Grandma's Cooking

When the Mavericks asked Josh Howard to remake his game, he paid a visit to the woman who made him a man

Finding Neverland

Is trying so hard to stay the big kid costing Gilbert Arenas a shot at being the man?

When Push Comes to Shove

-Does defense still win titles? -Can the Suns get it done this time? -Does Lebron have what it takes? (Funny you should ask)

2002: THE 'NEXT' ONES

In 2002, who did ESPN The Magazine think was poised to break out?

AN INTERVIEW WITH C.M. NEWTON OF THE NIT SELECTION COMMITTEE

...over three decades and has been an influential basketball administrator ever since. When he was chair of...point line. During his time as President of USA Basketball, the decision was made to allow pro...

Born Again

Michael Redd always had the skills of a winner. But after a stint with Team USA, he's vowing to lift his game to a whole new level.

TREADING WATER

U.S. Olympic supremacy was once guaranteed. But as we fixated on Michael Phelps, China showed how close it is to passing us by. Time to rethink the way we nurture our future stars?

THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE PEOPLE: ANNA RICE

...from watching her fellow jocks gawk at the USA basketball team in the lunchroom, is the free services...

PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY LEAGUE: WEEK SIXTEEN SCORES

...to his "pretty good head fake" on the basketball court. IMPOLITE GREETING OF THE WEEK: +10 Obama...playfully calls George W. Bush "Pops" during a USA Basketball warm-up. The president commands that much...

Even the heavily anticipated Greece-USA basketball rematch couldn't fill the arena

THE BACK AND FORTH: IS USA BASKETBALL REALLY GOING TO WIN IT ALL?

This morning, USA Basketball—2-0 with, essentially, two routs&mdash...

AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM WARREN ON INTERNATIONAL HOOPS

...of The Washington Post has been following international basketball for over a decade; in that span he...up with him via phone the day before USA Basketball took on Greece for a little background...

REPORTING FROM ... THE BEIJING AIRPORT

...lot of people today were waiting for the USA basketball team to arrive. Why? Because the Chinese love...

LUNCH LINKS

...this Manny-to-Florida deal. ·Translations of USA Basketball's roster into Chinese. ·Might we have...

THE PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY LEAGUE: WEEK ELEVEN SCORES

Where the avenues of sports and politics meet, there is a mailbox where we deposit a weekly letter; a mailbox called the Presidential Fantasy League....