A Whole New Game Ball? N.B.A. Admits Its Mistake
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N.B.A. Commissioner David Stern said Tuesday that the league made a mistake by not closely consulting with players about the new ball introduced this season.
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A growing number of first-year coaches have something that not even Summitt can boast on a rÃ©sumÃ©: W.N.B.A. playing experience.
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Team USA&#39;s 94-90 loss to Lithuania last night was not revelation, but confirmation. It reaffirmed that the erstwhile Dream Team is deeply flawed and poorly suited to international basketball; that its shooting
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Doug Mientkiewicz has the ball . The Red Sox want it back. Stay tuned. Certainly you know which ball we're talking about. By now you've seen the video a couple million times.
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With the new season in full swing, the NBA copes with its first controversy: a new synthetic ball thatâs driving its players batty.
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Basketball returned to Charlotte as the Bobcats opened their first season Thursday night with a 103-96 loss to the Wizards. Replacing the Hornets after they moved to New Orleans
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National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, in a story in the New York Times, admits the league made mistakes in introducing a new ball that has proved unpopular with players.
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The National Basketball Association  (NBA) is bringing back its old leather ball after complaints  from players about the new model, the NBA said on Monday.
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The best athletes  can sense every  play before it even  happens. Coaches  have long assumed  that this magical  "field sense" was  unteachable. Maybe  they were wrong.
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A growing number of first-year coaches have something that not even Pat Summitt can boast on a rÃ©sumÃ©: W.N.B.A. playing experience.
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When the turnover count hit 20, the Boston Celtics were in trouble. Now the team that had been dominating the N.B.A. has lost two of its last three games.
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Many players are uncomfortable that, for the first time in 35 years, the N.B.A changed the only piece of equipment it uses: the ball.
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Bobby Bowden was hoping for a big play. He wound up with a big problem.
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The fall tradition needs an overhaul, starting with that whole 'kicking the ball' thing.
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Though it is early, the B.C.S. revisions have not quite worked out as planned. Southern California and Miami were ranked as the top two teams.
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The Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat must replay the final 51.9 seconds of their game last month because the N.B.A. said the official scorer ruled incorrectly that Shaquille OâNeal fouled out. This will be the first time since 1982 that the league has sent teams back on the court for a replay.
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Funny thing about pro sports. One team&#39;s mess is another team&#39;s messiah. In Toronto last week, the Vince Carter era came to a close, and not a minute too soon.