Knicks Wreck Party For Cavs, Sloppy LeBron James
LeBron James struggled from the start in his first game with Cleveland in four years, and the New York Knicks ruined the megastar's emotional homecoming with a 95-90 victory over the Cavs.
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LeBron James struggled from the start in his first game with Cleveland in four years, and the New York Knicks ruined the megastar's emotional homecoming with a 95-90 victory over the Cavs.
Carmelo and the Knickerbockers were up to the task and left Ohio with a 95-90 win, more than enough to get Craigie's juices flowing.
"None of us should take this moment for granted," a relaxed James said. "This is probably one of the biggest sporting events ever. I don't feel it, but I know it is."
"Embarrassed? No, I am not embarrassed," Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said. "We will get better. I believe that." But it's not about to get any easier.
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With his legacy in Miami complete, LeBron James will take his game back to the team that first gave him a shot at glory in the NBA.
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Admission to the Knicks parade along the Canyon of Heroes on Thursday will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and once the pens are full, the NYPD will turn people away.
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LaGuardia Airport shut down one of its two runways Wednesday to conduct precautionary structural testing, the Port Authority said.
An 18-year-old was critically hurt when a horse carriage overturned in Central Park on Wednesday. CBS News New York's Adi Guajardo reports.
Heuermann, 62, admitted in April to the killings of eight sex workers between 1993 and 2010. He will serve his sentence in state prison. CBS News New York's Jennifer McLogan reports.
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