Sports fans everywhere are caught up in the mania surrounding New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. But Lin’s impact is most personal, and most satisfying, among a subset of Asian Americans: those who, like Lin, grew up with …
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College Basketball: Why It’s Harder Than Ever to Stay Undefeated
Up until Thursday’s game, Murray State University had a 23-0 record. But there hasn’t been a completely undefeated team since 1976 — and for good reason.
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?
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 …
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.
J.J. Barea and Brian Cardinal: Unassuming Stars of the NBA Finals
MIAMI – There are plenty of reasons to pull for the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals, which tips off Sunday night, at 8 p.m. Eastern.
NBA Finals: Three Lessons We Learned from Game 2
In an instant, these NBA Finals went from being a potential sleeper to a possible classic.
Shaq Calls It Quits: A Retrospective on the Big Aristotle
Until the very end, he was nothing but Shaq.