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I’ve witnessed LeBron James’ career in its entirety. I read about him in Slam Magazine. I watched his nationally televised high school games on ESPN. I’ve been there since his very first second on an NBA basketball court. At that time, ball was still life, all decisions revolved around when I could get a good run in. Most nights were spent hooping until our gym closed. The night Bron laced them up for the first time in the league, hooping took a back seat. And not just for me, the… Source link

The Guardian After 20 years of insults, Kwame Brown proved revenge is best served flaming hot The former No 1 overall pick in the NBA draft has been ridiculed for years as a bust. This week, in hours of YouTube rants, he set the record straight Kwame Brown talks to Kobe Bryant during his time with the Lakers in 2006. Photograph: Andrew D Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Before the NFL’s JaMarcus Russell there was the NBA’s Kwame Brown. Like the former Raiders quarterback, Brown was a top draft… Source link

Marv Albert, the legendary sportscaster who spent nearly 60 years calling games, is reportedly calling it a career after the NBA playoffs.  According to Andrew Marchand at the New York Post, Albert plans to retire from his broadcasting duties once TNT has finished broadcasting games for the upcoming playoffs, and reported that TNT has started asking NBA players, coaches, and executives to pay tribute to Albert. No official announcement has been made yet, but Marchand said that one is… Source link

With the NBA playoffs days away, TNT and longtime analyst Chris Webber have reportedly parted ways.  The New York Post reports that Webber and the network agreed to a split on Thursday. The two sides did not conduct negotiations on a new contract leading up to the split, according to the report.  Webber had worked as a color commentator and occasional studio analyst at TNT since 2008. He joined the network shortly after the conclusion of his 15-season NBA career.  Chris Webber is reportedly… Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports With the NHL trade deadline done and the start of fantasy playoffs in many leagues, things are getting intense. If you’ve made it this far, then there’s some sort of pressure — even if you have a bye this week (or two, like the person who wrote this column). As long as you stick to what you’ve been doing, things will turn out fine. Or not. As this is a shortened season, I’ll try not to repeat any previous entries for the remainder of the campaign. That may be difficult… Source link

The Guardian Penalty call: coaches ejected for flouting Augusta’s phone rules As some players’ mentors have found out in Masters week, this grand old club will punish anyone who breaks its traditions Spectators at the 18th green of the Masters, which stands alone as a tournament that denies the general use of mobile phones. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The famously no-nonsense approach of Augusta National to matters of discipline has been evident once more during Masters week, with… Source link

As Thursday rolled into the afternoon hours for the Cleveland Browns, the vast deflation of what should have been one of the most exciting weeks in franchise history continued. The practice facility remained closed. Quarterback Baker Mayfield, who isn’t allowed to practice with his teammates outside of the facility, told reporters he hasn’t thrown a football since the regular-season finale. Cleveland’s Coach of the Year candidate, Kevin Stefanki, continues to ratchet on a game schematic… Source link

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Get ready for a super-sized NFL wild-card weekend. In 1982, there was a 16-team bracket due to a strike-shortened season. That was the last time we’ve had more than four games in the first weekend of the NFL playoffs, before this season. With the NFL expanding the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams, we’ll get wall-to-wall postseason football on wild-card weekend. Those games can be live steamed on the Yahoo Sports app. Here is the schedule for the three games on Saturday of wild-card weekend, all… Source link

Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns Sunday to give the Packers a 35-16 victory at Chicago, a home-field edge in the NFL playoffs and a first-round bye. Rodgers completed 19-of-24 passes with second-quarter touchdown tosses of 3 yards to Robert Tonyan, 13 yards to Dominique Dafney and 72 yards to Marquez Valdes-Scantling plus a late 6-yarder clincher to Davante Adams as the Packers finished 13-3 with the National Conference (NFC) top seed. “It was a good win for… Source link