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05 Feb 2009 11:00

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Sports: LeBron’s feat, in the words of a Cleveland Cavaliers teammate

  • A pretty impressive triple-double. I bet his fantasy owners are pretty happy.
  • Wally Szczerbiak • A teammate of LeBron James in Cleveland. The Cavs, at 39-9, are in the midst of a pretty killer season, helped, no doubt, by James, who has 21 career triple-doubles. • source

05 Feb 2009 10:56

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Sports: LeBron James shows off – again – why he’s a great player

  • 52 points last night, and yet another triple-double, for LeBron source

26 Jan 2009 14:52

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Sports: Duke’s at No. 1 in men’s hoops again; how common is that?

  • 111 weeks at No. 1 for Duke all-time. This week was their first top showing since 2006. source

25 Jan 2009 11:14

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Sports: Tennessee’s Pat Summit: Another influential women’s hoops icon

  • 45 of the coach’s players have become coaches themselves source

25 Jan 2009 11:02

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Sports: Kay Yow, N.C. State women’s hoops coach, leaves a strong legacy

  • 34 number of seasons Yow, who long suffered from breast cancer, coached the Wolfpack source

23 Jan 2009 11:00

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Offbeat, Sports: A 100-0 loss in girls’ basketball? Pssh, we really won!

  • My girls never quit. They played as hard as they could to the very end. They played with all their hearts at 70-nothing, 80-nothing and 100-nothing.
  • Jeremy Civello • Dallas Academy athletic director, on a 100-0 high school girls’ basketball loss that he’s way too freakin’ optimistic about. The Texas school, which deals with students with a variety of learning problems, pulled the team from the league shortly thereafter, and the opposing team calls the score an embarrassment – on their part. • source

23 Jan 2009 10:10

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Sports: A record number of NBA fans really like Dwight Howard as an all-star

  • 3.1 million fans voted for the Orlando Magic’s Superman dunker source
 

21 Jan 2009 23:50

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Sports: Virginia Tech gives Wake Forest a wake-up call

  • 16-1 The Demon Deacons’ record after the Hokies defeated them 78-71. They were the only unbeaten team in college basketball. source

19 Jan 2009 15:36

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Sports: Wake Forest is on top of the college hoops world

  • 1st Wake Forest’s ranking in both of the major college basketball polls source

18 Jan 2009 10:50

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Sports: Mark Cuban’s got a fine to pay. So he might as well make a point.

  • Why in their names? As a reminder of what could have happened, and that not every retaliation attempt misses. Tragedy can be one swing or one elbow away.
  • Mark Cuban • Dallas Mavericks owner, who has to pay a $25,000 fine after an incident involving the Denver Nuggets’ J.R. Smith. Cuban wants to give a $25,000 charity donation in the names of of Todd Bertuzzi and Steve Moore, two NHL players involved in a physical encounter during a game that led to the end of Moore’s career. • source