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Article: NBA Cares--new NBA TV series--presented Special Olympics clinic and skills challenge on November 20.(National Basketball Association)
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- Palaestra
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- January 1, 2006
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Special Olympics and the National Basketball Association (NBA) are teammates once again. On September 12-13 in Orlando, Florida, the two held a joint clinic for Special Olympics Florida athletes featuring stars from the NBA, NBA Legends, and Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). NBA-TV filmed the clinic, and broadcast the show on the network's new NBA Cares show--hosted by Summer Sanders--on Sunday, November 20, 2005. NBA stars Gilbert Arenas, Chris Paul, and Jerry Stackhouse; NBA Legends Walt "Clyde" Frazier and Dee Brown; and WNBA star Alana Beard took part in the clinic and skills competition that followed.
The NBA and Special Olympics are renewing a ...