Basketball
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The 76ers avoided compiling the worst start in NBA history when they snapped a 17-game losing streak with victory over Minnesota
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Hunter Felt: Toronto Raptors lose DeRozan; Kevin Garnett’s Mike Tyson impression; Steph Curry can’t miss
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This dynamic action shot captures Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade taking no prisoners as he smashes into Washington Wizards forward Drew Gooden
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Our favourite things this week Our favourite things this week: from Paris stories to the New York Stadium
Paul Campbell Featuring the San Marino goalkeeper, the honesty of Landon Donovan, PSG in widescreen and Brian O’Driscoll hurling
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Despite his awesome reputation, Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's recent form has been below par, with his crunch-time shooting below the league average. In this picture, he shoots against the Memphis Grizzlies as their guard Tony Allen tries to get in a block. The Grizzlies won 99-93
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Hunter Felt: Are the Cavs really fragile?; the Rockets aren’t proper villains; the genius of Anthony Davis; Philadelphia’s comedy routine
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Richard Parkin: Anger as female sport is hit disproportionately hardest by the ABC cuts
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Sports body says youngsters will be left without role models as coverage pays price of cuts
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A 25-year old Red Star Belgrade fan was stabbed to death in violence before the team’s Euroleague basketball match at Galatasaray in Istanbul
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Featuring the longest three-pointer in basketball history, Independiente’s teenage sensation and a nutmeg to savour
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The 13-year NBA veteran’s decision to come out guaranteed his legacy – and got the media circus over and done with
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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers win another game; Philadelphia 76ers don’t so much; Derrick Rose should probably stop talking; and Mark Cuban dreams of going Galt
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Cleveland could use a boost. But don’t look to the LeBronomy, which would require every man, woman and child in the city to spend $240 on gear every year
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Hunter Felt: After the players’ chief attacked the salary cap, the commissioner’s Times op-ed was perfectly pitched to boost the riches at his command
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NBA chief says bettting ‘should be brought into the sunlight’ and highlights example of British sports betting
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NBA union executive who said ‘my DNA is offended’ by salary cap plans to challenge 50-50 revenue split to increase players’ share
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Corey 'Thunder' Law of the Harlem Globetrotters sets a new world record for the farthest basketball shot
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NBA: five things we learned Cleveland can't wait on Waiters and Warriors join the ranks of the beaten
Waiters finds himself the odd man out in Cleveland; Rubio and Smart go down; Warriors unbeaten streak ends; Sacramento is ready to Boogie -
Iconic British football club Manchester United has pledged to turn its supporters into friends of the environment. As Oliver Balch reports, it’s not alone
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The gifs that keep on giving The gifs that keep on giving: dribbling, diving, curling and nutmegging
Featuring an ice-cool finish, a high five on snow, teamwork on the basketball court and supreme strength on the football field
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British Basketball received £1.2m injection after the grassroots funding body, Sport England, agreed to bankroll elite sport for the first time while UK Sport will provide only ‘technical expertise’
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Griner’s agent said the 6ft 8in star was cut on the elbow but didn’t require stitches in what they said was a random attack
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NBA: five things we learned Lakers stumble early as Warriors and T-Wolves lock down franchise players
Five things we’ve learned in week one: the Los Angeles Lakers court disaster with court disaster; Ricky Rubio and Klay Thompson get paid; Derrick Rose sprains both of his ankles; Mikhail Prokhorov’s English lessons pay off -
Our favourite things this week Our favourite things this week: from Zinedine Zidane to ugly wallpapers
Featuring lost football grounds, basketball brilliance, Bruce Springsteen, unsavoury holiday snaps and a stop motion penalty -
James scores 36 points as Cavaliers rebound from New York defeat to beat Bulls 114-108
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The Oklahoma City Thunder, already dealing with the loss of MVP Kevin Durant, will now have to play without Russell Westbrook for up to six weeks
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The San Antonio Spurs centre on working with Becky Hammon, how to make the perfect sandwich and being a rap guru
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After four years with the Miami Heat, LeBron James returns to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night in the team’s home opener against the New York Knicks
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Hunter Felt: With Donald Sterling out and the best point guard in the league, the Clippers should be a genuine force – and they’ll certainly enjoy the Lakers being so bad
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UK Sporthas said it is prepared to consider changing its medal-focused criteria for funding elite sport
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Australian Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum is hoping to discard the ‘man of mystery’ tag and prove himself in the NBA
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NBA preview: The Cavaliers are the most talented team in the Eastern Conference, the Bulls and the Heat can still be a force – and the Philadelphia 76ers continue their quest to be the worst team in the NBA
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Sydney Kings star import Josh Childress is facing the prospect of a lengthy NBL ban for a sickening hit on Perth’s Jesse Wagstaff
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Injury to the Los Angeles Lakers point guard will cost him the entirety of the 2014-15 season – and could mark the end of the two-time MVP’s hall of fame career
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Hunter Felt: In order to make the game more compelling, the NBA experimented with a shortened preseason game on Sunday, but is the real problem the gruelling 82 game regular season?
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