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Is Africa the NBA's final frontier?

September 2, 2011 4:40 PM By BARBARA BARKER barbara.barker@newsday.com

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Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo are leading a contingent visiting South Africa as part of the NBA's "Basketball without Borders" program.

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