ESPN LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2013 — Los Angeles Clippers forward Grant Hill announced his retirement Saturday after a 19-year career in NBA. “I’m glad to say I’m done,” Hill said. “I’m officially retired, moving on from playing. I had a great run. I’m announcing it now…. I’ve been hinting at it the last few…
There is a buzz about Baylor University hoops superstar Brittney Griner playing in the NBA. A few souls watched her dominate other women in college, and have concluded that she is transcendent enough to play with the best basketball players on the planet. All us gym rats and weekend sports warriors have encountered the occasional…
What Kobe Bryant said prior to the London Games was actually fairly reasonable: he said the 2012 Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 team. Not “We’d kill ’em.” We can be sure that he didn’t volunteer it. He was asked, and he answered. That statement was tepidly co-signed by LeBron James. Michael Jordan and…
As Duke handled the UAE squad to finish their tour of Asia, Coach K floats above the epidemic of college sports scandals The home team kept it close for a while, though United Arab Emirates tops out at around six-foot-eight. But superior talent won out over its slightly-older competition Friday night, as the Duke…
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What’s the deal with Kobe Bryant’s facial expression in the Finals? Or better yet, why did he lose that look? Kobe had what Dr. Jack Ramsay called “that jaw-jutting, vampire look” for the first two games in L.A. The Lakers won both games–the first, because Orlando couldn’t make shots. The second, because despite an admittedly…