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The U.S. basketball team gets smoked by Italy. Italy?! Good. At last the Dream Team era is over and Olympic hoops will be worth watching.
August 4, 2004
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An open letter to Larry Brown: Sorry. Plus: Detroiters demand an apology over a joke about riots. Not sorry.
June 16, 2004
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You are young, rich and chiseled, and life offers sexual opportunities that few can imagine. But increasingly, pro-spor insiders say, the risks are harrowing.
By Dan McGraw
August 6, 2003
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Me and Roger Clemens' mom. Plus: Michael Jordan's about to make a bad hire, and the Ole Miss mascot's date with ... Destiny?
June 19, 2003
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Are the NBA's good times really over for good, or were this year's hideous Finals just the darkness before a LeBron dawn?
June 16, 2003
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The NBA fawns over his faded Airness, but despite offering one glimpse of his greatness, the All-Star Game showed that it's all about today.
By King Kaufman
February 10, 2003
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When we disparaged the idea that Lance Armstrong could be named Athlete of the Year, many of you got very, very upset. Well, get over it.
By King Kaufman
January 13, 2003
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Sopranos' Ralphie: Why'd they pair me with Janice in that sex-toy scene? Reese "what a loser" Witherspoon turns to cinammon rolls. Plus: Old flame bounces back to court with Jordan.
By Amy Reiter
November 21, 2002
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His Airness can play basketball until he's an old man, but there's less and less reason to care.
By King Kaufman
November 8, 2002
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Michael Jordan charges ex-mistress with extortion; Salma says if she can sell a furry Frida to Hollywood, she can sell anything; and Jolie finds joy with Jonny.
By Amy Reiter
October 24, 2002
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What changed leisure footwear forever and created the wonderful, hideous behemoth of contemporary consumer culture? It's gotta be da shoes.
By Damien Cave
August 5, 2002
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Readers respond to King Kaufman's assessment of the World Series and to a critique of Michael Jordan.
November 6, 2001
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Jordan may be the greatest basketball player of all time, but as a role model, he's an airball.
By Tom Schaller
November 5, 2001
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Nothing. So for God's sake, no "Michael Jordan boosted our morale" pieces.
By Allen Barra
September 27, 2001
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The Zen-iest coach in basketball has a cruel streak. He's weird and it works.
By José Klein
May 29, 2001
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Michael Jordan's rumored return to the court sounds like a great idea for the NBA. It isn't.
By Allen Barra
April 18, 2001
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Michael Jordan, of course. He gracefully handled a situation similar to the one that's scuttling the Lakers.
By Allen Barra
January 31, 2001
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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
July 28, 2000
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Forget the NBA playoffs. At the IMAX movie "Michael Jordan to the Max," the greatest player who ever was lives again.
By Sarah Vowell
June 7, 2000
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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
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If watching these two short, fat, weird guys perform doesn't make you happier than you've been in years, you're withered and dead within.
By Cintra Wilson
April 27, 2000
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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
February 12, 2000
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The most popular jock in the world was bigger news than the snowstorm that arrived in the nation's capital a few hours after he did.
By Dave McKenna
January 20, 2000
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Who wears the panties in the family? David Beckham and Tim Robbins bare all. Plus: Nice white guys finish last? Sensi-man takes beating, Backstreet boy gets no respect. And: Bill Gates, international man of tired movie catch phrases.
By Amy Reiter
January 7, 2000
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Despite what liberal critics say, Michael Jordan is the true heir to the radical legacy of Muhammad Ali.
By Larry S. Platt
September 14, 1999
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