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Daily News - April 28, 2016

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Could Cavaliers-Celtics series awake ghosts of LeBron James' playoff past?
Author: Joe Vardon
Publication: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Boston Celtics were once LeBron James' biggest playoff rival, the Mount Rushmore he had to climb to reach true NBA greatness.

Last season, James treated the historic franchise as little more than a footnote.

Coming off their four-game sweep of the Detroit Pistons in an Eastern Conference first-round series, James and the Cavs will host either the Celtics or Atlanta Hawks Monday in Game 1 of a conference semifinal. The Celtics were crushed 110-83 Tuesday by the Hawks in Game 5 and now trail in the series, 3-2. Game 6 is tonight in Boston. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

Cavs' James Jones calls for big-time college conferences to issue full scholarships to every student-athlete
Author: Chris Haynes
Publication: Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – With the influx of money the NCAA and big-time colleges has seen over the last half-decade, Cavaliers veteran forward James Jones says it's time for the NCAA and its power conferences to do away with partial scholarships and walk-ons.

"I feel as the revenues that are generating from these athletes continue to increase, on a basic note, the least we can do is make sure that every athlete on the team is a full scholarship athlete," James said to cleveland.com.

"In a lot of sports, you have a maximum of 20 players, but the school only kicks out 12 scholarships. So, guys and girls have to split scholarships and get partial scholarships. I don't think that when you talk about sports as a whole, that there should be resistance to making sure at minimum, that all athletes on these teams are fully scholarship athletes." - CLICK HERE to read full story.

Kyrie Irving empathizes with Warriors, Clippers and other teams dealing with playoff injuries, says 'it absolutely sucks'
Author: Chris Fedor
Publication: Cleveland.com

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- For the second straight year, injuries have shaken up the playoff picture, with Golden State's Stephen Curry and Los Angeles' duo of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin being the latest stars to be sidelined.

The Cleveland Cavaliers know that pain, as they tried to navigate the treacherous postseason waters without Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving last year.

Ultimately, they ran out of healthy bodies and didn't have enough firepower to keep pace with the balanced and explosive Warriors in the NBA Finals, falling two games short of winning the title. - CLICK HERE to read full story.

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