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Shaq vs. Kobe: Who's right?: Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers.; By Allen Barra Jan 31, 2001
The "transition" game: The NBA is suffering, not because it misses Michael Jordan, but because there are too many teenage millionaires who can't shoot.; By Allen Barra Oct 31, 2000
Armies of the Knight: By Jason Vest; Sep 15, 2000
My season in exile: By Murray Sperber; Sep 15, 2000
Sports Econ 101: Team owners don't want you to know it, but player salaries and ticket prices have nothing to do with each other.; By Allen Barra Jul 28, 2000
One too many: The NCAA wants to expand its men's basketball Tournament from 64 teams to 65. It's an outrage!; By Gary Kaufman Jul 19, 2000
Basketball diplomacy: American women teach the game to Thai village girls to try to save them from prostitution.; By Jack Boulware Jul 18, 2000
Who'll coach the Tar Heels?: The three most prominent candidates have all turned down the men's basketball job at North Carolina, leaving a field of little knowns.; By Gary Kaufman Jul 11, 2000
Suggestions for making NBA games less crushingly boring: "Curling is electrifying in comparison"; Jun 23, 2000
I hate this game: NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything.; By Gary Kaufman Jun 20, 2000
Hoosier hot air?: The Pacers get tough to win Game 3, but how will they do when Kobe comes back?; By Gary Kaufman Jun 12, 2000
Michaelllllll Jorrrrrdan!: Forget the NBA playoffs. At the IMAX movie "Michael Jordan to the Max," the greatest player who ever was lives again.; By Sarah Vowell Jun 7, 2000
With this ring, Shaq emerges: Compared to other players, rather than to his own supposed potential, he's one of the best ever. When he wins a championship this month, fans will take notice.; By Allen Barra Jun 2, 2000
In antitrust we trust: If baseball's exemption were lifted, real fans might be able to afford tickets, and teams would stop holding cities hostage. Call your congressman.; By Allen Barra May 19, 2000
Letters to the editor: Are women's magazines dead? Plus: Don't break out the Geritol for NBA players; Cardinal O'Connor was not a hero to all.; May 9, 2000
Geezer hoops: NBA basketball is suddenly an old, cold victim of its own marketing strategy. Plus: What was baseball's Elian protest really about?; By Allen Barra May 5, 2000
Why Bob Knight should bag it: Indiana University's basketball coach is an angry, vulgar, violent creep, but that's not the reason he should resign.; By Eric Boehlert Apr 3, 2000
The $126 million man: What did it take for Kevin Garnett to become the young darling of the NBA? Arms and legs that go on for days and standards that are very, very high.; By Joe Gioia Feb 12, 2000
Letters to the Editor: Is Jim Carrey really the best comic since Chaplin? Plus: It's urban playgrounds that produce NBA stars; does Indian school yield high-tech geniuses or drones?; Letters to the Editor Dec 14, 1999
Blackballed: A white sports fan wrestles with basketball's racial taboos.; By Sallie Tisdale Dec 7, 1999
Basketball diaries: Salon's Jake Tapper goes among the redwoods, with camera in hand, at Bill Bradley's Madison Square Garden fund-raiser.; By Jake Tapper Nov 17, 1999
Team Bradley's all-star lineup: A look at the players behind Bill Bradley's Madison Square Garden fund-raising extravaganza.; By Jake Tapper Nov 15, 1999
Madison Square Bradley: Basketball Hall of Famers and former Knicks turn out in droves for the political fund-raiser of the year.; By Jake Tapper Nov 15, 1999
White Reps. can't jump: Members of Congress and the "third house" hoop it up for charity.; By Jake Tapper Oct 18, 1999
Basketball diary: Showtime's sorry drama "The Hoop Life" and its young writer want to dramatize the sporting life, but on the court or off, reality is always far more interesting than fiction.; By Robert Wilonsky Aug 18, 1999

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