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Here we go again. ??Before the last shot of Michael Jordan's final game with the Chicago Bulls, he left behind a moment that will hang in the minds of sports fans the way he did in the air. His quick crossover dribble, with the help of a tiny shove, sent Utah Jazz defender Byron Russell to the floor. Wide open, Jordan nailed the game-winning jump shot, and he and the Bulls clinched their sixth--and Jordan's last--NBA title...
...Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, 20, became the youngest player to reach one of the toughest performance milestones in basketball, the "triple double" (double digits in points, rebounds and assists in a single game--he did it again three nights later). During one play, his quick crossover dribble, sans shove, sent a Portland defender veering to the sideline. Wide open, James shot a three pointer. Swish. Nothing but Mike...
...costing him some $5.5 million in lost wages. Indiana's Stephen Jackson, who accompanied him into the stands, was docked 30 games, and Jermaine O'Neal, who clocked one fan from a running start, got 25. (Anthony Johnson, another Pacer, got a five-game rest; Detroit's Wallace, whose shove of Artest set off the chain of events, was iced for six.) The NBA Players Association has appealed Artest's suspension as unreasonable. Oakland County, Mich., authorities are reviewing game and security tapes to determine what charges may be filed against Pacers and fans, although it's not likely that...
...these things rather than what the niggling voice in the back of my brain is softly whispering: that the reason we’re not going home as often is that we’re unconsciously preparing for various mommy and daddy birds to give us the proverbial shove out of the nest. That we know that in a year and a half, we will be expected to build viable lives, complete with—gasp—jobs, families and responsibility...
...nearly 38 points a game. But when the offense languished and the secondary fell victim to a series of miraculous completions, the Crimson’s title hopes fizzled. The Big Green wasn’t better—just, on that day, more resilient. When push came to shove in each of Harvard’s three 2003 defeats, the Crimson came away empty handed...