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Young Gunner looks to follow Shaq's footsteps

Lee Gaskin When sifting through numerous offers from American colleges, Darcy Malone couldn't go past one name - Shaq.

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Pacers hold off Knicks to reach NBA finals

Lance Stephenson scored a career playoff-high 25 points on Saturday to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

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Graf backs Joyce choice

Chris Dutton New Opals coach Brendan Joyce's biggest challenge will be adjusting to coaching women, Carrie Graf says.

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Boomers call up a volunteer

Lee Gaskin Not even Andrija Dumovic can believe he's shot from playing with the Canberra Gunners to the Australian Boomers.

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Bogut thought of quitting

Nagging ankle injury made Australian so gloomy he wondered if it might end his career.

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Experienced Spurs go to 2-1 lead against Golden State

Andrew Bogut was plagued by early fouls and his sharpshooters Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were off target as the Golden State Warriors fell to the San Antonio Spurs 102-92 in game three of their...

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Mills ready to answer the call

Lee Gaskin Canberra's Patty Mills has told new Australian Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis he's ready to step up.

Memphis takes 2-1 series lead

Marc Gasol scored 20 points and Memphis made all six of its free-throw attempts in the final 63 seconds to beat Oklahoma City 87-81 in game three of their NBA playoff second-round series.

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Bogut spearheads Warriors NBA victory

Andrew Bogut earned a rave review from coach Mark Jackson after helping Golden State Warriors to a 97-87 overtime victory to level their NBA playoff series against San Antonio.

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Bogut 'getting away with a lot of stuff', claims playoff rival Duncan

San Antonio star Tim Duncan claims Australian centre Andrew Bogut is getting away with too much illegal play in their torrid NBA playoffs duel.

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Longley joins Boomers coaching

Three-time NBA champion has joined the Australian Boomers coaching staff.

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No holds barred for Bogut: Spurs

San Antonio star Tim Duncan claims Australian centre getting away with too much illegal play.

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To go gold, Opals must walk the walk, says Joyce the voice

Jon Pierik New Opals coach says there was too much talk of winning a gold medal before London Olympics, declaring it is time for the team to 'walk the walk'.

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'I'm raising my hand': basketball star reveals he's gay after being inspired by bombings

Jason Collins, a veteran centre in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay, breaking one of the final frontiers in US sports and society.

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Hurst set to play again for Capitals

Chris Wilson She stands just 163 centimetres tall, but point guard Natalie Hurst is a ''huge signing'', Capitals coach Carrie Graf says.

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Gay basketballer wins support

Howard Beck, John Branch Jason Collins, a 12-year NBA veteran, has come out as the first openly gay male athlete still active in a major American team sport.

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'Collins a sinner': ESPN reporter speaks out over gay NBA star

ESPN says that it regrets the "distraction" caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA centre publicly revealed that he was gay.