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This will kick-start your heart. Also, while I have you all here, isn't this a great little moment? It's almost like, right there, during that hug, when Durant walks up to Gasol and Kobe, that's when the Olympics end and the NBA season ...

Jay Caspian Kang's novel, The Dead Do Not Improve, was released Tuesday by Hogarth/Random House. Today, he guest-hosts the B.S. Report while Bill Simmons is in London. Jay's guest is Haralabos Voulgaris, NBA bettor and high-stakes poker player. They ...

Heading into the basketball competition of these Olympics, there are several teams that are a threat to medal, and maybe even contend with Team USA. As the Games ramp up, we'll be providing looks at the strengths, weaknesses, and chances of these pos...

Team USA took a break yesterday from its string of pre-Olympics beat downs to face an Argentina team still made up mostly of players who took home Olympic gold in 2004. What looked like just another blowout quickly became a close one as the Americans...

The order of events: 1891: James Naismith invents basketball. 1936: Basketball becomes an Olympic sport. 1978: Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia. 1989: Barack Obama meets Michelle Robinson. 1992: NBA players represent USA in the Olympic...

Blake Griffin, Andre Iguodala, and James Harden secured the final three spots on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, beating out Eric Gordon, Rudy Gay, and no. 1 draft pick Anthony Davis. Griffin may be the most interesting selection, because, mo...

Join The Basketball Jones on a sonic journey that is The Overdose. This Friday, we look at the first NBA All-Star ballot returns and discuss whether the Clippers have met (or surpassed) expectations. Also on tap: deconstructing Team USA's 19-man prel...

Despite running out to a 9-0 record under coach Frank Haith, the Missouri Tigers find themselves ranked eighth in this week's ESPN/USA Today poll. They're behind four teams that have already lost, including North Carolina, which has lost twice. While...

Hey, remember that defunct professional basketball league we once called the "NBA?" Once upon a time, they had a playoffs and a Finals in which a champion was crowned. During the last season before the league disappeared, a team called the Dallas Mav...