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The fifth day of the 2012 NBA Playoffs is over, as there were two games played. The favorites in Oklahoma Thunder City and Miami Heat kept up their roles in their respective match ups, as they took a lead of 3-0 in the series. Considering there were only two games yesterday, it will be for [...]

The Dallas Mavericks have made it clear that centre Brendan Haywood will retain his place as a started in the team when they take on the Oklahoma City Thunder for game-3 of their Western Conference first round playoffs matchup. The Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle benched Haywood for large periods of game-2 in Oklahoma City, including [...]

Butler University will join the Atlantic 10 Conference beginning with the 2013-2014 season, President James M. Danko announced today.

The move will cover all Butler athletic teams except football, which will remain in the Pioneer League, and woman’s golf.*The Atlantic 10 adds a recently historically [...]

“The Stack” is here today with a shorter version after the NBA playoff preview yesterday. We do have plenty of playoff action to talk about though so let’s get right to it and see what made “the stack” for today, Wednesday, May 2:

1. Lakers take 2-0 series lead over Nuggets…Celtics, 76ers even playoff series…Two words…Kobe Bryant [...]

Amar’e Stoudamire’s frustrations following the Knicks’ loss to the Heat in game 2 apparently bubble over in the locker room where Stoudamire punched a fire extinguisher casing.

Stoudamire is in a sling so it certainly doesn’t look like he will be available [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers looked down and out in their first encounter against the Memphis Grizzlies, in a first round Western Conference tie, but they came back against all odds for a splendid win. Playing in front of a hostile crowd at the FedExForum, the Clippers trailed by as much as 27 points [...]

Throughout the whole season, there was the storyline of how the Bulls would do without Derrick Rose. He was missing time with minor injuries and the Bulls still had some success. He never had an injury as serious as the one he suffered in Game 1 today though. Late in the 4th quarter with the [...]

There’s already been a movement to have Draymond Green‘s number retired at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan. That’s how much he meant to the Michigan State Spartans and Big Ten college basketball. He’s also an NBA draft prospect, potentially in the [...]

Teammates show their bonds in many ways, whether by picking each other up after falls on the court or going out to dinner together on road trips. They’re coworkers, but also often friends, and that means they sometimes get together outside of the team context, too. Some even go into business together.

Most, however, do not co-own horses. [...]

I know, I know. Reading this title will sound ridiculous to a lot of people. Why should the Knicks lose the rest of their games before the playoffs? Especially when they have been hot recently, it sounds a bit ridiculous. Hear me out.

The Knicks are finally getting back [...]