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Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful, Part 4

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for the last nine years he has been Mark Cuban's stat guru for the Dallas Mavericks. Winsto...

Blog | October 05, 2009

Saturday Night Live-Blogging

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz Welcome to All-Star Saturday night.  Since my spirit is dampened by the exclusion of Steve Novak from the Three-Point...

Blog | February 14, 2009

Wrestling with News from Seattle

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

As I assess the deal that the city accepted, one thing really sticks out: The city placed a very high price on being in the NBA's good graces. Basical...

Blog | July 03, 2008

The Troubled Relationship Between the Blazers and the Press

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...San Jose Mercury News sports editor Craig Lancaster. According to this biography, he was integral to some BALCO investigative work and many other projects. For all I know he's a great choice, although I...

Blog | October 25, 2006

Who Were Victor Conte's Clients?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Deadspin noticed that the BALCO figure's website is still up and running. The client list includes Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, Tim...

Blog | May 23, 2006

An Isiah-free Week in Review quiz? Almost, but not quite

Patrick Hruby, Page 2

Who's Joba Chamberlain texting? Who's Jose Canseco fighting? What's Vince Young quitting? It's all in this week's Page 2 quiz.

Story | Conversation | May 30, 2008

U.S. pro sports leagues still trail in drug-testing arms race

T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN.com

Current anti-doping testing methods have their challenges, but a new approach, called longitudinal testing, represents one of the most exciting anti-doping developments that some experts have seen, write Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn.

Story | Conversation | May 22, 2008

How U.S. sports measure up to the 'gold standard' of testing

Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn, ESPN.com

ESPN.com assesses the performance-enhancing drug policies of six major professional sports, and the NCAA, all measured against the so-called "gold standard" of testing for athletes in the Olympic movement.

Story | Conversation | May 22, 2008

A quiz that is swifter, higher, stronger ... than the protesters

Patrick Hruby, Page 2

Let's hope this week's quiz has a better go of it than, say ... the Olympic torch.

Story | Conversation | April 11, 2008

YOUR 8 A.M.

Mag.Com Staff

...Be honest.Who's game do you like more: Delonte West or Stephen Curry? SCREW THE MATH: BALCO's Victor Conte's undisclosed advance for his tell-all book, BALCO: The Straight Dope on Barry...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2008

How the West might be won

Bill Simmons, Page 2

Bill Simmons finally decides to chime in on the NBA's crazy Western Conference and how the rest of the season will play out.

Story | Conversation | March 26, 2008

Bonds latest name on list of notable sports figures in federal cases

ESPN.com

For decades, federal authorities have investigated, charged and prosecuted athletes and other sports figures for offenses involving gambling, point-shaving, fraud, drugs, conspiracy and other charges. Here is a list of notable cases.

Story | Conversation | November 15, 2007

Test your IQ and Steely resolve

Patrick Hruby, Page 2

David Beckham, Steely McBeam and Yao Ming are just a few of the stars of this week's Page 2 Quiz.

Story | Conversation | August 16, 2007

Ref investigation only adds to bad perception of NBA

J.A. Adande, Special to ESPN.com

Fans always have been skeptical about NBA conspiracies. Now they have more ammo, writes J.A. Adande.

Story | Conversation | July 20, 2007

Silliness over Selig being at 756

...flags for minority players. On a parallel track, not a triangle, Bob Nightengale's revelatory story on BALCO founder Victor Conte in Monday's USA Today was a perspective on athletics in this chemical age...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 12, 2007