The stars gather in Los Angeles, a team moves to Brooklyn, a commissioner shapes his legacy: we break down the 2012-2013 NBA season.
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Top 10 Most Hated Sports-Team Owners
Jeremy Lin’s exodus from New York has secured Knicks owner James Dolan in the annals of the least popular sports-team owners. Here are a few other big, bad sportsmen.
Amar’e vs. the Fire Extinguisher: The Top 10 Silliest Off-the-Field Sports Injuries
After Amar’e Stoudemire smashed his hand through a fire extinguisher case following the New York Knicks’ loss to the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Playoffs, leaving him out of action for an untold number of games, TIME takes a …
The Madden Curse: A History
Calvin Johnson, please be careful. The Lions’ wide receiver is the latest athlete to grace the cover of the Madden NFL video game, an honor fraught with peril.
NASCAR Takes an Easter Holiday, But There’s Always Golf to Watch
There’s no NASCAR race this Sunday. Those good ole boys don’t race on Easter Sunday. I understand, but I’m a little disappointed. Last Sunday I spent the afternoon in front the flat panel shuttling between the NA race in …
Northwestern Sits Out the Big Dance Again: Why Wildcats Sports Seem Hopeless
It may appear a curious coincidence that Northwestern’s sports complex is located adjacent to one of the best hospitals in the Chicago area. But when your team acquires a nickname like the Cardiac Cats, it becomes a pleasant …
Keeping ScoreBaseball
Thank You, Baseball: Players And Owners Agree To A Deal
Baseball will now be lockout/strike-free from 1995 through 2016.
Keeping ScoreBaseball
Tony La Russa Retires: A Manager’s Unconventional, Defiant Success
After 33 seasons as a big-league manager, and three World Series wins, the man who loves making pitching changes has given himself the hook.
Keeping ScoreBaseball
Rangers Versus Cardinals: A Middle-Class, Middle-America World Series
This World Series is for the heartland.
Keeping ScoreAuto Racing
Ominous Signs: Track Conditions Questioned Before Wheldon’s Death
One of the saddest, most jarring aspects of the 15-car accident that took the life of reigning Indy 500 champ Dan Wheldon on Sunday: before the race, some drivers saw bad things coming.
Keeping ScoreBasketball
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.
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Baseball Playoffs: Inside A-Rod’s Spectacular Failure
When Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Jose Valverde whiffed Alex Rodriguez late Thursday night, ending Game 5 of the American League Division Series, the Yankees Stadium boos never seemed louder. And A-Rod never seemed smaller.
Keeping ScoreFootball
ESPN and Hank Williams Jr. Part Ways: Why a Rowdy-Free Broadcast Is the Right Move
“Are You Ready For Some Football?” is no more.
