Almost a year after the New York Knicks traded for Carmelo Anthony, the team’s struggles have continued. Why the pieces don’t fit in the Big Apple
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The Dream Team Gets Dreamier: Team USA Adds Blake Griffin to Olympic Pool
The 20-player group will be narrowed down to a final dozen by June. Which NBA stars will get cut?
Welcome Back, Basketball: Five NBA Stories To Watch
For a while there, we thought we wouldn’t be saying this, but: the 2011-2012 NBA season is ready to tip off. The 149-day lockout is all but forgotten, and the NBA returns with a five-game Christmas feast, starting with the New …
The Clippers Get An All-Star: Chris Paul’s Strange Trip to Los Angeles
After a blocked trade, lawsuit threat, and outcry among NBA players, executives, and fans, Chris Paul is headed for Los Angeles.
The NBA Is Back — With a Brand-New Trading Disaster
As the season begins, Chris Paul is not a Los Angeles Laker, and David Stern is the most-hated man in basketball.
NBA Season Saved, Just In Time For Christmas
NBA fans will receive quite a gift this Christmas: a season. At around 3:30 AM Saturday morning, the NBA’s owners and players announced that they have reached a handshake agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, after …
Magic Johnson and HIV: The Lasting Impact of Nov. 7, 1991
Twenty years ago, Magic Johnson announced that he contracted HIV. Why that day will live forever
NBA Lockout: First Two Weeks of the Season Gone. Now What?
After a seven-hour meeting on Monday, the NBA and its players union could not agree to a labor deal, forcing commissioner David Stern to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season, which was scheduled to tip off on November 1.
Bye Bye, Big East: The Fall of a College Sports Power
They flock to midtown Manhattan every March, clad in orange and blue.
Pat Summitt’s Toughest Opponent Yet: Early Onset Dementia
Pat Summitt is the winningest coach in the history of college basketball, men’s or women’s — she has 1,071 of them. When she announced that she had been diagnosed with the early onset dementia, Alzheimer’s type, on …
Watch: Georgetown’s China Visit Erupts in Basketball Court Brawl
The future of America’s already fragile economy, in large part, depends on China. What transpired on a Beijing basketball court Thursday won’t help in any trade negotiations.
Reports: After Making the NBA Think Globally, Yao Ming to Retire
Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch.
Sports Labor Strife: Progress in NFL, Pain in NBA
The NFL’s players and owners aren’t sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows, doing the Hokey Pokey.
