Category Archives: NBA
‘Los Suns’ Join Protest, Then Stop the Spurs
SPORTS AND HEALTH – The Phoenix Suns’ decision to wear “Los Suns” jerseys Wednesday — as a celebration of Cinco de Mayo and as a political statement in opposition to Arizona’s new law dealing with illegal immigrants — drove another wedge into the contentious debate here.
Then, for several hours, the Suns found a way to [...]
Colleges Wait to Hear Their Name Called by Elite Recruit
SPORTS AND HEALTH – Last Friday evening, Josh Selby, the nation’s most explosive high school guard yet to commit to a college, walked out the back door of Lake Clifton High School here with the Tennessee assistant Steve Forbes. The two kept chatting as they approached a light-blue Mercedes-Benz with tinted windows. Selby, keys in [...]
A Sport Recoils From a Punch and Its Publicity
Sports and Health – Brittney Griner unfolded herself from the passenger seat of a two-door Honda sedan driven by her Baylor teammate and fellow freshman Kimetria Hayden. Without a hitch in her conversation or her step, Griner disappeared behind the doors of the Ferrell Center and into the cocoon spun by her college basketball family.
Outside [...]
Everything’s Bigger in Texas
You know the old saying, “Everything’s bigger in Texas.”
NBA All-Star Weekend certainly proved that statement to be true over the weekend.
Unfortunately for the league that I love dearly, the one thing that was bigger than I could have hoped for this weekend: disappointment.
Right from the beginning, disappointment was in the air in Dallas. First, the [...]