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AskMen.com Malcolm MacMillan |
Top 10: Losingest Sports Cities There are cities in which the fans would like to, just once, attend a championship parade. In this list, we look at the top 10 losingest sports cities -- those with the fewest championships in the four major sports. |
Sports Central June 25, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
Falling Down Just to Stand Up Over the last 20 years or so in the NBA, there's a fascinating trend that has developed: rarely do the league's biggest stars immediately find championship success on their first trip to the Finals or a grand, high-pressure stage. |
Sports Central May 15, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
Grizzlies Roaring to New Heights The NBA playoffs, versus the postseason in any other major American sport, and especially those with single-elimination formats, are thought to be the most chalk-stained and uncompelling by many. |
Sports Central May 14, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
Why Scott Brooks Should Go In recent years, there's been a very questionable trend take hold in NBA front offices, where coaches get fired even after guiding their teams to excellent, 50-win-plus seasons. |
Sports Central May 28, 2012 Ross Lancaster |
The Main Event Let's be honest. This year's NBA playoffs haven't been anything special. While the game often slows down and scoring drops once the second season starts, this year has had a litany of ugly rock-fights. |
Sports Central March 24, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Will Fans Support International Expansion? Give us a reason to care and that will erase any of our apathy for non-U.S. franchises. |
Sports Central July 11, 2011 Bill Hazell |
Locked Out Twice? The NFL labor dispute is on the edge of being resolved, but the NBA lockout has just started and thus, they are nowhere near an agreement. |
Sports Central May 2, 2011 Bill Hazell |
Unstoppable Grizzlies From Graceland Nothing about the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies of 2011 indicated there was anything other than the usual mediocrity to this team going into the postseason. |
Sports Central May 20, 2013 Corrie Trouw |
The More Things Change The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference Finals Sunday with a dominant 105-83 win over Memphis. It was a satisfying win for the West's elder statesmen, especially compared to the last time these two teams met in the postseason. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Athletes Without Championships Disney movies typically have happy endings, but sports careers often have more tragic conclusions. |
Salon.com June 14, 2002 King Kaufman |
Red-letter day The Red Wings' championship may have been a foregone conclusion, but unlike the Lakers, they at least had the decency to act happy about it. |
Sports Central April 3, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
Absence of Drama Down NBA's Homestretch As we head into April, the NBA has just flipped the calendar for the final time in one of its most anti-climactic seasons in modern memory. |
Sports Central May 28, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
Kobe vs. LeBron: Too Good to Be True How many times in NBA history have two of the top 10 players of all-time met in the NBA Finals with both players in their prime? |
Sports Central June 1, 2010 Bob Ekstrom |
Can L.A. and Boston Just Get a Room Already? Welcome to senior prom, NBA style. |
Sports Central June 18, 2007 Brad Oremland |
Are the Spurs a Dynasty? To help answer that question, here's a look at the NBA's most dynastic teams ever. |
Sports Central May 17, 2010 Corrie Trouw |
Much Ado About No-Ring If this basketball thing doesn't work out for LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, they could probably form the world's tallest duo of magicians. |
Sports Central February 25, 2008 Jon Gonzales |
Happy 25th, USFL! (Or What Could've Been) Had the United States Football League continued down the path it was blazing, and had a few breaks gone its way, it likely would have survived to today. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Winningest Sports Cities Cities are ranked by the total number of titles won by all their teams in the four major professional sports. While it's fairly obvious that New York would be No. 1, some of the other cities on the list are a bit surprising. |
Sports Central June 24, 2009 Matt Thomas |
A New Laker Dynasty? There is far too much parody to consider with any sort of reasonability the fact that a single win in a single championship series is anything other than a great season worth remembering. |
Sports Central April 18, 2011 Bob Ekstrom |
Once Again, the West Proves Wild The NBA postseason that got underway Saturday didn't exactly pick up where the regular season ended. |
Salon.com June 6, 2001 Allen Barra |
Hockey meltdown How many American sports fans can relate to a game that's played on ice in mid-June? |
Sports Central March 23, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 20 March Madness it is not, but the last three weeks of the NBA season still holds much significance in the basketball world. |
Sports Central February 3, 2010 Jonathan Lowe |
Lurking in the Shadows Some slogans to help get the word out about the NBA's less-popular teams. |
Sports Central April 15, 2014 Ross Lancaster |
A Modest Proposal As we come to the end of the NBA regular season for 2013-14 and look forward to what promises to be an exceptionally high-level and competitive playoffs, fans should marvel at how entertaining it's been. |
Sports Central June 2, 2008 Brian Cox |
All Things Old Become New Again For the 11th time in league history, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers will square off for the NBA title. |
