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Big 12 ShootAround: What can KU do for an encore?

ESPN.com

Bob Donnan/US Presswire Bill Self knows the upcoming season will be a "huge rebuilding job" with seven newcomers. Self ready for a 'huge rebui...

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First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Brian Hanley of the Chicago Sun-Times: "Michael Beasley was as loose as the Bulls' defense, which he shredded for 9-of-21 shooting from the field and ...

Blog | July 08, 2008

Bulls go for Rose over Beasley in NBA draft; Mayo, Love swap places

ESPN.com news services

The Chicago Bulls will pick Memphis point guard Derrick Rose with the first pick in the NBA draft Thursday night.

Story | Conversation | June 26, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Lakers vs. Spurs Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "It was just one game, just Game 1, just a beginning. It felt like seven games, Game 7, an e...

Blog | May 22, 2008

Caron Butler: Not Getting His Dew

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Dew did he used to drink, you're wondering? "A lot," he said. "Before every game at Connecticut, I drank a two-liter of Mountain Dew. I'm dead serious. Ask my wife what she...

Blog | December 04, 2007

Talking to Celtic Assistant Coach Tom Thibodeau

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Houston to Boston was something of a homecoming for Thibodeau, too, who is from nearby New Britain, Connecticut, and once was an assitant coach at Harvard, and at Massacusetts' Salem State, where he both graduated...

Blog | November 16, 2007

The Salvatore Side of the Story: Referee Bennett Salvatore Speaks

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

After "the Tim Donaghy affair," I have been hardcore in favor of greater transparency in the referee game. I hear from a lot of basketball fans who th...

Blog | November 13, 2007

William Wesley, Tyreke Evans, John Calipari, and Memphis

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Last June, GQ's Alex French published an excellent article about William Wesley. French had been working on it for ages, and got a ton of interesting ...

Blog | October 25, 2007

TrueHoopapalooza Post-Game

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Just arrived in Bristol, Connecticut after the big TrueHoopapalooza (gotta come up with a real name for this thing) a ESPN Zone...

Blog | October 24, 2007

What Exactly Happened to Greg Oden's Knee?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...good, says Pritchard, that there was not "flaking" of cartilage. Michael Kaplan, M.D. is a renowned Connecticut-based orthopedic surgeon in sports medicine, and a medical analyst for ESPN. He has conducted hundreds of...

Blog | September 13, 2007

As summer ends, heat is on in Toledo point-shaving case

Mike Fish and George J. Tanber, ESPN.com

As the University of Toledo prepares for its 2007 football season opener on Saturday, the heat is on in the federal probe into point-shaving charges. ESPN.com's Mike Fish and George Tanber investigate.

Story | Conversation | August 23, 2007

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The Indianapolis Star's Mark Monteith on Reggie Miller: "Miller is working out twice a day to test his body, so he's obviously seriously considering a...

Blog | August 14, 2007

Nowitzki's career is on the clock

Dirk Nowitzki was outscored by Maurice Ager. Dirk Nowitzki didn't attempt a shot from closer than 13 feet. Dirk Nowitzki got dunked on by Matt Barnes....

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 2007

Meet Trey Johnson

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...out of high school? Is there some problem here? Why isn't he at North Carolina or Connecticut or Florida? And whatever that might have been, will it be back to make him more of...

Blog | January 23, 2007

Roland Lazenby Talks About Sonny Vaccaro

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

I was pretty shocked when I saw Dan Wetzel's story that Sonny Vaccaro is, more or less, retiring: Sonny Vaccaro, the pioneering and controversial sho...

Blog | January 23, 2007