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Bon Jovi's Sambora Scores Philanthropic Points Home In New Jersey

Joe Favorito | Posted 11.23.2009 | Sports

Read More: Pop Music, Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi, New Jersey, Music Philanthropy, Heather Locklear, Los Angeles Lakers, Basketball, New York Knicks, Bon Jovi, Brain Tumors, Sports Philanthropy, Sports News

Sambora, who spends most of his time rocking the world as lead guitarist for Bon Jovi, has never forgotten the ties that were formed during his days as a basketball player and student in suburban New Jersey.

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Allen Iverson Not Going To Knicks

AP | BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Allen Iverson Contract, Basketball, Knicks, New York Knicks, Allen Iverson, New York News

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The New York Knicks won't sign Allen Iverson, believing any short-term gain would hinder their plans to build for the future....

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NBA BLOOD: Whose Wound Is The Worst? (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports

Read More: Slidepoll, Jason Kidd, Nba, Blood, Basketball, NBA Injury, Sports News

We've put together some of the NBA's bloodiest on-court injuries. Whose is the worst? Get HuffPost Sports on Facebook and Twitter! ...

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Man Pledges A Million Foul Shots For Charity

Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Hoops for Heroes, Basketball, Dave Cummings, Charity, Foul Shots, Impact News

Dave Cummings, a 42-year-old New Hampshire resident, has found his charitable calling in foul shots, Tonic reported. He has vowed to make one million ...

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And Now, If You Will All Please Rise and Place Your Fingers In Your Ears

Hayes Permar | Posted 11.13.2009 | Sports

Read More: Basketball, Star-Spangled Banner, Football, National Anthem, Sports News

We're in Star-Spangled season when football, basketball and hockey overlap. This means there's a scramble to fill game slates with national anthem singers. It also means some renditions will be butchered.

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Lakers Anxious for Return of Pau Gasol Despite 6-1 Record

Paula Duffy | Posted 11.12.2009 | Sports

Read More: Pau Gasol, Phil Jackson, Basketball, Los Angeles Lakers, Nba, Sports News, Sports News

No one is sure when he will return and while the the team has hopes it will be sooner rather than later, the NBA season marches on.

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Poet Pride: A Charm City Classic on Film

Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1960s, Civil Rights Movment, New York, Baltimore, 1990's, Muggsy Bogues, Hbo, Drugs, 1980's, War on Drugs, Basketball, Film, The Wire, Carmelo Anthony, Len Bias, USA Today, Reggie Lewis, Chicago, Documentary, Boston Celtics, Rudy Gay, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Nba, 1970s, Entertainment News

A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.

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Let the Public Own the Teams

Roy Ulrich | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Baseball, Nfl, Mlb, Football, Nhl, Professional Sports, Sports Lawsuits, Basketball, Nba, Hockey, Entertainment News

If public ownership were allowed, owners would be barred from moving teams from small markets where they were profitable - like Green Bay - into larger markets.

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Manu Ginobili Catches Bat (VIDEO): Spurs Player Swats Bat, Captures Animal On Basketball Court

AP | Posted 11.01.2009 | Sports

Read More: Ginobili Bat Video, Bat Video, Ginobili Catches Bat, San Antonio, Manu Ginobili Bat Video, Sacramento, Basketball, Kings, Manu Ginobili Catches Bat, Bat, Spurs Kings, Manu Ginobili Bat, Nba, Manu Bat Video, Spurs, Sports News

SAN ANTONIO (AP)--The Spurs' Manu Ginobili showed off his quick hands-- capturing a bat. "That was amazing," teammate Tony Parker said after the San ...

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WATCH: Bill Simmons Tells Stephen Colbert Why Baseball Is For People Over 50

Posted 10.30.2009 | Books

Read More: Basketball, Bill Simmons, The Colbert Report, Kobe Bryant, The Book of Basketball, Bill Simmons the Book of Basketball, New Books, Stephen Colbert, Books, Sports, Wilt Chamberlain, Sports Books, Baseball, Books News

Bill Simmons was on The Colbert Report last night talking about his new book, The Book of Basketball. He talked to Stephen about why he thinks Wilt Ch...

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LeBron James Dunks on George W. Bush's Ass

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Entertainment, Break Glass, George W. Bush, Dunk on His Ass, Basketball, Maxim, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dunk, Sports News, Sports, Satire, Parody, Political Satire, Entertainment News, Nba, Humor and Satire, Comedy, LeBron James, Comedy News

Le Bron James wants to dunk on G.W. Bush's ass, break the rim, and shatter the glass. The former President, never one to avoid biting off more than he can chew, issued a trash talking response.

