Articles filed under Basketball
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Detroit takes Game 1 of WNBA FinalsOct 31, 2021 7:55 pm - AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Plenette Pierson and Kara Braxton combined for 45 points and 22 rebounds to lead the defending champion Detroit Shock to a 108-100 win Wednesday n...
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Webster leaving Illini for KentuckyOct 31, 2021 7:55 pm - Illinois assistant basketball coach Tracy Webster has accepted an offer to join Billy Gillispie's staff at Kentucky. The Louisville Courier-Journal first reported the mo...
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Four indicted in Antoine Walker robberyOct 31, 2021 7:42 pm - A grand jury indicted four men in the armed robbery of Miami Heat forward Antoine Walker. Two of the men had been charged previously in the robbery of another NBA player...
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Pondexter's 2 free throws win for PhoenixOct 31, 2021 7:20 pm - SAN ANTONIO -- Cappie Pondexter scored 26 points -- including 2 crucial free throws with 2.1 seconds left -- to lift the Phoenix Mercury to a 102-100 victory over the Sa...
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Shock advances on Cash's layupOct 31, 2021 6:49 pm - AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Swin Cash's layup with 8.5 seconds remaining in overtime lifted the Detroit Shock to a 71-70 victory over the New York Liberty in the decisive Gam...
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Rockets' Alson charged in Manhattan assaultOct 31, 2021 6:49 pm - NEW YORK -- Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston was charged Tuesday with slashing a man's neck during a ruckus at a Manhattan nightspot -- his second brush with the law t...
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Frosh Watkins won't be at Illinois this fallOct 31, 2021 6:57 pm - Illinois coach Bruce Weber announced Tuesday that freshman guard Quinton Watkins won't enroll this fall. The California native hasn't been approved by the NCAA's Initial...
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Bartlett tabs Wolfsmith to lead programOct 31, 2021 6:54 pm - Count Jim Wolfsmith as the latest dual-sport coach in the Upstate Eight Conference. And it's not just two sports Wolfsmith will now be the head coach of at Bartlett High...
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Sports roundupOct 31, 2021 6:48 pm - Geneva 1, Warren 1: Dan Miller scored the Vikings' (0-1-1) lone goal in the Barrington Tournament match. Geneva will play St. Charles North in another tournament mat...
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Indiana, San Antonio even seriesOct 31, 2021 6:33 pm - Anna DeForge scored 26 points to help the host Indiana Fever defeat the Connecticut Sun 78-59 Saturday and tie their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. It wa...