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Sunday, December 16, 2012  Women's College Basketball: North Carolina 75 Coastal Carolina 49

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 

Sunday, August 19, 2012  Dr. J plays golf for a purpose and talks hoops on the Grand Strand.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011  The Beach Ball Classic basketball tournament starts on Tuesday afternoon at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. The nation's top rated high school senior will play in this year's event.

Monday, February 21, 2011  Kobe's crown: Bryant scores 37, ties record with 4th All-Star MVP award in West's 148-143 win

Friday, October 08, 2010  Juan Carlos Navarro scored 25 points to help Barcelona beat the NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers 92-88 in an exhibition on Thursday.

Friday, June 18, 2010  Kobe Bryant sprinted after the ball, which Lamar Odom joyously flung downcourt to burn the remaining seconds in Game 7 of the NBA finals. With the celebration starting behind him, Bryant chased it down and then held it aloft to his teammates.

Thursday, June 17, 2010  Kobe Bryant yawned when he leaned back on the Los Angeles Lakers' bench to watch his teammates running through their final practice of the season. That cool outer demeanor revealed none of the urgency running through Bryant's head.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010  With an emphatic, historic blowout win in Game 6 Tuesday night, Los Angeles earned the right to host the grand finale to both the NBA season and this scintillating chapter in the league's most glamorous rivalry.

Monday, June 14, 2010  Paul Pierce scored 27 points to help Boston withstand 38 points from Kobe Bryant to beat the Lakers 92-86 on Sunday night and move within one victory of an unprecedented 18th NBA title.

Friday, June 11, 2010  "We're going to try and establish the fact that we're going back to L.A. with a 3-2 lead," Jackson said Friday. "We believe we can do it. We felt we let one get away last night."

Friday, June 11, 2010  Glen "Big Baby" Davis led the Celtics bench on a game-changing run Thursday night, scoring half of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as Boston pulled away from the Los Angeles Lakers to win 96-89.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010  Derek Fisher rallied his teammates with a motivational speech on the bench during the break before the fourth quarter. Then he went out and showed them how it's done.

Monday, June 07, 2010  Somewhere during the second quarter in Game 2 of the NBA finals, Ray Allen slipped into that shooting zone only visited by real-life superstars and movie characters.

Friday, June 04, 2010  Bryant scored 30 points, Pau Gasol had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and the defending champion Lakers did a remarkable job of the dirty work in a 102-89 victory over Boston in Game 1 on Thursday night.