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Snow Impacts Sports Schedules On East Coast

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.20.2009 | Sports

Read More: Snow, Weather, Storm, Sports, East Coast, Nfl, Basketball, College Basketball, Hoops, Football, Sports Schedules, Delay, Weather Delays, Sports News

Sporting events from NFL games to harness races were rescheduled Saturday as a winter storm swept across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, dumping more ...

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Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian Billionaire, One Step Closer To Owning Nets

AP | TOM CANAVAN | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Sports, New Jersey Nets, New Jersey, Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian Billionaire to Own Nets, Basketball, New York, Nba, New York News

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A Russian billionaire has moved a step closer to becoming the NBA's first non-North American owner. Mikhail Prokhorov's...

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The Year of the Man-Child

Catie Lazarus | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Google, Inauguration Day 2009, Oxford-Health, Ikea, Fist Bump, Morgan Stanley, Elliot Spitzer, Tiger Woods, John Edwards, Wall Street Bonuses, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Nbc, JP Morgan Chase, Chris Brown, Copenhagen 2009, Duane Reade, Trader Joes, Lou Dobbs, Basketball, Michelle Duggar, Barack Obama, Driving While Texting, Drunk Driving, Hilary Clinton, Aol, Rahm Emanuel, Banking Crisis, CVS Pharmacies, Us Treasury, Mark Sanford, Law, Msnbc, Driving, Mitch McConnell, Woody Allen, Nadya Suleman, Sarah Palin Vice President, Immigration, Iphone, Infidelity, Time Warner, Finance, Rupert Murdoch, Fidelity Investments, Hamid Karzai, Rihanna, John McCain, Proctor & Gamble, Twitter, Ge, Oprah, Macys, Hbo, Howie Mandel, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, C-Span, Murder, Tiger Woods Affair, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Apple, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Jon Gosselin, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Joe Lieberman, Netflix, Andre Agassi, Comedy News

What Did You Learn in 2009? Test your knowledge by answering these objectively scientific questions about the celebrities, politicians and fifteen minute famers who made headlines.

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The Iverson Gap: Why Valuing Players Is Even Harder Than You Think

David Roher | Posted 12.14.2009 | Sports

Read More: New York Yankees, Baseball, Mlb, Nba, Sports Business, Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia, Basketball, Business, Derek Jeter, Allen Iverson, Sports News

The truth is that the traditional currency of a player's value, the win, is fairly unimportant.

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Forest City's Longshot Bond Issue in Brooklyn

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Mayor Bloomberg, Eminent Domain Abuse, Appellate Court, Basketball Arena, Brooklyn, NJ Nets, Blight, Forest City Enterprises, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Mta, NY State Senate, Bond Issue, Eminent Domain, Goldman Sachs, Bond Buyer, Columbia University, NYC Budget, Ratner, FInancial Markets, Bruce Ratner, Pilots, Urban Development, Gov. Paterson, Developdontdestroybrooklyn, Barclays Plc, New York News

As Forest City Enterprises markets bonds for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn -- which includes the most expensive basketball arena in the country -- I'm struck by how tenuous the whole thing is.

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Brittany Spears Can't Order Pizza

Alexia Parks | Posted 12.07.2009 | Denver

Read More: CU Boulder, Whitney Houston, University of Colorado at Boulder, Basketball, Boulder Colorado, Denver News

Whenever Brittany Spears dials for pizza in Boulder, all she gets is a moment of silence and then a dial tone. No pizza. Brittany, it seems, can't get anyone to take her name seriously.

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Nets Lose Record 18th Game To Start Season

AP | BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: 18 Straight Losses, Nets Lose, New Jersey Nets, Basketball, NBA Record, Worst Team, Nets Set Record, New York News

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — All those losses in what's now the worst start in NBA history had already beaten down the New Jersey Nets. So when the ...

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Kiki Vandeweghe To Coach Nets For Rest Of Season: Report

AP | BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Kiki Vandeweghe Nets, Kiki Vandeweghe Coach, Basketball, Nba, NJ Nets, Kiki Vandeweghe, New York News

New Jersey Nets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe is set to become the team's coach for the rest of the season. He doesn't have to worry about being on...

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Tough Job Ahead For Whoever Takes Helm Of Disastrous New Jersey Nets

Joe Territo | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: New-Jersey-Nets, Basketball, Lawrence Frank Fired, Nba, New York News

After an 0-16 start it was good news this weekend that the Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank. That did not change the team overnight, as the Nets notched another loss.

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Can The Answer Be The Answer In Philadelphia?

David Berri | Posted 11.29.2009 | Sports

Read More: Basketball, Wins Produced, Iverson, Memphis Grizzlies, Philadelphia 76ers, Sports News

The Philadelphia 76ers are considering bringing Allen Iverson out of retirement. But can Iverson help Philadelphia? Not really.

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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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