Sports Central May 16, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Keys to the NBA Conference Finals The 2011 NBA conference finals are underway and this final four gives us youth, age, and plenty of superstar power. |
Sports Central June 3, 2009 Sean Crowe |
Save the NBA, Fire David Stern The 2009 NBA playoffs have showcased everything that's great about the current version of the NBA. Unfortunately, it's also showcased everything that's wrong with the 2009 NBA. |
Salon.com May 31, 2002 King Kaufman |
Hoops heaven! As two entertaining playoff series climax, the Celtics and Lakers are doomed and the Nets will go from brief glory to cannon fodder... |
Sports Central June 12, 2007 Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Finals: Three's the New Thing The NBA Finals has a connection to the number three. |
Sports Central February 14, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Why the NBA Has the Best All-Star Game The NBA All-Star Game has started to separate itself as the best event of its kind among the four major sports. |
Sports Central June 29, 2009 Sean Crowe |
The NBA Finals Left Me Feeling Empty The NBA Gods righted themselves after the 1985-86 season by giving us the Lakers/Celtics rematch we deserved. Here's the hoping the NBA Gods do the same thing next season. |
Sports Central January 25, 2010 Scott Shepherd |
Eighth is Enough Which players will be named to the all-star team? Which players will be traded at the deadline? Which coaches are going to get fired? Which teams are going to tank to try and get a better draft pick? |
Sports Central April 21, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
NBA Playoffs: Best of the Rest There are already a truckload of articles covering just about everything on the playoffs, from individual matchups to what shoe size each player will be wearing. |
Sports Central April 5, 2010 Vito Curcuru |
Why Kobe is Better Than LeBron If you had to bet the mortgage on who will win this year's NBA Finals, is it the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers or the Cleveland Cavaliers with LeBron James? |
Sports Central April 11, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Three NBA Playoff Predictions The NBA playoffs have begun and this year the race to the finals looks more open than usual. Teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, Heat, and Magic all look like the favorites to reach the Finals. |
Sports Central May 5, 2015 Corrie Trouw |
Donovan to OKC: Secondary Needs Former Florida Gators coach Billy Donovan left his position in Gainesville Thursday to become the new head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder. |
Sports Central June 4, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
NBA Summer Blockbusters Recasting some of Hollywood's biggest summer blockbusters using key players from the NBA finals. |
Sports Central May 3, 2006 Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Playoffs: Struggles of Power Why are the current results in the NBA playoff series so shocking this time around? |
Sports Central August 10, 2007 Wailele Sallas |
Top 10 Must-See '07-'08 NBA Games The Boston Celtics were rewarded with a plethora of nationally televised games, only one of which ranks in the top ten must-see's. |
Sports Central February 26, 2013 Robert Campbell |
Spurs of the Moment As of February 25th, the San Antonio Spurs have posted an overall record of 45-13 -- three games better than both the Oklahoma City Thunder and the defending champion Miami Heat. |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2002 Jack McCallum |
Conference conundrum The gap between teams in the East and West is huge in the NBA... |
Sports Central April 30, 2014 Jonathan Lowe |
Bumps in the Road In basketball, as in life, the next bout of turbulence could be upon you without any forewarning. Sometimes it challenges our day. Sometimes, it's the next decade. But the bumpy ride won't last forever. |
Sports Central January 27, 2004 M. Edward Guest |
Chasing the Elusive Ring Ever since Larry Brown came to town about a decade ago, the Indiana Pacers have played some of the most consistent basketball in the NBA; they made the Eastern Conference Finals in 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Unfortunately, they lost the first four, three of them in seven games. |
Sports Central June 1, 2015 Corrie Trouw |
Hawks/Rockets: As Good as They'll Get? For the Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets, 2015 must have looked like the start of a bright new future as recently as two weeks ago. |
Sports Central January 8, 2004 Timothy Hammill |
Why the NBA Needs the Knicks One of the most one-sided deals in recent history not only makes the blue and orange an instant playoff contender, but, most importantly, it also brings back excitement to one of the league's crown jewel franchises. |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Sports Dynasties Of All Time Dynasties are a huge part of sports, and this list looks back on the top 10 professional sports dynasties of all time. |
Sports Central January 20, 2015 Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Season: We're Halfway There Most of the NBA teams have reached (or pushed past) the halfway point of the season. The first two and a-half months offered up some interesting results. |
Sports Illustrated February 14, 2002 Jack McCallum |
It's good to be King Hot play at home makes Sacramento the NBA's top dogs... |
Sports Central October 26, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 4) Before the NBA season starts, here's one last look at the Western Conference. |
Sports Central January 4, 2012 Louie Centanni |
Why the 66-Game NBA Season Should Stay Between playing more frequently, forcing stars to show effort nightly, and reintroducing the concept of team basketball, the 66-game NBA season seems to be a great experiment - one that should become the norm for years to come. |