Basketball

And Now, If You Will All Please Rise and Place Your Fingers In Your Ears

Hayes Permar | Posted 11.13.2009 | Sports


Hayes Permar

We're in Star-Spangled season when football, basketball and hockey overlap. This means there's a scramble to fill game slates with national anthem singers. It also means some renditions will be butchered.

Lakers Anxious for Return of Pau Gasol Despite 6-1 Record

Paula Duffy | Posted 11.12.2009 | Sports


Paula Duffy

No one is sure when he will return and while the the team has hopes it will be sooner rather than later, the NBA season marches on.

Poet Pride: A Charm City Classic on Film

Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment


Timothy Cooper

A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.

Let the Public Own the Teams

Roy Ulrich | Posted 11.04.2009 | Entertainment


Roy Ulrich

If public ownership were allowed, owners would be barred from moving teams from small markets where they were profitable - like Green Bay - into larger markets.

Manu Ginobili Catches Bat (VIDEO): Spurs Player Swats Bat, Captures Animal On Basketball Court

AP | Posted 11.01.2009 | Sports


SAN ANTONIO (AP)--The Spurs' Manu Ginobili showed off his quick hands-- capturing a bat. "That was amazing," teammate Tony Parker said after the San ...

WATCH: Bill Simmons Tells Stephen Colbert Why Baseball Is For People Over 50

Posted 10.30.2009 | Books


Bill Simmons was on The Colbert Report last night talking about his new book, The Book of Basketball. He talked to Stephen about why he thinks Wilt Ch...

LeBron James Dunks on George W. Bush's Ass

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

Le Bron James wants to dunk on G.W. Bush's ass, break the rim, and shatter the glass. The former President, never one to avoid biting off more than he can chew, issued a trash talking response.

Rent A New Jersey Net For $25,000

The New York Observer | Reid Pillifant | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


For $25,000 you can get courtside tickets to 10 games and, for one hour, you can have a Nets player at your beckon call....

Knicks Beat Maccabi After Ejected Coach Refuses To Leave Court

AP | BRIAN MAHONEY | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — Nate Robinson scored 19 points, and the New York Knicks beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 106-91 Sunday in a game that featured a bizarre delay i...

Obama Could Use Another Pair of Athletic Shorts

Danny Groner | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style


Danny Groner

Last week's photo of President Obama stuffing Reggie Love during a pick-up basketball game was the latest in a series of photos taken of the president playing in pants instead of shorts.

There Should Be More Pro Athletes Like Tracy McGrady

David A. Love | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


David A. Love

McGrady is a pro basketball player-turned-human rights activist. He visited refugee camps in Darfur, and he has devoted considerable time off the court to various humanitarian efforts.

Great Products Launched During A Recession

Mainstreet | Seth Fiegerman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


More than half of the companies on this year's Fortune 500 list were founded during a recession or bear market. The next breakthrough business could b...

Rachel Maddow Spotlights T-Mac's Darfur Dream Team

John Prendergast | Posted 09.29.2009 | World


John Prendergast

Last week on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, NBA star Tracy "T-Mac" McGrady and I had the chance to discuss the ongoing crisis in Darfur.

No Longer Want to Be Like Mike?

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment


Dr. Johnny Benjamin

I saw MJ's speech as cathartic. After all of these years he finally said what he truly felt; without concern for spin, image, market share or repercussion.

Sports Abbreviating

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

DirectTV has a program called the "Red Zone Channel" that allows subscribers to feast on only the most exciting, inside-the-20-yard-line bits from all games going on around the league.

Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living


Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

Michael Jordan Bringing His Motorcycle Racing Team to New Jersey Labor Day Weekend

Joe Territo | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Joe Territo

Jordan likely will be very visible at the race. However -- sorry fans -- he is not planning to sign autographs.

Post-Game Interview With a Texas Streetball Legend

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment


Josh Rosenblatt

And now we're going to send you out to Austin, Texas, where Chuck Lovell is with veteran swingman and fan-favorite Josh Rosenblatt

NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki and Pregnant Ex-Fiancée Back in the News

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment


Jackson Williams

Nowitzki should have at least gotten a decent lawyer to contact the court and set up her arraignment. It happens every day on matters far more serious, so it wasn't necessary to orchestrate her public arrest.

The End of Iverson?

Dave Zirin | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment


Dave Zirin

Now that the king -- Al 'The Answer' -- has been deposed by age and circumstance, our sports world is, quite frankly, blander for it.

Unearthed Film Footage From Secret Sports Summit Reveals How Race and Sports Play Out (VIDEO)

Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy


Paul Mecurio

Why Character in Sport Matters

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media


Tom Matlack

Talk about a sports fanatic's wet dream. There I was in the Celts' locker room, free to talk to whomever I wanted.

Obama Gives Basketball Teams Similar Speech

AP | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Obama is using a bit of a replay when lauding the WNBA champion Detroit Shock. Part of his speech Monday was almost identi...

Economic Crisis Is Conspiring Against The Knicks

Daily Intel | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York


Get your act together, economy, we're trying to sign LeBron here!...

Jason Linkins

Sarah Palin Resigns: Winners And Losers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


So, over the holiday weekend, Sarah Palin filmed her very own mumblecore epic, for the Sundance Film Festival, entitled "Oh Hai I Am Resigning, For No...