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Speedy Claxton is an Eric Musselman fan, but he won't be rooting for the University of Arkansas coach Saturday night when the No. 24 Razorbacks play Hofstra at Simmons Bank Arena in North Little Rock.

From 76 Chinese centers to Sabonis head to Moochies hair the Western Conference has it all writes Page 2s Bill Simmons.

Dan Levine, Getty Images Before we get into the actual draft, we need to understand where the league was at when the draft rolled around in June. The Chicago Bulls were coming off a then-record 72-win season and their fourth NBA championship (their first since the un-retirement of Michael Jordan). The Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies completed their expansion seasons. Kevin Garnett also finished his rookie season, setting off a trend of players skipping college and going straight...

Golden State rookie Marc Jackson isnt just for real, hes a real nice guy.

A morale boost following a tough three game stretch

a person who can distinguish between good and evil. many targets, principally foreigners, those assisting foreigners, afghan security forces and a variety of other tactics which, of course, this kind of statement is try to design fear through the afghans working with the nato campaign here. we saw this morning a suicide bomber driving a car laden with explosives into the gates of something called the greenvilleage, secure compound popular with foreign contractors here and in the ensuin...

spring offensive. that threat follows this deadly attack in kabul but a taliban suicide bomber two hours after president obama left afghanistan and the taliban claiming its just a sign of things to come. lets go straight to nick payton walsh in kabul. when the taliban says spring offensive, tell us exactly what that means. >> reporter: well, something they were talking about two weeks ago but today their statements shortly after barack obama left made it clear they consider it a new op...