Category Archives: Basket Ball
Candidate’s Platform: Jobs. Experience: N.B.A.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Among politicians in this state, Chris Dudley stands out. Especially when he is standing up.
In a visit to a rodeo in the coastal town of Tillamook, Dudley dwarfed a port commissioner who asked for greater investment in salmon hatcheries. At a farmers’ market in Portland’s suburbs, he towered over a state senator. [...]
Nets Throw First Bucket of Paint at the Knicks
From the blacktop of Harlem, LeBron James gazes up at the skyline, projecting hope. From a building in Midtown, Jay-Z and Mikhail Prokhorov tower over Madison Square Garden, casting an audacious shadow.
Two basketball-themed murals, spaced 121 blocks apart, came to life Wednesday afternoon, turning Manhattan into a bright canvas of free-agent dreams and taut [...]
This Time, Its Halladay Whos Perfect
Sports and Health – In his second career start, for Toronto in 1998, Roy Halladay lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning. He did not ascend steadily to greatness, falling back to Class A ball before rising to regain his dominance of the American League.
Now he has mastered the National [...]
Stoudemire Scores 42 as Rested Suns Revive
Sports and Health – So much seemed askew with Amare Stoudemire. His rebounding, his assertiveness, even at times his sleek new-age goggles. If there was a little extra heat in the Arizona desert, it was generated by the Suns’ bespectacled, bewildering big man.
When the Suns lost the first two games of the Western Conference finals, [...]
At Each Stop, the Thunder’s Diligent Presti Learned Well
SPORTS AND HEALTH – As a do-everything player at Emerson College in Boston, Sam Presti once took six charges in a game against Daniel Webster College. In the moments before body met body, Presti anticipated the bruises. He also understood that collecting them would help his team.
That same mentality aided Presti when, in 2007 at [...]