By Dan Rafael Article Reprint Since former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson retired from boxing after a knockout loss to Kevin McBride in 2005, he had not been involved in boxing
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Kobe Bryant does not want to take a pay cut to help the Lakers rebuild in 2014
By Eric Freeman Article Reprint In the days since Dwight Howard spurned the Los Angeles Lakers to join the Houston Rockets, fans of the NBA’s most consistently successful franchise have looked toward next summer as
Read moreJennifer Lopez: Dream Girl
by Lynn Hirschberg Article Reprint I was nervous coming here today,” said Jennifer Lopez, as she turned the corner onto a residential street in the Bronx. It was a cool afternoon in late spring, and
Read moreKareem: 20 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 30
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Article Reprint When I was thirty, I was living my dream. I’d already accomplished most of what I’d set out to achieve professionally: leading scorer in the NBA, leading rebounder, leading blocker,
Read moreCalifornia Is Facing More Woes in Prisons
By JENNIFER MEDINA Article Reprint Just six months after declaring “the prison crisis is over in California,” Gov. Jerry Brown is facing dire predictions about the future of the state’s prison system, one of the
Read moreSuns and Brothers
By JERÉ LONGMAN Article Reprint As intensely close twins, the basketball players Markieff and Marcus Morris have identical cars, beards and tattoos. One inking on their left biceps proclaims FOE, shorthand for “family over everything.”
Read moreBrad Stevens fulfills a promise, leaves the Boston Celtics for a day to appear at a parade in Connersville, IN
By Kelly Dwyer Article Reprint The Boston Celtics summer league team practices started on Saturday, a crucial step in identifying young talent in what will be a much-scrutinized rebuilding year for a team that made
Read moreGeorge Zimmerman Prosecution Petition Overwhelms NAACP Website
By ALEXIS SHAW Article Reprint A NAACP petition calling for a federal prosecution of George Zimmerman collected 225,000 signatures in the hours after he was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin, but the effort was temporarily
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