Basketball

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  • Unlucky 13

    At a Clippers basketball game my innocence got ejected.
  • Air ball

    Michael Jordan's rumored return to the court sounds like a great idea for the NBA. It isn't.
  • The turning point

    When Arizona missed a chance to tie the game with more than 13 minutes to go, the NCAA title belonged to Duke.
  • 40 minutes

    When Duke meets Arizona for the NCAA title, the winner will be whoever can get closer to playing a whole game, which nobody's been doing so far.
  • March Madness: Not so mad

    All those "upsets" are exciting, but they're only "upsets" because the selection committee hasn't realized that the mid-major teams that keep their players are really good.
  • Skin game

    The new frontier in sports advertising might be the well-inked players themselves.
  • Heeeere, Mir

    Taco Bell will give every American a taco if the Russian space station hits a target in the Pacific. Beats sitting through certain NBA games.
  • The beat-down round

    The upsets of the NCAA Tournament's first two days give way to order being restored over the weekend, but there are still some thrills.
  • Now, it gets serious

    The second day of the NCAA Tournament nearly matches the thrills of the first, but the upsets won't come so easy in the second round.
  • The Tournament, Day 1

    A view from a couch: Three buzzer beaters highlight a day of underdogs hanging around, and sometimes winning.
  • National underdog days

    The first 48 hours of the NCAA Tournament symbolize everything that's right about America. They ought to be national holidays.
  • The unsweet 64

    The NCAA Tournament is a cash cow for the NCAA, but there are too many teams, and fans have been slowly tuning out.
  • Shaq vs. Kobe: Who's right?

    Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers.
  • 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.
  • Armies of the Knight

    By Jason Vest
  • My season in exile

    By Murray Sperber
  • 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.
  • One too many

    The NCAA wants to expand its men's basketball Tournament from 64 teams to 65. It's an outrage!
  • Basketball diplomacy

    American women teach the game to Thai village girls to try to save them from prostitution.
  • 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.
  • Suggestions for making NBA games less crushingly boring

    "Curling is electrifying in comparison"
  • I hate this game

    NBA basketball would be great if they'd just change a few things. Such as, just for starters: Everything.
  • Hoosier hot air?

    The Pacers get tough to win Game 3, but how will they do when Kobe comes back?
  • Michaelllllll Jorrrrrdan!

    Forget the NBA playoffs. At the IMAX movie "Michael Jordan to the Max," the greatest player who ever was lives again.
  • 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.
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