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Victor Wembanyama, player from the Metropolitans 92 during a game against the Elan Bearnais, in Levallois Perret, near Paris, Tuesday, Sept.27, 2022.
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French basketballer ‘Wemby’ aims for a shot in the NBA
Merger Mania: Corporate Consolidations Promise Lofty Returns, Can They Deliver?
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Arts, Culture & Media
Los Suns
Arts, Culture & Media
The Knicks as Comic Book Heroes
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Arts, Culture & Media
Is Kobe Bryant’s ‘Dear Basketball’ a Reimagining of Shakespeare’s Final Soliloquy?
Sim Bhullar playing for the New Mexico State Aggies during the 2014 NCAA Tournament. Bhullar signed a 10-day contract with the Sacramento Kings in 2015, becoming the first player of Indian descent in the league.
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He’s a towering 7’5″ — and now he’s the first Indian to play in the NBA
Survivors of Haiti's earthquake play basketball in front of a pile of debris of the justice palace in Port-au-Prince.
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For hard-luck Haiti, a new challenge: Basketball
The NBA will celebrate the Chinese New Year with special Chinese-themed uniforms for the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets, whose shirt is pictured here.
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Why the NBA is breaking out special uniforms for Chinese New Year
Emmanuel Mudiay drives to the hoop during a high school game for Prime Academy in Texas. Mudiay is now playing in China and making seven figures instead of playing in college.
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China, not college, could be the next finishing school for top NBA prospects
Ahmad and his dad at Hoops, an indoor basketball school made possible by a Lebanese NGO called Nawaya.
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Why an NGO wants this Lebanese boy to live his hoop dreams
DJ’s Delight
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Donald Sterling
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Word of an NBA owner’s alleged racist rant is shocking Italy’s basketball fans
Darsh Preet Singh stands next to his college basketball jersey on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, part of an exhibition on Indian-Americans. Singh is the first Sikh American to play basketball in the NCAA while wearing his
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This Sikh American NCAA basketball player learned from his mother
DeAndre Rice (Number 5, with extended arms) scored 47 points in a recent game. He's helped his team, Al Ittihad Tripoli, with the championship this year.
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It’s no March Madness, but former American basketball players are making it big — in Libya
DeAndre Rice (Number 5, with extended arms) scored 47 points in a recent game. He's helped his team, Al Ittihad Tripoli, with the championship this year.
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It’s no March Madness, but former American basketball players are making it big — in Libya
Arts, Culture & Media
London Olympics may be last hurrah for U.S. basketball Dream Team
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Syracuse basketball assistant fired over allegations of molestation
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NBA players reject owners’ offer, season in doubt
Arts, Culture & Media
VIDEO: Former NBA, UCLA star shining while playing in Israel during NBA lockout
Conflict & Justice
Basketball Diplomacy and Stunt Journalism: The Media Outlet Behind Rodman’s Trip to North Korea
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NBA Playoffs: Weekend Recap and First Round Predictions
Tennessee Women’s Basketball Coach Pat Summitt’s Legacy
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Video: NBA Star Jordan Farmar Plays in Israel
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The NBA Lockout’s Impact on Workers
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NBA cancels first two weeks of new season
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NBA cancels preseason
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Meadowlark Lemon on Basketball, Charity, and the Globetrotters
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Biggest Stories of This Basketball Season
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US basketball team preps for world championship
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The first round Of the NBA draft and World Cup update
Global Politics
Takeouts: financial reform hits a snag, NBA playoffs
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: the politics of terror; NBA playoffs
Global Politics
Takeouts: Obama roasts Washington at White House correspondents dinner, NBA playoffs, listeners respond
Conflict & Justice
Takeouts: Goldman Sachs faces the Senate; NBA playoffs; listeners respond
Arts, Culture & Media
A Final Four preview from a Kentucky perspective: the importance of college hoops to rural America
Global Politics
Takeouts: a tale of two pension plans, LA Lakers’ losing streak
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Hockey gold for Canada, college basketball update
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NBA Finals: Can Kobe Stop the Magic?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Beyond Yao Ming: China and the NBA
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Rim shot: Free throws are still hard
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The ‘Redeem Team’ brings two hopes: gold, and new markets for the NBA
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U.S. vs. China in Olympic basketball
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Hoops Hype website
Conflict & Justice
The NBA’s ethnic heritage nights
Sports Roundup: Melo Trade, College Basketball