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Former NBA player tells Edgewood church to stay 'on fire'
Former professional basketball player Billy Thompson told the congregation of the Edgewood Assembly of God, where he preached Sunday, to have faith in God and to work hard instead of relying on "systems of the world." He also urged congregants not to...Tags: Basketball, Philadelphia 76ers, Minority Groups, Los Angeles Lakers, Gays and Lesbians
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Under Armour's rookie strategy for endorsement deals
Marketing executives at sports apparel company Under Armour had a lot to cheer about this month as the American women's soccer team made a run at the World Cup.
The team ultimately lost to Japan, but the international visibility the players received...Tags: Milwaukee Bucks, Contracts, Harvard University, Michael Jordan, Honus Wagner
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Could Turgeon turn to football team for help in frontcourt?
Mark Turgeon needs bodies — the new Maryland men's basketball coach has just eight scholarship players remaining — and he said Thursday that he isn't ruling out turning to the football team for frontcourt help.
One Terps football player he...Tags: Basketball, Awards and Prizes, College Basketball, Randy Edsall, Mark Turgeon
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Terps basketball preview: Expectations low for Turgeon's first season
It was still just the preseason, but this is what it had come to for Maryland's undersized, inexperienced, depth-challenged, work-in-progress men's basketball team:
• At a recent scrimmage, the point guard leaned on crutches, the center of the...Tags: Basketball, Awards and Prizes, Teaching and Learning, Mark Turgeon, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
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NBA draft profile: Josh Selby, SG, Kansas
The Sports XchangeJOSHUA C. SELBY Shooting Guard/Point Guard University of Kansas Jayhawks #32 6:01.0-183 Baltimore, Maryland Lake Clifton High School DeMatha High School The John Carroll School OVERVIEW Regarded as the elite incoming player in college basketball...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Basketball, Kevin Costner, College Basketball, Christianity
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Ex-Terp Williams hopes his physical transformation will pay off on draft day
Potential setbacks lined the shelves of Albertsons grocery store. Cookies and ice cream tempted Jordan Williams from the shelves of the Las Vegas supermarket.
Williams, a 6-foot-8, 261-pound soon-to-be professional basketball player, was in the midst...Tags: Basketball, Sacramento Kings, Oklahoma City Thunder, College Basketball, Detroit Pistons
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No. 6 pick up in the air for the Wizards
They could go with the mop-haired, trash-talking forward who left his homeland of the Czech Republic four years ago to play in a basketball-crazed nation and beamed with pride as fans serenaded him after his last game for his team. Or they could...Tags: Basketball, Kawhi Leonard, John Wall, Enes Kanter, Tristan Thompson
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Selby focused on becoming a steal in NBA draft
Several months ago, Josh Selby was talking on the phone to mentor Carmelo Anthony. It was just a friendly conversation between two men who know exactly what it feels like to be a basketball prodigy from inner city Baltimore.
Anthony, a four-time NBA all-...Tags: Basketball, Colleges and Universities, ESPN (tv network), Sports Illustrated, Billiards, Snooker and Pool
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Your turn: The best landing spot for Jordan Williams?
Chances are Maryland forward Jordan Williams will hear his name called at some point during Thursday night’s NBA draft, though you might already be in bed by the time it happens. The majority of NBA draft experts have Williams, who was named all-ACC...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Basketball, ESPN (tv network), Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder
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Competing with undersized frontcourt will be tall order for Terps' Turgeon
When Mark Turgeon was asked about his frontcourt Monday, Maryland's men's basketball coach inhaled deeply like a swimmer about to take an underwater plunge.
Five weeks after replacing the retired Gary Williams, Turgeon knows his young team has issues...Tags: Contracts, Basketball, Judges, Mark Turgeon, High School Sports
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Selby's potential got him this far; now he must produce
To Josh Selby, the Memphis Grizzlies represent a clean slate, and a team that doesn't care about his past, only his potential.
To the Memphis Grizzlies — who snagged the Lake Clifton graduate with the 49th pick in Thursday's NBA Draft — Selby...Tags: Basketball, Colleges and Universities, Sam Cassell, Josh Selby, Sam Young (basketball)
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Terps coach Turgeon realistic in his assessment of team
Mark Turgeon knows next season's Maryland roster is literally thin up front. Its biggest returning player -- 6-foot-10 Berend Weijs -- has limited experience and is on a 5,000-calories-per-day regimen to bulk up.
But the new men's basketball coach said...Tags: Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Jordan Williams, Athletes, Mark Turgeon
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