Top pick Howard soaking it all in
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Someday Dwight Howard is likely to be the Orlando Magic&#39;s go-to-guy. But for now Howard, the No. 1 overall pick in the June NBA draft, is the Magic&#39;s go-get-me guy.
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David Stern, meet Rod Serling. Every time you think you have a handle on what&#39;s going on, something really weird happens that throws the NBA world into disarray.
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The NBA All-Star weekend has taken on  the look of a class reunion in recent years with the top picks  of the 2003 draft hogging centre stage.
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Rajon Rondo might not play. The offense is sluggish. The defense is passable, but getting lazy. What a perfect time to be seeing the hottest team in the NBA!
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Dallas Mavericks forward Josh Howard is in his fourth season in the N.B.A. and appeared in his first All-Star Game last Sunday.
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The New Orleans Saints are expected to designate defensive end Darren Howard as their franchise player for the second straight season.
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Tejada finished 0-for-4 and had a 13-game hit streak broken...Zaun&#39;s 34 RBI in 2004 ties his career-high set with Kansas City in 2000...Toronto has won six of the seven meetings between the clubs at Camden Yards this season.
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Jay Colbert missed last season with a dislocated wrist suffered in a car accident. The injury has made the Howard RB a better player on the field and better man off of it.
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Brett Elliott's record-breaking season made him an All-American.
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Ryan Howard couldn't save the Phillies from losing to Randy Johnson on this night. After beating Arizona earlier this month with a pinch-hit grand slam, Howard lined into a double play as a pinch-hitter in the ninth off closer Jose Valverde to end a Philadelphia rally.
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The list of &quot;bests, highests and biggests&quot; accomplished by Toronto in its 114-91 blowout of the Knicks on Wednesday night at the Air Canada Centre really was quite impressive.
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Gerry Hunsicker always specialized in the surprise move. He acquired key players when nobody expected him to or found enough budget room to build a consistent playoff contender during his nine years with a middle-market payroll.
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Billed as the deepest in years, with two franchise players at the top, the 2007 NBA draft also is one that is prompting tons of trade talk, and thus makes any kind of prediction a risky endeavor. Suffice it to say that we know Greg Oden and Kevin Durant are going 1-2, or maybe 2-1, and Al Horford appears to ...
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Top stars make more than ever, but they raise the tide for the whole league.
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With the Celtics looking far and wide to move the No. 5 pick for someone to bring immediate help to an increasingly beleaguered Paul Pierce -- so far, with no luck -- the question looms: What will No. 34 do if David Stern gets up on the podium tomorrow night and announces that Yi Jianlian, Jeff Green, or Corey Brewer ...
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There are times when it's good to have a blowhard/glory hog on your roster. This is one of those times.
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Roy Hibbert had a big game at the other end of the court.