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For one game, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 18-year-old rookie
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Facing one of the league’s best teams, 17,(X)0 screaming fans
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James did it all in 43 minutes of his first "real" game since taking
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After months o f nearly nonstop buildup, the 6-foot-8 point
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"H e’s the real deal,” Sacramento center Vlade Divac
There was but one glitch on an otherwise stellar night: The
Cavaliers lost 106-92 to the Kings.
That hardly mattered. This was James' coming out party, a
preview of things to come and perhaps a figurative, no-look pass
of the torch from Jordan to James.
Whoa. Let’s not get ahead o f ourselves here, it is only one
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Jordan, then just a gangly rookie from North Carolina with a
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James had 12 points in the first quarter and 19 by the end of
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The Blazers honored longtime
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Tennis stars Venus Williams (left) and her sister Serena fashion
their new clothing line Monday in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP photo)
(AP) — Serena and Venus W il­
liams, each sidelined with injuries
since July and shaken by the death
of their half-sister, plan to return to
the WTA Tour in January.
Serena is the defending cham ­
pion at the Australian Open, which
begins Jan. 19. She hasn’t played
since defeating older sister Venus
for the Wimbledon title in July.
That’s also the last time Venus
played because she aggravated an
abdominal muscle in the semifinals.
Serena had left knee surgery Aug.
I, and she said her knee is “doing
really good."
“I’ve been staying in pretty good
shape. I'm not gaining any weight”
she said Monday night after debut­
ing her own fashion line called
Aneres at a charity benefit.
One of the charities chosen by
the Williams sisters was Stop the
Violence, a nonprofit group formed
to counteract violence, drugs and
crime among youth.
Theirhalf-sister, Yetunde Price,
was shot to death Sept. 14 while
riding with a companion in a sport
utility vehicle in Compton. Price
was the sisters' personal assistant.
Neither Serena nor Venus took
any questions Monday night about
the shooting.
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