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LOS ANGELES -- It was easy to summon the kind of emotion and passion that would have made their late, great owner Dr. Jerry Buss proud and get a win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. It was easy to back up Kobe Bryant's playoff guarantee at s...

Rex's Jets are closer to the No. 1 draft pick than a spot in the postseason

SEATTLE -- So much for Antonio Cromartie's playoff guarantee. Once again, the Jets were all talk, no action. They embarrassed themselves for the second straight game, committing three turnovers and generating no offense Sunday in a 28-7 loss to the S...

Kent Smith/NBAE/Getty Images/Layne Murdoch/Getty Images Chicago Bulls (40-41) vs Charlotte Bobcats (43-37) 8:00 PM ET, April 14, 2010 -- Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC Derrick Rose can make good on his playoff guarantee by helping Chic...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham For those angry over the possibility an 8-8 team could reach the postseason while the New England Patriots might finish with 11 wins and not qualify, perhaps you can find solace in knowing that it has happened before. ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham The Buffalo Bills went into 2008 with high hopes on defense. Strong safety Donte Whitner was so psyched up about the season he issued a playoff guarantee over the summer. The Bills traded for Pro Bowl defensive tackle ...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- There were a few news items from around the AFC East, so let's take a spin around the other three camps: Buffalo Bills S Donte Whitner and WR Josh Reed need MRIs. Whitner, he of the playoff guarantee...

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham A month after Donte Whitner raised eyebrows with his playoff guarantee, the Buffalo Bills safety is more resolute than ever. He isn't backing off his bold promise one bit. "Because it's time," Whitner said at St. John ...

Where there's a JWill, there's a way for the Bulls to win games with the No. 2 overall pick.

Lon Kruger can't make good on the Hawks' playoff guarantee if Jason Terry remains his shooting guard.

The Glenn Robinson trade proves the Hawks weren't kidding about their playoff guarantee.

Here are the most interesting stories Thursday in the AFC East: The Miami Dolphins spent $204 million in total contracts this offseason. But does it guarantee a playoff run? Morning take: It absolutely does not. Miami must put it all together ...

Steve Nash, Mike D'Antoni and Dwight Howard stood behind Kobe Bryant's guarantee that the Los Angeles Lakers will make the playoffs and be a factor when they get there.

It's an aspiration for some, an expectation for others, but in no way a guarantee of joy: making the NFL playoffs. Because, as we've seen these last three weeks -- and as we'll see on one side in two more weeks -- the pain of losing is even more p...

NFL teams fight all season to sew up home-field advantage in the playoffs. This year, the Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos earned the No. 1 seeds in the NFC and AFC, respectively. But that doesn't guarantee a Falcons-Broncos matchup in Super B...

The Jazz look to be settling in as a solid bottom-four playoff seed in the Western Conference, though with Golden State off to a surprising 17-8 start, making the playoffs at all is no guarantee for the incumbent No. 8 seed. Utah is 14-12 after an ex...