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BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 20, 2003
Stunt by Davis ranks among lowest in NBA history
NEW YORK -- In Sunday's pre-game prattle, master motivator Byron Scott referred to the home hoedown with the surging Sixers as the biggest game of the season.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 13, 2003
Could be a new Kidd on the block for the Spurs next season
NEW YORK -- Here's a depressing thought past Jason Kidd absconding to San Antonio this summer: The Spurs are have so much salary cap space there's no need -- other than immediately compensating Kidd to the fullest vs. three years into the contract via an escape clause -- to do a sign-and-trade deal.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Mar 6, 2003
Clippers start coaching carousel early by dumping Gentry
NEW YORK -- Shortly after yesterday's firing of Alvin Gentry, the NBA forwarded his address, home phone number and unlisted birth sign to Charles Oakley. According to someone incurably tapped into the Clippers' front office, interim coach Dennis Johnson has no hope of permanently replacing Gentry on L.A.'s sideline.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 27, 2003
Stern's rulings on discipline not consistent
NEW YORK -- At a recent Wizards' shootaround in Los Angeles, drive-by enforcer Charles Oakley had to be restrained by a chain of coaches and players in mid-pursuit of (temporary) Clipper coach Alvin Gentry. Nearly two weeks later, David Stern's ruthlessly law abiding NBA has yet to issue so much as an admonishing peep or a snub-nosed punishment.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 23, 2003
Allen-Karl feud catalyst for Payton deal
NEW YORK -- Not enough hours have elapsed since the NBA's trading deadline reached its crescendo Thursday when the Milwaukee Bucks and Seattle SuperSonics electrified the league by swapping superstars (and two additional deals, one minor between the Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets, got done just under the wire) to comprehend their consequences, as well as the Drew Gooden-Mike Miller exchange the night before.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 16, 2003
Hornets face penalty after shortfall in season ticket sales
NEW YORK -- By popular demand, this campground is employing new guidelines for the second half of the season: Making fun is out, making knowledge is in. Any hint of an association between the two is purely accidental.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Feb 6, 2003
Trade talk heating up as Feb. 20 deadline looms
NEW YORK -- Scott Layden, say sources, is telling club executives throughout the NBA the Knicks absolutely intend to make a major trade before the Feb. 20 deadline. We know we have to do something, so make us your best offer.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 30, 2003
Warriors marching merrily toward mediocrity
NEW YORK -- If you toss aside the triviality that accompanies the Superbowl -- and the Raiders participation in it -- only one thing should be on the minds of Oaktown: What in the name of Jack London is going on with the Warriors? Basketball's bottom feeders for the better part of the past 10 years, 19-23 Golden State is marching merrily (a facade, as you'll soon discover) toward mediocrity.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 23, 2003
Wilkens hanging on as Raptors coach but for how long?
TORONTO -- Twice enshrined Lenny Wilkens probably has no idea how close he came to being deported from Toronto less than two weeks ago. Yet, surely the Hall of Fame player and coach, the NBA's all-time winningest (1278) and runnerup losingest (10 behind Bill Fitch at 1106) coach, knows his history-making career is raggedly reaching its finale.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 16, 2003
LeBron's new wheels really no big deal
NEW YORK -- What's all the frenzy and fury about LeBron James cruisin' around Akron in his new whip, a Hummer H2 purchased by mom, "To Son, With Love?"
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 11, 2003
Hawks want to trade Terry before he bolts; Isiah appologizes
NEW YORK -- Two weeks after replacing coach Lon Kruger with assistant Terry Stotts, the Hawks are trying to arrange a trade involving restricted free agent-to-be Jason Terry. According to sources, the Blazers and Heat are ardently interested in acquiring Atlanta's assist leader (7.4 per game) and its third-highest (16.8 ppg) scorer.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Jan 4, 2003
Suns young star Stoudemire has NBA buzzing
NEW YORK -- Just when you think Stephon Marbury might finally be maturing, he proclaims Kevin Garnett doesn't compare favorably with Suns compadre Amare Stoudemire, who barbecued his former Minnesota teammate/best friend for 38 the other night.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 26, 2002
Jail Blazers just can't stay out of trouble
NEW YORK -- And now, for your dining and dancing pleasure, we offer an encore holiday performance of the Portland Penal Colony in "The 12 Visitation Days Of Christmas."
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Dec 19, 2002
Grant cut after bad scene on team plane
NEW YORK -- Horace Grant always speaks his mind, though, at times, it becomes muffled by mystery. As a principal beam of four NBA championships, he is notorious for confronting teammates and chopping on coaches, not always for attribution.
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Dec 12, 2002
Tomjanovich should add Washington to staff
NEW YORK -- If Sacramento Kings president Geoff Petrie, a two-time NBA Executive-of-the-Year winner, wants to earn permanent Petey Props, he will apply for the NBA's first legal exception.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Dec 5, 2002
Pierce, Walker can forget about Athens
NEW YORK -- Like teammate Paul Pierce (and Baron Davis), Antoine Walker has no chance of being asked to play on the 2004 U.S. Olympic team. Taunting Larry Brown last season, among other coaches, has come back to haunt him.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 28, 2002
China's Yao making giant strides in first month in NBA
MEMPHIS -- Yao Ming is almost making me forget about Priest Lauderdale.
BASKETBALL / NBA / NBA REPORT
Nov 21, 2002
Coach Brown likely to get the nod for Team USA in 2004
NEW YORK -- USA Basketball met last week in Indianapolis and its 10-member Selection Committee convened in New York over the weekend to dissect America's lousy sixth-place finish at the 2002 World Basketball Championships and to devise an invincible game plan regarding the qualifier tournament. Specifically, who will coach and who will play next summer at a still-to-be-determined site (Mexico City, Puerto Rico or Toronto) and, if eligible, in the Athens 2004 Olympics.
New JAL chief concerned about yen’s ‘excessive’ weakness
Mitsuko Tottori became Japan Airlines’ first female CEO on April 1, having risen through the ranks as a flight attendant and heading the flight attendant and customer experience divisions.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.

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