Dallas — The NBA All-Star players were announced today.
The East’s roster is: Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Joe Johnson, Chris Bosh, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose, Gerald Wallace, and Al Horford.
Analysis: The Allen Iverson selection obviously shows there are flaws in the NBA [...]
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Chicago — Derrick Rose knows he has to fill the scoring void of the departed Ben Gordon. And he showed it tonight.
Rose had 30 and Luol Deng added 14 points. Taj Gibson had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
The Bulls had a 90-75 lead before the Magic closed the gap. It was [...]
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Indianapolis – Roy Hibbert and Luther Head each scored 21 points and the Indiana Pacers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 122-111 on Saturday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.
Brandon Rush scored 16 points and Mike Dunleavy added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Pacers.
Al Jefferson scored 23 points, Wayne Ellington had [...]
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Washington — Tim Duncan scored 23 points and reserve Roger Mason Jr. added a season-high 20 to lead the San Antonio Spurs to their fifth straight victory on Saturday night, 97-86 over the Washington Wizards, who remained enveloped in a gun controversy surrounding Gilbert Arenas.
Tony Parker had 12 points for the Spurs, whose [...]
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Miami — Dwyane Wade scored 25 points in only 28 minutes, Jermaine O’Neal added 19 points on 6 of 7 shooting against his former team and the Miami Heat enjoyed their largest victory margin this season by topping the Indiana Pacers 114-80 on Sunday night.
Michael Beasley scored 16 points and Udonis Haslem added 13 [...]
What’s up in Indy?
Guard Dahntay Jones has obviously been struggling on the offensive end. And 1 day after he replaced Brandon Rush in the lineup, he is already playing less minutes than Rush and Luther Head.
Head, out of Illinois, has scored 19 and 9 in the past to [...]
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Cleveland — Boston’s Big Three — plus Rasheed — spoiled Cleveland’s overhyped season opener on Tuesday night with a 95-89 win over the new-look Cavaliers, who may have LeBron James and Shaq, but appear to be a long way from true title contenders.
Paul Pierce scored 23 points, Ray Allen 16 and Kevin [...]
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Detroit — The Detroit Lions are in the W section now.
The Lions (1-2) beat the Washington Redskins (1-2) Sunday to end their 19 game skid, which is 2nd all-time behind the 76′-77′ Tampa Bay Buccaners who had a 26 game losing streak.
Detroit was up 13-0 at half.
The Redskins answered with [...]
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Chicago – Jay Cutler is back. And so are the Chicago Bears (1-1). They beat the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) Sunday evening in a thriller.
Cutler was 27-38 for 236 yards and a touchdown coming off a carrer worst 4 interception game against the Green Bay Packers.
And the amazing thing: No interceptions by Cutler.
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New England – Tom Brady is back.
Down 24-13 with 5:25 left, in his throwback AFL red, Tom Brady led his New England Patriots back to a win. He was just coming back from a big knee injury that kept him benched for all of last season.
It started to turn from the Buffalo [...]
Charlotte– Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb has a fractured rib on his lower left side, coach Andy Reid said Sunday afternoon.
It is unknown how long McNabb will be sidelined, but Reid said “there’s a chance,” he would play next week against the New Orleans Saints.
McNabb will be examined further on Monday after the [...]
Golden State — After a half-season stint with the Boston Celtics, Mikki Moore is going back to the West Coast.
Moore’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, told ESPN.com on Monday that the free-agent center agreed to a one-year contract with the Golden State Warriors over the weekend.
Moore’s deal is for the $1.3 million, the veteran [...]
Kansas City– The Kansas City Chiefs released 3 players today, including Wide Recevier Amani Toomer, who was signed by the Chiefs this offseason, after his 2008 title with the New York Giants.
He never made much of an impact, spending most of the preseason working with the second and third teams.
Cameron Boone and [...]
Guard Nate Robinson was arrested Tuesday for driving without a license.
Police said Robinson was pulled over at around 5:30 PM in the Bronx because of unpaid ticket that was mailed to his Seattle address.
And when he couldn’t get to it and pay it of, it resulted in a suspended license.
Robinson apoligized [...]
Brandon Marshall has no problem working with the scout team while he plays his way back into Pro Bowl form.
What bugs him is the way the Denver Broncos handled his acquittal on misdemeanor battery charges last week.
Marshall said Wednesday in his first public comments about the matter that he was miffed a [...]
Tony Dungy isn’t necessarily saying the Chicago Bears need help at receiver, but if Lovie Smith were to ask Dungy about Marvin Harrison, the endorsement would be strong.
“I think he definitely can play, and I would encourage Lovie to sign him if they had an opening,” Dungy said Wednesday on the [...]
Here are some power ranking for the upcoming season:
TEAM
REC.
BREAKDOWN
1
L.A. Lakers
65-17
Pace: 93.1 (6), Off: 114.3 (3), Def: 106.1 (5)
Either you think the Artest-for-Ariza swap was a big upgrade for the Lakers, or you think the True Warier will become a major distraction and ruin the champs’ chemistry. Either way, you know it’s going to be [...]
Miami — Quentin Richardson was traded for the fourth time since the end of last season, moving from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Miami Heat on Thursday night in exchange for center Mark Blount.
Richardson, who can play both shooting guard and small forward, is a close friend and workout partner of Heat [...]
Los Angeles — The New Orleans Hornets, in a move to shed some payroll after the recent acquisition of Emeka Okafor, have agreed to trade swingman Rasual Butler to the Los Angeles Clippers for a future second-round pick, according to NBA front-office sources.
The trade is expected to be announced later Wednesday.
Butler is scheduled [...]
The Denver Nuggets have lost another player who helped them reach the Western Conference finals.
Forward Linas Kleiza, who played four years in Denver, is taking his game to Europe.
Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien said Kleiza has chosen to play for Olympiakos, agreeing to a two-year deal worth $12.2 million. Warkentien said Kleiza’s [...]
