Fourteen years ago NBA Live revolutionized the basketball video game genre, dominating the market until 2005 when 2k Games took their first shot at EA’s basketball simulation title. Along the lines there have been many companies that tried to compete, but all have perished. Recently giving both titles a substantial amount of comp is Inside the NBA (only for PS3). To the naked eye these games are all the same, but to an avid video game player these are three different worlds for three... Read Full Story
The Portland Trail Blazers are about to put one of the world's oldest quandaries into play: should you value looks or personality? Uncommitted basketball fans who fell in love with the dazzling Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors are single again. Those squads aren't the way they used to be. The Suns are now Shaquille O'Neal in the low post, not Mike D'Antoni on the sideline, frantically waving them down court. Steve Nash is another year older and gone are the days when they averaged 111... Read Full Story
Gone, but nowhere near forgotten, Isiah Thomas still occupies our hearts and minds, if not an MSG office. Russ Bengtson imagines Zeke’s post-Knicks life.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------By Russ Bengtson Special guest appearance by Jake Appleman*. Last week, Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn passed away at the age of 89. His most well-known works, The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, exposed many... Read Full Story
The Frederic Weis Story. by Matt Caputo When all was said and done, the New York Knicks needed nine years and a guy named Patrick Ewing to rid their organization of Frederic Weis. But when they acquired the son of their former franchise player yesterday for the rights to Weis, who never played a day in the NBA, the team took it’s biggest step toward erasing a draft choice that some New Yorkers still believe might have cursed their troubled NBA squad. Without ever suiting-up, Weis became... Read Full Story
The fall signing period for college basketball, Nov. 12-19, is about three months away, and we are on the brink of college coaches' fall contact period, which begins Sept. 9 and extends through Oct. 5. So players' verbal commitments could really start multiplying. Already, 60 players in the 2009 ESPNU 100 have chosen their future college. Of those players who have made their decisions, 14 of them are ranked in the top 30 and 27 are in the top 50. Only three of the top 15 prospects, however... Read Full Story
Dwight Howard is a long, long way from reaching his lofty goal of being one of the best to ever play the game, but he certainly is pointed in the right direction. The sky is the limit for Dwight Howard. (Getty Images) At age 22, Howard already is the best center in the NBA as he prepares for his fifth season with the Orlando Magic, who are building their franchise and their future hopes around him. At a time when his position's... Read Full Story
Josh Rothstein On a visit documented in “3 Points,” basketballer Tracy McGrady walks with an African boy. E-mail Picture He helps the poorest of the poor as he visits refugee camps. Basketball all-star Tracy McGrady certainly enjoys a good life. "Am I spoiled?" he asks. "Yes, I'm spoiled." McGrady's first paycheck came from Adidas in a $500,000 endorsement deal, and his first job was... Read Full Story
Choose Your Fonts Carefully But can you clean my blouse? How do they answer the phone? I hope it's not a school crossing! Oh...so that's where it is You have been warned A service I'd like to find in more places... Read Full Story
