http://worldbestsports.com News, Articles and Updates.... Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:22:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://worldbestsports.com/nba-set-to-cancel-more-games/4238/ http://worldbestsports.com/nba-set-to-cancel-more-games/4238/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:42:24 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4238 Last Thursday, as the NBA negotiations seemed to be making progress, owners submarined any possible deal. Now, the owners are preparing to hit the players, and fans, again. According to multiple reports, the NBA will officially cancel two more weeks of the season at some point Tuesday. That means all games through the weekend after [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/nba-set-to-cancel-more-games/4238/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/the-lasting-damage-of-the-nba-lockout/4120/ http://worldbestsports.com/the-lasting-damage-of-the-nba-lockout/4120/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:30:04 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=4120 The NBA and its players do many things well. Like dunking. And dressing. And spreading basketball gospel to a global audience. Pro basketball, however, really needs to work on its timing. As we inch closer to Nov. 1, the date when the 2011-12 NBA season was supposed to tip off, the threat of a shortened [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/the-lasting-damage-of-the-nba-lockout/4120/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/georgetown-hoyas-continuing-to-shanghai-after-on-court-brawl/3943/ http://worldbestsports.com/georgetown-hoyas-continuing-to-shanghai-after-on-court-brawl/3943/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:06:29 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3943 The Georgetown Hoyas basketball team will continue on to Shanghai where they are scheduled to meet China’s Baiyi Rocket again this weekend following an all-out on-court brawl between the two teams. On the official Twitter feed set up to follow their trip to China the team tweeted: “After a tough night, we really look forward [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/georgetown-hoyas-continuing-to-shanghai-after-on-court-brawl/3943/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/chinese-association-wont-allow-contracted-nba-players-to-play/3939/ http://worldbestsports.com/chinese-association-wont-allow-contracted-nba-players-to-play/3939/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:02:29 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3939 BEIJING — The Chinese Basketball Association will restrict contracted NBA players from playing for domestic teams in the event the season is cancelled, but will still allow free agents, state media reported Friday. The CBA would bar players under contract such as Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul. They and others had expressed interest in playing in China [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/chinese-association-wont-allow-contracted-nba-players-to-play/3939/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/travel-weary-devils-rally-for-basketball-win-in-china/3934/ http://worldbestsports.com/travel-weary-devils-rally-for-basketball-win-in-china/3934/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:43:15 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3934 KUNSHAN, China –The Duke Chronicle, the student newspaper at Duke University, is allowing NBC17.com to share some of its coverage of Duke’s trip to China.  Despite more than 24 hours of travel and a 2 a.m. local time arrival in China, the Blue Devils overcame major jet lag en route to a 77-64 victory over [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/travel-weary-devils-rally-for-basketball-win-in-china/3934/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/fight-ends-georgetown-basketball-exhibition-in-china/3930/ http://worldbestsports.com/fight-ends-georgetown-basketball-exhibition-in-china/3930/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:39:35 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3930 BEIJING — What began as a goodwill trip to China for the Georgetown men’s basketball team turned violent Thursday night, when its exhibition game against the Bayi Rockets deteriorated into a melee during which players exchanged blows, chairs were thrown and spectators tossed full water bottles as Hoyas players and coaches headed to the locker [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/fight-ends-georgetown-basketball-exhibition-in-china/3930/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/lebron-optimistic-on-nba-season/3821/ http://worldbestsports.com/lebron-optimistic-on-nba-season/3821/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:54:38 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3821 The visiting National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar LeBron James yesterday said he is still “optimistic” that the NBA will have a 2011-12 season, despite the ongoing lockout. “I believe there will be a season this year, and I am optimistic players and owners will work toward having a season,” said James yesterday when asked whether [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/lebron-optimistic-on-nba-season/3821/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/euro-basket-betting-farmar-signs-with-maccabi-tel-aviv/3736/ http://worldbestsports.com/euro-basket-betting-farmar-signs-with-maccabi-tel-aviv/3736/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:10:09 +0000 admin-t http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3736 Jordan Farmar turned into the latest New Jersey Nets player to go to the European leagues when he signed on Wednesday with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israeli champions, and this should be great news for many of the Israeli team’s Euro basket betting fans. Euro basket betting services learned that in a statement, the team said [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/euro-basket-betting-farmar-signs-with-maccabi-tel-aviv/3736/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/tnt-announces-2011-12-nba-schedule-with-shaq-in-the-studio/3677/ http://worldbestsports.com/tnt-announces-2011-12-nba-schedule-with-shaq-in-the-studio/3677/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:48:41 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3677 TNT announced plans Tuesday to open its 2011-12 NBA regular-season broadcast schedule November 1 with a double-header featuring the defending champion Dallas Mavericks playing the Chicago Bulls, and the L.A. Lakers playing the Oklahoma City Thunder. The network also pointed out that freshly-retired star Shaquille O’Neal will be joining Charles Barkley, Kenny “The Jet” Smith [...]

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]]> http://worldbestsports.com/tnt-announces-2011-12-nba-schedule-with-shaq-in-the-studio/3677/feed/ 0 http://worldbestsports.com/pat-riley-doesnt-think-lebron-james-needs-to-reinvent-himself/3596/ http://worldbestsports.com/pat-riley-doesnt-think-lebron-james-needs-to-reinvent-himself/3596/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:13:31 +0000 admin http://worldbestsports.com/?p=3596 Before the media lets go of the never-ending saga surrounding LeBron James and the Miami Heat for the summer (and maybe longer if the NBA doesn’t get their shit together!), they took the opportunity recently to ask Pat Riley about all the criticism Bron-Bron received after the NBA Finals—specifically about how they feel he needs [...]

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