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America's Got Talent, But WiIl It Equal Success in Turkey?

LAS VEGAS -- Just-add-water teams haven't worked out too well in recent years for USA Basketball. For the 2002 World Championship and 2004 Olympics, outfits were put together at the last instant after numerous top players defected. Team USA finished a disastrous sixth in 2002 and settled for bronze in 2004. That brought...

Nash Keeps Eye on the Prize, Sweeping Spurs Despite Injury

SAN ANTONIO -- Steve Nash might be from hockey country, but this was getting a little ridiculous. Three years ago, the Spurs bloodied the nose of the Canadian in the playoffs and Nash's Suns suffered yet another frustrating loss to their rivals. Then Sunday night, just when things were going smoothly, boom, Nash gets hit...

Player to Watch: Leandro Barbosa

FanHouse previews a player to watch from each NBA team in advance of the 2009-10 season.The conventional wisdom is that every Suns wing or guard champed at the bit for the end of Terry Porter's reign so that they could do what they do best, which is to run and gun. Upon taking over for the deposed Porter during the...

Spurs Beat Suns With Parker, Savvy

You can change all the pieces you want, but at some point you just have to reconcile with the fact: the Spurs own the Suns. This statement stretches well beyond today's game. In fact, even if the Suns had managed to win today's game which they lost 103-98, it wouldn't alter that fact. It's a universal truth that springs...

Doing Lines: Rockets Handcuff LeBron

Every night there are some stupendous, silly, stupid, or downright outlandish individual lines from around the "lig." Doing Lines lets you know which one tops the list.This might be the most downright outlandish line of the entire season: LeBron James played 34 minutes Thursday in Houston, and only tallied 21 points (on 21...

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05/17/12 Sports Briefing | Olympics: Brazil Selects N.B.A.... Source: The New York Times - New York NY Brazil's men's basketball team will be led by the N.B.A. players Nene, Leandro Barbosa, Tiago Splitter and Anderson Varejao when it returns to the Olympics for the first time in 16 years.
05/17/12 To Get Excited for Pacers-Heat, Here's Leandro... Source: The Big Lead Leandro Barbosa was a terrific mid-season acquisition by the Pacers , and the guard who never met a shot he didn't like is off to a nice start against the Heat. He's scored 17 points in two games, and completely destroyed Mario Chalmers anytime the two have been matched up.
05/16/12 2012 NBA Playoffs: Veterans David West and Leandro... Source: Bleacher Report The Indiana Pacers got a huge win in Game 2 against the Miami Heat , evening the series 1-1 before heading to Banker's Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for Games 3 and 4.
05/11/12 Eastern Conference semifinal preview capsules Source: The Garden Island - Lihu'e HI Dwyane Wade averaged 22.7 points, hitting a jumper with 0.1 seconds left in overtime for one victory, and the Heat didn't miss him in the game he sat out with a foot injury.
05/11/12 Eastern Conference semifinal preview capsules Source: The St. Augustine Record - St. Augustine FL Dwyane Wade averaged 22.7 points, hitting a jumper with 0.1 seconds left in overtime for one victory, and the Heat didn't miss him in the game he sat out with a foot injury.