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OAKLAND, California (Reuters) — Thousands of fans lined up the streets of Oakland Thursday (June 15) to celebrate the Golden State Warriors’ winning the recent National Basketball Association (NBA) title. Finals most valuable player Kevin Durant, celebrating his first NBA title, waved to fans, while point guard Steph Curry held aloft the Larry O’Brien trophy, as the vehicles filled with team and staff rolled through throngs of cheering fans.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NBA superstar LeBron James, who led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the greatest-ever NBA Finals comeback to dethrone the Golden State Warriors, has reportedly told USA Basketball he will not play at the Rio Olympics. Cleveland.com reported Thursday that James’s agent Rich Paul told Team USA managing director Jerry Colangelo of the decision on Thursday. “I could use the rest,” James told the website. James cited in part the grind of […]
by Afi-Odelia Scruggs CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Downtown Cleveland was a sea of wine and gold Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of jubilant fans gave a hero’s welcome to NBA superstar LeBron James and his Cavaliers teammates. The team brought home the city’s first major sports title in more than 50 years — since the Browns took the National Football League title in 1964 — ending the longest such drought for any American city. […]
