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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>The latest in Nba Central</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/nba-central" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/nba-central</id><updated>2011-01-04T22:30:11Z</updated><entry><title>No royal treatment as King James returns home</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/royal-treatment-king-james-returns-home-4703707a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-01T10:31:16Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-01:/professional-baseball/royal-treatment-king-james-returns-home-4703707a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cleveland Indians" href="/topic/Cleveland+Indians" &gt;CLEVELAND&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="LeBron James" href="/topic/LeBron+James" &gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is bracing himself for a hostile reception when he returns to Cleveland Thursday for the first time since ditching his home team to join the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;Miami Heat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once t...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Football"></category><category term="Professional Football"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Akron"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="American Football Conference"></category><category term="Twitter Inc."></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="National Hockey League"></category><category term="Chicago Cubs"></category><category term="Cleveland Browns"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Art Modell"></category><category term="Daniel Gilbert"></category><category term="Cy Young"></category><category term="Cleveland Barons"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="NL Central"></category><category term="AFC North"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Why baseball may have to consider creating a new minor league level</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/baseball-creating-new-minor-league-level-4585836a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T15:52:53Z</updated><author><name>Helium</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-11-29:/professional-baseball/baseball-creating-new-minor-league-level-4585836a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Pittsburgh"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="Major League"></category></entry><entry><title>NUMBERS THAT COUNT</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/numbers-count-2734412a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-22T11:11:42Z</updated><author><name>The Encyclopedia Britannica</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-22:/professional-baseball/numbers-count-2734412a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Hockey"></category><category term="Professional Hockey"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Stanley Cup"></category><category term="Scott Niedermayer"></category><category term="Chicago White Sox"></category><category term="Ozzie Guillen"></category><category term="Billy Donovan"></category><category term="Florida Gators (Basketball)"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="AL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Column: LeBron has lived up to the hype</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/column-lebron-lived-hype-1084751a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-09T00:10:07Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-09:/professional-baseball/column-lebron-lived-hype-1084751a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Column: Cavs Superstar &lt;a title="LeBron James" href="/topic/LeBron+James" &gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; Has Lived Up to the Hype _ and Then Some&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imagine being 22, and having to carry a franchise. Now imagine being 22, and having to carry the hopes and dreams of an entire city. A city that's known nothing in sports but heartbreak for two generations. A city so starved for something good its most memorable events are somebody else's triumphs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A city just up the highway fr...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="Akron"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Stephon Marbury"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="New York Yankees"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Tiger Woods"></category><category term="Magic Johnson"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Rasheed Wallace"></category><category term="C.C. Sabathia"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Detroit Pistons"></category><category term="Lindsey Hunter"></category><category term="Eddy Curry"></category><category term="Cleveland Indians"></category><category term="Art Modell"></category><category term="Daniel Gibson"></category><category term="Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"></category><category term="Flip Saunders"></category><category term="Nancy Armour"></category><category term="James Naismith"></category><category term="St. Vincent-St. Mary High School"></category><category term="American League (MLB)"></category><category term="AL East"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="AL Central"></category><category term="Tony Timko"></category></entry><entry><title>Fielder's homers lift Brewers past Dodgers</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/professional-baseball/fielders-homers-lift-brewers-dodgers-1070257a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-09-08T21:28:45Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-08:/professional-baseball/fielders-homers-lift-brewers-dodgers-1070257a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Prince Fielder" href="/topic/Prince+Fielder" &gt;Prince Fielder&lt;/a&gt; Hits 2 Home Runs to Lead the Brewers to a 9-5 Win Over the Dodgers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prince Fielder's first two homers at &lt;a title="Dodger Stadium" href="/topic/Dodger+Stadium" &gt;Dodger Stadium&lt;/a&gt; definitely weren't cheap ones. Fielder homered in his first career at-bats against &lt;a title="Brett Tomko" href="/topic/Brett+Tomko" &gt;Brett Tomko&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Takashi Saito" href="/topic/Takashi+Saito" &gt;Takashi...