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October 14, 1999
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Give me an "oy!" Jewish athletes are on the rise -- mazel tov!   |
Salon.com
June 14, 2001
King Kaufman |
Larry Brown: Genius? Everyone agrees what a brilliant coach the 76ers' boss is. So how come he's never won the championship? |
Salon.com
June 14, 2001
Allen Barra |
Philly fans to Sixers: Boo! They want to love Allen Iverson and believe that he's a reformed thug. But somehow, thugs only get to be reformed when the home team wins... |
Sports Illustrated
November 27, 2000
Alexander Wolff |
Philly is back When all is right with Philly basketball, all is right with the world. And basketball in the City of Brotherly Love is looking pretty lovely right now... |
Sports Central
March 17, 2005
Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league. |
Sports Illustrated
April 30, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Who's the answer? Open season on Allen Iverson came to a temporary halt on Sunday when last year's MVP exploded on the Boston Celtics for 42 points in a sweep-preventing 108-103 victory for the Philadelphia 76ers. But the criticism will most assuredly resume if the Sixers lose Game 4... |
Sports Central
March 20, 2013
Matt Thomas |
Fact or Fiction: Heat the Best Ever? If you spend any time watching that four-letter all sports network these days, you've undoubtedly noticed that the Miami Heat are on a run for the ages. Though the verdict is still open on how far this win streak will go. |
Sports Central
March 6, 2004
Doug Graham |
NBA Sends a Message to Refs The NBA gets tough of their referees. |
Sports Central
May 31, 2005
Doug Graham |
Larry Brown Prepares to Depart Again It wouldn't surprise anyone at this point if Larry Brown departs Detroit after this season...would it? It shouldn't. |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
December 4, 2000
Jack McCallum |
The Spirit of 76ers Let's hold off on the Iverson-bashing during the holidays... |
Sports Central
December 8, 2004
Jason Hirthler |
Why NBA is Adrift in Middle America Where once the National Basketball Association was embraced across America's cultural divides, a phenomenon that bridged race and economic class, the league has devolved into style guide for disgruntled youth. |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Sir Charles speaks -- as usual Barkley weighs in on all things basketball... |
Sports Central
August 3, 2005
Danny Sternfield |
What Can Brown Do For You? Not counting Larry Brown's stint at Davidson College, which lasted only a few days, the man Tony Kornheiser dubbed the "vagabond genius of basketball" has had 12 jobs in 33 years. |
AskMen.com
November 1, 2000
Mark Simmons |
Basketball Diaries: Iverson Raps About Life On The Streets Basketball players are used to trash-talking on the court as a means of intimidation. But if this is recorded and sold in stores as a CD for kids to listen to, what happens then? |
Sports Illustrated
May 25, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Kobe can Bryant's emergence has West all but wrapped up for L.A... Who gets home court if Lakers play Sixers?... Televise the NBA draft lottery... Raptors and Hornets... etc. |
Sports Central
October 19, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
How the Players Can Win the NBA Lockout The NBA players need to leverage their talent to win the lockout. |
Sports Central
August 19, 2005
Eric Williams |
The Never-Ending NBA Season The NBA summer leagues provide us with the ultimate NBA reality drama: recent NBA draft picks and NBA-wannabees trying to impress fans and coaches while fighting for a job in the NBA. |
Sports Illustrated
November 15, 2000
Frank Deford |
NBA recount Reversal of fortune harms league's image... |
Salon.com
April 27, 2001
King Kaufman |
April blandness The NBA sure takes its sweet time getting through the boring first round of the playoffs... |
Sports Illustrated
August 22, 2000
Jamal Greene |
Scorecard Where in the world has Allen Iverson been this summer? |
AskMen.com
Paul Bessire |
Top 10: NBA Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest NBA champions of all time. |
AskMen.com
June 11, 2003
Mark Simmons |
NBA Coaches Dismiss Loyalty While players are cast as the prima donnas, it is really the coaches that star in the soap opera that is the NBA. |
Sports Central
February 19, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
West Coast Biased The idea that the East was back on the rise has diminished. |
AskMen.com
April 7, 2014
Dave Golokhov |
