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LeBron seeks answers in death of friend's sister
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Wednesday, 04 November 2020 18:18
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are reeling from the shooting death of Ericka Weems, the 37-year-old older sister of Cavs director of scouting Brandon Weems.James took to Twitter on Wednesday to make a plea for any information connected to the shooting. Weems was discovered Monday afternoon in the bedroom of her home in James' hometown of Akron, Ohio. She…
Sources: Agreement near on Dec. 22 NBA start
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Wednesday, 04 November 2020 13:23
The NBA's board of governors and players' association will hold separate meetings on Thursday expected to culminate with an agreement on starting the 2020-21 season on Dec. 22 and playing a reduced 72-game schedule, sources told ESPN.The National Basketball Players Association is planning to take a formal vote of the team player representatives late Thursday, and sources told ESPN that…
'Fast Eddie' Johnson, ex-NBA All-Star, dies at 65
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Tuesday, 03 November 2020 14:49
Eddie Johnson, the two-time All-Star for the Atlanta Hawks whose career was shortened by arrests that led to a ban from the NBA and life sentence in prison, has died. He was 65.Johnson died on Oct. 26. His death was confirmed Tuesday by Rocker-Cusack Mortuary in Leesburg, Florida.Johnson was a third-round pick from Auburn by the Hawks in the 1977…
KAT talks mom's COVID battle, coping with loss
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Tuesday, 03 November 2020 07:00
Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns detailed losing his mom to COVID-19 complications in an emotional video posted to his YouTube channel.Titled "THE TOUGHEST YEAR OF MY LIFE," the 18-minute video showed a vulnerable Towns explaining having to be the one to "pull the plug" on his mother, Jackie Cruz-Towns, who died on April 13."At that moment I pulled the plug…
Sources: Silver ups urgency on pre-Xmas start
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Monday, 02 November 2020 18:18
On a conference call with the league's general managers on Monday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver told the top team basketball executives that "time is running out" on the possibility of starting the 2020-21 season prior to Christmas Day and potentially salvaging hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, sources told ESPN.Discussions with the National Basketball Players Association continued over the…
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