In 1954, Shot Clock Revived a Stalled N.B.A.
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Pro basketball reinvented itself in 1954, promoting a crowd-pleasing athleticism by adopting a simple yet brilliant idea: the shot clock.
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Larry Brown, the most successful coach on the market, is quietly pining for another chance in the N.B.A. The problem, it seems, is that the league is not so eager to give Brown that opportunity.
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A shot put competition unique in Olympic history -- ancient or modern -- turned into one of the strangest competitions in the Games history Wednesday evening as the sun was setting on the ancient stadium.
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Britain&#39;S Georgina Harland salvaged a precious bronze from the wreckage of a terrible start in the modern pentathlon here yesterday.
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The Charlotte Coliseum helped take a once-sleepy town into the sports mainstream. Yet the building will not reach its 19th birthday.
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Robert Saquet says he wants to contribute to Middleborough history by restoring a 155-year-old former schoolhouse next to his store, Eggers Furniture. But he needs the state's help.
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The difference between the defending N.B.A. champions and the Knicks league seemed remarkably small at times Friday evening. But the true gap showed up in the final seconds of a tight game.
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SPRING CITY, Tennessee  - When the Watts Bar Unit One here switched on in 1996 after a 23-year construction ordeal, it was the last of a generation of U.S. commercial nuclear power plants to emerge from a building cycle marred by massive cost over-runs and canceled plant orders.
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Well past midnight, Les Miles wanted to make one more stop.
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Almost every morning, the whirr of the power generator sitting outside house No. 36 broke the quiet of the neat tree-lined street, bringing air conditioners and refrigerators on the block back to life. On Thursday, the generator stood silent.
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Drowned 50 years ago for progress and the promise of near limitless water, the town of Old Adaminaby has re-emerged from its sunken grave as drought ravages one of Australia's biggest lakes.
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Despite the return of its founder, improvement will take time.
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Less than two years after a surprise run to the Final Four, George Mason is primed for a comeback.
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IRVING, Texas -- The Bears broke out throwback uniforms from their 1946 championship season for a national-television audience, but their offense remained stuck in the present.
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By Clint Swett, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Mar. 10--As the clock ticks toward 2 a.m. Sunday, when timekeeping in most of the country shifts to daylight-saving time, computer experts hope for a non-glitch switch.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  May 26--A 64-year-old mountain feud that pitted a promise against pragmatism moved closer Friday to fading into folklore.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - A new attempt to recapture  the former spectacle of America's biggest video game show got  off to a rocky start, with sparse crowds and the absence of  many big-name game companies.