At 12:01 a.m this morning, the biggest free-agent season in sports history began, guaranteeing that the NBA landscape will be torn apart and rearranged. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Amare Stoudemire, Chris Bosh and a collection of …
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Quotes: Ohio Gubernatorial Candidate John Kasich on LeBron James
“…we’ve lost 400,000 jobs out here and the last guy I worry about is LeBron James. You know I mean, we all hope he’ll stay in Cleveland. We think we’ve got a great guy there that can turn everything around, but we got some
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Quotes: Lakers Guard Kobe Bryant on His 5th NBA Title
“This is the best one by far because it was the hardest one to get.”
– KOBE BRYANT, Lakers guard, during his team’s parade in Los Angeles to celebrate their 2010 NBA title (Via ESPN)
Quotes: Celtics’ Forward Out For Game 7 Due to Injury
“I couldn’t walk. My whole leg was hurting, and the back of my knee was in pain. I heard something pop, but I didn’t know what it was. It was just painful.”
–KENDRICK PERKINS, starting forward for the Boston Celtics, on his …
Pictures: Los Angeles Lakers Coach Phil Jackson
The Celtics are 11-0 when holding a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals. Can Phil Jackson put that streak to bed?
Pictures: College Coaches Turned NBA Champions
Michigan State’s Tom Izzo is pondering whether to become the next head coach to make the jump from college credentials to pro pressure. But would Cleveland win a title with the college great?
Pictures: Boston Celtics Playoff Moments at the Old Boston Garden
No building in all of basketball had more championship flags flying from its rafters than the old Boston Garden. While those banners are now hanging in the new TD Banknorth Garden, TIME rewinds to some iconic images from the …
Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett: High School to Pro Stardom
With nearly 50,000 points and five NBA championships between them, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett are two of the NBA’s most dominant players. But each of them were pioneers from the moment they took the pro floor.
Five Fiery Faces: Orlando Magic Head Coach Stan Van Gundy
The Orlando Magic are halfway to making a historic NBA playoff comeback against the Boston Celtics. A large part of that effort is the animated face of their bench: head coach Stan Van Gundy. Here are five of Van Gundy’s best …
Quotes: Phil Jackson on His Coaching Future with the Los Angeles Lakers
“Home is where the heart is, right?”
– PHIL JACKSON, head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, in response to a question on whether he’d retire at the end of the season. (via ESPN.com)
Quotes: Paul Pierce’s Hacked Twitter
“Anybody got a BROOM?”
– PAUL PIERCE, or, rather, someone pretending to be him, via Twitter after Pierce’s Boston Celtics took a 2-0 lead over the Orlando Magic in the NBA playoffs last night. While the tweet was widely …
Why Mark Cuban Thinks Print Media Will Survive
“Yeah, there’s hope for print. I mean, you’ve got to have something in the bathroom, right?”
