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Grizzlies’ Ja Morant wins NBA’s rookie of the year award

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The first three baskets of Memphis’ season set the tone for Ja Morant’s rookie year. All were layups, all by him, the level of difficulty increasing each time. ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Done with Doncic, Clippers set for Nuggets’ Murray, Jokic

Denver on short rest before second-round series with Kawhi’s Clippers

DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Nuggets edge Jazz to complete comeback from 3-1 hole

Denver 12th team to erase 3-1 series deficit

DATE: Sep 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Jamal Murray outduels Donovan Mitchell to force a Nuggets-Jazz Game 7

Murray has 142 points in last three games

DATE: Aug 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NBA playoffs resume Saturday as sides detail new commitments

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – NBA players want change that makes their communities safer. They want people to vote — hopefully in their home arenas. And they want to keep playing baske...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Lute Olson, Hall of Fame coach, Arizona icon, dies at 85

TUCSON, Ariz. – Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. He was 85. Olson’s family said he died Thursday evening. The ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Trump: NBA has become like ‘a political organization’

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Thursday that the NBA has become like “a political organization,” criticizing the league the day after player protests over police brutality led to t...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Sports come to a halt as players protest Jacob Blake shooting

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The NBA’s restart inside a restricted bubble at Disney World, which has proceeded smoothly for more than a month without any positive novel coronavirus tests, came to a scr...

DATE: Aug 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports