CLEVELAND — LeBron James won’t be picking any players during Thursday’s NBA draft. At least not directly. With the trajectory of their franchise riding on where he decides to play next season and beyond, the Cleveland Cavaliers will enter this year’s draft not knowing if they’re choosing a player to help them — and James …
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I was just inches from a clean getaway. –Astronaut Garrett Breedlove, Terms of Endearment I had hoped the boss had forgotten. (Narrator: He hadn’t.) A few years had gone by since the last public embarrassment—a mock draft, the single biggest waste of time since a long-now-since-fired marketing whiz green-lighted New Coke in the early ‘80s. …
I was just inches from a clean getaway. –Astronaut Garrett Breedlove, Terms of Endearment I had hoped the boss had forgotten. (Narrator: He hadn’t.) A few years had gone by since the last public embarrassment—a mock draft, the single biggest waste of time since a long-now-since-fired marketing whiz green-lighted New Coke in the early ‘80s. …
Turner and the NBA today announced that Oscar Robertson, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and 12-time NBA All-Star, will be honored by the NBA with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 NBA Awards on TNT presented by Kia. TNT will televise the second annual NBA Awards, hosted by Anthony Anderson, live on …
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Turner and the NBA today announced that Oscar Robertson, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and 12-time NBA All-Star, will be honored by the NBA with its Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 NBA Awards on TNT presented by Kia. TNT will televise the second annual NBA Awards, hosted by Anthony Anderson, live on …
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Warriors general manager Bob Myers expects swift negotiations to re-sign two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and coach Steve Kerr. Durant could sign for as long as four years and about $160 million, and Myers is prepared to give him “whatever he wants.” Durant has said all along he wants …
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Warriors general manager Bob Myers expects swift negotiations to re-sign two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant and coach Steve Kerr. Durant could sign for as long as four years and about $160 million, and Myers is prepared to give him “whatever he wants.” Durant has said all along he wants …
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Theo Epstein, who only brought World Series championships to the Boston Red Sox (who had waited 86 years before winning it in 2004) and to the Chicago Cubs (108 years before winning in 2016), as those two star-crossed teams’ general manager, was the commencement speaker at his alma mater, Yale, last year. During his speech, …
Theo Epstein, who only brought World Series championships to the Boston Red Sox (who had waited 86 years before winning it in 2004) and to the Chicago Cubs (108 years before winning in 2016), as those two star-crossed teams’ general manager, was the commencement speaker at his alma mater, Yale, last year. During his speech, …
Theo Epstein, who only brought World Series championships to the Boston Red Sox (who had waited 86 years before winning it in 2004) and to the Chicago Cubs (108 years before winning in 2016), as those two star-crossed teams’ general manager, was the commencement speaker at his alma mater, Yale, last year. During his speech, …
