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NBA Draft Lottery Results

AP | Posted 05.30.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — New owner, and now a new star player coming to New Orleans. And yet another loss — in a historic season full of the...

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2012 NBA Draft Order

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.30.2012

WednesdayAt ABC Times Square StudioNew YorkFirst Round 1. New Orleans 2. Charlotte 3. Was...

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LIVE: NBA Draft Lottery

Posted 05.30.2012

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The 2012 NBA Draft Lottery consists of 14 teams hoping for the right to select a teenage member of the national champion Kentucky Wildcats. One-and-do...

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Keep Hating on Washington, D.C. We've Got Things to Root For.

Ben Zweifach | Posted 04.26.2012

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As long as we can't turn on cable news without hearing our president, our representatives (if we had any) or our neighbor-who's-also-a-pundit crap on Washington, it's nice to have something to change the channel to. There hasn't been a brighter day for a D.C. sports fan in many administrations.

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Heat Suffer Painful Loss To Wizards

AP | STEVEN WINE | Posted 04.22.2012

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MIAMI — With the playoffs a week away, Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat arena Saturday night with his swollen finger in a splint – and cons...

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Are NBA Teams Losing On Purpose?

Grantland | Posted 04.19.2012

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Welcome to Tankonia, a survey of the NBA's thrilling race to the bottom. In our first installment, we'll update you on the past few days in tanking, l...

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Wizards Need to Do Whatever It Takes to Get Calipari

Thomas Alter | Posted 04.16.2012

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There are few basketball coaches at any level who handle their players as well as John Calipari. While the Wizards are currently short on the talent part, that skill of being able to handle the massive egos of modern athletes is nothing to sneeze at.

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Knicks Humiliate Wizards

AP | BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 04.13.2012

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NEW YORK -- Baron Davis scored a season-high 18 points on his 33rd birthday, JR Smith had 23, and the New York Knicks surged into a tie for seventh pl...

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Spending $10K On Lottery Tickets? Worth It

AP | Posted 04.04.2012

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Wizards rookie Chris Singleton says it was worth it to buy $10,000 worth of tickets for last week's Mega Millions lotte...

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Nene Has Strong Debut In Wizards Win

AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 05.21.2012

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NEWARK, N.J. -- Nene had 22 points and 10 rebounds in his Washington debut, and the Wizards defeated New Jersey 108-89 Wednesday night in a game marre...

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Wizards Guard's Embarrassing Wide Open Missed Layup

Posted 03.08.2012

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In the second quarter of the Washington Wizards' surprising comeback win over the Lakers on Wednesday night, Nick Young pulled off an embarrassing mis...

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Wizards Come From 21 Down To Upset Lakers

AP | By JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 03.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Roger Mason led a spirited fourth-quarter comeback with nine points in the period, Kobe Bryant lost his shooting touch down the stretch,...

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Program Gets D.C. Kids Dancing

HuffingtonPost.com | Megan Arellano | Posted 03.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- "No, I don't get nervous," said 10-year-old Nikko Garner, "because I love to dance." In the player's tunnel at the Verizon Center, Ga...

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Wiz Center Literally Throws It Down Against Bucks

Posted 02.29.2012

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For the most part, Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee has generated headlines this season for his in-game blunders. But against the Bucks on Tuesd...

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Ex-NBA Player Back In Jail

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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RIVERDALE, Ga. — Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton is back in jail. Out on bond on charges that he killed a woman in an August drive-by shoo...

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Did LeBron Threaten Heckler?

The Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 02.13.2012

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How far is too far when it comes to heckling and how far can an athlete go with his verbal response? Depending on your answers to those questions, ...

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Desperate Lakers Looking Far And Wide For Answers?

Posted 02.13.2012

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As the Lakers' roller coaster season continues, the outlook of the franchise -- both short term and long term -- can seem to change by the day. Shortl...

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Dwyane Wade Put The White Hot Heat On The Wizards

AP | JOSEPH WHITE | Posted 04.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, putting in more than his share of poetry-in-motion moments during a second-quarter run, and the Miami...

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Lindependence Days

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 02.09.2012

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He wasn't supposed to be able to handle the preternaturally quick point guard from Kentucky. Not this little guy. No way. No how. He didn't have the p...

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NBA Plays Of The Night

Posted 02.09.2012

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The Jeremy Lin show continued on Wednesday night as the 23-year-old lifted the Knicks over the Wizards with 23 points and a career-high 10 assists, ma...

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WATCH: Hilarious Mental Lapse During NBA Game

The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 02.07.2012

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You don't open the NBA season with a 5-20 record without quite a few mental lapses. On Monday night, Washington Wizards center JaVale McGee produced p...

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WATCH: NBA Center's Embarrassing Missed Free Throw

Posted 01.30.2012

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This seems pretty fitting for a Bobcats-Wizards game. Washington won its fourth game of the season on Saturday (first on the road) and got some help f...

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Wizards Fire Filp Saunders, Promote Randy Wittman

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Flip Saunders was fired Tuesday as coach of the NBA-worst Washington Wizards and replaced by assistant Randy Wittman, who has the j...

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Wizards Center Benched For Self Alley-Oop

The Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 01.18.2012

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When the Washington Wizards are making headlines, it's usually not good news -- even if it's a great highlight. Take Monday's game against Houston for...

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Wizards Clinch 1st Victory, Beat Raptors 93-78

AP | Posted 03.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Rashard Lewis and Nick Young each had 15 points to lead the Washington Wizards to their first win after eight straight losses, a 93-78 v...

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