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Watch Obama, Shaq, and Charles Barkley team up to combat Black vaccine hesitancy in new video The former president and basketball players spoke in an NBC special aired Sunday night to address vaccine hesitancy among Black Americans.....

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Jamaica, El Salvador to battle in Basketball WC qualifier Jamaica had their first defeat of the Central American and Caribbean (CENTRO) Championships, losing 92-54 to Nicaragua on Saturday. The tournament, being played in El Salvador, serves as a qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Head.......

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Vanessa Bryant Marks 20th Wedding Anniversary With Late Husband Kobe Bryant Vanessa Bryant is remembering her late husband, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, on what would have been the couple's 20th wedding anniversary. On April 18, Vanessa took to Instagram.......

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Gordon: 40 basketball scholarships lost President of the Jamaica Basketball Association (JABA), Paulton Gordon, estimates that over 40 basketball scholarships have been lost because of the year-long inactivity caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Gordon said the association is deeply.......

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High school girls basketball game erupts in brawl as referee gets body slammed by spectator, punched by player A high school girl's basketball game erupted into a violent brawl last weekend when an argument between one of the referees and a coach led to a heated blowout....

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'Big Shot' on Disney+ is a sports show afraid of conflict I'm no champion of sports analogies, but if you enter a game, you better be ready to leave it all on the court. Disney's Big Shot, from David E. Kelley, Dean Leroy, and Brad Garrett, is positioned as a touching sports show about the relationship between a coach and his players, but it lacks the stak....

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Brooklyn Nets forward LaMarcus Aldridge retires suddenly because of irregular heartbeat Seven-time All-Star NBA LaMarcus Aldridge has retired from basketball abruptly after he suffered an irregular heartbeat during the Brooklyn Nets' loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, April 10.....

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Michael Jordan will present Kobe Bryant for Hall induction Michael Jordan will present Kobe Bryant for induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next month.....

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NCAA hits USC basketball with 2 years' probation, fine The NCAA hit Southern California's men's basketball program with two years' probation and a $5,000 fine on Thursday because a former assistant coach violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when he accepted a bribe to steer players to a business management company.....

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LaMarcus Aldridge Announces Sudden Retirement From NBA After Heartbeat Scare Brooklyn Nets forward LaMarcus Aldridge surprised the basketball world Thursday as he announced his retirement from the NBA.Aldridge, 35, revealed he played Saturday in the Nets' game against the Los Angeles Lakers with an irregular heartbeat. The condition got worse before it returned to normal, an....

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LaMarcus Aldridge abruptly retires over heart issue: 'One of the scariest things I've experienced' LaMarcus Aldridge abruptly announced his retirement from basketball over concerns about an irregular heartbeat he experienced during the last game he played.....

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Facebook Continues 'More Together' Campaign With Two Spots Focused on Dance and Basketball Facebook has released two new spots for its "More Together" campaign, begun in May 2019, to promote its Groups feature and the power of community on the social networking platform. The newest ads from Wieden+Kennedy show dancers and deaf basketball players in the films "DeafHoops" and "Dance Accepts....

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Cannabis Brand Leune Raises $5M With Backing From Carmelo And La La Anthony, Casa Verde's Meyer, Wadhera The California-based cannabis brand Leune announced a $5-million capital raise Thursday supported by celebrity investors like professional basketball player Carmelo Anthony, his wife and TV personality La La Anthony and sports agent Rich Paul, who's known for representing LeBron James and Anthon....

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Jamaicans brace for CENTRO test Head coach of Jamaica men's basketball team, Rick Turner, says intends to rotate his players in today's opening Central American and Caribbean (CENTRO) pre-qualifier for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup against Costa Rica in El Salvador, in order.......

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C. Vivian Stringer signs 5-year extension with Rutgers Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has agreed to a five-year contract extension that will keep her at Rutgers through the 2025-26 season.....

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NCAA dumps requirement that transfers sit a year Starting next season, major college football and basketball players will be permitted to transfer one time before graduating without being required to sit out a year of competition.....

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Celtics star Jaylen Brown addresses Daunte Wright shooting death after team's win Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown scored 24 points in a close win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night, but admitted after the game he didn't feel like talking about basketball.....

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Larsa Pippen Suns Her Buns In Stringy Bikini Larsa Pippen is showing off her stringy bikini and massive space buns while catching the sun as a newly-single woman. The 46-year-old reality star, fresh from ending her relationship with 24-year-old married NBA player Malik Beasley, has been hitting up Caribbean beaches for some rays and relaxation....

