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    NBA Long Season

    It used to be that basketball was the indoor winter sport. Baseball was the summer game. And football was the game of crisp autumn weekends. Now, baseball extends into snow days of October, football stretches almost to Valentines Day, and basketball finishes up post-Memorial Day. Money is the obvious drive behind these long, overlapping seasons...

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    By Diana Nyad • May 7, 2009 • 3m Listen

    Banner image: Yao Ming #11 of the Houston Rockets and Pau Gasol #16 of the Los Angeles Lakers battle for the ball in the second half of Game Two of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on May 6 in Los Angeles, California. Photo: Harry How/Getty Images

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      Diana Nyad

      Sports journalist, long distance swimmer and author

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