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Metta World Peace promotes mental health with new campaign
Metta World Peace has taken a leadership role in fostering mental health awareness. Starting Monday, World Peace and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health will partner in May for Mental Health Awareness Month. World Peace’s “Talk It Out” campaign will be on display on Metropolitan Transportation Authority shelters, depots, buses and trains in both English [...]
Larry Drew still coach of Atlanta Hawks, for now
One day after the Atlanta Hawks were bounced from the NBA playoffs, Larry Drew remained their coach. Whether he sticks around much longer is the most pressing issue for a team that expects a radical transformation this summer. General manager Danny Ferry, who will get to put his imprint on the franchise heading into his second year, [...]
Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich miss Game 7 vs Nets
Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich will miss Game 7 of Chicago’s series against the Brooklyn Nets. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Deng remained hospitalized in Chicago with an illness and was unable to travel for Saturday night’s game. The starting forward was tested for meningitis this week and Thibodeau said the team is still waiting for results. Hinrich [...]
LeBron James set to win another NBA MVP award
LeBron James on Sunday is expected to win his fourth NBA most valuable player award in five years. He joins Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell as those who have won the trophy at least four times. However, none of the members of this distinguished club endured the extreme expectations as James. “I think [...]
Josh Kroenke, Masai Ujiri likely sticking together in Nuggets front-office
When it was over Thursday night in Oakland, Calif., each man in a suit found a nook in the concrete back hallway of Oracle Arena, lost in what-ifs. Josh Kroenke and Masai Ujiri. The front-office duo that restructured the Nuggets. The team’s biggest fans. Each man took extremely hard the loss that knocked the Nuggets out of [...]
Nets players voice support for P.J. Carlesimo
In the morning before their season-defining game, Nets players voiced their support for interim coach PJ Carlesimo – whose fate as interim coach has yet to be addressed by upper management. “He’s been great,” said Joe Johnson. “Our whole coaching staff, but PJ has been terrific. He always takes our input in games, practice, whatever. He’s [...]
Derrick Rose not listening to outside criticism
Speaking on what could be the final day of the Chicago Bulls’ season, Derrick Rose said he’s unaware of outside criticism of his decision to sit out the season after May 2012 surgery to repair his torn left ACL and wouldn’t be bothered by it anyway because he’s listening to how his body feels. “That’s my [...]
Clippers have decision to make on coach Vinny Del Negro
Los Angeles Clippers general manager Gary Sacks wasn’t in a mood to say much about any of the major decisions hanging over the franchise this summer in the first few moments after the Memphis Grizzlies knocked the Clippers out of the playoffs with a 118-105 win in Game 6 Friday night. “We just lost the game. [...]
Luol Deng still in hospital, will miss Game 7 vs Nets
Luol Deng will miss Game 7 of Chicago’s series against the Brooklyn Nets, but the Bulls still hope Kirk Hinrich can play. Coach Tom Thibodeau says Deng remains hospitalized in Chicago with an illness and is unable to travel for Saturday night’s game. Hinrich has missed the last two games with a bruised left calf, and the [...]
Grizzlies beat Clippers 118-105, advance to second round of NBA playoffs
The Grizzlies won an old-time Memphis wrestling match Friday night, and now they’re headed back to the Western Conference semifinals for the second time in three seasons after getting the final takedown. Mike Conley and Zach Randolph scored 23 points each, and the Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers 118-105 on Friday night to take the [...]
Thunder beat Rockets 103-94, advance to second round of NBA playoffs
Kevin Durant scored 27 points and Kevin Martin added 25 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-94 victory over the Houston Rockets on Friday night, sending them to the second round of the playoffs for the third straight season. The Rockets were looking to become just the fourth team in NBA history to force [...]
Knicks hold off Celtics, advance to second round of NBA playoffs
Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points and the New York Knicks held on after blowing most of a 26-point lead to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 in Game 6 on Friday night and advance in the postseason for the first time since 2000. Iman Shumpert scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half, when the [...]
Pacers beat Hawks 81-73, advanced to second round of NBA playoffs
George Hill and David West each scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers withstood a furious Atlanta comeback in the fourth quarter, beating the Hawks 81-73 on Friday night to close out the opening-round playoff series four games to two. The home team had won every game until the Hawks returned to Philips Arena and set [...]
Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor not looking to sell team
Glen Taylor has pulled the Minnesota Timberwolves off the market. Taylor said Friday that he has stopped looking for a buyer for the team and will instead offer to buy out any limited partners who are looking to sell. Taylor put the team on the market last summer in hopes of finding a person or a [...]
Dwyane Wade expects to play Game 1 of the second round
Dwyane Wade, who has been nursing a bruised knee, practiced Friday for the first time this week and plans to play in Game 1 of the Miami Heat’s next playoff series. Wade said Friday that the Heat’s extended break has allowed him to focus exclusively on getting rest and treatment for his right knee, which has [...]
NBA Draft prospect Alex Len has ankle surgery
Maryland sophomore and likely lottery pick Alex Len will be shelved for all pre-draft workouts due to surgery on his left ankle. Sports International Group’s Michael Lelchitski said in a release Friday the 7-foot-1 Len had surgery to “stabilize” the partial stress fracture in his left ankle. Recovery time is projected to be 4-6 months. That means [...]
Luol Deng tweets about his health situation
Deng sent a series of messages via Twitter on Friday afternoon, explaining and updating his health status: “It really upsets me that everyone thinks I would miss a game (because) of the flu. I’ve played a lot of games with the flu in my career. “On Wed I was taken to the ER and my symptoms indicated [...]
Andray Blatche comes through off bench for Nets
Andray Blatche nodded his head, then pumped his left fist as he strolled toward the locker room and heard applause from Nets management. The eighth-year pro never experienced a moment like this, not after spending his first seven seasons with the lowly Wizards. He had been to the playoffs before but never factored in an outcome [...]
Warriors guard Jarrett Jack wants to test free agency
According to multiple team sources, the Warriors initiated extension talks with guard Jarrett Jack back in January. But Jack shut down such talks before they got rolling, looking to focus on the season and wanting to experience free agency. Jack, who drew interest from multiple teams during the trade deadline, is in the last year of [...]
Kobe Bryant and his mom feud over auction
A South Jersey sports-collectibles firm is at the center of a family fight between basketball star Kobe Bryant and his mother. Goldin Auctions of West Berlin wants to sell more than 100 items from the Los Angeles Lakers’ pro career and his days as a high school player in suburban Philadelphia. The keepsakes - including uniforms, [...]