Sunday Shootaround: Putting the Kings back together
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupThe quest to rebuild the KingsPaul FlanneryWhen Pete D’Alessandro got off a plane in Sacramento for his...
View ArticleThe Rejection of Myron Rolle: The NFL wanted him ... until he was named a...
I. Passing TestsSHAREIn a small study room in the student lounge of the Florida State University College of Medicine, Myron Rolle slumps in his chair behind a school-issued laptop, relaxing between...
View ArticleThe soul of the Dunk Contest
The Soul of the Dunk ContestupTHE EARLY YEARSby Paul FlanneryTHE EARLY YEARSby Paul FlanneryThe Slam Dunk Contest began as a last-ditch idea to save a league that was about to cease its operations....
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: The NBA's next wave of stars is ready
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupA new age of stars in the NBAPaul FlanneryNEW ORLEANS -- Whether it was intentional or not, the layout for media...
View ArticleJeter vs. history: Now that he's announced his retirement plans, where does...
To borrow from Kurt Vonnegut, Derek Jeter has come unstuck in time. Now that his retirement is one likely indifferent season away, we can stop worrying about what he is -- a consideration that usually...
View ArticleThey are winter: The high anxiety of the Canadian Olympic hockey fan
Ken and Phil sit side-by-side at a table in the very front of McLean's Pub, up against cold windows keeping out the business-as-usual movement of a Wednesday afternoon in Dorchester Square, part of...
View ArticleBroken Stride: When Ashley Poissant was killed by an alleged drunk driver,...
The evening of May 20, 2013, was perfect for a run. The clear blue skies above Champlain, N.Y., a town of nearly 6,000 people on the Canadian border less than an hour south of Montreal, faded slowly...
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: Now Sam Hinkie and the Sixers face the difficult work of...
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupThe continued detonation of the Philadelphia 76ersPaul FlanneryThe most important person during the trade deadline...
View ArticleVergara's legacy: Ten years of Chivas USA
When owners Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes sold Chivas USA to the league last week it closed the book on a tumultuous and ultimately ill-fated era.Continue reading…
View ArticleNFL daft: A partial history of draft day's terrible decisions and total failures
Poor NFL. (This is the first time in history that those two words have sat next to one another.)In the NFL Draft, the NFL can't really win. If it picks a great player early on, it's an obvious move...
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: Rockets soaring with best of the West
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupRockets soaring with best of the WestPaul FlanneryBack in late December, the Houston Rockets stumbled into Indiana...
View ArticleThat Wonderful Summer: The 1994 World Cup changed soccer in America forever....
On July 4, 1988, FIFA awarded the 1994 World Cup to the United States. At the time, there was no top-flight professional league in the U.S., and it had been 38 years since the country had participated...
View ArticleNot just throwing darts: A behind-the-scenes look at the NFL scouting...
Risers, fallers, winners, losers, sleepers, reaches and busts. The feats and fiascos by front offices during the three-day spectacle that is the modern NFL Draft has become the stuff of legend and...
View ArticleHigher Education: How basketball coach Tommy Amaker has transformed Harvard
On a Saturday evening in February, Harvard men's basketball coach Tommy Amaker stood on the sideline of Lavietes Pavilion, the team's gym, with his arms across his chest. Clad in a dark blazer, slacks...
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: For Kevin Garnett and the Nets, a chance to do something...
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupFor Kevin Garnett and the Nets, a chance to do something specialPaul FlanneryWay back in 2012, as the Boston...
View ArticleThe state of football stats: How to build a better Sloan, and improve the...
The first time you attend the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston, the annual rah-rah hub for the sports analytics movement, you're intrigued by the "What's next?" talks and the stature of the...
View ArticleGold In the Mud: The twisted saga of jailhouse boxer James Scott's battle for...
GOLD IN THE MUDTHE TWISTED SAGA OF JAILHOUSE BOXER JAMES SCOTT'S BATTLE FOR REDEMPTIONby Brin-Jonathan Butler and Kurt EmhoffI. From No. 57735 to No. 1"Professional boxing is no longer worthy of...
View ArticleSunday Shootaround: All eyes on Blake Griffin
☰OvertimeViewers GuideThe ListICYMISay WhatThis Week In GIFsgoogleplusfacebooktwitterupWhat Blake Griffin is and is notPaul FlanneryLOS ANGELES -- Blake Griffin scored 37 points on 16 shots on Monday...
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