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...October has always been a sports fan’s dream. With the World Series concluding, the NFL in full swing and the NBA about to gear up, you really can’t ask for more—expect maybe for the Yankees to possibly lose a playoff series once every five years...
Cats have nine lives. So why shouldn't MICHAEL JORDAN, coolest cat ever to play for the NBA, make another comeback? After slyly toying with fans and the cash-strapped league, His Airness has signed a two-year contract with his Washington Wizards. This is probably the first time in the history of the NBA that the temporary resignation of a part owner and director of basketball operations has caused a run on season tickets. The questions abound: Can he play? Can he play well enough to lift a team that has made the play-offs exactly once...
...mayoral primary vote on write-ins. Probably a shoo-in to win next year's Miss America contest ANGELINA JOLIE U.N. goodwill ambassador donates $1 million to help suffering Afghan refugees. That almost makes up for the crime that was Original Sin MICHAEL JORDAN Aging MJ returns to the NBA; will donate his entire salary to terrorism victims. Nike to come out with slamming new "Air Rocking Chair" Losers BILL MAHER Politically Incorrect host is castigated by White House after politically incorrect quip. In war, comedy is always the first casualty STARBUCKS Coffee giant apologizes after a N.Y. franchise charges...
...haven’t played an NBA game in three years, but you still sell more sneakers, Gatorade and Hanes underwear than anyone. You have a cushy job in the Washington Wizards front office that you rarely show up for, but no one minds because you’re Michael Jordan. When the Wizards won the NBA Draft Lottery last spring—which I’m sure was rigged, by the way—everyone wondered what the great Michael Jordan would do with the pick. You’re still the center of attention...
...footers, and no one cares. Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant and Stephon Marbury lead a new generation of superior ballers, and no one bats an eyelash because they aren’t Y-O-U. Only now are the masses beginning to realize that there is more to the NBA than Michael Jordan, and that there may have been even when you were here. But that’s happening slowly, and even in retirement you transcended your sport...