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Sports of The Times: Amateurs at the Olympics? Not in Your Dreams

Mercenary motives are here to stay at the Olympics. And the rising tide of Olympic income could raise the boat of athletes who participate in less popular sports.

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 1:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Soccer, Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Volleyball

Liberty Has Its Moment in History, if Not a Victory

The Liberty, riding a three-game winning streak, could not recover from a slow start in its Queens backyard as the Indiana Fever took a convincing 71-55 victory.

Posted Saturday, July 19, 2008 11:43 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Athletics and Sports, New York Liberty, Queens (NYC), Indiana Fever

An Aching Reporter Feels the Pain of a Predraft Workout

I learned the great lesson of what happens when an Average Joe runs through a basketball workout designed for a likely No. 1 pick in the N.B.A. draft — fatigue makes the mind slow.

Posted Saturday, June 21, 2008 2:29 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Athletics and Sports, National Basketball Assn, Draft and Recruitment (Sports), Rose, Derrick, Armstrong, B J

Tv Sports: Women Are Finding Their Voices Behind the Mike

Doris Burke’s success as an analyst and sideline reporter for college and professional basketball symbolizes notable progress in a profession that is still male-oriented.

Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:05 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Athletics and Sports, Women, Television, ESPN, ABC Inc

Smaller Programs Are Among Hardest Hit in N.C.A.A. Academic Report

The N.C.A.A. punished 218 teams Tuesday, handing out sanctions that ranged from warnings to reductions in the amount of practice time in order to have those programs focus on academics.

Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, Football, Athletics and Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Assn

Sports of The Times: A Fallen Star of the City Game

Known as Little Poison, Alan Seiden, who died at the age of 71 on Saturday, was at one time the best basketball player in the city.

Posted Monday, May 05, 2008 8:45 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Deaths (Obituaries), Athletics and Sports, National Basketball Assn, St John's University, Queens (NYC), Seiden, Alan, Szczerbiak, Wally

Freakonomics: Hoop Data Dreams

Can the Bill James approach to numbers work in basketball?

Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 1:19 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Athletics and Sports, National Basketball Assn, James, LeBron, Boston Celtics, Statistics, Garnett, Kevin, Rivers, Doc, James, Bill, Ainge, Danny, Allen, Ray, Pierce, Paul

Sports of The Times: Future Is Theirs, but Control of It Isn’t

Sports leagues control the flow of labor through rules, coercion and intimidation. No leagues keep a more effective choke hold on talent than the N.F.L. and the N.B.A.

Posted Sunday, April 27, 2008 1:11 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Football, National Football League, Athletics and Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Assn

Sports of The Times: Dependent on Others in Starting Pro Career

Sports leagues control the flow of labor through rules, coercion and intimidation. No leagues keep a more effective choke hold on talent than the N.F.L. and the N.B.A.

Posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 1:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Football, National Football League, Athletics and Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Assn

Spurs 115, Suns 99: Experiment by Suns Works Out Well for Spurs

In Game 3 of the Suns’ first-round playoff series against the Spurs, Tony Parker exploded for a career-high 41 points to lead San Antonio to a 115-99 victory.

Posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 4:48 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, San Antonio Spurs, Athletics and Sports, O'Neal, Shaquille, Phoenix Suns, National Basketball Association, Parker, Tony, Marion, Shawn

Hawks 109, Knicks 98: New-Look Knicks Lineup Achieves Familiar Result

On Sunday, the Knicks failed yet again to win even two in a row for the first time in two months, falling this time to the Atlanta Hawks.

Posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Thomas, Isiah, New York Knicks, Athletics and Sports, Atlanta Hawks, Dolan, James L

New-Look Knicks Lineup Achieves Familiar Result

On Sunday, the Knicks failed yet again to win even two in a row for the first time in two months, falling this time to the Atlanta Hawks.

Posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 6:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, Thomas, Isiah, New York Knicks, Athletics and Sports, Atlanta Hawks, Dolan, James L

Highly Recruited Center No Longer Set to Attend Harvard

Frank Ben-Eze was mentioned last week in a Times article in which former Harvard coaches and members of the Ivy League said that the Crimson had lowered its academic standards.

Posted Monday, March 10, 2008 9:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, College Athletics, Harvard University, Athletics and Sports, Scholarships and Fellowships, Amaker, Tommy

Highly Recruited Center Is No Longer Expected to Attend Harvard