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If you follow sports these days, you can't help stumbling across shrill, senseless pot-stirrers, those rendering outrageous, inflexible opinions in search of attention. But if you're actually in sports, as Monty Williams is, you don't have the time to notice all the noise.
"I don't listen to that stuff," the New Orleans Hornets coach said Monday night, when asked about the constant criticism of LeBron James. "So I don't even know."
What he, and other coaches know, is that Skip Bayless isn't watching all the tape they're watching - horror films almost as scary as those ESPN shoutfests. They know that, for all the harping on holes in James' game, he continues leaving opponents wholly helpless, as he did with 22 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in under 30...
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Most call them the supporting cast. Shaquille O’Neal simply calls them the “others.” Whatever term you prefer, this much is clear: With Chris Bosh out, the Heat’s ensemble around LeBron James and Dwyane Wade has not... more »
The quiet, under-recognized lynchpin of this Heat season and its championship direction has been the ability — but first the willingness — of Dwyane Wade to step aside for the first time in his Miami career and let... more »
The parade honoring the Knicks will be Tuesday through the Canyon of Heroes. What’s that? They only kept their season on life support with their 89-87 win at the Garden? Oops! But when it rained confetti Sunday night after... more »
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