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He used to wag his finger in a scolding motion after blocking shots, until NBA officials made him stop taunting opponents. But center Dikembe Mutombo hasn’t stopped blocking and altering shots, or recording intimidations, a statistic the Sixers resurrected after the 7-2 veteran…
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Read on mcall.com →Too much time has passed between games. The Sixers have been shaking their heads about an 18-point lead that once was, and replaying Reggie Millers’ game-winning 3-pointer that enabled the Indiana Pacers to take a 1-0 series lead in the opening-round Eastern Conference series.…
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Read on mcall.com →The regular-season feats of Sixers guard Allen Iverson concluded Wednesday night with him on the sidelines. His NBA-leading numbers — 31.1 points and 2.5 steals per game — became official following the Sixers’ 92-86 loss to the Chicago Bulls at the First Union Center. Iverson is…
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Read on mcall.com →The NBA’s scoring and rebounding champions sat on the bench in street clothes, Allen Iverson dressed in baggy jeans, a T-shirt and a scarf and Dikembe Mutombo in a two-piece suit, as the Sixers closed the regular season with a game against the lowly Chicago Bulls. With the…
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Read on mcall.com →Tight, thuggish, heart-thumping. Get used to it. That’s what playoff basketball will be like. A preview of it was shown to a national television audience and a sellout crowd of 20,699 at the First Union Center, Sunday. The Sixers-New York Knicks IV was the final meeting between…
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Read on mcall.com →The Sixers are going to Indianapolis with everything to gain and a lot to lose. It’s mostly about mind games, especially since the Sixers (55-25) and Indiana Pacers (40-40) will meet in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, which will start either Saturday or…
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Read on mcall.com →The Sixers’ iron man needs three more games to complete his goal. Pain will not hold him back, even if it’s in his neck or shoulder, as it was last Monday when George Lynch got thumped by the Boston Celtics’ Antoine Walker. Just 6:54 remained in the fourth quarter when Lynch…
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Read on mcall.com →Faith Robinson, 9, was seemingly hopeless on the track and field surface at Villanova Stadium last April. She was running fast, but most of the other young athletes were running faster. For Robinson, a fourth-grade pupil at Cheston Elementary School in Easton, the experience was…
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Read on mcall.com →The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs will soon be on the loose. Once off and running, they won’t stop until the end of June, maybe a day into July if they advance to the United States Basketball League championship game. The ‘Dawgs, who are entering their third season — all with former…
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Read on mcall.com →Kevin Ollie stood at halfcourt, waving his arms for his teammates to hold onto the ball, not attempt another shot in the closing seconds of the Sixers’ 96-88 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Friday night at the First Union Center. Actually, Ollie should have been rushing…
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Read on mcall.com →Four years after deciding to quit the Easton High football team because so many factors were against him — including being outweighed by 23 pounds by the kicker — Nathan LaBuda was engaged in a high-stakes collegiate boxing match against a defending national champion. LaBuda, a…
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Read on mcall.com →The Philadelphia 76ers cleared one hurdle in their last game, reaching the 50-win mark for the first time in 11 years by beating the Golden State Warriors 102-89 Friday at the First Union Center. Today, they must try to keep that momentum going by beating the Indiana Pacers in a…
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Read on mcall.com →NBA Coach of the Year candidate Larry Brown is in line for another possible distinction, and the Sixers coach is happy that other people associated with pro and college basketball in this city are in line with him. Brown, who has close to 1,200 professional and college victories…
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Read on mcall.com →On June 9, 1978, Larry Holmes stopped having to prove himself. That’s the day he punished Ken Norton to win the heavyweight championship He proceeded to hold onto a portion of that title for the next 7 years. Now, at age 51 and riding a four-fight winning streak, Holmes says…
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Read on mcall.com →The celebrating team was jumping around, hugging, and shouting at halfcourt. It wasn’t a scene many Central Catholic players could watch without having heavy hearts. That’s because it was the Franklin Knights dancing around, perhaps long into Friday night, following a 58-50…
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Read on mcall.com →Bill Hager’s coaching milestones are not hard to remember. Win No. 100 came in a playoff game against Kennedy Christian, No. 200 while he was at Maple Wood, No. 300 in his one season in Jamestown, N.Y., and No. 400 in his oldest son Nathan’s senior season at Franklin High in…
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Read on mcall.com →The father of the star player began jumping and waving his arm in the stands at Reading High’s Geigle Complex with a little under two minutes remaining, and the frenzied Central Catholic student body began shouting, “We smell Hershey.” For Kenny Hinds, the father of Vikings…
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Read on mcall.com →Toni Kukoc found himself engaged in a battle with somebody in the Sixers organization other than coach Larry Brown. The confrontation was tougher, only because it was against ex-teammates. But that’s part of competition. Kukoc can accept that. He admits to being a little bitter…
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Read on mcall.com →With the game over, fans standing and cheering, Parkland junior Adam Lane took the ball and tossed it up into the air, nearly reaching the rafters inside Allen High’s Sewards Gymnasium Saturday night. An even greater outburst of joy and laughter followed for Lane, his teammates,…
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Read on mcall.com →The hardwood floor at Memorial Gymnasium opened up like the runway at nearby Lehigh Valley International Airport for Central Catholic’s Daniel Hinds in the second half Tuesday night. With the lanes to the basket more clear, his passion to score and take command of the game…
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Read on mcall.com →The final 24 hours before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline were dreadful for Philadelphia 76ers coach Larry Brown. Almost as dreadful as they were for the players who were wondering if they were about to be dealt away from the team with the league’s best record and from teammates…
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Read on mcall.com →There were big shots, one after another. There were devastating fastbreaks, capped by behind-the-back or deftly delivered passes for dunks. There were defensive stands, incredible in the hard, fierce way they were carried out. Whatever it took, the Sixers had the means and…
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Read on mcall.com →The black arm bands worn by the Emmaus High boys basketball team were a tribute to their former classmates and swim team members Tom Gray and Matt Kush, who were killed in an automobile accident early last Saturday morning. The game, an East Penn Conference tournament semifinal…
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Read on mcall.com →On the eve of the 50th NBA All-Star Weekend last Thursday, the towering San Antonio Spurs carried an eight-game winning streak into Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., to play the so-so New Jersey Nets. So-so, however, is not the way the Nets played, thanks to…
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