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Luka Dončić let the NBA down this weekThe first-ever international exhibition on Sept. 8, 1978, is immortalized for the defending NBA champion Washington Bullets’ loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv by the score of 97-98. Since 2000, when the EuroLeague was founded, NBA teams are 75-17 against Europe’s top teams in exhibitions. Or 17-75 if you wan...

As More Demand the D.C. Football Team Change Its Racist Name, Here’s True Story of Why the Bullets Became the WizardsIn 1995, there were 361 homicides in Washington, D.C., and that death toll, more than double last year’s tragic tally of 166, represented a five-year low. The violence of the drug wars of the early ’90s ravaged The District, earning the city the nickname, the “Murder Capital” of America....

For years, the Wizards had no idea where the franchise's lone championship trophy was. ...