(Reuters) - The Charlotte Bobcats want to take a step back in time and restore an old nickname to the city.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) team will ask the league's board of governors in July to approve changing the franchise's name to Charlotte Hornets effective with t...
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Sam Forgione
BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As federal prosecutors circle Steven A. Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund in a long-running insider trading probe, one financial adviser in Texas is so devoted to the billionaire investor that he may give him more money.<...
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By Simon Evans
MIAMI (Reuters) - For a brief but dazzling spell in the 1970s, New Yorkers fell in love with soccer as Pele and the Cosmos showcased the world's most popular game in a city long dominated by baseball and American football.
Now Major League Soccer ho...
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(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Clippers have decided to part ways with head coach Vinny Del Negro, announcing on Tuesday they will not offer him a new contract to lead the National Basketball Association team.
Del Negro compiled a 128-102 record with the Clippers in three seasons, guiding the...
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By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolm...
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Famed CBS Sports gold announcer Ken Venturi has died at 82. See what Phil Jackson has to say about Kobe and Jordan in his tell book. Serena Williams has been waiting 11 years for this, can she continue her winning streak! NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson just became the first driver in history to win four All-Star races! Plus more on the NHL and NBA on 3 Minute Update!
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