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Rugged play on rise in playoffs
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 07/05/2025
» The old saying "basketball is a contact sport, football is a collision sport" sure doesn't apply to the NBA these days.
Laker loot! Mavericks trade future for fragile AD
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 19/02/2025
» NBA history was made in the controversial trade that saw the Dallas Mavericks ship Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis. Never before had there been such a superstar-for-superstar swap.
From Jeeno's record win to Federer's tribute: Celebrating the best
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/12/2024
» It's that time of the year when Nobby hauls himself out of the armchair and acknowledges the men and women who have graced the sports pages this past year. Here are just a few memorable moments beginning with the Thai successes, particularly the kingdom's female golfers who did themselves proud.
Lesser stars likely to have a decisive say
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 02/06/2023
» Before this season, the Denver Nuggets had never even made it to the NBA Finals, let alone won a league championship -- that's 47 years worth of futility.
Ronaldo tops Forbes' 2023 highest-paid athletes list
Sports, Published on 04/05/2023
» New york: Cristiano Ronaldo became the world's highest-paid athlete after his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr nearly doubled his annual playing salary while Paris St-Germain duo Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe round off the top three, according to Forbes.
Bulls, Heat vie for East supremacy as downtrodden rise in NBA
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 20/01/2022
» Up is down and down is up in the current NBA standings.
It might be now or never for old, experienced LA Lakers
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 15/10/2021
» When the Los Angeles Lakers added 37-year-old Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook (32), Dwight Howard (35), Deandre Jordan (37), 17-year vet Trevor Ariza and Rajon Rondo (35) to their roster, they officially became the NBA's oldest team -- by a bunch.
Giannis inspires Bucks to NBA title
Sports, Published on 22/07/2021
» MILWAUKEE: A resilient Milwaukee Bucks squad that battled back from adversity throughout the NBA play-offs and bonded over past failures ended a 50-year title drought on Tuesday by winning the NBA Finals.
Eastern teams are no longer cannon fodder
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 19/05/2021
» In the NBA, it used to be that the West was best and the East was least.
Tale of dynamic duos: Teams that pose serious threat to Lakers
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 02/01/2021
» Like the old rock 'n' roll song says: It takes two, baby, to make a dream come true.