Articles about basketball


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  • ...official “50 Greatest” basketball players of all time, author or coauthor of a...

  • ...no doubt. Barkley was one of the most dynamic basketball players ever, and he is arguably the best...

  • ...enjoyable for the fans. I wanted to talk about basketball in a way that everyone could relate to. And I...
Sock It To Him - 2-15-2008
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  • ...Will Ferrell reverse the sloppylegacy of basketball films? Don’t count on it. By Eric...

  • ...count on it. By Eric Celeste

    basketball is hard to do right on the big screen. More...


  • ...sporting for the film is giggle-worthy. But the basketball? Well, if history is any guide, we...
Curb Standards - 7-15-2008
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  • ...ate>2008-12-12 Neighbor kids playing basketball in the driveway? Call the police. It says here...

  • ...about all those unsightly neighbor-hood basketball hoops. Civic bodies far and wide are passing...

  • ...are passing laws prohibiting the erection of basketball hoops, ordering their confiscation, and fining...
Shanghai Son Rises - 5-1-2007
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  • ...doesn''t seem far-fetched at all. After all, basketball is what he was born to do. His father,...

  • ...Fang Feng Di, stood out on the Chinese national basketball team. At age nine, Yao entered the after-school...

  • ...team. At age nine, Yao entered the after-school basketball program at Xuhui District Sports School and...
Books - 2-15-2007
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  • ... the game is, relatively speaking, pure. Why is basketball so important in Alaska’s bush...

  • ...in them. So basketball just became like a drug. basketball — which [the kids] love as much as any...

  • ...mean to kids in the villages? Kids who play basketball anywhere in the lower 48 have so many other...
Sports - 4-1-2002
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  • ... chance to say how grateful I feel to the game of basketball itself, and to many, many people who helped me...

  • ...at Texas Tech, and I’ve enjoyed the basketball situation here immensely. AW: Ever thought...

  • ... life — are an integral part of college basketball as I know it but a lesser factor, or no factor...
She's a Lady - 2-15-2009
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  • ... with daughter Lauren, 21 months. These days, the basketball star admits, “I’m a...

  • ...everything else. Since my daughter was born, basketball and business come second. She’s...

  • ... model -- who says she may consider retiring from basketball in the next year -- is gearing up for act two of...
Wizards Of Ahhhhs - 11-1-2007
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  • ...league. Understand this: Kevin Durant loves basketball. Seemingly physically unable to resist the lure...

  • ...clicks, mimes his three-point motion. "I see a basketball, and I have to shoot. It gets me excited every...

  • ...to shoot. It gets me excited every time I see a basketball," he says, acknowledging the obvious. He...
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  • ... was raw and painful. Following an evening on the basketball court, the 44-year-old woke up in the morning...

  • ...activity for several years -- no competitive basketball and more “timid” tennis and football sessions,...

  • ...mobility back.” Johnson, eager to tear up the basketball court again, hopes that the procedure will...
Sports - 3-1-2001
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  • ...he retired in 1998? AW: Last year you were a basketball coach at the University of Houston. What made...

  • ... back to my alma mater. I liked being involved in basketball on a daily basis, but I felt that I needed to...
The Big Idea - 11-1-2002
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  • ...FOR SOME REPLAY? You and a bud are out for a basketball game. You’ve got great seats and the...

  • ... the teams themselves. When? As early as the 2003 basketball and hockey season. Air-Grid plans trial runs...
Sports - 2-15-2003
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  • ...Johnson is one of the greatest basketball players of all time — eight...

  • ...incredible. I think people knew I could play basketball, but they didn’t know that this could...
Melo - 2-15-2004
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  • ...He writes a monthly diary for two national basketball magazines. He’s got a website that...

  • ... life got really hectic. In college, I focused on basketball and school. Now, I’m in a business and...
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  • ...annual NCAA men’s basketball tournament was long ago dubbed March Madness,...

  • ...have a month or so to watch as much college basketball as possible so you can choose your teams wisely.
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  • ...cover only the major four sports: football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. We''ve done better numbers...

  • ...and hockey. We''ve done better numbers than basketball, baseball, hockey. It''s not like it''s cricket or...
Word Of Mouth - 2-1-2008
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    Dawn Staley Head coach of women''s basketball at Temple University, former USA Women''s...


  • ...Phil Martelli Head coach of men''s basketball at Saint Joseph''s University "Make a stop...
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  • ...take a look back at the origins of basketball video games and see how far the genre has come.

  • ...like 1977’s stick-figure-fueled basketball for Atari 2600 and Mattel’s 1978...

  • ...for Atari 2600 and Mattel’s 1978 basketball handheld (the latter of which represented...
Pure Sport - 2-15-2007
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  • ... Michael D’Orso (Bloomsbury USA), about basketball in the bush village of Fort Yukon, Alaska. We...
Sports - 3-15-2003
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  • ...now in his second year as men’s basketball head coach at Pepperdine University, directed...

  • ... pros? PW: I’ve always enjoyed college basketball and working with kids that age. I really...
40 And Proud Of It - 9-1-2006
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  • ...breaking the segregation barrier in college basketball for the first time.

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American Way Cover - 11/1/2009