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Shaquille O'Neal Gives Back to Atlanta Businesses in Bleacher Report Digital Series Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal continues his streak of giving back to his community and supporting everyday people in a new, three-part digital series Shaq Gives Back, premiering today on Bleacher Report. O'Neal partnered with insurance company The General to visit a local, Atlanta-based ....

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Vanderbilt hires Shea Ralph from UConn as new women's coach Vanderbilt has hired Shea Ralph away from UConn to help revive the Commodores' struggling women's basketball program, which hasn't reached the NCAA Tournament since 2014.....

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Ollie named coach of new league designed for prep standouts Former UConn coach Kevin Ollie has joined a new basketball league designed to provide elite high school players another potential pathway to the NBA.....

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LeBron James Gives Major Hint On His & Anthony Davis' Nearing Return To The Court With their two best players, LeBron James and Anthony Davis, on the sideline due to injuries, the Los Angeles Lakers are noticeably struggling to consistently win games in the 2020-21 NBA season. While James and Davis are painfully watching them on the bench, the Lakers slowly found themselves dropp....

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Pregnant Halsey Compares Size of Baby Bump to Basketball In Latest Instagram Halsey is showing off just how big her baby bump has gotten over the past few weeks. The 26-year-old pregnant musician held a basketball next to her belly for a size comparison on her Instagram, with two photos. “These spot the difference games r getting harder every day ....

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Ex-76ers general manager reveals steps team would take to prevent an injured Allen Iverson from playing Allen Iverson is one of the best scoring guards to ever play in an NBA game, and because he had such a passion for basketball, Philadelphia 76ers officials needed a countermeasure for when the star was hurt.....

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Charles Barkley delivers hot take about Clippers' chances in the postseason Charles Barkley is known for his outlandish analysis of NBA teams at times, and the Los Angeles Clippers were feeling the legendary basketball player's heat Thursday night.....

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Turner positive despite under-strength CENTRO squad Jamaica's senior men's basketball team head into the Central American and Caribbean (CENTRO) pre-qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in El Salvador from April 15 to 19 with an under-strength squad and limited training sessions.......

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What Dravid said at the MIT Sports Conference Topics ranged from how data is helping players train and stay fit to how scoring 4s and 6s has changed team decisions, similar to basketball's 3-point revolution.....

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Country Star Kane Brown Books Every NBA Arena in the U.S. for Fall/Winter Tour Country star Kane Brown has announced his “Blessed & Free” tour for the fall, which comes with the underlying assumption that the nation will be mostly blessedly COVID-free by the time the outing kicks off in indoor arenas on Oct. 1. As a major basketball fan who played the sport in ....

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Doug Collins slams LeBron James comments on Georgia voting law: 'He has not read the bill' Former Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., joined "The Story" Thursday to respond to basketball star LeBron James' support for Major League Baseball moving the All-Star Game out of Atlanta. ....

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Basketball crisis Urban Knights manager Gordon Porter says basketball has suffered more than most sports during the COVID-19 pandemic as it is not only seeing a decline in the technical abilities of players, but also in the participation of individuals and clubs........

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NBA Rumors: Analyst Reveals Why Celtics Declined To Trade Gordon Hayward For Myles Turner Since losing Al Horford, the Boston Celtics have been active on the market, searching for a defensive-minded big man. The Celtics may have successfully acquired Tristan Thompson in the 2020 free agency but with his current performance, he's clearly not the player that would help the Celtics fill the....

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Arizona parts ways with Sean Miller amid NCAA investigation Arizona had stuck by men's basketball coach Sean Miller through an NCAA infractions investigation that stretched nearly four years.....

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About 17 million view Baylor's championship win over Gonzaga Even an NCAA championship matchup between two widely acknowledged as the best men's college basketball teams in the country wasn't enough to set the television world afire.....

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Larsa Pippen Rocks Stringy Bikini For 'Normal Attire' Larsa Pippen is hanging around poolside in a stringy bikini to showcase "normal attire." The 46-year-old reality star, reportedly just broken up from 24-year-old married NBA player boyfriend Malik Beasley, was today throwing out a big bikini mood on her Instagram, posting for her 2 million followers....

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NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony Launches Inclusive Global Content Company, Creative 7 (EXCLUSIVE) Growing up, movies and television were one of Carmelo Anthony's favorite escapes. The NBA superstar was inspired by the strong characters on TV shows such as "Martin,” "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and Spike Lee's classic movie "Do the Right Thing." While the 36-year-old has found immense succ....

