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Bone cancer caused former NBA player Wayman Tisdale to have part of his right leg amputated Monday. "Everything went well," said ...

Former Portland Trail Blazer center Kevin Duckworth died while on a trip to the Oregon Coast to host a free basketball clinic. ...

Former Portland Trail Blazers center Kevin Duckworth, a gentle giant with a feathery touch from the paint, has died. He was 44.

Kevin Duckworth played for four NBA teams over his career, but he'll be remembered as a Blazer, just how he would like. Kerry Eggers looks at the gentle giant's love for Portland and his teammates' love for him.

On ESPN.COM, Henry Abbot writes "redemption. It is so sweet. It means all the world in 2008. But does it mean that the United States is once again established as clearly the best basketball team in the world? Not so fast. If we learned anything in that thriller of a gold medal game, it's that the competition is excellent, and no team will waltz to any titles. Proving you're the best, in a global basketball environment, means proving you're the best again and again. Ironically underscoring that point is the reality that after this summer's stellar performance the U.S. has dropped to second in FIBA's bizarre world rankings, which account for several years' performance.?

From the ASSOCIATED PRESS, "back in the U.S. with a gleaming bronze medal in hand, Becky Hammon said the controversy surrounding her decision to play basketball for Russia in Beijing has given her fresh perspective on life and humbled her. She also said the medal, which she compared to a "gigantic penny," was a bonus to a long personal journey. ?This is the game and I think it's important to keep perspective,' said Hammon, back at practice with the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars on Tuesday. ?And if this is the toughest thing I have to face in life I think I'll have a very easy life. There's bound to be more peaks and valleys along the way and but I think this has helped prepare me for those peaks and valleys that I'll face further in life.'?

In the PORTLAND TRIBUNE, Kerry Eggers writes "Kevin Duckworth, the center on Portland's NBA finalists in 1990 and ?92, died Monday night in the Lincoln City area. He was 44. ?I'm numb,' said former teammate Jerome Kersey, who flew back from Virginia, where he was visiting family, to Oregon after learning of Duckworth's death. ?All through last night I kept waking up and thinking, ?Did I dream that? It just can't be.'? The Blazers had a 10 a.m. staff meeting Tuesday at the Rose Garden. ?Just a chance to talk about this, to talk about Kevin,' Portland General Manager Kevin Pritchard said. "Everybody's in shock right now.'?

After Storm practice Tuesday, Nick Collison shot around at the Furtado Center. It was just like old times, except he's now working out for the Oklahoma City NBA franchise.

German champion Alba Berlin has signed free-agent guard Casey Jacobsen, who played for the Memphis Grizzlies last season.

University of Kentucky basketball players Jared Carter and Ramon Harris, along with other collegiate players, traveled with Athletes in Action , to Mali, Africa to compete in a four nation tournament hosted by ...