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.
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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.
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.
NBA Finals: Three Things We Learned From Game 1
One game into the 2011 NBA Finals, and we can surely wonder: will Miami’s roll ever end this post-season?
NBA Finals: Five Stories to Watch as the Heat Take On the Mavericks
LeBron. D-Wade. Dirk.
Bulls Player Joakim Noah Yells a Gay Slur
On Sunday night, the TNT cameras caught Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah exchanging words with someone — presumably a Miami Heat fan — while he was sitting on the bench, during the first quarter of Game 3 of the Eastern …
Cheap Shots and Fouls: How The Lakers Went Down in Shame
There will be a new NBA champion this season. Too bad the old one went out like a loser.
Top 10 U.S. Sports Strikes and Lockouts
With an NFL lockout looking more and more likely, TIME takes a look at strikes, lockouts and other work stoppages in sporting history
Did New York Pay Too Much for ‘Melo?
It’s over, thank heavens. Carmelo Anthony is finally a New York Knick.
LeBron’s Heat Debut: Lukewarm
NBA fans, repeat after me: the Boston Celtics have four All-Stars, and Shaq. The Boston Celtics have four All-Stars, and Shaq. The Boston Celtics have four All-Stars . . . and friggin’ Shaq.
LeBron to Chicago. Or New York. Or Miami. Let the NBA’s Free Agent Frenzy Begin!
At 12:01 a.m this morning, the biggest free-agent season in sports history began, guaranteeing that the NBA landscape will be torn apart and rearranged. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Bosh and a collection of …