Seeking Edge, Hoop Teams Try Video Game
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Simplice Njoya, a University of Memphis basketball forward, sat hunched over a laptop, testing an idea first studied on Israeli fighter pilots. The premise: Skills he picks up playing a complex computer game can make him a better ball player.
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.
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Nearly 50 players from the National Basketball Association, about one of every six participants, will take the court for their homelands when the FIBA World Championships begin Saturday.
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Jamal Crawford had been practising crazy shots over and over again recently, preparing himself for the opportunity to make a game-winning basket.
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Consider it a bit of advice from one hoops player to another.
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Even though the NBA is overshadowed by MarchÃÂ madness, the stumbling and bumbling Wizards have been unable to hideÃÂ during their recent nosedive.
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It's not like the Cleveland Cavaliers have revolutionized pick-and-roll defense in the Eastern Conference Finals. It's not like they have ambushed the Detroit Pistons with some new gimmick.
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With the new season in full swing, the NBA copes with its first controversy: a new synthetic ball thatâs driving its players batty.
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With less than a month left in college basketball's regular season, two local teams are heating up, two are looking to prove themselves and two others must win their conference tournament.
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When the girl was young, the game was a dalliance. She was all arms and legs and smiles and two-handed set shots, but from one outing to the next it was never quite clear what she would bring to her basketball team.
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Jan. 4 - Some players seem destined to make a statement in big games, and some seem to shy from the moment.
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With a new vest, players can feel the impact of video games.
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LeBron James and the Cavaliers are trying to bring a winner to a city that hasn't witnessed a championship since 1964 and is all too used to having its collective heart broken by the Browns, Indians and its pro basketball team.
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New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.
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Some game makers are trying to get players to expand their horizons by reflecting on news events in games
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The Knicks have discovered how to be competitive. They just have not figured out how to make the plays that matter most.
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The video game NBA Live 08 currently has a television commercial showing a digital version of Celtics forward Paul Pierce dunking on the Los Angeles Lakers. Since both teams have played twice this season, the only way the longtime rivals can play outside of a video game this season is in the NBA Finals. And with the Lakers' ...