Clip Reel: 2008

...name. Kinda. Brett Favre left Green Bay for not-so-greener pastures with the Jets, as EA Sports scrambled to explain cover of Madden 09. Fans in New England mourned the loss of a fallen...

'Finest person I've ever been around'

Twenty years after paving the way for other European ballers to come to the NBA, Vlade Divac dishes on life as a Laker, falling short with the Kings and, yes, flopping.

First Cup: Monday

...the impact David Maurice Robinson had on the sports landscape of South Texas, but it is simple...the court: These include two NBA championships, two Olympic gold medals, one NBA Most Valuable Player award...

FIBA Americas Qualifier: Day 5

By Alfredo R. Berrios ESPNdeportes.com SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico (4-0) concluded the Qualifying Round of the FIBA Americas Champio...

FIBA Americas Qualifier: Day 3

...Republic (Sunday) to keep its hopes alive. On the court, Argentina resembled the team that won an Olympic gold medal five years ago. "In reality, I think we played intelligently," Argentina's...

The Back of the (Really Large Manila) Envelope Guide to the Las Vegas Summer League

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz Experiencing hoop withdrawal? If you've got 15 bucks, you can settle in for 55 Summer League games live from Las Vegas ...

First Cup: Tuesday

Tom Knott of The Washington Times: "The draft has a Blake Griffin-or-bust sense to it. Not that other future All-Stars won't emerge from it. ...

...The ex-Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings center will run for the president of Serbia's Olympic Committee, and he said that he wants to help "create conditions for (good) results from our sportsmen...

First Cup: Monday

Israel Gutierrez of The Miami Herald: "This is going to feel different than most of the jersey retirements you might have caught on television. A...

Wednesday Bullets

Dirk Nowitzki has the five rings of the Olympics shaved into the side of his head. Word...casinos could stop carrying NBA games in their sports books, in response to post-Donaghy bettor fears...

Monday Bullets

...the Raptors can use him the proper way.This list may be incomplete (it's based on Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50, which I suspect was never intended as this kind of database). But of...

The Olympic Team--My Twelve from Team USA

...S. Basketball team that will convene, in various forms, every summer between now and the U.S. Olympics. At the moment, according to USA Basketball's official website, there are 23 players on the team...

The mystery in Memphis

...the draft. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reminds the city, "The Hawks infamously passed on All-Star and Olympic team point guards Chris Paul and Deron Williams in the 2005 draft and they are still paying...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 21, 2009

Jennings not impressed with Rubio

The promising point guard who skipped college in order to play professionally in Europe was eager to call out Spanish international and fellow hot prospect Ricky Rubio for being overrated, SI.com reports.

...6 of Spain drives against Lithuania during the men's semifinals basketball game at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Beijing Olympic Basketball gymnasium on August 22, 2008 in Beijing, China. Spain 91-86...