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| The guard, a restricted free agent, hasn't received an offer sheet from another team because it is believed the Lakers would match it.
Lakers reserve guard Sasha Vujacic, a restricted free agent, is prepared to leave the team and accept an offer from a European team in the next few days if the Lakers don't make him an offer he deems fair, according to a source in the Vujacic camp who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. |
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| He issues his guarantee a day before the basketball team s first exhibition game.
On the eve of tonight's opening game for the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team, an exhibition match against Canada at the Thomas & Mack Center, LeBron James said his squad will win the gold medal. |
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| Text messages from press row ...
The Lakers, in danger of losing Sasha Vujacic , probably wish they could get back the money they lavished on Luke Walton , who signed a six-year, $30-million contract last summer and then rarely lived up to it last season. ... |
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| Five Sparks players and five Detroit Shock players, along with Shock assistant coach Rick Mahorn, are suspended after on-court melee.
The WNBA suspended five Sparks players, including Candace Parker and Lisa Leslie, and five Detroit Shock players and assistant coach Rick Mahorn Thursday for their involvement in an on-court fight in Tuesday's game. |
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| The Hall of Famer has two assists for Detroit Shock in a loss to Houston.
HOUSTON -- Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman showed she still had one nifty pass left in her. |
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| Two former classmates of disgraced referee Tim Donaghy will spend over a year in prison for their roles in the betting scandal that rocked the NBA.
James Battista, a professional gambler, was sentenced in New York on Thursday to 15 months in prison for making bets based on inside tips. His co-defendant, Thomas Martino, got a one-year sentence for paying the referee thousands of dollars for the tips. Both defendants apologized in court on Thursday. |
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| Two former high school classmates of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy were both sentenced to more than a year in prison Thursday for their roles in a betting scandal that embarrassed the league. |
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| The Golden State Warriors made sure they would have Monta Ellis in their backcourt at least for the near future, re-signing the explosive guard to a six-year deal worth about $66 million Thursday.
Ellis, who was a restricted free agent, is expected to take over at point guard next season in Don Nelson's up-tempo offense after two-time All-Star Baron Davis opted out of his contract earlier this month to join his hometown team, the Los Angeles Clippers. |
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| He was swinging late and now he isn't. It's not so easy to explain Carlos Delgado's revival, or the Mets' sudden turn of fortune under Jerry Manuel, or the team's first-place standing today in your local newspaper.
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| It was just minutes before the second game of the Mets-Phillies series - a first-place battle with a postseason feel - and I was outside Shea hoping to score a last-minute ticket. No chance, right? Actually, it was no sweat.
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| The Yankees haven't actually been chasing the Red Sox since the end of the 2004 American League Championship Series, it just seems that way sometimes. But the Yankees could sure catch them with a sweep this weekend at Fenway.
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| Jimmy Rollins riles up Mets fans like few current players, and heard the usual boos when he was introduced as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning after he'd been benched for arriving late to Thursday's game.
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| It is, by definition, an occasion when the Yankees play at Fenway and holds, "Implications for what could happen, who makes the playoffs or what not," says Johnny Damon.
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July 24 |
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| Jimmy Rollins pinch hit with two outs in the ninth inning Thursday and grounded into a fielder's choice, sealing the Phillies' 3-1 defeat. He was, quite literally, too late to help his team stay in first place.
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| The trading deadline looms, and contending teams are considering all options. But the Red Sox's biggest addition will come without giving anything up. Friday night, Boston gets David Ortiz back.
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