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Sports Central
September 15, 2004
Alan Rubenstein |
USA Juniors Save Face With all eyes on the senior men's national team in the Olympics this summer, the under 21 men's national team won the tournament of the America's in Halifax, Nova Scotia in August.   |
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 Central
August 16, 2004
William Geoghegan |
The Not-Quite-Dream Team The U.S. Men's Basketball Team still hasn't adapted to the international game. They still try to dictate tempo, try to play an individual game, and try to overwhelm teams with their talent. It's just not working quite so well anymore. |
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
August 1, 2006
Matt Thomas |
Return to Glory: Rebuilding Team USA It has become increasingly and more painfully clear that Team USA is being marginalized on the international athletic stage by a problematic penchant for putting self-serving personal glory over the greater good of the team and the country that it represents. |
Sports Central
July 29, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
USA Olympic Basketball: Doomed? America still provides the newest inventive forms of offense and defense, so why does it all crumble in world play? |
Sports Central
December 20, 2004
Isaac Ingersoll |
The NBA's Season of Sharing A 13-item Christmas 'wish list' list for David Stern and basketball fans everywhere. |
Sports Central
September 29, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For This NBA Season (Pt. 1) The first in a series of predictions about the upcoming NBA season. |
Sports Central
March 10, 2006
Bill Hazell |
Team USA Hoops: Gold or Bust If Team USA fails to win gold in 2008, it will not be because they repeated mistakes of years past. |
Sports Central
December 29, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 9 A look back at five of the most memorable and significant moments of 2008 in the NBA. |
Sports Illustrated
September 10, 2002
Ian Thomsen |
Inside Basketball: World Weary Three losses in the worlds exposed fundamental flaws in the U.S. team |
Sports Central
May 21, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Stars Align in Conference Finals The NBA conference finals offer a basketball game of great significance every day for two straight weeks. |
Sports Illustrated
April 13, 2001
Phil Taylor |
L.A. stories still just rumors The rumors about Kobe Bryant being traded -- to Toronto, to Vancouver, to Orlando, to just about every team in the league -- are multiplying, but despite all the speculation, I don't think Kobe's going anywhere, at least not this summer... |
Sports Central
July 13, 2007
Alvin Chang |
Big Men Playing the Way We Like It When James Naismith invented basketball, the most important maneuver on the court was not the shot or the dribble. It was the pass. |
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. |
Sports Central
November 17, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 3 This week's "starting five" is comprised of Olympians that have hit the ground running this NBA season. |
Sports Central
November 13, 2003
Derek Daggett |
LeBron/Carmelo Can't Do it Alone The NBA is not struggling because of a lack of rivalries. The Spurs/Lakers and the Kings/Lakers are great, exciting basketball. No, the game is struggling because NBA players, for all intents and purposes, have forgotten how the game should be played. |
Sports Central
June 5, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
NBA Finals Game 1: The Kobe Show Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday was a callback to the old "The Kobe Show" days in all the right ways. |
Sports Central
January 13, 2006
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
NBA, You Call This a Sport? (Part 2) Discontent with the NBA. |
Salon.com
April 18, 2001
Allen Barra |
Air ball Michael Jordan's rumored return to the court sounds like a great idea for the NBA. It isn't... |
Sports Central
November 5, 2008
Wailele Sallas |
Is Kobe Going Greek? Eleven players who were on NBA rosters last year went to the international game for no taxes and more money. And just last month there were rumblings that Kobe Bryant was offered $83 million for three years. Tax free! |
Sports Central
August 23, 2004
Jason Hirthler |
USA Basketball: Five Reasons We Stink Our approach to the Olympics is arrogant. We throw a team of All-Stars together a few weeks before the Olympics kick off, and we expect them to thump teams that have been training like religious fanatics for months. |
Sports Central
March 24, 2007
Bob Ekstrom |
In Hollywood, Everything's Zen There was a time when mutual contempt between Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson gave the NBA its reason for being. |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2002
Alexander Wolff |
U.S. failed to respect game, opponents In the end, at these world championships, the U.S. national team lost both ways a basketball team can lose. |
Sports Central
August 25, 2004
