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By Omar SacirbeyReligion News Service (RNS) Omar Abdelkader, a student at Northeastern University in Boston, is an observant Muslim but admits that, at least as a kid, he was occasionally seduced by the swish of a perfect jump-shot over the...

Tim Duncan turns out not to be so old. And it turns out that LeBron James and Dwyane Wade can carry a team. Will they meet in June?

Today's question deals with the average age of the players on two N.B.A. teams.

The Spurs rallied in the final minutes to beat the Clippers 102-99 on Sunday night, closing out the series 4-0 and advancing to the Western Conference finals.

The Clippers appeared to have put their Game 3 collapse behind them, but it still wasn't enough as the Spurs held on for a 102-99 win.

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Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade reportedly had his left knee drained of fluid prior to Game 3 of an Eastern Conference semifinals series game against the Indiana Pacers.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Miami's season, the one that's supposed to end in an NBA championship and vindication, was slipping away.

In Brief: January 19 Jan 19, 2012 Abdul-Jabbar Named Cultural Ambassador On Wednesday, former NBA star turned author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named a cultural ambassador by the U.S. State Department, responsible for promoting tolerance and...