Articles filed under Basketball
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James, Lakers facing elimination Saturday. Magic, Pelicans and Heat seek home winsApr 26, 2024 5:42 pm - There's a quadrupleheader of playoff games in the NBA on Saturday. Cleveland is at Orlando, Oklahoma City is at New Orleans, Boston is at Miami and then the first possible elimination game of this opening round happens when Denver takes a 3-0 series lead into Los Angeles and tries to sweep the Lakers for a second straight season.
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WNBA training camps open with Reese, Clark, the rookie class and free agency moves in the spotlightApr 26, 2024 5:25 pm - There is a buzz around the opening of WNBA training camps with the arrival of Caitlin Clark, the rest of her heralded rookie class and major off-season free agency moves that included former All-Stars Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith landing in Seattle.
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IHSA boys basketball state tourney to remain in Champaign through 2029Apr 25, 2024 3:38 pm - The IHSA announced Thursday that the boys basketball state tournament will remain in Champaign through the 2029 season.
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Reese arrives in Chicago ready to be marketableApr 24, 2024 9:02 pm - The Sky introduced first-round pick Angel Reese, who talked about having big dreams both on and off the court.
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The best of the worst: The White Sox have plenty of company among Chicago teams with bad starts to their seasonApr 21, 2024 6:00 am - With the White Sox mired in a miserable start to the season, Mike McGraw pores through some bad memories to select the worst starts in Chicago sports history.
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Karnisovas presents a challenging plan for Bulls’ improvementApr 20, 2024 7:18 pm - Bulls vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas took the blame for another mediocre finish, but fixing this team will be easier said than done.
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After Bulls’ play-in loss, DeRozan can’t help but hear the clock tickingApr 19, 2024 10:26 pm - One game short of the playoffs is where the Bulls finished once again, after struggling against Miami’s physical defense Friday.
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The NBA playoffs are finally here. And as LeBron James says, 'it's a sprint now'Apr 19, 2024 7:01 pm - There's a 64-win team in Boston that ran away with the league's best record. The defending champions in Denver, a group that won 57 games. A fearless young bunch in Oklahoma City, whose No. 1 seed was no fluke. A trio of Villanova alums in New York, who turned the Knicks into a real contender.
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Butler won’t be available to block Bulls’ path to playoff spotApr 18, 2024 7:31 pm - Miami star Jimmy Butler has been ruled out for Friday’s play-in contest against the Bulls.
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Former Larkin hoops star returns with a job to doApr 18, 2024 6:00 am - Corry Irvin is coming home. She’s got quite a task ahead of her.