Centers Are Looming Large
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The nature of the center position has changed in recent years, but NBA title teams almost always have had a dominant post player.
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Man, is it quiet. With just over two weeks to go before the NHL trade deadline, general managers are moving little more than office furniture (tossing desk chairs in frustration?), further underscoring that the new collective bargaining agreement has turned the building of roster chemistry into strictly a midsummer exercise around free agency.
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The NBA regular season is a week off, but tempers Monday night were in midseason form. In Columbus, Ohio, the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers needed to be separated by security personnel and coaches
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MINNEAPOLIS -- It was impossible not to notice the vast emotional gulf between teams with exactly the same records. The 24-24 Boston Celtics left the Target Center feeling confident, proud, and together. The 24-24 Minnesota Timberwolves left the same building with a hangdog look, wondering what is happening to what was supposed to be another special season.
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DETROIT -- The incentives were on the wall. Literally. Before yesterday's game at Joe Louis Arena against the mighty Detroit Red Wings, the club with the second-best home record in the NHL, the numbers went up on the grease board in the visiting dressing room.
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PHILADELPHIA -- From all indications, this is going to be the year of living dangerously for the 76ers. As they have in their four previous games this season, the Sixers allowed the New Jersey Nets to build a big lead in the first half.
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There are relatively simple solutions to a looming problem.
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A recent blitz of coaching moves among America's finest figure skaters has left fans and coaches feeling as if they need scorecards to keep up.
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Several proposals are under consideration that should produce a lively floor fight.
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A new visitors' center is years overdue and hundreds of millions over budget. Why is that not surprising?
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The number of homes on the market is big, and likely to get much bigger.
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A bunch of people think it&#39;s going to be a walkover, a blowout of mammoth proportions, a game during which the home team will be plucking students out of the stands to play by the third quarter.
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The atmosphere suits certain players. While others have to learn to deal with the unique situations that a New York crowd promote.
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Marcel Dawson can tick off a litany of dislikes about the South Bay Center: The press of swirling traffic and swarms of shoppers. The big box stores and concrete block architecture. The gritty setting that can be intimidating come nightfall.
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The close Eastern Conference race got even tighter yesterday, with the top five teams now separated by three points.
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The New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers spent yesterday trying to put the finishing touches on the megadeal that would move all-stars Randy Johnson, Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez.
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March could be more maddening than usual for teams on the NCAA tournament bubble this year.