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2015 NBA Shooting Stars Challenge: Team Bosh Three-Peats
It began with a flurry and ended with a soft and subtle whimper when the 2015 NBA Shooting Stars Challenge showcased both the most impressive first round and least suspenseful final round in its short...
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NBA Celebrity All-Star Game: Kevin Hart Takes MVP, West Wins Game
Screengrab courtesy of Toni Perolo . The NBA Celebrity All-Star Game actually turned out to be a tightly contested matchup, won 59-51 by the West. While the West finally broke through with a win, Kevin...
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NBA Rising Stars Challenge: Team World Defeats Team USA 121-112
Screengrab courtesy of TrTr . It was a spectacle of the players of tomorrow during the NBA Rising Stars Challenge at the Barclays Center. Filled with both amazing plays and hilarious fails, Team World was...
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Raptors Rise: The Growth of Basketball in Toronto
Image courtesy of DeMar DeRozan/Twitter . Recently I wrote an article on the Rudy Gay trade to and from Toronto and a reader was upset when I referred to Toronto as a “smaller market team”....
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Stephen Curry, Jamie Foxx Headline Under Armour Campaign
"Everything about Under Armour is about the underdog. I think every athlete feels that too. Who wants to wake up and go exercise? Nobody. But you want the results. So having and finding the will...
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Carmelo Anthony Likely Done for the Season
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . At 10-43, the New York Knicks' season is just about over. Carmelo Anthony 's recent announcement might solidly what many already thought. The star forward has been dealing with...
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Thank God It's Flashback Friday: 1993 NBA All-Star Game
Image courtesy of the NBA . Well folks, as you likely know it’s NBA All-Star Weekend, the league’s annual celebration of its best players/a brief intermission in the season. Even though it’s flawed in just...
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Former Knicks Star Anthony Mason Fighting For His Life
Image courtesy of Tamieka (@theotherblair)/Twitter . The basketball world is collectively holding its breath right now after news broke that Anthony Mason is clinging to life in a New York hospital after suffering complications from...
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An Impromptu NBA Power Poll: Part 2
Image courtesy of Flickr/Keith Allison Get yourself a drink and something to snack on, because you’re gonna be here for a while. I promise you it will be worth it though. After trudging through the...
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Too Close for Comfort: Dallas Mavericks Barely Muffle Utah Jazz
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . A collective gasp sounded inside the American Airlines Center on Monday evening when, in only the first quarter of their game against the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks...
