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Barack Obama likes Julius Erving, Chisox
WatchdogBarack Obama played basketball with and talked to Stuart Scott of ESPN last week in North Carolina, an interview that will debut on the 6 p.m. Monday SportsCenter. Obama has a chance to become the best basketball player in the......Tags: Justice and Rights, ESPN, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, All Stars
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Another team gets off the Island
shaun.powell@newsday.comThis is nothing like the Baltimore Colts, who sneaked out of town in the middle of the night, but the moving vans are coming this way, anyway. They'll line up outside Weeb Ewbank Hall and form a caravan that will snake its way over the George Washington...Tags: Super Bowl, Curtis Martin, New Jersey Nets, New York Jets, Football
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NBA not worried as role players bolt for Europe
ken.berger@newsday.comJosh Childress' decision to leave the NBA and sign with a team in Greece has been met with a dismissive harrumph from the league office and hysteria from those who seem to think LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant are next. The truth lies somewhere...Tags: Danny Ferry, State Budgets, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant
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Adam Yauch's basketball jones
Special to The TimesTHROUGHOUT their innovative music career, the Beastie Boys -- Adam "MCA" Yauch, Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz -- have rhymed about everything from angel dust to Abe Vigoda. As their fans know, one of their favorite subjects is...Tags: Nike Incorporated, New York Knicks, Movies, Kobe Bryant, Music
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Credit Cheeks with yet another assist
After a while, Bernard Smith had it down to a science. The 13-year-old would watch each and every 76ers home game on television at his grandparents' South Philadelphia home, right up until he heard Dave Zinkoff, the team's gloriously quirky public-...Tags: Bernard Smith, Martin Luther King Jr., Public Employees, Injuries, Government
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Halls of fame on Long Island
STAFF WRITERFor sports enthusiasts in search of a day trip, there is the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum (at the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, 74 Hauppauge Rd., Commack; 631-462-9800, jewishsports.org), where plaques honor Jewish athletes and...Tags: High School Sports, New York Jets, Football, Schools, Boomer Esiason
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Halberstam was ace of staff
Sun ReporterThe news of David Halberstam's death hit me like a sharp jab in the chest. It was strange because I don't generally experience strong feelings at the passing of public people. But I had only to stare at my bookcase to know the reason. When you own...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, New York Times, Portland Trail Blazers, Football, All Stars
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Ask Sam Smith
Here's another stat where the Bulls lead the NBA: fewest tattoos. That's the real reason Paxson traded Chandler and Curry. How many tattoos do you see on Brown and Sweetney? He dumped the other guys who came along in those trades. --Roy, Meridian,...Tags: Ben Gordon, Aaron Gray, Andre Miller, Mike Tyson, Jason Kidd
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Will Ferrell Goes 'Semi-Pro'
Zap2It.comAmerica loves underdog sports movies starring Will Ferrell (or at least Will Ferrell thinks that America loves underdog sports movies starring Will Ferrell). After conquering the worlds of soccer ("Kicking & Screaming"), NASCAR ("Talladega Nights") and...Tags: Woody Harrelson, Motor Racing, Movies, Will Ferrell
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Q&A with Sen. Barack Obama
Tribune national correspondentQ. What have you learned about the country? A. It's reinforced my sense that there is a mismatch between the priorities of Washington and the priorities of folks back home. It's something that I understood in the abstract as I was campaigning. It's...Tags: Medical Specialization, Parliament, Bill Gates, Buddhism, Genetics
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Read past questions to Brian Schmitz
Sentinel Staff WriterFrom the Jan. 23, 2005 OrlandoSentinel.com Magic Newsletter: DEAR BRIAN: I've been a Magic fan since I was 10 and the team began. Don't get to watch much of the team these days, but wanted your expert opinion on Jameer Nelson's recent scoring explosion:...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Bo Outlaw, Pat Garrity, Mass Media, Tracy McGrady
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It Was, Dare It Be Said, Jordanesque
Really, what's the big deal? If the Mavericks had just held up their end and stayed in that game Dec. 20, Kobe Bryant, who had 62 after three quarters, would have played in the fourth, so Sunday might have been only his second 80-point night of the...Tags: Phil Jackson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Tim Duncan, Tracy McGrady, Dwyane Wade
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