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Report: Another NBA Name Change

AP | STEVE REED | Posted 05.21.2013 | Sports

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation....

The Best Story in Sports Upsets the Miami Heat in Game 1

Michael Tomaso | Posted 05.08.2013 | Sports
Michael Tomaso

The plot is as old as entertainment itself. To beat the defending champions, the underdog Bulls would have to overcome incredible odds.

The Unfortunate Celebration of Jason Collins' Coming Out

Ernest Owens | Posted 05.01.2013 | Black Voices
Ernest Owens

For one, the "coming out" dog and pony show that the media puts on now is getting tired. It should not be breaking news in 2013 for anyone to announce their sexuality. I understand how "momentous" and "unprecedented" all of this is, but I do find it exploitative and repetitive as well.

Chris 'Birdman' Andersen Is Home

J.J. Colagrande | Posted 04.25.2013 | Miami
J.J. Colagrande

I still compare Chris Andersen to Dennis Rodman, who won five NBA titles in his career. But the difference between Andersen and Rodman is this: a bird eats a worm every time.

Miami Heat, Shane Battier Enjoy a Different Kind of March Madness

Terry Lyons | Posted 05.20.2013 | Sports
Terry Lyons

When the locker room door swung open, the media charged in to saddle up to Lebron James or Dwyane Wade to ask them about their 105-103 victory over Boston and the 23-game winning streak the Miami Heat now possess.

Curry on Fire

Tim Chartier | Posted 05.06.2013 | Sports
Tim Chartier

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors lit up Madison Square Garden last week, scoring 54 points for a career high. For one night, Curry stopped and popped like an avatar in NBA Jam with a hand so hot that nets blazed as the balls kept swishing through.

Hoop Dreams Abound in Inaugural ABL Season

Marcus Bright | Posted 04.07.2013 | Sports
Marcus Bright

The ABL is the first professional basketball league in the United States to play FIBA rules with the aim of placing players on teams of international professional leagues. And there is no shortage of talent in the new league.

The Ineptitude of the Los Angles Lakers

Tyler R. Tynes | Posted 03.24.2013 | Sports
Tyler R. Tynes

So far the Lakers' season is nothing more than a failure, a bust, a sham in the eyes of every Los Angeles fan that hasn't jumped on the Clippers bandwagon by now.

Horford Lifts Hawks To 92-75 Win Over Bulls

AP | MATT WINKELJOHN | Posted 12.23.2012 | Chicago

ATLANTA -- Al Horford had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and every Atlanta starter scored in double figures as the Hawks routed the Chicago Bulls 92-75 on...

Struggling Raptors Unable To Overcome Kings

AP | Posted 12.06.2012 | Sports

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- DeMarcus Cousins had 25 points and 13 rebounds to help the Sacramento Kings beat the struggling Toronto Raptors 107-100 on Wedne...

Parker Shines As Spurs Drop Bucks

AP | Posted 12.06.2012 | Sports

SAN ANTONIO -- Tony Parker and Gary Neal each scored 22 points, and the San Antonio Spurs had a season-high 53 rebounds in a 110-99 victory over the M...

A Gameplan on Basketball and Postmodernism

Joe Faina | Posted 08.08.2012 | Sports
Joe Faina

A pick and roll is a strategy where one player moves toward a teammate's defender to set a "pick," obstructing the defender's ability to follow their original player leaving them free to move about the floor. This is akin to negotiating tensions between agency and structure.

'Linsane' Street Art Appears

Posted 03.01.2012 | Arts

"Linsanity" has taken NYC by storm. Not only is the point guard shredding NBA records and scoring 136 points in his first five career starts for the K...

NBA Players Giving Heavily To Obama

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 02.29.2012 | Politics

President Barack Obama is receiving large political contributions from a formerly underdeveloped source of campaign funds: The National Basketball Ass...

Rip Hands Pistons Defeat In Return To Palace

AP | By NOAH TRISTER | Posted 01.05.2012 | Detroit

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Richard Hamilton scored 14 points in his return to The Palace, and the Chicago Bulls shut down the Detroit Pistons in a 99-83 v...

NBA Executive Comes Out: 'I'm Gay'

AP | Posted 07.15.2011 | Sports

NEW YORK -- Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts revealed to the public that he is gay in a story posted on The New York Times' website Sunday, s...

Jayson Williams GUILTY: Former NBA Star Pleads Guilty In DWI Case

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — A chastened Jayson Williams admitted Friday he was driving drunk when he slammed his SUV into a tree, capping years of legal and pers...

Just Say "No" to Adult Children Wanting Money

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Don McNay

You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.