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Movie review: 'Year of the Yao'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) "The Year of the Yao," a film about the first NBA season of 76½-foot-tall Chinese center Yao Ming, has a story that seems almost ideal for a big Hollywood blockbuster: A mountainously tall, movie-star handsome, highly personable...Tags: Basketball, National Basketball Association, Documentary (genre), Movies, PG Rated Movies
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Gordon still Knicks-killer
Tribune staff reporterTo no one's surprise, Ben Gordon put away the Knicks again. He had a lot of help from Kirk Hinrich, who scored a game-high 33 points, but it was Gordon who sank a 25-footer with 31.7 seconds left to give the Bulls their first lead of the second half en...Tags: Basketball, Madison Square Garden, Chicago Bulls, Tim Thomas, Malik Rose
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Brian Schmitz answers reader questions on the Orlando Magic
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From May 28, 2007
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DEAR BRIAN:Now that coach Hill is out, do you think that the Magic is ready to get a high caliber coach? I mean so far Magic haven't spent that much in getting a good coach, and to hire a...Tags: Duke University, Baron Davis, Keith Bogans, Tony Battie, Morris Peterson
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Bouncing back big
Tribune staff reporterSave for the postmortem heaping praise on this overachieving Bulls team, this season is over, right? With Luol Deng long gone and the wound of losing Eddy Curry for the season still fresh, first will come the loss of home-court advantage, then a first-...Tags: Chris Duhon, Ben Gordon, Othella Harrington, Andres Nocioni, United Center
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Another odoriferous effort by Bulls
Tribune staff reporterThe plan for this Bulls season called for passion, Pippen and playoffs. After four games, two of those already are missing and the third seems almost unfathomable, unless the Bulls move to the Catholic League. At least the Bulls are getting creative:...Tags: Basketball, Kendall Gill, United Center, Scottie Pippen, Tyson Chandler
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Bulls come up big too
Tribune staff reporterThings were different Sunday at the United Center for reasons that had little to do with the noon starting time. The Bulls hired a Chinese interpreter to help with ticket requests at the box office. The onslaught of media requests rivaled the number...Tags: Basketball, James Posey, Tyson Chandler, Donyell Marshall, Marcus Fizer
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Western Conference capsules
Tribune pro basketball reporterWhat's the limitation on peats? Four? Five? Wasn't it an eight-peat for the Boston Celtics? The Los Angeles Lakers go where no Bull ever tread, in serious search of a fourth consecutive NBA title. It sounds impressive, but two were miraculous, with the...Tags: Antonio Daniels, Brooklyn Nets, Tim Duncan, Joe Johnson, Minnesota Timberwolves
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Firing on all cylinders
Tribune staff reporterTwice last week, Bulls coach Scott Skiles referred to what he termed "silliness" creeping into his team's approach. There was more silliness Saturday night at the United Center. But it took the form of celebratory giddiness, the kind when one team is...Tags: Basketball, Tony Battie, Dwight Howard, Chicago Bulls, Kirk Hinrich
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Crucial call goes Bulls' way
Tribune staff reporterThe Bulls don't do sympathy. But with the crazy number of crazy things that have befallen them lately—Eddy Curry's irregular heartbeat, Luol Deng's torn wrist ligament, Othella Harrington's extended absence awaiting his daughter's birth—maybe their...Tags: Basketball, Tyson Chandler, Dwight Howard, Jameer Nelson, Chicago Bulls
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Orlando Magic
Looking for some high-flying sports action while visiting Orlando? Head downtown to the TD Waterhouse Centre and check out the NBA's Orlando Magic.
The Orlando Magic began their inaugural NBA season in 1989, and while the team is...Tags: Basketball, National Basketball Association, Amway Center, Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando Magic
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Lottery leaves Bulls sitting pretty
Tribune staff reporterSeconds before network television returned from the final commercial break at Sunday's NBA draft lottery, Bulls general manager Jerry Krause folded his hands in a prayerful position and looked skyward. Chinese center Yao Ming is 7 feet 5 inches. Draw...Tags: Jay Williams, Basketball, Chicago Bulls, Lotteries, Casino and Gambling
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Knicks' Thomas has it easy compared to Sixers GM King
The blueprint for what many 76ers fans want Billy King to do can be found about 100 miles north up the New Jersey Turnpike. In a few short months since being given keys to the Knicks' executive washroom, Isiah Thomas has managed to completely revamp a...Tags: Philosophy, Brooklyn Nets, Eric Snow, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers
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