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...revamped its method for selecting a national team. Since the early 90s, USA Basketball, the sport's governing body, would cobble together a group of big-name NBA standouts, give them a few days to practice, and expect gold at the Worlds and Olympics. The rest of the world, whose players often compete together since they've worn size 2s, is now too advanced for such slipshod organization...
...head-butt dude. It's a terrible, although not undeserved, legacy, since he's always been a hothead. And the fact that the incident was debated for days on cable networks was perverse testimony to the Cup's growing viewership in the U.S., now up to National Basketball Association (NBA) play-off levels. But if American fans watched only the final, they got just a glimpse of a mesmerizing athlete who has hands for feet, as one scout described him. Like all great athletes, his field vision is uncanny, and he's always a beat ahead of everyone else. More...
...instead of dealing with these problems, as other sports have, FIFA, soccer's governing body, is a world leader in bloviation over action. The NBA outlawed trash talk and instituted a flagrant-foul rule to deal with dirty players. The National Hockey League, hardly a sport for wimps, also cracked down on thugs. The NHL decided to enforce the rules on hooking, holding and interfering when it became apparent that the chippy play was ruining the game by preventing players from using their talents--you can't skate with a stick up your behind. The result: when the refs cracked...
LARRY BIRD The NBA Hall of Famer's Legends line has a new California Chardonnay as crisp as his on-court assists. Up next: an oaky Cabernet Sauvignon...
WADE'S WORLD What's the secret to NBA star DWYANE WADE'S success? Eminem and McDonald's. Before games, "I always get some me time," says the Miami Heat guard who last week took home the NBA finals MVP Award after leading his team to victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Before Game 6, D-Wade says, he listened to Eminem's Lose Yourself several times. "There's a lot of words in there that get your mind right." The 24-year-old also enjoys a diet regimen not endorsed by most sports nutritionists: "I'm a Quarter Pounder, double...