Tag Archive | "nba"

Basketball’s Unlikely Guru

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Basketball’s Unlikely Guru

How a former lawyer with little basketball training is helping the best NBA players become even better.

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Your Logo Here

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Your Logo Here

From now on I’m putting this space in my column up for sale. And why not? I’m just following the lead of the sports world, where every inch of turf, every minute of airtime, can be had for a price. By Matt Taibbi

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Survival Skills: Charles Barkley

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Survival Skills: Charles Barkley

Sir Charles, 46, is in his 10th year calling it like he sees it as an NBA analyst for TNT.

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Waiting for Larry

Thursday, May 28, 2009

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Waiting for Larry

White NBA fans yearn for the salad days of the Bird era, when being slow and looking really bad in shorts didn’t matter. And nowhere is this longing more evident than in each year’s draft.

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The Deadly Bug Stalking Athletes

Friday, April 17, 2009

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The Deadly Bug Stalking Athletes

Over the past decade, a lethal bacteria called MRSA has leaped from hospitals to farms to the playing fields. Now it may be a bigger concern than a blown-out knee.

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Exit Interview: Shaquille O’Neal

Monday, February 9, 2009

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Exit Interview: Shaquille O’Neal

The Big Aristotle on his scuba-diving mishap, sensitive women, and his father’s best advice.

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The Evolution of Sports Whining

Monday, November 17, 2008

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The Evolution of Sports Whining

Bitching by multimillionaire athletes may be reaching a crescendo, but it’s been a long time coming. Way before there was Barry Zito and Vince Young, there was one Amos Rusie.

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Mike D’Antoni: The Smartest Guy in the NBA

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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Mike D’Antoni: The Smartest Guy in the NBA

In less than a year Mike D’Antoni went from being hailed as an offensive genius in Phoenix to being an outcast, winding up with the woeful Knicks. The question now is not whether he can save New York, but whether New York can save him. by Paul Solotaroff Anyone who thinks Mike D’Antoni is soft wasn’t there [...]

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First, Kill All The Sportswriters

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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First, Kill All The Sportswriters

You are guilty of bringing Access Hollywood values to the honorable tradition of figuring out why Wily Mo Pena can’t hit a curveball. For this you shall pay.

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