Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful, Part 4
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopWayne 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, 2009Saturday Night Live-Blogging
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted 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, 2009Wrestling with News from Seattle
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopAs 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, 2008The 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, 2006Who Were Victor Conte's Clients?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopDeadspin noticed that the BALCO figure's website is still up and running. The client list includes Barry Bonds, Marion Jones, Tim...
Blog | May 23, 2006An Isiah-free Week in Review quiz? Almost, but not quite
Patrick Hruby, Page 2Who'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, 2008U.S. pro sports leagues still trail in drug-testing arms race
T.J. Quinn and Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN.comCurrent 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, 2008How U.S. sports measure up to the 'gold standard' of testing
Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn, ESPN.comESPN.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, 2008A quiz that is swifter, higher, stronger ... than the protesters
Patrick Hruby, Page 2Let's hope this week's quiz has a better go of it than, say ... the Olympic torch.
Story | Conversation | April 11, 2008YOUR 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, 2008How the West might be won
Bill Simmons, Page 2Bill 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, 2008Bonds latest name on list of notable sports figures in federal cases
ESPN.comFor 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, 2007Test your IQ and Steely resolve
Patrick Hruby, Page 2David Beckham, Steely McBeam and Yao Ming are just a few of the stars of this week's Page 2 Quiz.
Story | Conversation | August 16, 2007Ref investigation only adds to bad perception of NBA
J.A. Adande, Special to ESPN.comFans always have been skeptical about NBA conspiracies. Now they have more ammo, writes J.A. Adande.
Story | Conversation | July 20, 2007Silliness 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...
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