Basketball

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  • Lakers beat Celtics: Was the fix in again?

    It's a big problem for the NBA that disgraced ex-ref Tim Donaghy's allegations of rigged games in the '02 and '05 playoffs ring true.
  • Schilling on Kobe: "Pissed off and ranting"

    The Red Sox star takes in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and finds himself shocked by Bryant, the officials and all that pounding.
  • Celtics: The big lead

    They let it get away in Game 2, but held on to beat the Lakers. Now they have it in the NBA Finals, but have to hit the treacherous road.
  • Who needs Lakers-Celtics nostalgia?

    The NBA Finals are fascinating and exciting on their face. Enough with the obsession over memories of Larry, Magic, Wilt and Russell.
  • Paul Pierce's resurrection

    NBA Finals: The Boston forward's dramatic return from a scary-looking injury leads the Celtics to a Game 1 win over the Lakers.
  • NBA Finals prediction: Lakers in 5

    The Celtics have the Big Three, but athletic L.A. has three pretty good players too.
  • My cellphone calls too many timeouts

    Could it be that the latest trend in mid-tech gadgetry is to program in hoops-coach logic?
  • Kobe Bryant: That guy

    A player who can bend a game to his will is an awfully nice thing to have in the NBA playoffs.
  • He dribbles! He shoots! He drives me insane!

    The kid next door has discovered basketball, and I have discovered an exquisite torture.
  • Bulls come up Rose's

    In the most awkward half-hour in televised sports, Chicago wins the NBA draft lottery and a shot at Memphis point guard Derrick Rose.
  • Moment comes, Spurs rise to it

    San Antonio refuses to go down, completes rally from 2-0 deficit to oust the Hornets in seven.
  • Tom Brady's Giants cap

    Could the Bay Area boy have been sending a message to Yankees fan LeBron about sticking with the locals?
  • Pierce beats LeBron in a classic

    James scores more in a Game 7 shootout, but the Celtics star buries the Cavaliers as Boston advances to meet the Pistons.
  • D'Antoni + Knicks = playoffs

    Another offensive coach after the truly offensive Thomas: It's crazy enough to work -- to a point.
  • Third quarter's the charm again

    Hornets bulldoze Spurs after halftime for 3-2 lead. Plus: Pistons eliminate Magic.
  • Hyperbole of the week

    LeBron James' monster dunk inspires a great call.
  • O.J. Mayo and the ripe system

    Dick Vitale's right: The NBA's age limit has created a fertile field for collegiate fraud.
  • Predicting the present

    NBA playoff rallies by the Spurs, Jazz and Cavs serve as a reminder that things don't always stay the same.
  • The cover curse

    Bar bet: Who's been on the front of S.I. more times, Ernie Grunfeld or Reggie Miller?
  • Spurs hold Paul to 35, win

    San Antonio's big three get together to overcome the Hornets' budding superstar and make it a series.
  • NBA coach caught coaching

    Mike those guys up long enough, they just might say something interesting.
  • NBA refs: One Mississippi, two Mississippi ...

    An absurd rule leaves officials guessing about tenths of a second, the correct answer on a monitor a few feet away.
  • Are the Spurs over?

    The Hornets are dominating on their way to a 2-0 lead. Home-court advantage or a new era in the West?
  • The unbeatable Celtics

    That's how they looked in a dominant Game 7 win, but they had to lose three to the mediocre Hawks to get there.
  • Gone in 100 seconds

    That's what the 76ers were as the Pistons blitzed them to open Game 6.
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