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  Whenever I play basketball at my favourite court – the ‘Benares Club’ in my hometown Varanasi – my friends feature among them the usual gang of universal pick-up hoops personalities: the slow, lumbering, but effective post-player; the mid-range wizard; the pesky little ball-hawker; the fast-break specialist; the veteran who gives sage advice about passing […]

  CLEVELAND:  Revived by a fresh-faced shooting superstar and a first-year coach who made them believe, the Golden State Warriors again reign supreme. Their 40-year NBA championship drought is finally over. A half century of misery in Cleveland drags on. LeBron James just didn’t have enough help. Stephen Curry and finals MVP Andre Iguodala scored […]

Los Angeles, October 22: Coming off one of their most difficult seasons ever, the LA Lakers went through some significant changes in the offseason.  Former Laker star Byron Scott took over from Mike D’Antoni as head coach and the team lost All-Star forward Pau Gasol to free agency. In spite of all this, the Lakers […]