Butch van Breda Kolff, 84; coached Lakers to 2 finals
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Butch van Breda Kolff, who had a sometimes controversial but always colorful career on the sidelines with 13 basketball teams in three professional leagues and at various colleges over a span of nearly four decades, has died. He was 84.
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Now comes former coach Phil Jackson&#39;s &quot;The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul,&quot; a diary of the Lakers&#39; 2003-04 season (which ended in the NBA Finals loss to the Pistons).
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DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Chicago Bulls forward Scottie Pippen said Tuesday he&#39;s retiring after 17 years in the NBA. Pippen 39, teamed with Michael Jordan to lead the Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s.
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Dwyane Wade had plenty of time to get to know LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony two years ago. They spent the summer together in Greece &#151; and U.S. Olympic coach Larry Brown mostly kept them planted on the bench together.
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Caron Butler had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Chucky Atkins added 19 points and eight assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers over the Portland Trail Blazers 92-79 on Tuesday night, hours after learning Rudy Tomjanovich might resign as coach for health reasons.
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He is the two-time reigning VÃ©zina Trophy winner, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, an Olympic gold medal winner. In a year when the majority of World Cup teams are wishing
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Ending nearly three months of suspense about his future, Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last night at his annual Zoâs Summer Groove charity game in Miami that he would play again next season â a choice he kept secret to the end, insisting he was still deciding just hours before the actual announcement.âI want to redeem myself and try to help this team redeem ourselves as an organization and try to get back on track,â Mourning said. âThat wasnât the Miami team you saw in the playoffs last year.âHe added, âIt left a sour taste in my mouth and itâs time to really end it all on the right note.âThis was the third straight summer Mourning considered retirement before choosing to keep playing. Next season will be his 15th in the N.B.A., not including a full year he missed with kidney problems that led to a transplant in 2003.
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Michael Finley found the National Basketball Association Finals were worth the wait.
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Coach: Tim Murphy (73-46, 13th year). 2005 finish: 7-3 (5-2, tied for second)
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Karl Malone showed up at the Los Angeles Lakers training camp Saturday to visit old teammates and club officials.
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Basketball The Orlando Magic finally resolved their coaching quandary yesterday, hiring Stan Van Gundy -- their second choice from the beginning -- because the Kings were pursuing the former Heat coach. Meanwhile, the Magic's top choice, Billy Donovan , apologized to the organization for first accepting the job and then returning to the University of Florida. Van Gundy coached the ...
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Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, left, chats with center Shaquille O&#39;Neal (34) during a timeout in the final seconds of the fourth quarter quarter against the Miami Heat in Miami, in this Feb. 10, 2004 photo.
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Jilted by former Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus, USC apparently has turned to Tim Floyd, who has coached the NBA&#39;s Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Hornets and worked as a head coach on the college level at Iowa State, New Orleans and Idaho.
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Fred Funk won one for the old guys Sunday. Playing with an achy back befitting his senior status, the 50-year-old Funk won the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the second hole of a playoff with Jose Coceres to became only the second man to win a PGA Tour event after winning on the Champions Tour.
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Former Belgium coach Raymond Goethals, who took his country to third place at the European Championship in 1972, died on Monday aged 83.
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How Marat Safin's coach Peter Lundgren helped him win the Australian Open.
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Al Onofrio, former head football coach at Missouri who also helped design defenses for Dan Devine for more than a decade, has died. He was 83.