Old ball returns
Sunday, December 31, 2006
New Year's celebrations might be louder than usual in NBA locker rooms today. When the curtain closes on 2006, so does the brief run of the league's new basketball. The new year brings the return of the old ball, the leather one players said never should have been replaced.
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