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NBA LIVE 10 Cover Athlete Is Dwight Howard

Its competitor NBA 2K10 has Kobe Bryant has its cover athlete, now, to combat that EA Sports has announced that Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard will be scoring the cover spot for NBA Live 10 . “It’s an honor to be named as the cover athlete for NBA LIVE 10,” said Howard. “This year has been a crazy ride and this is a cool way to cap it off. Of course – there is one more thing I’m on the hunt for that would complete it.” Featuring several innovations to the core gameplay experience and... Read Full Story

LAKERS ARE BACK IN THE FINALS, LOOK UNSTOPPABLE

The Lakers' terrific trio of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom are poised to win an NBA title. (NBAE/GETTY IMAGES) After sleep-walking through the first two rounds of the playoffs and the first four games of the Western Conference finals, the Lakers are now fully caffeinated and wide awake. Pau Gasol is fully stretched, Lamar Odom is back to form and Kobe Bryant looks unstoppable. To borrow a line from the popular Nike Most Valuable Puppets commercials that features Kobe and LeBron... Read Full Story

It's Magic: Orlando makes Kobe-LeBron disappear

From:  ap.org
There will be no Kobe-LeBron showdown in the NBA finals — and that could make things tougher for the Lakers. Instead, Los Angeles will face Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic, who swept the Western Conference champions during the regular season. The Lakers will try to prove that means nothing when the finals begin Thursday on their home floor against Orlando, which upset Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals. The Cavaliers had the NBA's best record, but lost both meetings with the... Read Full Story

Cavaliers' season ends sadly

From:  ap.org
In the end, the greatest season in Cleveland Cavaliers' history, the one supposed to end in a title triumph, was like all the others. LeBron James and his teammates came up short. James was selected as the league MVP. Mike Brown, coach of the year. The Cavs won 66 games in the regular season. They were nearly unbeatable at home and won their second Central Division crown in 33 years — by 25 games. They earned the top seed in the NBA playoffs. They coasted through two rounds, winning eight... Read Full Story

Man behind Cavs deal to promote baseball in China

From:  ap.org
A Chinese-born financier at the center of a deal to buy a stake in the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers has announced plans to invest in baseball in his homeland. QSL Sports Limited, led in part by Jianhua Huang, has formed a long-term binding partnership with the Chinese Baseball Association to develop the China Youth Baseball League, the company said Monday in a statement. QSL said it will invest several million dollars over the next 10 years to "spearhead the drive to raise China's profile and... Read Full Story

Le Basketbawl Reporter Greg Dix 2009 NBA Finals Preview

From:  lebasketbawl.com
I have been quiet this year in the playoffs. Mainly because I was the guy who went out on a limb last year and said the Nuggets would beat the Lakers in the first round. Well, I was off by a year. Yes, the Nuggets still lost to the Lakers but at least there was a series this year. The Nuggets had a chance to win the series. They just could not handle the immense pressure of being in the moment. Kobe, the best finisher in the game, stole a game in the series and that was enough to break the... Read Full Story

James remains content with Cavs role despite series defeat

From:  reuters.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - LeBron James insists the Cleveland Cavaliers' Eastern Conference finals defeat has not affected his commitment to the team but the league MVP stopped short of revealing his long-term plans. "I'm great. I feel great about this situation that's going on," James told reporters a day after the Cavaliers were eliminated by the Orlando Magic in a 103-90 Game Six loss on Saturday. "Losing this series does not affect the way that I will continue to approach the game here... Read Full Story

Watch Live NBA Finals 2009 Lakers vs Magic Game 4 Online Streaming

Watch Free Live Stream of Lakers vs Magic Game 4 of best-of-seven series of 2009 NBA Finals at exactly 9:00 P.M ET. Now, the Magic is down 1-2 against the Los Angeles Lakers.Can they win also the game 4 to even the series? Or will the Black Mamba Kobe Bryant make sure that this will not happen by dropping again a one big night that could weaken the Magic’s power? Read Full Story

Get Well Soon King James

Lebron James battled with the Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks and recently with the Orlando Magic, in an attempt to secure Eastern Conference Championship, but through it all, he battled with a health issue, a condition that was taken care of on Tuesday by way of surgery. The Cleveland Cavaliers star underwent surgery at the Cleveland Clinic to remove a benign growth in his mouth, the team said. Dr. Frank Papay performed a five-hour procedure on James’ parotid gland, which produces saliva... Read Full Story

MVP James has benign growth removed from jaw

From:  reuters.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cavaliers forward LeBron James was released from the Cleveland Clinic on Wednesday after having surgery to remove a benign growth from his jaw, the team said. Most Valuable Player James had been suffering the condition for several months but opted to delay the procedure until the end of the Cavaliers season. Cleveland were eliminated from the playoffs on Saturday by the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference finals. James, 24, had tissue removed from the parotid gland... Read Full Story
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