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Have Hawks earned elite status in East?

John Hollinger, ESPN.com

Have the Hawks changed the East from a Big 3 into a Big 4?

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Rookie Watch: Let's give thanks

David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.

Here's what the rookies are doing to make us thankful.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Baylor's Griner never grows tired of dunking

Mechelle Voepel

...to dunk?' I wouldn't say I enjoy it, either, because there is a lot more to basketball than just dunking. But … actually doing it? That never gets old." However, making a fuss over...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Observations from Day 1 at the Maui Invitational

Jay Bilas

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are my thoughts on the early action at the Maui Invitational: • Gonzaga had problems guarding Colorado's Princeton offe...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Sizing up the field at the Old Spice Classic

Fran Fraschilla

Starting Thanksgiving Day, I'll be broadcasting from the Old Spice Classic down at Disney's Wide World of Sports. While the field isn't quite as stack...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Favors' shot-blocking skills stand out

Fran Fraschilla

...reason. He has a nice combination of NBA size -- a great frame to add muscle -- agility and basketball acumen. He will get much stronger over the next three or four years as he puts on...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

DeCesare starts anew in Chicago

Christopher Lawlor

It was all too familiar for Gary DeCesare Monday night. In many ways it was the same for DeCesare who officially returned to the high school game f...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Ohio TE Smith headed to North Carolina

Bill Kurelic

...Carolina when the Tar Heels played Miami. He stayed in Chapel Hill and watched the Tar Heels basketball game the next day before heading back home. "Chapel Hill is a great area," Smith said. "And...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Pondexter heads thin list of college seniors

Chad Ford

College seniors continue to be a dying breed in the NBA draft. The thinking is simple: After four years, all the good players have already left school...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 24, 2009

Post-Chase odds and ends

Ryan McGee

...every year between 1959 and '66. • The Wizard, John Wooden, coached UCLA to seven consective NCAA basketball championships, beginning in 1967 and ending in '73. After losing to N.C. State in the '74...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

US(C) Open

Molly Knight, ESPN The Magazine

Still coming out from the shadow of an embarassing scandal, the USC basketball team is attempting to rebuild its program. This article ran in the November 30, 2009 issue of ESPN The Magazine.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

What's wrong with the Celtics?

Chris Sheridan, ESPN.com

Boston defeated New York, but even in victory all of the Celtics' flaws were exposed

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 22, 2009

It's hard not to be impressed by the Orange

Doug Gottlieb

Syracuse dominated in two consecutive nights at the Garden with blowouts of two teams ranked in the top 12, but its Coaches vs. Cancer title game win ...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009

Outtakes with O.J. Mayo

Kenny Mayne, ESPN The Magazine

Kenny Mayne chats with Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo about NCAA regulations, shooting free throws underhand and taking in the sport of kings.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009

Not to rain on Syracuse's parade, but …

Doug Gottlieb

In today's day and age of overreactions, I give you Syracuse University. From a preseason loss to LeMoyne -- which put it on some people's proverbi...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 20, 2009