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President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that an intensifying feud with National Football League players who won't stand during the US national anthem to draw attention to social injustice, has "nothing to do with race.
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By AFP
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A wave of protests swept across the National Football League on Sunday as President Donald Trump escalated his feud with players who kneel during the US national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice.
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By AFP
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President Donald Trump on Sunday urged fans to boycott National Football League games to pressure it to fire or suspend players who kneel in protest during the national anthem, intensifying a battle over politics, social justice and race in America's m...
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By AFP
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President Donald Trump triggered a backlash from the US professional sports world on Saturday after withdrawing a White House invitation to the NBA champion Golden State Warriors and condemning NFL players protesting the national anthem.
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Richard Jefferson has played on seven teams during his 15-year NBA career. But he's been most impressed by his time with LeBron James over the last two seasons.
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After the Cleveland Cavaliers mounted a big rally and beat the Golden State Warriors on Christmas day, the NBA released their "Last two minutes" report admitting that the officials blew a crucial call on the game's final possession.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors blew out their opponents in anticipated matchups Wednesday night, proving what many people already expected about this NBA season — it's a two-horse league.
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San Antonio Spurs rookie and Latvia native Davis Bertans did something on Monday night that no Spurs player has done in almost four years: he got ejected from an NBA game.
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By AFP
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A Los Angeles judge has refused to declare a mistrial in the sexual assault lawsuit against NBA star Derrick Rose, saying his accuser's lawyers did not intentionally conceal evidence.
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A six-foot-nine, 19-year-old Australian playing for the Louisiana State University Tigers has topped this year’s National Basketball Association draft.
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Courtside seats to Monday night's game between the Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder are selling for nearly $30,000 a pop on online resale sites.
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Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award for the second straight year, the league announced Tuesday.
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Los Angeles -
It's hard to blame the Los Angeles Lakers for trying to get in on a good thing — the Golden State Warriors are obviously doing something right.
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Beijing -
Remember professional basketball player Stephon Marbury? The former NBA star is currently making waves in China as a top player in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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To say Steph Curry is like a video game is unfair; he's better than a video game equivalent of an NBA star, because he's sinking half-court shots like they're free throws, as we saw again last night in the Golden State Warriors game versus Orlando.
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Oklahoma City Thunder's star player is once again sinking game-winners. Last night, Kevin Durant sniped a three-pointer with 0.5 seconds left in a tight battle versus the Orlando Magic.
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It was the wildest circus shot the talented DeMar DeRozan has ever made. The high-arcing scoop shot splashed perfectly through the net as he was being fouled. Thing is, the play didn't count.
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San Francisco supervisors voted 10-0 to approve construction of a new $1 billion arena on the city's southern downtown shoreline to lure the NBA champion Golden State Warriors basketball team back to the city by the bay.
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This edition of Highlight of the Week gives you a solid dose of NBA slam dunk action, courtesy the Clippers' DeAndre Jordan monstrous jam over the Milwaukee Bucks' Greg Monroe. This was the slam heard around the world Wednesday.
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The Golden State Warriors improved to 19-0 Monday night in a narrow win over the Utah Jazz.
The Warriors are already off to the hottest start in NBA history, and they're the undisputed best team in basketball.
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The 2015-16 NBA season is set to tip off on Tuesday night and after several teams made some big moves over the summer, banking on a repeat of Golden State and Cleveland in the title game isn't a certainty.
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After making it to Gilas' initial roster, L.A. Lakers' point guard Jordan Jackson failed to make it to the magic 12 of the Philippine basketball team competing in the FIBA Asia Championship Sept. 23 to Oct. 3 in Changsha, China.
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Fil-Am NBA player Jordan Clarkson has been granted permission by the L.A. Lakers to play for Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Asia Championship from Sept. 23 to Oct. 3 in Changsha, China.
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L.A. Lakers point guard Jordan Clarkson arrived in Manila on Monday to fulfill his commitment as an endorser for Smart but just a day after his arrival, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) included him in the 24-man pool of Gilas Pilipinas.
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Fil-Am Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. is getting closer to his lifelong dream of making it to the NBA after sinking 10 points in his fourth playing day with Dallas Mavericks Thursday at at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nev.
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Matt Bonner, who has played for the San Antonio Spurs for nine years, says his two-and-a-half-month battle with tennis elbow last season can be blamed on his iPhone.
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This is going to be fun, ball fans. 2015 MVP vs multiple-year MVP. Steph Curry's Golden State Warriors will battle LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals which begin June 4 in Oakland.
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The Houston Rockets clinched the franchises's first berth in the conference semifinals in nearly two decades Sunday with a Game 7 victory at home to eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers.
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In a play any LeBron James fan would recognize, the Cleveland Cavaliers all-star sunk a game-winner buzzer-beater shot with 1.5 seconds left in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals versus the Chicago Bulls.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers took a major hit to their title hopes when Kevin Love dislocated his shoulder, taking him out of the next round of the playoffs and most likely the rest of the season.
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