Lights. Camera. Madness. We Go Inside The Minds Of Real-Life NCAA Basketball Players Every year the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, aka March Madness, puts a bunch of college athletes in one of American sports' brightest spotlights. |
Sports Central
December 21, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
The Spectacle That is the NBA Teams spend so much time and energy trying to put on a good show for its "fringe" fans that they've completely alienated people that come to the game because NBA basketball is the best sport to watch in person. |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2002
Frank Deford |
Coach of the moment Don't overlook the job Phil Jackson continues to do... |
Sports Illustrated
September 10, 2002
Ian Thomsen |
Inside Basketball: World Weary Three losses in the worlds exposed fundamental flaws in the U.S. team |
Salon.com
May 11, 2001
Lance Gould |
Charlie Ward's holy hoops quiz Time for Judaism's favorite point guard to brush up on his trivia. Feel free to play along -- even you stubborn Jews! |
Sports Central
March 26, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
The Real Sweet 16 Here is the Real Sweet 16: 16 reasons to watch the NBA stretch run over the round of 16. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Jason Zengerle |
March Payday Madness No one makes more money from the annual NCAA tournament than big-time college basketball coaches. Are they worth their astronomical paychecks? |
Sports Central
December 10, 2007
Wailele Sallas |
NBA Superstars Trading Places How has the NBA got to this point? |
Sports Illustrated
January 8, 2003
Ian Thomsen |
No Simple Answer Allen Iverson's Olympic dreams may be Larry Brown's nightmare. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
How Athletes Are Cultivated How do aspiring sports stars hone their talents so they're ready for the big time and the dollars that are up for grabs? How much money is involved in cultivating talent? |
Sports Illustrated
June 4, 2001
Alexander Wolff |
Back to the future Finals matchup looks a lot like it did 18 years ago... |
Salon.com
November 22, 2000
Judy Oppenheimer |
They ask if I'm from New York What they mean is, they think I'm Jewish. |
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 Illustrated
May 16, 2000
Jackie MacMullan |
Inside the NBA On-the-job training can be tough for college coaches entering the pros |
HBS Working Knowledge
March 21, 2012 |
Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin is confounding every stereotype we have about modern day basketball stars. |
Sports Central
February 23, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 17 A review the NBA season so far, remembering Larry Miller and more. |
Sports Illustrated
March 26, 2002
Ian Thomsen |
Manual Labors Allen Iverson's broken hand won't stop the Sixers in their run to the postseason... |
Sports Central
January 28, 2015
Ross Lancaster |
How to Fix College Basketball There are some people who will tell you that complaints about the state of college basketball are nothing new. And to an extent, that's true. However, the sport has reached what has to be a tipping point. |
Sports Central
August 20, 2004
Alan Rubenstein |
Striking Similarities Between Olympic Teams Everything comes full circle, or so the saying goes. For the United States Olympic men's basketball team, this has especially proven to be true. The similarities between the 1988 and 2004 teams are striking. |
Salon.com
November 28, 2002
Allen Barra |
Who is Allen Iverson -- and why should we care? A new book reveals that he's neither a thug nor a racial savior. But beyond that, he's a mystery -- and not a very interesting one. |
Salon.com
May 23, 2001
Allen Barra |
Vince Carter gets an F The NBA, which cares about higher education only as a source of player development, hypocritically praises the Toronto Raptors star's graduation side trip... |
Sports Illustrated
June 1, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Get out the broom Doesn't matter if it's 76ers or Bucks, Lakers will cruise... |
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. |
Sports Central
January 22, 2006
Alan Rubenstein |
Lineage Important to Success at Top Programs Kansas, Kentucky, and North Carolina have a basketball lineage that dates back to the sport's founder, Dr. James Naismith. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2006
Matt Thomas |
What Happened to the Good Old Days? It has been said that sport is a microcosm of society. Apply that idiom to basketball in America, and you'll find that the theory bears itself out. |
