The NBA’s Western Conference has become akin to the wild cowboy towns of yore. Gunslingers like Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard duel along the three-point line each night, while enforcers like Demarcus...
It’s inevitable that each year, a few NBA teams — those lacking an offensive or defensive focal point, those with absolutely no chance of making the playoffs — purposely underperform in order to...
Last year, forward Otto Porter completed his rookie season as a Washington Wizard with just 319 minutes played in 37 games. He finished with 78 points on a lackluster 33-91 shooting, his debut delayed...
It seems fair to say that nearly every child athlete dreamed of playing professional sports.
We bought the jerseys, collected the cards and pretended to be our idols during every recess pickup game....
It is never pretty when an era ends. The fall of the Roman Empire was a prolonged, bloody mess. Napoleon ended his days wasting away at St. Helena. And now, the Lakers organization is going through the...
The past two or so weeks of the NBA’s offseason might represent the most important weeks in the league’s history. On Oct. 6, the NBA announced a new broadcasting deal with ESPN and Turner Sports set...
Pippen, Jordan and Rodman. Pierce, Garnett and Allen. LeBron, Wade and Bosh. The NBA is littered with dynasties, and conventional wisdom seems to embrace the notion that success is built upon the power...
Former Georgetown center Alonzo Mourning (COL ’92) is an Olympic Gold Medalist, an NBA Champion and now a Hall of Famer.
On Monday afternoon, it was announced that Mourning was selected to the...
This year, the NBA season figures to be a great example of the old cliche of the “haves and have-nots.” Surprisingly, the teams in these two extreme tiers of the league are far more similar to each...
As the NBA season is almost upon us, I’ll begin another season rooting for my beloved Boston Celtics. As always, they’ll be anchored by their two aging superstars, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Oh,...
Less-than-shocking news was reported by NFL officials last week: Tickets to February’s New York-based Super Bowl are going to fetch New York-style prices. In a city where a cab ride can burn a hole in...
Nick Fedyk’s recent column (“WNBA Fails to Thrill Fans,” Oct. 16, A8) is not a harmless critique of women’s professional basketball. Instead, it demeans women’s forays into the world of sports,...
