News -06-15-09 Lakers Win NBA Championship (USA Today) " Kobe Bryant's seven-year chase of a coveted NBA championship is over. He's got his fourth, and Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson his record 10th, a ring for each finger. One year after failing in the Finals, Bryant and the Lakers have redemption, and all the rewards that go with it." 06-09 Basketball - National Basketball Association News Basketball News (1stHeadlines.com) Provides news on NBA basketball from over a dozen sources. Basketball News (1stHeadlines.com) Provides news on college basketball from over a dozen sources. Papers Basketball Hand Signals (Instructional Spectator Guidebooks) Provides the meaning of each of the key hand signals. Basketball Terms and Phrases (Instructional Spectator Guidebooks) Provides a glossary of terms and phrases to better understand the game. Celtics Win NBA Championship (NBC Sports) "With Russell and Havlicek sitting courtside, and Red surely lighting up a victory cigar somewhere, these Boston Celtics returned to glory like the great teams before them." 06-08 Players in the NBA (ESPN) Provides profiles of players in the National Basketball Association. Allows searches by name, team, or conference. Study: NBA Referees Biased (CBS News) "An academic study of NBA officiating found that white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players, The New York Times reported in Wednesday's editions." "The NBA strongly criticized the study, which was based on information from publicly available box scores, which show only the referees' names and contain no information about which official made a call." 05-07 Teen With Autism Makes 20 Points in 4 Minutes (ESPN) "Jason McElwain [also known as J-Mac] had done everything he was asked to do for the Greece Athena High School basketball team -- keep the stats, run the clock, hand out water bottles." "That all changed last week for the team manager in the final home game of the season. The 17-year-old senior, who is autistic and usually sits on the bench in a white shirt and black tie, put on a uniform and entered the game with his team way ahead." "McElwain proceeded to hit six 3-point shots, finished with 20 points and was carried off the court on his teammates' shoulders." 03-06

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