while takeing a free throw in front of Mo Williams #2 of the ...

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NBA Diary: LeBron's Return to Cleveland

The Heat have become the NBA's most hated team this season, so it isn't a stretch to say that nearly every non-Miami fan will be rooting hard for Cleveland ...

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Hostile Cleveland Homecoming? LeBron James Returns to Face the Music

BY JOHN BERMAN Ohio's one-time favorite NBA player LeBron James is coming back tonight to play on his former team's turf. But there could be a sour taste to ...

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Lakers-Rockets Preview

AccuScore has powered more than 10000 simulations for every NBA game for ESPN.com, each simulated one play at a time and minimum of 10000 times. ...

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Inside the NBA | Spurs, Hornets and Mavericks off to impressive starts

Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler, who holds the NBA's highest true shooting percentage, is playing the perfect complimentary role to Dirk Nowitzki and ...

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Star-studded cast brings little Heat to NBA

LeBron's legacy on the big stage consists of his Cavaliers being swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2007 NBA finals, and then gagging against the Orlando ...

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NBA: Bottom-feeding Miami eats up Wizards

LeBron James scored 30 points, Dwyane Wade added 26 and the Miami Heat pulled away steadily to beat Washington, 105-94, on Monday night, ...

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NBA PM: Spoelstra Failing Miserably

It takes time to form a cohesive unit capable of winning night in and night out in the NBA. However, it was not unrealistic to expect Spoelstra to have a ...

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NBA: San Antonio Spurs deal first home loss to New Orleans Hornets

AP Manu Ginobili and the San Antonio Spurs never doubted their ability to overcome a 17-point deficit on the road, in the second half, against Chris Paul ...

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Deron Williams leads Utah Jazz to win over Los Angeles Clippers

By Mark J. Terrill, AP LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Jerry Sloan has survived 23 years as an NBA coach because he knows how to get the most from his players, ...

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An NBA and D-League first: Terrence Williams demoted as punishment

A move to allow younger players court time that they wouldn't see in NBA action, in order for them to develop confidence, along with secondary offensive ...

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Hate the Heat? Loving its slow start? Enjoy it while you can

It may not be the NBA's best team, but it still should be one of the best, once LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Co. get things figured out. ...

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