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Kobe Bryant Suffers Concussion, Broken Nose During All-Star Game

Bryant is expected to return to the game on Wednesday with the Lakers.

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How to Throw a Dwyane Wade-Level Birthday Party, in Five Easy Steps

You’ll need a $230,000 car, hip-hop-star friends and vintage champagne. So “easy” might not be the right word.

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The Dream Team Gets Dreamier: Team USA Adds Blake Griffin to Olympic Pool

The 20-player group will be narrowed down to a final dozen by June. Which NBA stars will get cut?

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Poll: Derek Jeter Unseats Kobe Bryant as America’s Favorite Athlete

LeBron James didn’t even make it on the list.

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Wednesday Words: ‘LeBronning It,’ Groomzillas, Planking and More

Welcome to NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of the vocabulary of our lives — including useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

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Oh, Snap: In Jab at LeBron, Governor Makes Mavericks Honorary Ohioans

It’s the sports diss heard ‘round the world. Or all over Ohio, at least.

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After The Heat’s Finals Loss, Internet Kicks LeBron When He’s Down

On the eve of Game 5 of the NBA Finals, with the series tied at 2 games apiece, Bill Simmons, one of the most popular sports columnists in America made a stunning prediction. “If Miami blows this Finals after choking away Games 2 and 4, after everything that happened since The Decision,” Simmons wrote, “the [...]

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NBA Finals: Redemption for Dirk, A Title for Dallas

MIAMI – Hours before Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals, Dallas starting center Tyson Chandler joined two of his teammates, future Hall of Famers Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, for a bite to eat. Chandler sized up Nowitzki’s pre-game demeanor.

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J.J. Barea and Brian Cardinal: Unassuming Stars of the NBA Finals

MIAMI – There are plenty of reasons to pull for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals, which tips off Sunday night, at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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NBA Finals: Three Lessons We Learned from Game 2

In an instant, these NBA Finals went from being a potential sleeper to a possible classic.