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Rent A New Jersey Net For $25,000

The New York Observer | Reid Pillifant | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Rent-a-Net, Sports, New Jersey Nets, Bruce Ratner, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Nba, New York News

For $25,000 you can get courtside tickets to 10 games and, for one hour, you can have a Nets player at your beckon call....

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Knicks Beat Maccabi After Ejected Coach Refuses To Leave Court

AP | BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Migdal Ohr, Rabbi Yitchak Dovid Grossman, Sports, Maccabi Coach, Knicks, Basketball, Pini Gershon, Israeli Basketball, New York Knicks, Maccabi, New York News

NEW YORK — Nate Robinson scored 19 points, and the New York Knicks beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 106-91 Sunday in a game that featured a bizarre delay i...

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Obama Could Use Another Pair of Athletic Shorts

Danny Groner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style

Last week's photo of President Obama stuffing Reggie Love during a pick-up basketball game was the latest in a series of photos taken of the president playing in pants instead of shorts.

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There Should Be More Pro Athletes Like Tracy McGrady

David A. Love | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Sports, Human Rights, Darfur Genocide, Olympics, Rachel Maddow, Crisis in Darfur, Basketball, Darfur Sudan, World News

McGrady is a pro basketball player-turned-human rights activist. He visited refugee camps in Darfur, and he has devoted considerable time off the court to various humanitarian efforts.

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Great Products Launched During A Recession

Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Ipod, General Electric, Twinkies, Monopoly, Inventions, Photocopier, Basketball, Fortune Magazine, Miracle Whip, Recession, Diet Coke, Scotch Tape, Coors, Nestle, Heinz, Business News

More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...

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Rachel Maddow Spotlights T-Mac's Darfur Dream Team

John Prendergast | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Hillary Clinton, Basketball, Joe Biden, Rachel Maddow, Barack Obama, Nba, Genocide, World News

Last week on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, NBA star Tracy "T-Mac" McGrady and I had the chance to discuss the ongoing crisis in Darfur.

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No Longer Want to Be Like Mike?

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Micahel Jordan, Sports, Dr. Johnny Benjamin, Basketball, Entertainment News

I saw MJ's speech as cathartic. After all of these years he finally said what he truly felt; without concern for spin, image, market share or repercussion.

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Sports Abbreviating

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Sports, Commercials, US Open, Baseball, Soccer, Football, New Media, Basketball, Directv, Nfl, Red Zone, Media News

DirectTV has a program called the "Red Zone Channel" that allows subscribers to feast on only the most exciting, inside-the-20-yard-line bits from all games going on around the league.

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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Michael Jordan Bringing His Motorcycle Racing Team to New Jersey Labor Day Weekend

Joe Territo | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Michael Jordan, Millville, Motorcyle Racing, Basketball, New Jersey, Jordan Suzuki, Daily Journal, New York News

Jordan likely will be very visible at the race. However -- sorry fans -- he is not planning to sign autographs.

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Post-Game Interview With a Texas Streetball Legend

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Pick-Up Basketball, Basketball, Interview, Humor, Parody, Entertainment News

And now we're going to send you out to Austin, Texas, where Chuck Lovell is with veteran swingman and fan-favorite Josh Rosenblatt

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NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki and Pregnant Ex-Fiancée Back in the News

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cristal Taylor, Basketball, Nba, Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki Girlfriend, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dirk Nowitzki, Christa Ann Taylor, Sports, Entertainment News

Nowitzki should have at least gotten a decent lawyer to contact the court and set up her arraignment. It happens every day on matters far more serious, so it wasn't necessary to orchestrate her public arrest.

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The End of Iverson?

Dave Zirin | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Stern, Zirin, Racism, Basketball, Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Nba, LeBron James, Sports, Entertainment News

Now that the king -- Al 'The Answer' -- has been deposed by age and circumstance, our sports world is, quite frankly, blander for it.

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Unearthed Film Footage From Secret Sports Summit Reveals How Race and Sports Play Out (VIDEO)

Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Auto Racing, Steroids, Marathon, Luge, Logos, Race, Chinese, Tennis, African American, History, Figure Skating, Mary Carillo, Boxers, Gymnastics, Black, Boxing, Women, Baseball, Japanese, Football, Hispanic, Quarterback, Kenyans, Sports Writing, Basketball, Hockey, Native American Indian, Track, Racing, Running, Fishing, Kenya, Comedy News

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