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NBA strikes deal with MGM Resorts to provide data to bettorsNEW YORK (AP) The NBA and WNBA will now share official data with MGM Resorts International, a major win for the leagues as they prepare for the anticipated growth of sports betting across the country.The Las Vegas-based casino...

Nets' Chandler suspended 25 games for positive drug testNEW YORK (AP) Brooklyn Nets forward Wilson Chandler has been suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA for testing positive for Ipamorelin, a drug that increases the release of growth hormone.The league says Thursday that Chandler's suspension will begin...

MIAMI (AP) Justise Winslow is two weeks into his NBA career, and here's just a partial list of some of the players the Miami Heat have already called upon him to guard: LeBron James, Paul George, James Harden and DeMar DeRozan.All big-time scorers.And Winslow hasn't flinched.''He's going to...

AP Sports WriterInjured 76ers center Embiid not cleared for 5-on-5 drillsBy DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has not been cleared for 5-on-5 drills and the team will take a cautious approach in his return from his injured left knee.Embiid's career has been riddled with injuries...

Jan. 5 - 10-day contracts can be signed.Jan. 10 - Contracts guaranteed for rest of season.Feb. 13-15 - All-Star weekend, New York.Feb. 19 - Trade deadline (3 p.m. EST).April 15 - Last day of regular season.April 18 - Playoffs begin.

Into Africa: Raptors president brings the game homeTORONTO (AP) Masai Ujiri could see it in the proud posture and wide smiles of the young female players.The Toronto Raptors president was in Somalia last week for the last stop on his annual Giants of Africa tour.''We have to preach...

AP Sports WriterRockets head into Game 3 confident after big win in Game 2By KRISTIE RIEKENHOUSTON (AP) The Rockets have reason to feel good, tied with Golden State after winning Game 2 in a rout in the Western Conference finals.But a big challenge awaits Sunday at Oracle Arena,...

AP Sports WriterCavs owner vows to never move team from ClevelandBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert vowed Thursday to ''never'' move his NBA team from Cleveland.Earlier this week, Gilbert scrapped plans for a $140 million renovation for Quicken Loans Arena, prompting speculation he might leave the...

AP Sports WriterAllen, Nash, Kidd, Hill in lineup for basketball hallBy JIMMY GOLENSPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) Grant Hill thinks his Hall of Fame classmate Ray Allen is being undersold if he's only remembered as a 3-point shooter.''I remember Milwaukee Ray,'' Hill said, recalling Allen's first stop in the league....

Leonard returning "soon," but no target set for season debutSAN ANTONIO (AP) Kawhi Leonard is feeling healthy and will return ''soon'' from a quadriceps injury that has kept him out all season, but the Spurs All-Star forward does not have a target date for his debut.''I feel good,...

AP Basketball WriterLeBron gets swept, and now all eyes on his futureBy TIM REYNOLDSCLEVELAND (AP) LeBron James checked out of Game 4 of the NBA Finals at 11:20 p.m. on Friday, his phenomenal season officially over.His Cleveland tenure may be as well.This ending was inevitable: For as good...

AP Sports WriterBig men, big questions: Who is ready to play for 76ers?By DAN GELSTONPHILADELPHIA (AP) Joel Embiid yanked the rim with such force on a two-handed dunk that he managed a quick pull-up before he let go and snapped it back into position.''He's going to break the...