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London Olympics may be last hurrah for U.S. basketball Dream Team

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The NBA and Commissioner David Stern are indicating they’ll put an end to NBA players being allowed to compete on national Olympic teams. It would be the end of 20 years of cooperation.

NBA reaches agreement with its players, but small hurdles remain

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NBA Star Kobe Bryant Opens an Account on Weibo

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NBA Season in Jeopardy as Players Reject Offer

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LeBron fails to bring the heat

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US basketball team preps for world championship

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The basketball World Championship is set to begin in Turkey at the end of the month. We talk with Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin about how the team is shaping up.

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L.A. Lakers avoid elimination at home, head to Boston for Game 6

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?There can only be one,? reads the tagline of the NBA’s 2008 playoff marketing campaign, splitting the faces of top players to emphasize that no one gets a participation award. Yet, the Los Angeles Lakers Game 5, 103-98 victory over the Boston Celtics, featured a different kind of split ? the split personality of Kobe Bryant.”
-Maggie Haskins

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