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A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night's NBA action. 1. Tony Allen Danny Chau: I've replayed Tony Allen's game-clinching steal in Game 4 a hundred times and it doesn't get any less awesome. Kevin Martin fakes a pick for ...

How Mike Conley Jr., Memphis's ambidextrous point guard, has grown up and led his team deep into the playoffs.

With the 56th pick in the 1999 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors selected Tim Young, a 7-foot Bay Area kid who grew up in Santa Cruz and played college basketball at Stanford. "Tim's a presence," said Warriors head coach P.J. Carlesimo. "He's ...

In January, the Designated Player told the stories of two young hopefuls at the MLS combine, Andrew Farrell and Machael David. Having promised to follow the pair through their rookie year, he catches up with Farrell, the no. 1 draft pick, after a tur...

The Philadelphia Eagles' selection of USC quarterback Matt Barkley in the fourth round of this year's draft appears, by any logical measure, to be a great value pick. At one time, Barkley was talked about as a high first-round pick, and there's no do...

This is the most important evaluation of the draft you will read. Eric Fisher (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) Chris: This doesn't feel like a no. 1 draft-pick hug to me. I may be a little distracted with the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ...

In the fall of 2011, Margus Hunt, Southern Methodist University's standout defensive end from Estonia, made a decision to reconnect with his homeland's rich music history. "Music is in the roots of what we've been doing for the past 100 years," Hunt ...

I don't know how my superiors feel about my saying this, but … the upcoming NFL regular season is going to be so pointless. Or at the very least, completely unsurprising. A quick survey of the teams with the first 10 picks of the NFL draft make...

Our picks and predictions for the coming blockbuster season.

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We interrupt Part 2 of the NBA Trade Value column to explain the travesty known as the 2009 NBA draft. That night, Minnesota drafted two of our top-30 trade value guys (Ricky Rubio with the fifth pick, then Ty Lawson with the 18th pick) and passed up...

In 1983, John Elway was on his way to being the first pick in the NFL draft. However, the Baltimore Colts had that pick, and Elway had zero interest in playing there to the point that he would announce he was instead going to play for the New York Ya...

Do NFL teams actually have any idea what they're doing at the draft?

Kawhi Leonard, the end of the Big Three, and the playoff struggles of the regular-season titans in San Antonio.

Bill Simmons talks to Chad Ford and Joe House about the NCAA tournament, the upcoming NBA draft, and whether Nerlens Noel will still be the no. 1 pick, despite a torn ACL. To listen to this podcast, download it on iTunes here or listen at the ...

By now we all know that Jimmy Fallon is taking the Tonight Show to New York, and that Jay Leno, at least temporarily without a desk to call home, is facing down the prospect of spending more quality time organizing his airplane hangar full of antique...