Report: Clippers owner Ballmer will spend “whatever it takes” to keep Blake Griffin, Chris Paul

Is this the season the Clippers break through? They have been one of the eight best teams — usually one of the top five — for several years now, but that has not been enough to get them past the second round of the playoffs. A combination of injuries and running into superior teams has […]

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Blackhawks’ Rozsival doesn’t know ‘what my role is’ this season

Where does he fit in?

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Matt Barnes says he’s been warned for chewing gum, using bathroom during national anthem

The NBA has long taken a hard stance on the national anthem. Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf was infamously suspended for sitting during the national anthem 1996. The league has a specific rule  – which it doesn’t plan to change – that states, “Players, coaches and trainers are to stand and line up in a dignified posture along […]

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Penguins face a difficult road in their quest to repeat as Stanley Cup champs

Trevor Daley: "You're coming off such a high, it's going to be tough to get to that (level) right away."

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Joel Embiid to start in Sixers first preseason game

Here’s a little bit of good news for beleaguered Sixers fans: Joel Embiid will start the Sixers first preseason game next Tuesday. Embiid was the No. 3 pick and a very highly rated prospect coming out of Kansas, but foot injuries sidelined him the entirety of his first two seasons. Now he’s healthy and going […]

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Another report Donatas Motiejunas, Rockets nowhere near deal as deadline approaches

Donatas Motiejunas and his agent had given the Rockets a Saturday deadline to make a contract extension offer they liked. But the sides aren’t even talking in a serious way. That was reported early on Friday, and now comes another report — this was from Calvin Watkins of ESPN — that the two sides are […]

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Brennan, Granberg among list of players put on waivers

Former first-round pick Jordan Caron also on that list.

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