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Basketball Star Pau Gasol to Be Focus of Documentary Series (EXCLUSIVE) Production is underway on a four-episode docuseries centering on top basketball player Pau Gasol, Variety can reveal exclusively. The series chronicles Gasol, the two-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and six-time NBA All-Star, as he winds down his professional career. The as yet untitle....

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Kendall Jenner's Boyfriend Devin Booker Leaves Flirty Comment on Her Easter Photos This new social media activity between Kendall Jenner and Devin Booker proves that they are still going strong as a couple! The 25-year-old model took to Instagram on Easter Sunday to share some cute pics of her outfit and the 24-year-old basketball player left a flirty comment on the post. “V....

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Baylor routs Gonzaga to win NCAA men's basketball title game The Baylor Bears won their first men's NCAA basketball title with a 86-70 win over the previously undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs in the championship game Monday night in Indianapolis.....

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The game plan: Elite players find paths to pros besides NCAA There was a "college basketball team" this season with a collection of players who figure to go high in the upcoming NBA draft.....

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March Madness Drives 559% Surge In Sports Betting App Downloads The U.S. online sports betting market is booming, and the March Madness NCAA basketball tournament was a key catalyst for a 559% surge in sports betting app downloads in March. Latest Ratings for DKNG DateFirmActionFromTo Mar 2021Goldman SachsMaintainsBuy Mar 2021MacquarieMaintainsOutperform....

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Ex-Gonzaga star Adam Morrison goes wild after Jalen Suggs' game-winner vs. UCLA Gonzaga's Jalen Suggs put the Bulldogs into the men's basketball national title game Saturday with a buzzer-beater three-pointer to send UCLA home.....

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Gonzaga looking for history, Baylor hoping for first title as NCAA men's basketball championship is set Gonzaga and Baylor were among the top teams in men's college basketball all season long and the two schools will get to battle it out in the national championship on Monday night.....

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Tiger Woods lauds Stanford after women's basketball title: 'What a win' Tiger Woods led the congratulatory messages to the Stanford women's basketball team on Sunday night after the Cardinal snapped a 29-year championship drought against Arizona.....

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Space Jam: A New Legacy release date, cast, trailer, plot - all about basketball film SPACE JAM is back with the second film in the Looney Tunes basketball franchise - Express.co.uk breaks down everything to know about A New Legacy, including the release date, cast, trailer and plot of the new movie.....

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Space Jam A New Legacy trailer shows LeBron James in 3D and 2D Today’s younger generation might not be familiar with the first Space Jam movie, having premiered a quarter of a century ago. Some might not even be familiar with Warner Bros’ Looney Tunes property, its characters no longer holding as much power as they did decades ago. What never fades,....

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National basketballers back in action after four years Jamaica's senior men's basketball team will participate in the Central American and Caribbean pre-qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, in El Salvador from April 15 to 19. This is the first time the team will compete in four years........

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Stanford beats Arizona for women's basketball national title, ends 29-year drought Stanford women's basketball ended a 29-year national championship on Sunday, defeating Arizona 55-54.....

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'The ball is tipped': Recollections of 'One Shining Moment' Nearly everyone involved in the men's college basketball tournament, it seems, cherishes a "One Shining Moment" memory.....

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NBA Rumors: Celtics Could Acquire Domantas Sabonis For Three Players & Draft Picks In Proposed Blockbuster Two years since they lost Al Horford, the Boston Celtics are yet to find the solution to their problem at the starting center position. They may have signed Tristan Thompson in the 2020 free agency but with his current performance, he's clearly not the player that would help the Celtics fill the Hor....

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Marc Gasol 'Harboring Some Frustration' With LA Lakers After Signing Andre Drummond The Los Angeles Lakers signed veteran center Marc Gasol in the 2021 free agency with the hope that he could fill the hole left by JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard on their roster. Unfortunately, though he showed some great passing and floor-spacing skills, Gasol still failed to live up to the Lakers' ....

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Kevin Durant Fined $50,000 for Offensive Language Used in Heated Exchange With Michael Rapaport Kevin Durant is being hit with a fine. The 32-year-old Brooklyn Nets player was fined for $50,000 by the National Basketball Association on Friday (April 2) for using “offensive and derogatory language” in messages exchanged with actor Michael Rapaport that went viral. Kevin Durant did l....

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