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In the business of prediction, hindsight is as greatly feared as it is yearned for. Here's a look at a few preseason predictions made by some full salaried basketball experts.
In the business of prediction, hindsight is as greatly feared as it is yearned for. Here's a look at a few preseason predictions made by some full salaried basketball experts.
Ten quick ones from the boys at Limerick & Verse... A chicken with stars in her eyes Cut miscreant farms down to size. "A journalist hen?!" The...
Student-athletes in the sport of basketball are caught in a quagmire of rules and regulations that were developed between the NBA and NCAA -- both of which are acting in their own interest.
The champion Lakers lost their opening playoff game to New Orleans, while the Celtics knocked off the Knicks on a clutch Ray Allen three-pointer.
The basketball season is winding down. March Madness is over, and the NBA playoffs are almost here. This year, the NBA playoff season will involve e...
Does college basketball matter? Well it depends to which college basketball they are referring.
In the age of instant replay from multiple angles slowed down to hundredths of a second, is it even fair to expect human beings to continue to rely on their own eyes only to have the rest of us immediately see their mistakes?
So, I went to the Prudential Center in Newark to see the Nets play the Golden State Warriors last night. I think it was as nice of a live professiona...
With Brazilians recovering from carnival hangovers the sports world is feeling the lingering effects of a game fixing case local media are calling the Whistle Mafia.
The Pistons were in Philadelphia Friday to play the 76ers when a large group of players allegedly decided to boycott their team's shoot around before the game. Why can't they just suck it up?
LeBron and his NBA teammates aren't "soldiers." The seventh game of the World Series isn't an epic "battle" and NFL players have never gone out on Sunday and played in a "war."
Players on the Detroit Pistons think they are good. But the team keeps losing. Rather than blame themselves, though, they have lashed out at their coach, John Kuester.
Drawing just one player from each deal, you can put together a pretty scary roster of 12 that, if it were fielded as its own team, would make a serious run for the title.
Should Derrick Rose be the NBA's MVP this year? Not surprisingly, the local media in Chicago thinks so. At the risk of making his fans angry, though, I am going to suggest otherwise.
Cake is the most edible and least offensive substance that Carmelo Anthony is full of these days.
Regardless of the motive, the shooting of controversial Brazilian ex-referee Arturo Godoi should remind sports fans everywhere it's getting tougher to tell the difference between competition and entertainment.
The New Jersey Devils, once at the bottom of professional sports in the fan engagement category, have become one of the leaders in a league that uses the digital space better than any other.
Going into this past weekend, two Ohio basketball teams were streaking. We wanted to know which streak was more improbable: the Buckeyes' extended winning or the Cavaliers' stretch of futility.
We are a superstitious lot, we sports fans. If sitting facing east works on the day the Jets finally beat the Patriots in the playoffs, we better sit...
Sloan may have been a one-trick pony, but that pony ran longer and harder than everyone else. Must have been one hell of a ride.
With the NBA trade deadline looming and their best hope for a legitimate trading partner out of the picture, the Denver Nuggets are running out of time and options with Carmelo Anthony.