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NFL owners Wednesday unanimously approved a revised personal conduct policy, commissioner Roger Goodell announced. The new policy takes effect immediately. Among the key changes: • The policy embraces the use of independent investigations. To that end, the NFL will hire a special counsel for investigations and conduct who will oversee initial discipline. • The policy will implement an element of leave with pay during investigations of people charged with violent crimes. • The commissioner wil

Portland Trail Blazers’ starting center Robin Lopez will sit out a game for the first time in nearly three years after breaking his hand. Lopez, who according to Blazers coach Terry Stotts will "be out a while," injured his right hand early in the third quarter of the 108-95 victory after hitting his hand hard on Boris Diaw’s head and did not return. "It's a little frustrating," said Lopez, who said there might be two breaks in his hand and that it would be re-evaluated. "I've been pretty fortun

Shawn Marion is making his 16th year in the NBA his final one and will retire when the Cleveland Cavaliers finish the 2014-15 season. Marion, 36, has career averages of 15.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 blocks per game while building a defensive reputation as someone able to guard all five positions on the court. "I wanted to go out on my terms," Marion told the Arizona Republic in a story published Wednesday afternoon, adding that being away from his first child, 8-mont

Jazz’s Alec Burks will undergo left shoulder surgery, he will be out for the remainder of the season. The Jazz guard was averaging 13.9 points, a career-high 4.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game this season, but could not play with the same abandon that typified his play his first two years because of pain. "Alec's long-term health has been our top priority throughout this process, and although it is unfortunate that we will be without his services on the court the rest of this season, we comme

Miami guard Dwyane Wade has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for making an obscene gesture during the Heat's 78-76 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Rod Thorn, the NBA's president of basketball operations, announced the fine. Wade stuck out his middle finger at some fans at the end of the third quarter in the game at Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena. Get Your Very Own NBA Team Specific Genuine Leather Wallet: just click here

Paul Walther, who played six seasons in the NBA in the 1950s after a stellar college career at Tennessee, has died. He was 87. Son Brian Walther said Tuesday his father died Sunday in an Atlanta hospice. Walther played from 1949-50 to 1954-55 for the Minneapolis Lakers, Indianapolis Olympians, Philadelphia Warriors and Fort Wayne Pistons. He scored more than 2,800 points for his career. He started for the West in the 1952 All-Star game. A native of Covington, Kentucky, Walther led Tennessee to a

Authorities say former Spurs Player Alvin Robertson has been arrested after cutting off a GPS monitor while out on bond in a 2009 case. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says 52-year-old Robertson was arrested Monday afternoon at a San Antonio apartment complex. Officials say he'd been on the run since Jan. 5. Sheriff's officials say Robertson, a former NBA All-Star whose career ended in 1996, was out on bond in a 2009 case in which he was initially charged with trafficking of a person less than

The Cavaliers have been granted a disabled player exception valued at almost $5 million in the wake of Anderson Varejao’s season ending Achilles injury. the Cavaliers learned Wednesday from the league office that they have received the DPE worth nearly $4.9 million after Varejao was felled by the tear in his heel. The Cavaliers, whose frustrating months-long search for frontcourt reinforcements has been well-documented, can now use the exception to sign one player or trade for a player on a one-

Milwaukee Bucks’ forward Jabari Parker is expected to miss the rest of his rookie season after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee. Parker, 19, will have surgery after suffering a complete tear, not a sprain, as was initially diagnosed, in the third quarter of the Bucks' dramatic 96-94 win. Parker's knee buckled on a drive to the basket, he had to be carried off the court by teammates and underwent an MRI in Milwaukee that revealed the tear. Since being selected No. 2 overall in June by the Bu

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