NBA notebook: MacCulloch ends basketball career
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Former University of Washington star center Todd MacCulloch, who hasn&#39;t played for the Philadelphia 76ers in 1-1/2 years, retired yesterday from the NBA.
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Ted Stepien, the former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers whose propensity for trading away draft picks resulted in an NBA rule change, died yesterday at his home in Willoughby Hills. He was 82.
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Dallas Mavericks guard Avery Johnson announced his retirement in Dallas Thursday after a 16-year playing career. Johnson had signed a contract with the Mavericks on September
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By BRIAN MAHONEY NEW YORK - The NBA has another ugly scene to recover from. This one involved its leading scorer and happened in its most famous arena.
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob Knight left when he wanted to this time. Eight years after he was fired by Indiana, the school he led to three national championships, Knight walked away yesterday from college basketball in midseason.
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Stephon Marburyâs mercurial nature has eroded his standing with the Knicks and with fans and his contract makes it seem certain that his run in New York is coming to an end.
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The Spurs, or what's left of them, made their annual visit to Boston yesterday. The Celtics, or what's left of them, ended a home losing streak to San Antonio that stretched to Jan. 8, 1997, when Tim Duncan still was enjoying the pleasures of Wake Forest, Tony Parker was a teenager, and Bruce Bowen was league-hopping three times, including a ...
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DEERFIELD, Ill. - Scottie Pippen announced his retirement from the Chicago Bulls, the team he and Michael Jordan led to six NBA titles in the 1990s...
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Karl Malone, the second greatest scorer  in NBA history and twice league MVP, will announce his  retirement after 19 seasons in Salt Lake City on Sunday, the  Utah Jazz said.
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PHILADELPHIA (CP) - Todd MacCulloch always knew his career would end. The Winnipeg native just never expected it to come to such a sudden and mysterious stop.
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Superstar Tim Duncan joined Shaquille O&#39;Neal in taking over National Basketball Association supremacy in 1999 when Michael Jordan retired after six titles in eight years.
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Karl Malone is retiring, ending a career in which he became one of the NBA's best power forwards and was No. 2 on the all-time scoring list.
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Rudy Tomjanovich resigned as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers today, less than seven months after he was hired.
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As six NBA championship trophies covered with his fingerprints gleamed behind him in a trophy case, Scottie Pippen slumped his lean 6-7 frame over a Berto Center podium Tuesday and bade farewell to his playing days.
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Tracy McGrady needed only 35 seconds to turn a sure loss into an improbable win and a listless 20-point night into one of the league&#39;s most memorable clutch performances.
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Philadelphia 76ers: Philadelphia 76ers center Todd MacCulloch retired Wednesday, ending an attempted comeback from foot problems that sidelined him the last 1Â½ seasons.
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DEERFIELD, Ill. - Scottie Pippen, who helped lead the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s, has retired, the team announced Tuesday...