basketball

NBA fans in the 1990s know that the 'cool team' was the Charlotte Hornets. Sure, the Chicago Bulls won all the championships, but the Hornets had cool players, sweet uniforms and Grandmama!

With his baseball career coming to a close, New York Yankees reliever and future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera could very well move on to another sport to dominate.

After their embarassing game three loss, the Heat would probably benefit from a different approach. There is chatter coming from Miami that they may move Lebron James to center and start Mike Miller, which would create some intriguing matchup difficulties for the Spurs ...

When we last left you after Game Three of the NBA Finals, we left you in a state of confusion, after a surreal game in which two role players for the San Antonio Spurs outscored the entire starting lineup of the Miami Heat en route to a blowout win. It was such a blowout, in fact, that Tracy McGrady played for the second straight game.

The Miami Heat will face the San Antonio Spurs in the 2013 NBA Finals, with the best-of-seven championship series beginning on Thursday in Miami.

Joakim Noah had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets, 99-93, in Brooklyn on Saturday night to win Game 7 and capture the first-round, best-of-seven NBA playoff series. Luol Deng (illness) and Kirk Hinrich (calf) both missed the game for Chicago...

Freshman Seventh Woods of Hammond High School in Columbia, S.C. was scheduled to participate in the Hoop Group Jam Fest for high school basketball players in Pittsburgh this past weekend. Woods, 14, didn't play due to a concussion he received when he hit his head on the backboard...

This NBA season has been one of the best ever in terms of pure athletic talent which, of course, means that there have been no shortage of ridiculous dunks. The NBA compiled the top ten of the 2012-2013 season which, unsurprisingly, is full of windmills and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Anyone who's seen Victor Oladipo play this season would probably object to an article structured around the premise that he is "safe."  Such a seemingly banal term should not apply to this pick-pocket, a tomahawk-dunking guard with steely nerves and singular determination.

The storylines are a plenty.  Some of the players?  NBA worthy.  Two of the coaches?  Hall of Fame worthy, one already in, one will be in shortly.  So away we go.  Two match-ups in Atlanta.  Who wins?

Sure, President Obama loves the great game of basketball, but that doesn’t mean he can play the sport to save his life.

I had Georgetown in the final game. Excuse me for assuming that the most polished, versatile wing player in the country would be able to lead one of the Big East's best squads past a team from Florida comprised entirely of dudes recruited at a Spring Break slam dunk contest. I was wrong. I'm glad I was.