Unbeaten US Routs New Zealand 98-71 At Worlds (Yahoo Sports)
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American players paused from their warmups to stand and face their New Zealand opponents as they performed the haka, their traditional war dance challenge. Anthony Davis had 21 points and nine rebounds, Kenneth Faried added 15 and 11 boards and the U.S. James Harden scored 13 points for the Americans, who will play two more games in Bilbao before moving on to Barcelona for the round of 16. BJ Anthony scored 11 points for New Zealand, which fell to 0-3.
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Hawks Discipline GM Ferry For Racist Comments (Yahoo Sports)
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Atlanta Hawks CEO Steve Koonin said Tuesday he is sticking with Danny Ferry even though the team's new majority owner wants the general manager to be fired. Koonin told the Atlanta's 92.9 The Game, the Hawks' flagship radio station, he made the decision to discipline Ferry but keep him in place as GM. He said he relied on Atlanta law firm Alston and Bird's three-month investigation of Ferry and his racially charged description of Luol Deng. Ferry made the inflammatory comments about Deng in a conference call with the Hawks' ownership group in June when the team pursued Deng as a free agent.
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Atlanta Mayor: Talked To 6 Possible Hawks Owners (Yahoo Sports)
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday he has already talked with six potential buyers of the Atlanta Hawks and expects a sale of the team to move quickly after racially charged comments by owner Bruce Levenson and general manager Danny Ferry.
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Mavs Sign Free Agent Forward Charlie Villanueva (Yahoo Sports)
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DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas Mavericks have signed free agent forward Charlie Villanueva, who spent the past five years with Detroit.
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Knicks Stress Defense Teamwork At West Point Camp (Yahoo Sports)
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) -- A few days at the U.S. Military Academy can change the Knicks only so much. Notorious night owl J.R. Smith isn't going to start waking up at dawn like a cadet.
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James Estimated To Overtake Woods In Brand Value (Yahoo Sports)
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Forbes estimates LeBron James has replaced Tiger Woods as the athlete with the top brand value.
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LeBron James To Skip Exhibition Against Bucks (Yahoo Sports)
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CLEVELAND (AP) -- LeBron James will not play in the Cavaliers' exhibition game against Milwaukee.
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Durant Struggling To Deal With Injury (Yahoo Sports)
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Thunder forward Kevin Durant says he has been antsy since finding out he will miss the early part of the season with a broken bone in his right foot.
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