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Magic squander big lead but hang on to beat Cavaliers Cole Anthony made the tiebreaking layup with 45 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic squandered a 23-point lead before edging the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-104 on Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing streak. The Canadian Press Cole Anthony , The Canadian Press CLEVELAND — Cole Anthony made the tiebreaking layup with 45 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic squandered a 23-point lead before edging the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-104 on Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing streak. The Magic went...

A few hours ahead of a Philadelphia road game in March 1965, Wayne Embry was with his Cincinnati Royals teammate Oscar Robertson in their hotel room when the phone rang. It was Embry’s wife, Theresa (Terri), on the other end of the line, calling from their family home in Cincinnati, Ohio. “Wayne, Yvonne and I are going to Selma to march,” she told Embry. Shock rushed through Embry’s body. Earlier that month, hundreds of civil rights demonstrators made the 54-mile march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital of Montgomery for the right of African-American citizens to vote. That march b...

The policy was simple: no outsiders. As someone who had trained the NBA’s highest-profile players, Tim Grover insisted on it. He had a close-knit staff that strived to make their famous clients better while protecting their privacy. Discretion was a crucial component of operating a business that catered to NBA royalty. Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant. Charles Barkley. Dwyane Wade. Grover has worked with all of them and countless more marquee names. One day during the summer of 2004, Grover looked over and saw an unfamiliar face at a closed session at his facility in Chicago. They were so busy ...

Embry has been affiliated with the NBA for over 50 years as a player and executive, joining the Raptors in 2004. Embry was the first Black man to become an NBA general manager when he was named to the post by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1972. From 1985 to 1992, Embry served as vice-president and general manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers. He moved to an executive vice-president position with the club in 1992, and in 1994 he became the first Black man to be a president and chief operating officer of a team. The award will be handed out in May as part of Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend.

___ The Big West Conference will hold its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments without spectators, including family and guests of the teams. The tournaments will be played March 9-13 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, where they were moved from their usual home in Anaheim, California. The Big West’s board of directors decided to start the season without fans in attendance. League Commissioner Dan Butterly says the latest decision to keep fans away from the tournaments is a way to protect the teams in their chase for the league’s automatic bids to the men’s and women’s NCAA Tourname...