</summary><category term="Baseball"></category><category term="Professional Baseball"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Major League Baseball"></category><category term="Milwaukee Brewers"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Los Angeles Dodgers"></category><category term="San Diego Padres"></category><category term="St. Louis Cardinals"></category><category term="Wilson Betemit"></category><category term="Jeff Kent"></category><category term="Dodger Stadium"></category><category term="Takashi Saito"></category><category term="Nashville Sounds"></category><category term="Greg Aquino"></category><category term="Prince Fielder"></category><category term="Craig Counsell"></category><category term="Nomar Garciaparra"></category><category term="Rickie Weeks"></category><category term="J.J. Hardy"></category><category term="Chad Billingsley"></category><category term="Jeff Suppan"></category><category term="Bill Hall"></category><category term="Rafael Furcal"></category><category term="Geoff Jenkins"></category><category term="Luis Gonzalez (Baseball)"></category><category term="Johnny Estrada"></category><category term="Brett Tomko"></category><category term="Derrick Turnbow"></category><category term="Tony Gwynn Jr."></category><category term="National League (MLB)"></category><category term="NL West"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NL Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Pistons Lakers Basketball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/pistons-lakers-basketball-2406198p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T22:30:11Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-04:/photo/pistons-lakers-basketball-2406198p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Los Angeles Lakers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Lakers" &gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; power forward &lt;a title="Pau Gasol" href="/topic/Pau+Gasol" &gt;Pau Gasol&lt;/a&gt;, of &lt;a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" &gt;Spain&lt;/a&gt;, reacts after making a basket during the first half of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketball game with the &lt;a title="Detroit Pistons" href="/topic/Detroit+Pistons" &gt;Detroit Pistons&lt;/a&gt; in Los Angeles,  Tuesday, Ja...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Spain"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Detroit Pistons"></category><category term="Pau Gasol"></category><category term="Greg Monroe"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Raptors Bulls Basketball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/raptors-bulls-basketball-2406150p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T20:01:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-04:/photo/raptors-bulls-basketball-2406150p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Toronto Raptors" href="/topic/Toronto+Raptors" &gt;Toronto Raptors&lt;/a&gt; center &lt;a title="Andrea Bargnani" href="/topic/Andrea+Bargnani" &gt;Andrea Bargnani&lt;/a&gt;, right, and &lt;a title="Chicago Bulls" href="/topic/Chicago+Bulls" &gt;Chicago Bulls&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Taj Gibson" href="/topic/Taj+Gibson" &gt;Taj Gibson&lt;/a&gt; struggle for a loose ball during the first half of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketball game Tuesday, Jan. ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Toronto Raptors"></category><category term="Andrea Bargnani"></category><category term="Taj Gibson"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Pistons Jazz Basketball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/pistons-jazz-basketball-2405764p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-03T21:01:48Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-03:/photo/pistons-jazz-basketball-2405764p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Detroit Pistons" href="/topic/Detroit+Pistons" &gt;Detroit Pistons&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Charlie Villanueva" href="/topic/Charlie+Villanueva" &gt;forward Charlie Villanueva&lt;/a&gt; (31) drives between &lt;a title="Utah Jazz" href="/topic/Utah+Jazz" &gt;Utah Jazz&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Paul Millsap" href="/topic/Paul+Millsap" &gt;Paul Millsap&lt;/a&gt;, left, and &lt;a title="Raja Bell" href="/topic/Raja+Bell" &gt;Raja Bell&lt;/a&gt;, right, during the first half of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Bask...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Salt Lake City"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Utah Jazz"></category><category term="Detroit Pistons"></category><category term="Charlie Villanueva"></category><category term="Raja Bell"></category><category term="Paul Millsap"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks Cavaliers Basketball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/mavericks-cavaliers-basketball-2405295p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-02T19:01:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-02:/photo/mavericks-cavaliers-basketball-2405295p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Cleveland Cavaliers" href="/topic/Cleveland+Cavaliers" &gt;Cleveland Cavaliers&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Alonzo Gee" href="/topic/Alonzo+Gee" &gt;Alonzo Gee&lt;/a&gt;, right, grabs a rebound against &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Brendan Haywood" href="/topic/Brendan+Haywood" &gt;Brendan Haywood&lt;/a&gt; in the first quarter during an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketball game Sunday Ja...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Alonzo Gee"></category><category term="Brendan Haywood"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks Bucks Basketball</title><link href="http://baseballstatsandnews.com/photo/mavericks-bucks-basketball-2404935p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-01T22:01:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2011-01-01:/photo/mavericks-bucks-basketball-2404935p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt;' &lt;a title="Caron Butler" href="/topic/Caron+Butler" &gt;Caron Butler&lt;/a&gt; (4) is consoled by teammate &lt;a title="Jason Terry" href="/topic/Jason+Terry" &gt;Jason Terry&lt;/a&gt;, right, after injuring his knee against the  &lt;a title="Milwaukee Bucks" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Bucks" &gt;Milwaukee Bucks&lt;/a&gt;' in the first half of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketbal...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Milwaukee Bucks"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Caron Butler"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry></feed>
