Miami Heat superstar LeBron James has more ability than anyone playing basketball today. He won his third NBA MVP award this season; only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain have won more. This week, James delivered consecutive virtuoso performances while carrying the injury-weakened Heat to a three-games-to-two lead in its Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Indiana Pacers . Read full article > >

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LeBron James: We still can’t tell if he has the heart of a champion

SAN DIEGO — Wednesday evening, as clouds rolled over Petco Park, the Washington Nationals could finally relax. Reliever Tom Gorzelanny concealed his smile after he smacked an RBI single in the eighth. Starting pitchers kicked their feet up on the dugout railing. Hitters bumped fists at the helmet rack. Manager Davey Johnson sat back on the bench. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Padres: Jordan Zimmermann gets rare run support as Washington cruises to win

The Jordanian authorities are violating people’s right to free speech and undermining the credibility of reform efforts, Human Rights Watch says.

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Jordan ‘suppressing free speech’

The Washington Nationals have been prospering this season by playing precarious baseball, and on a chilly Wednesday night, the trend continued in a 3-2 victory over Houston that included the go-ahead run in the eighth and another gem from starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann . Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Astros: First place Washington rallies in eighth inning to edge Houston

His right foot was swollen, limiting his mobility, but not his confidence. With the Washington Wizards on the verge of squandering yet another double-digit lead at home, Jordan Crawford squared up a few feet behind the three-point line, swung the ball side to side, then pulled from deep. Read full article > >

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Wizards vs. Bucks: Nene returns, Jordan Crawford scores 32 as Washington plays spoiler

CHARLOTTE – At tip-off of a recent Charlotte Bobcats game, it was easier to take note of who wasn’t in attendance than who was. The arena was maybe one-third full and the owner’s box was empty. As play began, a few more fans found their seats, but there would be no owner sighting. Michael Jordan likes watching on television, but on this night, he wasn’t even in town. Instead, Jordan was in Las Vegas, at the Aria Resort and Casino, hosting a celebrity golf tournament with Ashton Kutcher serving as his caddy. Read full article > >

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Michael Jordan’s Charlotte Bobcats are a franchise in search of a leader

The shootings of five black adults in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were “vicious and cowardly attacks,” Police Chief Chuck Jordan said Saturday.

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Police chief to Tulsa gunman: ‘We’re coming for you’

Theresa May will visit Jordan “within days” to try to strike a deal over the deportation of Abu Qatada, the Home Office says.

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VIERA, Fla. – Washington Nationals scout Steve Arnieri first watched Jordan Zimmermann pitch early in his junior season at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a Division III outpost that produces both major leaguers and temperatures by the single-digit. “It was snowing sideways so hard,” Arnieri recalled, “you couldn’t even see him.” Read full article > >

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Nationals’ pitcher Jordan Zimmermann stands out, but likes to blend into the background

NEWARK, N.J. — Jordan Theodore scored a career-high 29 points to lead Seton Hall to the signature win it needed for its NCAA tournament resume, a 73-55 victory over No. 9 Georgetown on Tuesday night. The Pirates ( 19-9 , 8-8 Big East ) put on quite a shooting performance against one of the conference’s best defensive teams. They shot 61.0 percent (25 for 41), the best against the Hoyas this season and only the third time any team shot 50 percent or better. Georgetown ( 20-6 , 10-5) came in allowing 38.4 percent shooting this season. Read full article > >

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Georgetown vs. Seton Hall: Hoyas trampled by hot-shooting Pirates, 73-55

Pet owners hire Jordana Serebrenik, a former lawyer, typically for a fee of about $80, to coax a reluctant cat into a carrier.

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Jordana Serebrenik’s Unusual Vocation: Cat Catcher

David Cameron says radical cleric Abu Qatada should have been deported to Jordan “years ago” and he still wants to see this happen.

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PM: Qatada outcome ‘unacceptable’

AMMAN, Jordan — King Abdullah II of Jordan met Sunday with Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, who came to Jordan on his first official visit since he was expelled more than a decade ago in a crackdown on the militant Islamist group. Read full article > >

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Hamas leader Khaled Meshal visits Jordan

The political leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, is due to visit Jordan, 13 years after it expelled Hamas leaders.

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Hamas leader goes back to Jordan

The European Court of Human Rights said that Abu Qatada cannot be deported from Britain to his native Jordan because his trial there would be tainted by evidence obtained by torture.

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Britain Overruled on Abu Qatada, a Terrorism Suspect