First Japanese player in NBA cut
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PHOENIX -- Bo Outlaw, whose tough post play was missed last season while the Phoenix Suns struggled to their worst record in 16 years, signed a one-year contract Monday to rejoin the team.
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BEIJING: Chinaâs basketball hopeful Liu Wei improved his chances of becoming the first Asian point guard to make the NBA after putting in a spirited performance with the Sacramento Kings in the defeat by the Yao Ming-led Houston Rockets.
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Wataru Misaka, the first Japanese-American to play basketball at the highest level, remains a gentle reminder of the sport's first steps toward diversity.
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Israeli Harel Levy defeated Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-1) on Monday in the first round of the $860,000 ATP/WTA Tour&#39;s Japan Open.
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Wataru Misaka, the first Japanese-American to play basketball in the N.B.A., remains a gentle reminder of the sport's first steps toward diversity.
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One of the NBA players who was suspended for his role in a fight with fans during a November game in Detroit has had his suspension reduced by an arbitrator.
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Free agent; Rodney Buford (G) - New Jersey; Nenad Krstic (C/F) - 2002 first round draft pick; Ron Mercer (G) - Free Agent; Jacque
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Wide receiver Noriaki Kinoshita signed  for the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday, moving a step closer to  becoming the first Japanese to play in the NFL.
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Los Angeles Clippers forward Elton Brand was suspended one game without pay by the National Basketball Association.
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BOSTON CELTICS_Activated G Delonte West from the injured list. Placed F Justin Reed on the injured list. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS_Activated G Aaron McKie from the inujred list.
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The Toronto Raptors took Italy&#039;s Andrea Bargnani first overall in the National Basketball Association draft, making him the first European top pick ever.
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Wide receiver Noriaki Kinoshita signed for the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday, moving a step closer to becoming the first Japanese to play in the NFL.
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Greg Oden's highly anticipated NBA rookie season ended before it even started. Exploratory micro-fracture arthroscopic surgery performed on the heralded Portland Trail Blazers center yesterday revealed cartilage damage in his right knee. The top pick in the 2007 NBA Draft will likely miss the 2007-08 season. The 19-year-old is expected to be on crutches for up to eight weeks and ...
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Kevin Durant, chosen second over all in the N.B.A. draft by the Seattle Supersonics, is a candidate for rookie of the year with about one-quarter of the regular season behind him.
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TORONTO - After the Celtics drafted the first African-American in NBA history in 1950, owner Walter Brown said, "I don't give a damn if he's striped, plaid, or polka-dot! Boston takes Chuck Cooper of Duquesne."
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Greg Oden, the top pick in this yearâs N.B.A. draft, will likely miss his first season after surgery on his knee today.
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Atlanta's Zaza Pachulia, a 22-year-old center from Georgia, was suspended one game without pay by the National Basketball Association for a flagrant foul in a loss to Seattle.