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A small arena for a small city?
As Baltimore and the Maryland Stadium Authority consider a new arena for the city, the question often has been: How big will it be ("Still rockin'," July 2)? I keep reading that the new arena should have a capacity of 16,000 or less, instead of the 18,...Tags: Basketball, Seattle SuperSonics
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1st-round pick O.J. Mayo signs deal with Memphis Grizzlies
The Associated PressFirst-round draft pick O.J. Mayo signed a multiyear contract with the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. Memphis got the rights to Mayo, the No. 3 overall selection, in an eight-player trade just hours after the NBA draft ended. The Grizzlies also...Tags: Basketball, Contracts, Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets
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Knicks sign 1st-round pick Danilo Gallinari
The Associated PressThe New York Knicks signed first-round draft pick Danilo Gallinari on Tuesday and expect to have him ready to play in summer-league games next week in Las Vegas. Gallinari was taken sixth overall in June, and Knicks fans at the draft jeered and booed...Tags: New York Knicks
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Signing of Pietrus isn't likely to fire up Orlando Magic fans
The only thing harder than pronouncing Mickael Pietrus' name is spelling it. Check that. The only thing harder is getting excited about it. That's the dilemma most Magic fans face this morning. Free agency has dawned and it's become apparent that the...Tags: Tracy McGrady, Jameer Nelson, Tony Battie, Otis Smith, Baron Davis
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Report: Brand on board with Sixers
Philadelphia has apparently won the Elton Brand free-agent sweepstakes. NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Brand has informed the Sixers that he will accept a five-year deal worth an estimated $82 million and spurn what was...Tags: Los Angeles Clippers, Basketball, Corey Maggette, Contracts, Baron Davis
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All points to Duhon with Knicks' Marbury on outs
alan.hahn@newsday.comThe Knicks can make official today the signing of guard Chris Duhon to a two-year contract for the midlevel exception. But the end of the Stephon Marbury era in New York likely won't be made official for a few more weeks, if not months. Duhon, 25, was...Tags: David Lee, Contracts, New York Knicks, Chris Duhon, Basketball
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Sports Digest
sp.digest09.ARTReports: Brand to 76ers, Stewart leaving JGR Et Cetera The Philadelphia 76ers have apparently won the Elton Brand free-agent sweepstakes....Tags: Los Angeles Clippers, Contracts, New York Knicks, Baron Davis, NASCAR
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NBC will provide 212 hours ... a day
NBC Universal released an Olympics television schedule Tuesday that, with broadcast, cable and broadband, offers more coverage of competition from Beijing than all the previous summer Olympics combined. The company will beam out an average of 212 hours of...Tags: Tennis, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers, Edmonton Oilers, Natural Disasters
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Magic's Courtney Lee holds his own against taller Kevin Durant in summer league play
Magic rookie shooting guard Courtney Lee's indoctrination into the NBA continued at warp speed in his second summer-league game Tuesday at RDV Sportsplex. After facing former Memphis star Chris Douglas-Roberts on Monday, Lee found himself often matched...Tags: Basketball, New Jersey Nets, RDV Sportsplex, Derrick Rose
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1940s and '50s saw barrier breakers
We saw four Triple Crown winners and streaks that still stand today. We saw the only perfect game in the World Series and the last guy to hit over .400. We saw the best female athlete of the 20th Century and two of the best to take the ice. We saw plenty...Tags: Tennis, Triple Crown, Baseball, Sugar Ray, Ted Williams
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