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Small Business Killers: Fear

Tom Egelhoff — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:23 +0000

We all have fears. Some are real; some are imagined. Anyone who’s ever been the target of a job evaluation knows what I’m talking about.

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Twitter Celebrates NBA Center Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay

Emerald Catron — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:09:56 +0000

If you've been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here's a newsflash -- Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay.

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2013 NBA Playoffs Recap: LeBron James Leads Heat To First-Round Sweep of Bucks, 88-77

Joe Student — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:14:33 +0000

LeBron James scored 30 points, and the top-seeded Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 88-77, in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon to complete a four-game sweep of their best-of-seven, first-round NBA playoff series

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Watch The Amazing Mixtape of Seventh Woods, the Best 14-Year-Old Basketball Player in the World

Joe Student — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:30:18 +0000

Freshman Seventh Woods of Hammond High School in Columbia, S.C. was scheduled to participate in the Hoop Group Jam Fest for high school basketball players in Pittsburgh this past weekend. Woods, 14, didn't play due to a concussion he re

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Jamal Crawford's Alley Oop to Blake Griffin is Mesmerizing [VIDEO]

Cole — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:22:45 +0000

Do you see the ball hover just before Jamal Crawford passed=sthe ball between his legs? I think he is some sort of sorcerer and realized at the last second not to demonstrate his abilities in front of so many people and cameras. That's when he decided to grab the floating orange orb, pass it between his legs and lob it up for an oop to Blake Griffin.

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Sixth-Grader's Unbelievable Half-Court Buzzer Beater Gives Team Championship Victory

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:35:38 +0000

The excitement of March Madness has petered down to the middle school ranks.

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High School Girl Makes One-Bounce Full Court Shot and You Can Barely Make a Free Throw

Joe Student — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:01:12 +0000

A Colorado high school basketball player did something in a game last week that NBA players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant don't even attempt. We'll give you details, but you should watch the video first:

That's Lewis-Palmer High School basketball player Anna Olson of Monument, C

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Why Is The World Fixated On Sports?

Tom Egelhoff — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:00:48 +0000

Sports bring us a little bit of escapism from our often-humdrum lives. For a couple of hours we can shut out the world and be kids again.

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Nets Fire Coach

Associated Press — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:25:16 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Coach of the month in November, out of a job by New Year’s. The Nets have elevated expectations this season, and a .500 record isn’t good enough. Coach Avery Johnson has been fired. His team lost 10 of 13 games after a strong start to its first season in Brooklyn and [...]

Teen With No Arms Sinks Half Court Basketball Shot

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:30:52 +0000

One would think basketball would pose particular challenges for Ryan Leonard, since he was born without any arms. It turns out — as you can see in this video — that Leonard has no problem hitting a difficult half court shot.

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Team USA Beats Spain, 107-100, to Win Olympic Men's Basketball Gold Medal

Joe Student — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:39:19 +0000

Kevin Durant scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds, as the United States defeated Spain 107-100 in the gold medal game of men’s basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Sunday.

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How I Plan To Choose A Winning NCAA Basketball Bracket [PHOTOS]

Cole — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:26:15 +0000

I need to begin this post with a disclaimer. I do not watch any sort of college basketball whatsoever. That being said, I do however enjoy winning prizes $5,000,000 or $10,000 prizes offered by Yahoo.com.

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10 Biggest First Round Upsets in Recent NCAA Tournament History [PHOTOS, VIDEOS]

Danny Groner — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:57:41 +0000

The annual NCAA Tournament kicks off Tuesday with two games featuring lower seeds vying for a spot in the field of 64.

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Free MSU Men's and Women's Basketball Tickets

1450 KMMS AM — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:23:20 +0000

The season is under way and we've got free tickets for all of our lucky listeners. Just follow this link and you can score yourself up to 4 tickets to all the home games this season. Go Bocats!

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President Obama to Attend North Carolina-Michigan State Basketball Game on the USS Carl Vinson

Shauna Wright — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:55:40 +0000

The White House has announced that President Obama, a well-known basketball afficionado, will attend a Veteran’s Day college game onboard the USS Carl Vinson — the aircraft carrier that buried Osama bin Laden at sea.

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Ron Artest Is Changing His Name to 'Metta World Peace'

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:03:20 +0000

Ron Artest really wants the world to know that he is now a lover, not a fighter.

The always interesting and formerly pugnacious Lakers forward has filed papers to change his name to “Metta World Peace,” citing “personal reasons.”

The Lakers have be

Jeff Green's Dunk Blocked by His Own Head [VIDEO]

1450 KMMS AM — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:19:34 +0000

The Boston Celtic faithful were none too pleased when the team traded for forward Jeff Green earlier this season.

This wasn't so much of a reflection on Green; he's a perfectly adequate NBA role player. Instead, Celtic nation was bummed that the price for acquiring Green included popular center Kendrick Perkins.

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Epic Finish To Third Grade Basketball Game [VID]

Cole — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:11:12 +0000

Sure, the kid blatantly travels before launching his epic buzzer beater, and it doesn't appear to be a regulation length basketball court the youngsters are playing on. Still, we challenge anyone to produce a more exciting end to a basketball game than what went down in Portland, Oregon earlier this month.

Read on to check it out.

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Sac State Hands Cats Sixth Straight Loss

1450 KMMS AM — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:11:21 +0000

This afternoon in Bozeman the Sacramento State Hornets (7-17, 4-9) handed the Bobcat Men's Basketball team (11-14, 5-8) it's sixth straight loss, 74-71 in front of the blue & gold faithful in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The Cats next face San Jose State on the road this Tuesday night.

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Bobcat Men And Women Fall To Griz

1450 KMMS AM — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:30:50 +0000

In the early game of yesterday's Cat/Griz basketball double-header in Bozeman, the Lady Griz avenged their earlier loss to the Bobcat women by winning 56-55 in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. Game-two was no better for Bobcat fans last night, as the men lost to Montana 79-58.

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