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UConn Beats Butler for NCAA Title

Huskies take 3rd national title with 53-41 win

(Newser) - Kemba Walker scored 16 points and Connecticut beat Butler 53-41 on Monday night to give Jim Calhoun his third national championship, something only four other coaches have done. The Huskies did it with defense holding the Bulldogs to a Final Four-record low 18.8 shooting percentage (12 for 64). Connecticut...

NBA Working on Concussion Policy, Too

It joins hockey and football in trying to ward off head injuries

(Newser) - The NBA is consulting with an independent neurologist and may establish a league-wide policy for handling concussions by next season. The move would bring the NBA more in line with both the NHL and the NFL. In just the last four weeks, at least six NBA players have missed games...

Carmelo Anthony Coming to the Knicks

After months of rumors, Knicks finally land the superstar forward

(Newser) - After months of speculation, the New York Knicks are getting superstar Carmelo Anthony. In a massive nine-player trade, the Knicks will send four of their top players—Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov—plus three draft picks and $3 million cash to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange...

Cavs Finally Break Epic Losing Streak

December 18 win was a long, long time ago

(Newser) - The Cleveland Cavaliers won't be the biggest losers in sports history—but they're tied. The Cavs ended an epic 26-game losing streak last night against the Los Angeles Clippers, halting their skid just before going over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' mark. The Cavs hadn't won a game since December 18,...

Boos Can't Keep LeBron Down
 Boos Can't Keep LeBron Down 
Dec 3, 2010 8:05 AM CST

Boos Can't Keep LeBron Down

Miami Heat crush Cleveland Cavaliers

(Newser) - Turns out it takes more than boos to win a basketball game. Because Cleveland Cavalier fans definitely delivered a flawless booing performance last night—raining down jeers like, “Akron hates you!” and “Scot-tie Pip-pen!”—and it wasn’t enough. LeBron James played spectacularly, racking up...

Cavs Hire Firm to Probe LeBron Signing

Cleveland 'not letting go' of suspicions against Heat

(Newser) - The Cleveland Cavaliers think the Miami Heat violated tampering rules in their pursuit of LeBron James, and they're spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to prove it. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert has hired a Midwestern law firm to investigate the courtship, sources tell Yahoo! Sports . He intends to build up...

Obama Back on Court With Busted Lip

Injury doesn't keep prez from playing with his daughters

(Newser) - President Obama was back on the basketball court yesterday despite his injured lip , but his opponents this time around were a bit less likely to elbow him. Obama played an early morning game at an Interior Department gym with daughters Malia, 12, and Sasha, 9, the New York Daily News...

Now We Know: Obama Elbower Identified

Not Reggie or Arne: It's Rey Decerega

(Newser) - For the record, the man whose elbow gave President Obama a fat lip is Rey Decerega, who works for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. The White House play-by-play: Decerega "turned into POTUS, who was playing defense, to take a shot when the elbow hit the president in the mouth....

Obama Takes Elbow, Needs 12 Stitches
 Obama Takes Elbow,  
 Needs 12 Stitches 
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Nov 26, 2010 2:14 PM CST

Obama Takes Elbow, Needs 12 Stitches

President gets a fat lip during pickup basketball game

(Newser) - Insert witty political metaphor here: President Obama needed 12 stitches today after taking an elbow to the lip during a pickup basketball game, reports MSNBC . No word on the elbow thrower, but the White House declares the president was "inadvertently hit" during the game at Fort McNair. The AP...

Touchy-Feely NBA Teams Win More

Study shows that teams that chest bump, hug, and high-five post better records

(Newser) - Maybe they should add “fist bumps” as a new NBA fantasy stat—because according to a new study, they might just help your team win. Researchers discovered that the more players on any given team touch each other, the more successful they are likely to be. “It looks...

Demi, Ashton Mired in ... Basketball Scandal?

University of Iowa admits introducing celebs to recruits

(Newser) - As if Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher didn't already have enough drama in their lives, they are now embroiled in a college sports controversy, of all things. The University of Iowa admitted that athletic officials allowed two high school basketball recruits to meet the celebrity couple at a U of...

Obama, NBA Stars Play Hoops for Troops

'Wounded warriors' watch; reporters boxed out

(Newser) - President Obama played basketball today with a constellation of NBA stars and a ringer from the national champion UConn women's team. Service members injured in action and participants in the White House mentoring program watched, but the press pool waited outside, the Washington Post reports. Retired stars Magic Johnson and...

Teenager Sets Record for Longest Shot

Group specializes in crazy trick shots

(Newser) - Most basketball fans have never heard of Evan Sellers, but the 17-year-old has just secured a place in basketball lore after making the longest shot of all time. The amazing video above shows the Birmingham, Alabama, native lobbing a ball from a 134-foot monument toward a hoop in the distance....

Harvard Grad Gets a Shot in NBA

Jeremy Lin says he's not interested in labels

(Newser) - Jeremy Lin has landed his dream job, but it wasn’t easy. “Trying to make the NBA is one of the very few areas where a Harvard degree won’t necessarily help,” he tells the Washington Post . The 6-foot-3 guard signed with his hometown Golden State Warriors as...

Miami Heat Star Compares Losing Streaks to 9/11

Dwyane Wade backtracks, apologizes

(Newser) - Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is scrambling to apologize after he said a losing streak by the newly LeBron James-enhanced team would "be like the World Trade is coming down again." The original source no longer includes quite that wording, New York notes, and Fanhouse is blaming...

10M of You Watched LeBron's 'Decision'

Congratulations on time well-spent

(Newser) - The Nielsen Co. estimates that 9.95 million people watched LeBron James announce on ESPN that he's leaving Cleveland to play for the Miami Heat, making it the third-most-watched program on cable television this year. The Decision that aired Thursday night ranks behind the 12.3 million who watched the...

LeBron Mural Coming Down in Cleveland

10-story-tall Nike ad just doesn't make sense anymore

(Newser) - Cleveland is moving on with life: Workers today began removing an enormous mural of LeBron James from a downtown building, reports CBS4 . The Nike ad is 10 stories tall and has been a fixture of the Cleveland skyline for a few years. It's so big that workers will spend all...

LeBron Shows World Everything Wrong With Sports

Hour-long ego trip lays bare pointless pastime

(Newser) - As the news broke that LeBron James will join the Miami Heat , fans whose teams lost out were disappointed, "but mostly they were flabbergasted by the tone deafness of the whole enterprise," Will Leitch writes for New York . Worse, the hour-long display of cluelessness surrounding the announcement exposed...

LeBron James Picks Miami
 LeBron James Picks Miami 
'the decision'
Jul 8, 2010 8:41 PM CDT

LeBron James Picks Miami

Sorry Cavs, Knicks, and Bulls

(Newser) - LeBron James is leaving Cleveland for the Miami Heat. Or as the Miami Herald puts it: "The King is coming." The Cleveland Plain Dealer takes a dimmer view: "Legone," as does the New York Daily News , which hoped for a new Knick: "Burned!" James...

Miami Heat Season Tickets Gone Amid LeBron Rumors

But he's not making any announcement until tonight

(Newser) - A lot of people in Miami are going to be very disappointed tonight if LeBron James announces he's playing elsewhere. Amid speculation that James will choose the Miami Heat, season tickets (some for as high as $6,000) sold out this afternoon, reports the Miami Herald . The team held back...

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