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MJ donating $2M to victims

CHARLOTTE — Michael Jordan, who played high school basketball in Wilmington is donating $2 million to assist residents of the Carolinas. The 55-year-old owner of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets is contributing $1 million each to […]

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Batum goes the dynamite

In the early hours of NBA free agency, back on July 1, the Charlotte Hornets made the marquee signing of the offseason’s first day: inking small forward Nicolas Batum to a five-year, $120 million deal. […]

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Team USA

Heading into the 2016 Olympics, it was frequently noted the calling card for Team USA basketball would be its defense. With defensive mastermind Tom Thibodeau, an American assistant, barking at signals from the sideline (“ICE! […]