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...NBA is back! My favorite league, with my all-time favorite athlete (Kobe Bryant), is here for another installment of faaaaaan-tastic action—or at least, that’s what their slogan used to say.Overwhelmingly negative tales of the fall of the NBA due to its awful relationship with its fans have been the real story coming into this season. From the Washington Post columnist Michael Wilbon saying, “unarguably, the NBA is in need of a rebound,” to Chuck Klosterman for ESPN the Magazine declaring, “the NBA...
...since Steve & Barry's, the fast-growing retailer, and Stephon Marbury, the oddball NBA point guard, got behind the Starbury brand. Their message: You don't have to break the bank for a sweet pair of sneaks...
...this year's Fall Classic and the start of the NBA season shows us part of the reason why: unlike baseball and basketball, the gridiron's most transcendent talents aren't Refrigerator Perry-sized pains in the rear...
...doubt about football's unchallenged place as the most popular pro sport in America, consider this fact: more people will watch this Sunday's regular-season showdown between the league's two undefeated teams, the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts, than watch a typical World Series and NBA Finals game combined...
...comprehensive no-trade clause. Kobe has made his intentions clear by sulking through the pre-season, and ripping apart Mitch Kupchak, the Laker general manager, and teammate Andrew Bynum, to a couple of college-aged kids in a parking lot (they caught the rant on video). During the NBA's opening week, there was Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban on ESPN saying a trade for Kobe is "not going to happen." There were three members of the Chicago Bulls, Ben Wallace, Luol Deng, and Tyrus Thomas, hours before their season opener, tuning into the Kobe news, wondering if they were...