Eric Williams |
Gunner For Hire The game is nip and tuck all the way, with neither team able to open a lead larger than seven points. The U.S. basketball team looks anxious and unsure of themselves, afraid to shoot from the outside, trying to force things inside their opponents' well packed-in zone. |
Sports Illustrated
March 5, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Sir Charles speaks -- as usual Barkley weighs in on all things basketball... |
Sports Central
December 22, 2004
William Geoghegan |
The Evolution of College Basketball Stumbling upon a dusty, ratty old magazine from October 1995 provides the enlightenment that recruiting isn't a sure thing. Even the supposed best of the best can fizzle. |
Sports Central
April 6, 2004
Eric Williams |
The Future is Now The McDonald's game gives the college game the opportunity to replenish its ranks with star athletes and, more often than not, provides a team on the cusp of winning a championship, the difference-maker it needs to get over the hump. |
Sports Central
August 15, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
Overhyping Overseas Can we please stop all the talk about Kobe Bryant and LeBron James playing in Europe for $50 million? Enough already. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2004
Michael Beshara |
The Ascension of King James Basketball's LeBron James, is he as good as the hype? |
Sports Central
October 13, 2008
Scott Shepherd |
82 Things to Watch For this NBA Season (Pt. 3) Here's a look at the preseason favorites to win some of the NBA's most prestigious awards. |
Sports Central
September 2, 2004
Jonathan Lowe |
Don't Diss the Effort Seriously, is a bronze that bad? Yes, I know. Basketball is a U.S. sport, born and bred. The game's most talented players still grow up here. Plus, the coach just became the only one to ever win both the NCAA and NBA championships. |
Sports Central
July 6, 2004
Danny Sternfield |
Predicting the NBA's Future Here are some storylines that might dominate the NBA in 10 years. The ones that come true -- you heard it here first. |
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. |
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. |
Sports Central
September 10, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
Once More ... With Purpose I've got to be honest. Basketball is not at the forefront of most people's minds right now. |
AskMen.com
Ryan Murphy |
Talking Points: Shaq's Rap & More Shaq's rap... Pacman Jones' new identity... The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team... |
Sports Central
August 25, 2008
Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
Sports Central
March 12, 2008
Joe Boesch |
Born to Lead Mike Krzyzewski happens to be one of the most effective leaders on the court -- and one of the most sought-after speakers to all type of groups. |
Sports Illustrated
January 4, 2002
Jack McCallum |
Improved Grizzlies still need time It looks as if Memphis has a bright future with Pau Gasol (Rookie of the Year?) and Shane Battier. Even Jason Williams is contributing on a regular basis. How long do you think it'll take the Grizzlies to become a playoff team? |
Sports Central
January 3, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
Getting a Fix on the NBA Though scoring is up slightly this year, the lack of basketball savvy displayed in the majority of the NBA product is neither worth the expense of a paid ticket nor a satellite network fee. The question, of course, is why? |
AskMen.com
Steve Seepersaud |
Failed Michael Jordan Heirs Fans and sports writers have dubbed a few young stars as the "next Jordan," but have any lived up to the hype? |
Salon.com
June 20, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
I hate this game NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything. |
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
May 1, 2006
Alfons Prince |
Kobe Discovers He Has Teammates The biggest story of the 2006 NBA playoffs thus far has to be not only the play of Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers, but how Kobe has changed his play. |
Sports Central
June 1, 2004
David Zirin |
"Olympic Fever" Keeps NBA Players Sick in Bed As the upcoming Athens Olympics draw near, periodic splashes have been audible. The splashes are the sound of Neo-Dream Team 2004 diving off the boat. |
Sports Illustrated
April 6, 2001
Phil Taylor |
Staying put -- for now Kobe Bryant won't be dealt for a long time, if at all... |
Sports Illustrated
January 8, 2003
Ian Thomsen |
No Simple Answer Allen Iverson's Olympic dreams may be Larry Brown's nightmare. |
Sports Central
February 9, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 15 A look at the top storylines from around the NBA this week. Plus, H-O-R-S-E coming to the All-Star Game, it's almost too good to be true. How can the league could possibly screw this up? |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2002
Frank Deford |
Coach of the moment Don't overlook the job Phil Jackson continues to do... |
