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Ben Gordon is a guard for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He was drafted by the Bulls in the first round (third overall) of NBA Draft 2004. In his first season, Gordon became the first rookie in history to be awarded the NBA Sixth Man Award. Prior to joining the Chicago Bulls, Gordon played both shooting guard and point guard for the University of Connecticut. Gordon played for the Huskies for 3 years before declaring himself an early-draft candidate. While playing for the Huskies, he never missed a game and appeared in 106 games straight. In his junior year, Gordon set a Big East Tournament records after scoring 81 total points, an accomplishment that earned him the 'Most Outstanding Performe...
Ben Gordon is a guard for the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He was drafted by the Bulls in the first round (third overall) of NBA Draft 2004. In his first season, Gordon became the first rookie in history to be awarded the NBA Sixth Man Award. Prior to joining the Chicago Bulls, Gordon played both shooting guard and point guard for the University of Connecticut. Gordon played for the Huskies for 3 years before declaring himself an early-draft candidate. While playing for the Huskies, he never missed a game and appeared in 106 games straight. In his junior year, Gordon set a Big East Tournament records after scoring 81 total points, an accomplishment that earned him the 'Most Outstanding Performer' award.
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SPORTSMANSHIP: Moments before the 50-meter freestyle semifinals were about to start, U.S. swimmer Dara Torres noticed Sweden's Therese Alshammar had a torn swimsuit. She warned officials and put fellow competitors at ease, making sure everyone waited...Tags: Basketball, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Bulls, Tom Glavine, University of Connecticut
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Connecticut coach spends summer fighting cancer
Associated Press WriterIt wasn't the way Jim Calhoun wanted to spend his summer. Thirty-three times over seven weeks, Connecticut's Hall of Fame basketball coach left his eastern Connecticut home by 5:30 a.m. to make a 45-minute trip to the University of Connecticut Health...Tags: Rudy Gay, Charlie Villanueva, Milwaukee Bucks, Caron Butler, Minority Groups
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Gordon plans on leaving
Chicago Tribune reporterIn a new development, Bulls guard Ben Gordon said he wouldn't sign the Bulls' one-year qualifying offer of $6.4 million, setting the stage for a possible stalemate. "I'm definitely not taking it," Gordon said Friday night at a charity function in New...Tags: Contracts, New York, Chicago Bulls
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Calhoun Spends Summer Fighting Cancer
The Associated PressIt wasn't the way Jim Calhoun wanted to spend his summer. Thirty-three times over seven weeks, Connecticut's Hall of Fame basketball coach left his eastern Connecticut home by 5:30 a.m. to make a 45-minute trip to the University of Connecticut Health...Tags: Rudy Gay, Charlie Villanueva, Milwaukee Bucks, Caron Butler, Minority Groups
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Blue Team Wins Exciting Calhoun Game
Courant Staff Writer— The Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Basketball Game had everything most exhibitions have — dunks, follies, some goofing around — and something most exhibition games do not: a pretty good ending. The Blue team, composed mostly of...Tags: Rudy Gay, Charlie Villanueva, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Caron Butler
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Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Game
Jim Calhoun Charity All-Star Game •7:30 p.m., Mohegan Sun Arena •Expected to play: Ray Allen, Rashad Anderson, Hilton Armstrong, Josh Boone, Denham Brown, Taliek Brown, Scott Burrell, Dan Cyrulik, Caron Butler, Lyman DePriest, Khalid El-Amin,...Tags: Rudy Gay, Charlie Villanueva, Clifford Robinson, Caron Butler, Travis Knight
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Gampel Still Home For Gay
Courant Staff WriterRudy Gay loves returning to Gampel Pavilion, where he sees a lot of himself. He spent two years in the UConn program and moved on to the NBA, so he is now celebrated inside Gampel's walls, no longer pushed. "It's totally different, seeing your pictures...Tags: Rudy Gay, Kwame Brown, Health Treatments, University of Connecticut Health Center, Ray Allen
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Deng done, so it's on to Gordon deal for Bulls
Tribune reporterIn a perfect world, general manager John Paxson said, Ben Gordon would have sat alongside himself, new coach Vinny Del Negro and Luol Deng as the Bulls announced Deng signing the largest contract in Bulls history Thursday. Instead, with Deng beaming over...Tags: Vinny Del Negro, Andres Nocioni, Tyson Chandler, Injuries, Drew Gooden
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Deng's patience pays off big time
Chicago Tribune reporterWith $71 million guaranteed, incentives to possibly earn $9 million more and a news conference to announce his new six-year contract coming Thursday morning at the Berto Center, Luol Deng went bowling late Wednesday. Even 23-year-old millionaires have to...Tags: Basketball, Luol Deng, Kirk Hinrich, Contracts, Derrick Rose
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Former Husky Ben Gordon Giving Back In His Hometown
Courant Staff WriterBen Gordon is a quiet guy, but he's making a lot of noise in his hometown of Mount Vernon, N.Y., these days. A key player on UConn's 2004 championship team and the Chicago Bulls' leading scorer last season (18.6), Gordon is scheduled to be at the Jim...Tags: Charlie Villanueva, Charity, Bowling, Eddy Curry, Chicago Bulls
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Former Players Boost Calhoun's Spirits, Recruitment
Courant Staff WriterThese are trying days for UConn coach Jim Calhoun, who appreciates a boost to his spirit now more than usual. He's in the seventh and final week of radiation treatments that followed surgery May 6 to remove a cancerous growth from the right side of his...Tags: Rudy Gay, Caron Butler, Ray Allen, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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UConn's Cash Cows
Locked In • Ray Allen, Celtics: $17,388,420 Won first NBA title last month • Emeka Okafor, Bobcats: $12,000,000 Averaged double-double in each of first four seasons • Richard Hamilton, Pistons: $10,562,500 All-Star last three...Tags: Rudy Gay, Charlie Villanueva, Caron Butler, Ray Allen, Philadelphia 76ers
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