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NEW YORK -- He walked toward his table slowly, inconspicuously weaving in and out of a throng of reporters that had packed a fifth floor ballroom at the Times
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A lack of top talent has made big heavyweight fights a thing of the past. And these days the inability of rival promoters to make big deals with each other has
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Chris Mannix|
LOS ANGELES -- They streamed off the court quickly, heads down, trying to avoid the crush of Lakers players, coaches and staffers who flooded the floor in
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LOS ANGELES -- A popular line of questioning at the 2010 Finals is about how the storied history between the Celtics and Lakers influences this series. When
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LOS ANGELES -- Kendrick Perkins limped to the podium with the aid of a pair of crutches, his baggy shorts covering up the bulky knee brace that enveloped his
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LOS ANGELES -- It was inevitable, wasn't it? An NBA Finals, played between two of the league's cornerstone franchises, is headed for a Game 7 after the Lakers
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LOS ANGELES -- The tweet was posted early Friday morning, just hours after the Lakers lost 96-89 to the Celtics in Game 4. Man if LA loses. Ron gonna be the
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1. The Good It had to happen eventually, right? Pierce scored double figures in each of the first four games of this series, but had yet to have a breakthrough
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BOSTON -- It's a familiar look, one easily identifiable from Oklahoma City to Salt Lake City, from Phoenix to Boston. The jaw juts out, the nostrils start to
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BOSTON -- The beauty of Derek Fisher's game is in the eye of the beholder. In Los Angeles, Fisher is a modern day Rocky, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound pit bull who
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BOSTON -- The NBA Finals are officially a prizefight. After absorbing a left hook to the body in Game 2, the Lakers answered back with a haymaker of their own,
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LOS ANGELES -- It wasn't always pretty, but 22 lead changes, 11 ties and a superhuman shooting night from Ray Allen later and the Celtics have pulled even in
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