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The Morning Roundup: Wake me, please

What can we say about a night with no professional sports? If you’re a fan of the MLS or WNBA, you had plenty to watch, but if not, it was a long night.

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The Biggest Night in Sports, or so ESPN says

The night after the MLB All-Star game is the quietest night in sports.

Unless you’re ESPN.

If “The Decision” wasn’t enough self-promotion for you, at around 7 p.m., the front page of espn.com announced Wednesday night as “The Biggest Night of Sports.”

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Comparing James to others like comparing apples to goats

Alex Rodriguez. Roger Clemens. Reggie White. Barry Bonds. Moses Malone, if you can remember that far back.

All of them were big-name free agents who had made their mark playing for one franchise before bolting to another.

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LeBron James represents everything that is wrong with sports

While many people, basketball junkies and non-fans alike, were anticipating Thursday night’s “The Decision,” I was busy trying not to throw up and throw my computer across the room, all at the same time.

There were two conversations I had on Thursday that can sum up why I was having those feelings.

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Proof the Lakers are still soft

One of the running story lines into the NBA Finals, which (finally!) start on Thursday, is that the Lakers will win this time because they’re a lot tougher than in 2008.

It’s hard for me to believe that’s actually the case and it looks like this might be some proof that LA isn’t any tougher.

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The Morning Roundup: Don’t call it a summit

D-Wade’s agent says his client isn’t involved in a free agent summit, getting stabbed is a joke to one guy in L.A. and Tyreke Evans can’t drive 55.

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Rumor is Rivers wants out after Celtics’ season done

This could be the final season for Doc Rivers as coach of the Boston Celtics.

According to the Boston Herald, Rivers is leaning toward leaving the team once its playoff run is done this season. The coach of course denies the report, calling it a “non-story,” but if it is true, could you really blame Rivers?

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NBA is sending three teams to play in Europe

Word is the NBA will send three teams to play two exhibition games in Europe before the start of next season.

If that’s the case, the league might want to reconsider which teams its sending.

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The Morning Roundup: A game to remember

Duke and Butler play an entertaining national championship game, BC might be close to getting a coach and Andrew Bogut looks like he almost lost an arm.

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Here’s one good reason why Coach K won’t coach Nets

Word is the New Jersey Nets are going to throw anywhere between $12 and $15 million a season at Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski to leave the college game and head to the NBA.

I’m here to tell you it ain’t gonna happen.

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