If there was any doubt about how much the Nets need a player of Dwight Howard’s caliber, especially now, a season before their move to Brooklyn, he punctuated that point with a violent blocked shot early in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game, airmailing the ball from beneath the basket into the fourth row of the courtside seats. […]

he official restart of the Miami Heat begins on Sunday with far less noise than a year ago, when a team constructed on superstar intrigue evoked breathless predictions and sputtering vitriol in equal measure.
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Holmes Regional Medical Center performed its 100th da Vinci® robotic-assisted surgery and data shows positive benefit for patients and reducing costs. […]