Basketball timeline
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Release of 'More Than A Game' Film
Lionsgate and Harvey Mason Media in association with Interscope Records present a Harvey Mason Media Production in association with Galley Boy and... Read more
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Duke Blue Devils Win 2010 NCAA Basketball National Championship
On April 5, 2010, Butler and Duke faced off in what The New York Times called "the most eagerly awaited championship game in years". Butler became... Read more
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LeBron James Named NBA MVP Second Year in a Row
A procession of expensive oversized vehicles, filled with well-paid oversize basketball players, lined up and curled around, forming a... Read more
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Prominent Clevelanders Record ‘We Are LeBron’ Video
At one point in the waning N.B.A. season, Mike Polk, a lifelong Cavaliers fan and video producer, had an idea to produce a video to help convince... Read more
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Celtics Defeat Cavaliers, Eliminating Them from Playoffs in Major Upset
The Boston Celtics sent LeBron James and the Cavaliers back to Cleveland to admire all of their regular-season accomplishments and ponder their... Read more
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Manute Bol Dies
Manute Bol, who became a basketball sensation in the 1980s as a skeletally thin shot-blocking giant with the Washington Bullets and other... Read more
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Los Angeles Celebrates Lakers NBA Finals Victory with Parade
As the Lakers parade came to an end, fans exulted in their team's victory and in the joy of coming together as Angelenos to celebrate. But many... Read more
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Connecticut Huskies Win 2011 NCAA Basketball National Championship
The National Championship game was between Butler, a mid-major university team that was a surprise finalist in the 2010 tournament, and... Read more
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Players Union Chief Predicts 2011-2012 NBA Season Canceled
NBA Players Association executive director Billy Hunter said Wednesday that if he 'had to bet on it,' he would wager that the entire 2011-12 season... Read more
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First Two Weeks of 2011 NBA Season Canceled
After roughly 13 hours of negotiations over two days failed to close what he termed a significant gulf "on virtually all issues," NBA commissioner... Read more
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2011 NBA Lockout Ends
With handshakes, sighs and weary smiles, the N.B.A. and its players resolved a crippling labor dispute early Saturday, allowing them to reopen... Read more
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Kentucky Wildcats Win 2012 NCAA Basketball National Championship
The 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 68 schools playing to determine the national... Read more
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Louisville Cardinals Win 2013 NCAA Basketball National Championship
Louisville defeated Michigan 82–76 in the championship game. The win gave Louisville its first championship since 1986, and third overall. It... Read more