LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — LeBron James never took it for granted, no matter how routine it became. He never counted on playing even one playoff game in a season, even long after it became viewed as a failure if he didn’t play for a title. The NBA is hard. He only made it…
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — NBA scoring leader James Harden of the Houston Rockets practiced with his team for the first time in more than four months Thursday, saying his arrival at the league’s restart bubble at Walt Disney World was delayed by family issues. Harden came to Disney earlier this week, satisfied his…
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — NBA referees have not had the same opportunities as players have to knock off the rust from the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Players have been back on the court for a few weeks, with the majority of that time spent getting in individual workouts before practices could…
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LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak’s affect on sports around the globe (all times local): ___ 11:55 a.m. Several college basketball conference tournaments have been canceled moments before tipoff, putting the NCAA Tournament at risk. The Big Ten, Big 12 and the SEC tournaments announced they were off, and other conferences were…
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MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has suspended its season “until further notice” after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league’s owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas. Now there will be no games at all, at least…
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CALABASAS, Calif. (FNN SPORTS) – ESPN reports that NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna “Gi-Gi” Bryant, were among nine people killed in a fatal helicopter crash on Sunday in Calabasas, California. Bryant was 41. Bryant and his daughter, were on their way to a youth basketball game when the helicopter crashed. In…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – The Oklahoma City Thunder visited the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center Wednesday and defeated the Magic 120-114. The Thunder’s leading scorer was Dennis Schroder, who tallied 31 points and led the offense for the Thunder, which shot 60.5% from the field. Chris Paul added 19 points with six assists…
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ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN SPORTS) – Source: Orlando Magic // The Orlando Magic have signed free agent forward Gary Clark to a 10-day contract, President of Basketball Operations Jeff Weltman announced today. Per team policy, terms of the deal are not disclosed. In addition, Orlando has released guard Josh Magette. Clark (6’6”, 225, 11/16/94) has played in 18…
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