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Team USA Roster For Next Olympics & Basketball World Cup
The people in charge of USA Basketball and the ongoing editions of the “Dream Team” are going to announce a 28-man roster (which will get trimmed down) for the 2014 Basketball World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, which includes LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and Derrick Rose among the veterans of previous Team USA squads, but also some new faces.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Keeps Scoring, Spurs Keep Losing Big Games
The end result with the box score painted a familiar picture; Kevin Durant with another impressive scoring performance while the San Antonio Spurs, losing 111-105 at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder, need to find explanations as to why they keep losing to their direct competition in the Western Conference.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Gets Garbage Time, James Harden & Dwight Howard Do Most of the Work
The Houston Rockets didn’t find it too difficult to beat the Sacramento Kings who lost their two best players early in the game. What was interesting to watch unfold was the separation of Jeremy Lin, a full-time bench player at the moment, from the core of the team, which now revolves completely around James Harden and Dwight Howard.
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New England Patriots Offseason About Giving Tom Brady One More Shot
Another very good regular season for the New England Patriots, another playoff that ends in disappointment. In a franchise that’s always thinking about the biggest prize possible, losing and looking bad for a second consecutive time in the conference championship game calls for more than simple personnel changes in order to improve the supporting cast around Tom Brady.
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Richard Sherman Didn’t Say Anything Wrong to Michael Crabtree
As we inch closer towards the Super Bowl, one of the most talked about moments in the conference championship weekend was Richard Sherman not getting a handshake from Michael Crabtree, which led to Sherman’s rant on national television, immediately gaining cult status.
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New York Knicks – Losing Hope It’ll Ever Get Better
Nothing is going right for the New York Knicks, losing for a fifth straight game, this time to the Philadelphia 76ers, which isn’t that surprising considering how badly they’re defending right now and have been for most of this season.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Deserves Better But Might Not Get It
One game of the Houston Rockets actually playing very well without Jeremy Lin playing a major part of it doesn’t mean that the team is actually better with him as a sixth man while James Harden is paired up with Patrick Beverley in the backcourt, but obviously, there is more than one side to this.
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Texas Beats Kansas State – Season of Redemption
After a huge disappointment last year, not too many people expected anything from Texas. The Longhorns are proving a lot of people wrong with their start in Big 12 play, which now includes winning twice in a row against ranked teams, including a 67-64 victory over Kansas State thanks to a buzzer beater by Jonathan Holmes.
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College Football Realignment – Super Conferences Want to be Alone
The most recent set of talks among NCAA administrators seems to be another step for the Big 12, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC to separate themselves from the rest of the competition by trying to give themselves more political power, and eventually another financial and competitive advantage.
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Minnesota Timberwolves Need More of This Ricky Rubio
If the Minnesota Timberwolves are to break their postseason drought and make the playoffs, they’re going to need a lot more games such as the one Ricky Rubio brought in the 112-97 win over the Utah Jazz. There are better scorers than him on the team like Kevin Love and Kevin Martin, but he’s the one who makes it all work when he’s having a good day.