Several factors to blame for hoops decline
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US basketball once stood in the same Olympic pantheon as Cuban boxing and Chinese table tennis. From basketball&#39;s inclusion in the Games in 1936 until this summer, the United States
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When it comes to rebounding and the Celtics, the more things change, the more they stay the same. In the first two games of the season, the Celtics struggled on the glass after briefly improving their performance in that area during the preseason.
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Consider it a bit of advice from one hoops player to another.
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The Shaq-Kobe split is a good example of why no-fault divorces caught on so quickly. They were never going to stay together, no matter how good the winning was.
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Friday night&#39;s basketbrawl in Detroit was a shameful chapter in sports history but also a conflagration of many of modern society&#39;s common ailments -- hair-trigger tempers, misplaced hostility, me-firstism, emotional immaturity, incivility, lack of self
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In his new book, former Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson blames many of the team&#39;s problems on Kobe Bryant. In &quot;The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul,&quot; set to be
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CHICAGO -- Sometimes a first-quarter pep talk, a halftime speech, a postgame rant speaks volumes. Even in the NBA, where all that really counts is what takes place on the court, a few well-chosen, well-timed words can be particularly revealing. Those words can show how a player or coach truly feels about his team. That was the case during the ...
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After completing a Western trip in which four of five games were decided by a point, the Nets have sustained two of their most devastating defeats of the season.
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Portland Trail Blazers&#39; Zach Randolph, right, loses the ball as Boston Celtics&#39; Gary Payton looks on during the second quarter Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.
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Larry Brown was despondent, the head of the U.S. selection committee was defensive, and Allen Iverson was hanging up on callers who asked what went wrong. A day after their first Olympic loss in 16 years, the Americans were experiencing varying degrees of distress.
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The Knicks have lost 8 of their first 12 games, and Coach Isiah Thomas is showing various signs of desperation, impatience and personal strain.
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Following a lackluster loss to Cleveland earlier this month, Denver coach Jeff Bzdelik questioned whether his players were in shape and said he was losing sleep because of the Nuggets&#39; inconsistent play.
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It was last spring and another losing season was in the books, another coach had been fired, another general manager was on his way and Vince Carter first started feeling like it might be time for him to move on, feeling like it would be better for all
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It was the kind of defense these Knicks are not known for. The kind they often pay lip service to. The kind that leads to ugly basketball, long stretches without points and NBA victories.
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Symbolically, the Knicksâ loss to the Kings on Wednesday was as crushing a defeat as the team has had, as it appeared too fragile or too psychologically damaged to make a stand.
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One day after several tournament favorites fell nationwide, top teams returned to form with a few notable exceptions.
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At least the "Bad Boys" kept their shenanigans on the court when they were wreaking havoc in the NBA. Nowadays there are enough mug shots out there to spawn a new trading card industry. Players are doing and saying things that defy common sense, annoying fans with their high-priced whines. Wins seem to rank only slightly ahead of endorsement opportunities and monster contracts, and those "knuckleheads" Karl Malone once dissed haven't gotten a clue yet.