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You know how at the beginning of every NFL season, everyone is 0-0 and has a chance at the Super Bowl? That is not true in the NBA. For fans of five to 10 teams every year, the NBA draft lottery is the Super Bowl. No other sport decides its future...

Coaching news has rudely interrupted the endless stream of first-round playoff games, as both Charlotte and Cleveland came to major decisions about their head-coaching positions on Tuesday. The Bobcats' semi-surprising decision to fire Mike Dunlap wi...

In case you were busy soothing your aching joints with an old-fashioned Epsom salt soak, here's what you missed in sports last weekend. The NCAA tournament Sweet 16 is set, and the biggest story thus far has been the run of Florida Gulf Coast Un...

Amid the buzzer-beaters, heartbreak, and drama in the NCAA tournament, NBA teams are using college basketball's biggest stage to fine-tune their evaluations of some of the league's future stars. For someone like Ben McLemore of Kansas or Marcus Smart...

A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night's NBA action. 1. Ricky Rubio Chris Ryan: This is not the most wonderful time of the year. And it shows. Most of the NBA stories you're going to be reading during the last few weeks ...

In case you were busy fixating on that piece of popcorn stuck between your molars, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. The San Antonio Spurs took down the Bulls in Chicago, 103-89, despite missing their trio of future Hall of Famers, Tim...

In case you were busy hunting for valuable royal bones in a local parking lot, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Tyson Chandler secured his third straight 20-rebound game, becoming the first New York Knick to do so since Willis Reed in...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. The Lakers came back from an 18-point third quarter deficit to top the Bobcats, 101-100, and avoid what would have been the most embarrassing moment of t...

So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. Make Me a Knickstape [All GIFs...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Kobe Bryant became the youngest NBA player to reach 30,000 points in the second quarter of the Lakers' 103-87 win over the New Orleans Hornicans. "Say ...

So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from the previous night, along with ones you will remember forever. It Jumped Up a Notch A coupl...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. Cam Newton threw for 302 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as the Panthers topped the Eagles 30-22 in Monday Night Football. After the game, fired A...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. Tony Parker hit a jump shot at the buzzer to give the Spurs an 86-84 win over the Thunder in the season opener for both teams. Thunder star James Harden...

Michael Jordan's Big Board In their eight years of existence, the Charlotte Bobcats have drafted three players from UNC, one from Duke, and one from Boston College, a school that plays up to seven games a year in the state of North Carolina. They ...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Tuesday. An NCAA presidential oversight committee approved a four-team college football playoff that will take effect in 2014 and run at least through 2025. "I ca...

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Monday. The Arizona Wildcats are College World Series champions. Defensive replacement Brandon Dixon hit an RBI double in the ninth inning to break a 1-1 tie, spu...