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Posted Thursday 7/01/21 at 3:24PM EDT
Spike Lee to direct and star in ABC's 2021 NBA Finals openers
The first of the two-minute openers will debut before tip-off of Game 1 next week.
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Posted Saturday 6/26/21 at 2:11AM EDT
Marv Albert is retiring having established the sound of modern basketball
"Longevity isn’t everything, of course," says Ben Yagoda of Albert wrapping up his 58-year career.
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Posted Wednesday 6/23/21 at 10:31PM EDT
Milwaukee Bucks sends a letter to ESPN's First Take after "terrible cities" comment
The NBA team defended the city of Milwaukee after the ESPN morning show's Molly Querim Rose said the final four...
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Mindy Kaling and Jeanie Buss team for Netflix's Los Angeles Lakers-inspired workplace comedy
Kaling and Lakers owner and team president Buss will serve as executive producers on the untitled workplace comedy inspired by...
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Posted Wednesday 5/19/21 at 10:31AM EDT
Ex-NBA star Matt Barnes to star in a semi-autobiographical scripted comedy for Showtime
Created and written by Matt Pyken, The Education of Matt Barnes is based on the former Los Angeles Laker's real...
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Posted Saturday 5/15/21 at 7:04PM EDT
Marv Albert to retire after the NBA playoffs
TNT, where the legendary sports broadcaster has called games for the past two decades, plans to pay tribute during the playoffs.
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Posted Tuesday 5/11/21 at 9:06PM EDT
Detroit Pistons are releasing a new line of merchandise celebrating Martin
Martin Lawrence is teaming with the NBA franchise for a limited-edition clothing line based on his iconic Detroit-set 1990s sitcom,...
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Posted Monday 5/10/21 at 1:54PM EDT
Hulu orders a Los Angeles Lakers docuseries from team owner Jeanie Buss and Antoine Fuqua
The nine-episode untitled docuseries will chronicle the iconic NBA team's last four decades, starting with Buss' father Jerry Buss' acquisition oft...
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Posted Tuesday 5/04/21 at 6:35PM EDT
ESPN's inaugural NBA-Marvel Arena of Heroes broadcast was a bust, but the premise showed upside
"The Arena of Heroes broadcast seemed aimed at tapping Marvel fans who might not otherwise be the usual audience for...
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Posted Wednesday 4/28/21 at 6:55PM EDT
James Gandolfini and Edie Falco secretly reprised their Sopranos roles in 2010 to try to lure LeBron James to the New York Knicks
Tony and Carmela Soprano were part of a 10-minute all-star video -- also featuring Donald Trump, Robert De Niro and...
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Posted Friday 4/23/21 at 1:44PM EDT
An NBA game will feature a Marvel-themed Avengers storyline
The May 3 Golden State Warriors vs.
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 3:22PM EDT
Former NBA star Pau Gasol to get the docuseires treatment
The two-time Los Angeles Lakers champion will be the subject of a four-episode untitled docuseries focusing on his life winding...
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Posted Thursday 3/11/21 at 10:40AM EST
Read an oral history of March 11, 2020: The U.S. coronavirus pandemic became real one year ago today
"For most people in the US, it was March 11, 2020," Buzzfeed News says in introducing its oral history of...
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Posted Tuesday 3/09/21 at 1:20PM EST
NBA All-Star game had its lowest-ever viewership with 5.9 million, but it beat Oprah with Harry and Meghan among young viewers
Among viewers 18-34, the TNT airing of the NBA All-Star Game topped Oprah's special, while coming in second to the...
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Posted Tuesday 12/22/20 at 11:08PM EST
NBA on TNT enlists CNN's Wolf Blitzer and John King to follow in Steve Kornacki's footsteps
King and Blitzer took to the big boards in The Situation Room to explain a number of moves players made...