Mobley sues Knicks over medical retirement (AP)

Former NBA guard Cuttino Mobley filed a lawsuit against Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, accusing the New York Knicks of pressuring him to retire as a way to save approximately $ 19 million. Mobley retired because of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart disease, shortly after the Knicks acquired him from the Los Angeles Clippers on Nov.
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After retirement, China’s Yao returns to class (AP)

It’s back to the books for retired Chinese basketball star Yao Ming. The former Houston Rockets center and No. 1 draft pick in the 2002 NBA draft started classes this week at Jiaotong University, one of the top schools in the country, China Daily and other newspapers reported Tuesday. “The teacher showed me some mercy and did not leave me any homework,” Yao joked to reporters after his…
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