On August 7, 2012, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Major League Baseball (MLB), National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), and National Hockey League (NHL) instituted a lawsuit to prevent the State of New Jersey from sponsoring a desired sports gambling system.

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But they are far more frequent: over 40 in an average National Basketball Association (NBA) game.

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Others are hitching their wagon to European football teams or the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States.

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The Cowboys, alone, have a greater operating income than the entire National Basketball Association (NBA) and National Hockey League (NHL), individually.

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The diagnosis raises doubt over the playing future of one of the biggest stars in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and one of the most famous celebrities to hail from China.

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While Major League Baseball (MLB) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) each lost significant parts of seasons and the National Hockey League (NHL) has lost more than a season and half to two work stoppages in the last twenty years, the NFL has not had an interruption in play in nearly a quarter century going back to 1987.

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Meanwhile, the title of "Captain Clutch" should go to Cleveland's Kyrie Irving, according to the National Basketball Association's new in-depth statistical website, which is set to launch on NBA.com Friday.

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