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Apr 2, 2008
Where will Next Town Brown resurface?
NEW YORK — Why would even the disseminators of fabrication sense Rick Carlisle is a consequential candidate to replace Isiah Thomas as Knicks coach?
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Mar 26, 2008
Williams, Paul top of class at point
NEW YORK — "At best," Mark Jackson appraises, no disrespect intended, "Steve Nash is the NBA's third-best point guard."
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Mar 12, 2008
Absence of Marion affecting Suns
NEW YORK — Should the staggering Suns slip into qualifying as a 50-plus-win lottery team (as opposed to the Nuggets or Warriors), their fans will be astonished to learn this closet consequence:
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Mar 5, 2008
Marion bashers refuse to exit shadows
NEW YORK — Sorry, but no Shawn Marion column today, as advertised, on the grounds one and all insisted on anonymity with regards to his debatable trade for Shaquille O'Neal.
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Feb 27, 2008
Cuban steamed over Nowitzki column
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — For those who get off on me being slapped silly, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban branded my disclosure that Avery Johnson broached trading Dirk Nowitzki a "ridiculous assertion."
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Feb 20, 2008
Mavericks wanted to dump Nowitzki
NEW ORLEANS — I was starting to think Jason Kidd would get back together with ex-wife Joumana before the Mavericks.
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Feb 13, 2008
Trade for Shaq a bad move by Suns
NEW YORK — At first shudder, Shaquille O Neal's relocation from one retirement village to another triggered the normal atypical knee-jerk reactions:
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Feb 6, 2008
Acquiring Gasol latest coup for Lakers
NEW YORK — Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Jamaal Wilkes, James Worthy, Shaq and Kobe all became Lakers as a consequence of poor or pressured decisions by competing executives.
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Jan 30, 2008
Kidd, Wade don't deserve to be All-Stars
NEW YORK — As mentioned in a previous column regarding Shaquille O'Neal, referees are usually first to recognize when a player earns or exhausts All-Star treatment.
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Jan 23, 2008
Bay Area fans unfair to target Dunleavy
NEW YORK — Warriors fans who booed Mike Dunleavy when he played for their team and continued to do so each time he touched the ball last week at Oracle Arena, his first appearance there since being traded to the Pacers, are easily the NBA's most unrefined.
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Jan 16, 2008
Time running out for embattled Thomas
NEW YORK — You know that dead guy that was wheeled into a Manhattan check-cashing shop by two friends looking to covert his monthly $355 social security payment into currency?
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Jan 9, 2008
'Big Baby' flexing muscles for Celtics
NEW YORK — LSU rookie Glen Davis was so good Saturday night (16 of his season-high 20 points in the formidable fourth quarter), Press Maravich exhumed himself and claimed he was "Big Baby's" father.
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Dec 26, 2007
Thomas' violent temper does him, team no good
NEW YORK — Isiah "Let's Get Physical" Thomas is rapidly unravelin'.
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Dec 19, 2007
Just how low can Isiah's Knicks go?
NEW YORK — If we've learned one thing — and that's debatable — it's clear there are no lethal losses in the warped sports world of James Dolan.
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Dec 12, 2007
Knicks, Bobcats, Kings bid for Varejao
NEW YORK — The Knicks were among three teams who made infertile sign-and-trade proposals to the Cavaliers regarding Anderson Varejao in the dreary days leading up to the Brazilian Bouncer inking a 3-year, $17.35 million offer sheet with the Bobcats, which Cleveland promptly matched.
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Dec 5, 2007
Wizards finally recognize 'Earl the Pearl'
NEW YORK — There's so much I had forgotten I never knew about Earl Monroe, I'm sorry to admit.
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Nov 28, 2007
Long before Jordan, there was the Big O
NEW YORK — The last time I spoke to Wilt Chamberlain, 13 months before he died, Oct. 12, 1999, out of nowhere he appealed, "Don't ever let people forget how good we were."
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Nov 21, 2007
No market for malcontent Marbury
NEW YORK — It's pathetically entertaining to read speculation regarding which teams might take Stephon Marbury and what toxic waste may possibly be dumped in New York.
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Nov 14, 2007
Isiah shows confidence in Curry
NEW YORK — The more I'm around Eddy Curry, the more I like his honesty and off-court jesting. He smiles easily, good humoredly messes with teammates and is quick to poke fun at himself.
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Nov 7, 2007
Time for Frank to stop playing favorites
NEW YORK — In New Jersey's 37-point cliffhanging loss to the Raptors, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter combined for their first career triple single — nine points, eight rebounds and nine assists.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Rare sequel to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to play at Cannes
A screening of "Mei and the Baby Cat Bus," which is being billed as a "mini-sequel" to the Studio Ghibli classic "My Neighbor Totoro," is set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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