SI.com NBA writers analyze the latest news and address hot topics from around the league each week. (All stats and records are through Monday's games.)
The three Americans rescued Wednesday after more than five years in captivity in the jungles of Colombia appear to be in good health, doctors said Thursday.
Ellie Pope is offered a free-night room certificate as compensation for a bad stay at a Motel 6. But when she tries to redeem it, she's told it's no good. How do you get the hotel to keep its promise?
Child welfare officials have agreed to return 12 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch to their parents while the courts weigh hundreds of other cases, a family spokeswoman said Friday.
My 2008 calendar could put me on the road for 90 days.
More than half the teen girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said Monday
The ball floated through the air, its pebbled surface spinning softly, as serene and peaceful as a space capsule in a low-earth orbit. At 10:29 p.m. CDT on Monday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, the fate of a college basketball season rested on Kansas guard Mario Chalmers -- or, to be more precise, on his last-ditch three-pointer, a make-or-break heave with 2.1 seconds left that would either send the NCAA title game into overtime or give Memphis, clinging to a 63-60 lead, its first championship in school history.
Lawyers for a polygamist sect that is the subject of a massive child-abuse investigation argued in court Wednesday that although its members' multiple marriages and cloistered ways may be unusual, they have a right to their faith and privacy
A friendly bit of advice for the hoards of Bruins, Jayhawks, Tar Heels and Tigers fans and others who might be contemplating a trek to San Antonio this weekend: Unless you're holding a ticket already, don't go. Take it from a frequent visitor -- save yourself the effort this one time.
Five things we learned while wondering if David Padgett would ever start challenging Tyler Hansbrough on a jump shot ....
SI.com NBA writers analyze the latest news and address hot topics from around the league each week. (All stats and records are through Monday's games.)
The three Americans rescued Wednesday after more than five years in captivity in the jungles of Colombia appear to be in good health, doctors said Thursday.
Ellie Pope is offered a free-night room certificate as compensation for a bad stay at a Motel 6. But when she tries to redeem it, she's told it's no good. How do you get the hotel to keep its promise?
Child welfare officials have agreed to return 12 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch to their parents while the courts weigh hundreds of other cases, a family spokeswoman said Friday.
My 2008 calendar could put me on the road for 90 days.
More than half the teen girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said Monday
The ball floated through the air, its pebbled surface spinning softly, as serene and peaceful as a space capsule in a low-earth orbit. At 10:29 p.m. CDT on Monday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, the fate of a college basketball season rested on Kansas guard Mario Chalmers -- or, to be more precise, on his last-ditch three-pointer, a make-or-break heave with 2.1 seconds left that would either send the NCAA title game into overtime or give Memphis, clinging to a 63-60 lead, its first championship in school history.
Lawyers for a polygamist sect that is the subject of a massive child-abuse investigation argued in court Wednesday that although its members' multiple marriages and cloistered ways may be unusual, they have a right to their faith and privacy
A friendly bit of advice for the hoards of Bruins, Jayhawks, Tar Heels and Tigers fans and others who might be contemplating a trek to San Antonio this weekend: Unless you're holding a ticket already, don't go. Take it from a frequent visitor -- save yourself the effort this one time.
Five things we learned while wondering if David Padgett would ever start challenging Tyler Hansbrough on a jump shot ....
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For my money, the first week is always the best week of the NCAA tournament, not least because there are so many games being played all the time. And while that's not the case in week two (which is why we're giving you some good reading links below to pass the time between games), I'm still psyched to be in Charlotte, the most stacked regional I've covered in years.
Greetings, Hoop Thinkers. Like you, I am still recovering from a wondrous four days of wall-to-wall hoops. When you get down to the Sweet 16, you just gotta rip and run. Herewith my thoughts on the week that was and the one about to be:
As much as I'd like to believe our entire readership has been with this college hoops season from its basic-cable opener (Gardner-Webb over Kentucky, Nov. 8!) and its Pay-Per-View debut (Florida over North Dakota State, Nov. 9!), I am aware that is not the case. As bowl season fades away, casual hoop fans come trickling in with dire need of a catch-up course. The Power Rankings are here to provide it, tuition-free, in three parts per team:
Ask and ye shall receive. Last week a loyal 'Bag reader claimed that 9-0 Duke (Duke!) wasn't getting enough attention after the Blue Devils' fast start. And while we'd hardly say that Coach K and the boys are underexposed, it's true that the 'Bag hasn't discussed Duke much this season. So we solicited questions, and you brought them with vigor:
Eager customers lined up Thursday, a few even braving torrential rain, to be among the first to get their hands on the coveted new cell phone from Apple
What's the fastest-growing American city with more than half a million people?
In every major sport these days, the conferences are out of whack.
Late in Game 2 of a series that happens to be deciding the NBA's champion, ABC play-by-play man Mike Breen asked color commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson if this season represented the greatest competitive divide between conferences in league history.
Celebrate Dad with the latest high-end meats, cured and cut by small companies.
No, the Utah Jazz has not disbanded since John Stockton and Karl Malone took their short shorts and their pick-and-roll precision into retirement. Quite the contrary. The Jazz has reached the Western Conference finals, its furthest incursion into the postseason since 1998, when S&M lost to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the Finals.
SAN ANTONIO -- Are the Utah Jazz too young to win the championship this year? We'll find out Tuesday night.
PHOENIX -- The result was marked by high drama and inevitability. Bit by bit the visiting Spurs had worked off a 16-point deficit to the undermanned Suns, who used a six-man rotation, until Tony Parker in his best impersonation of Steve Nash sliced through the defense to find Bruce Bowen in the right corner for the three that gave San Antonio an 84-81 advantage, its first lead since the first quarter.
Welcome to the NBA Finals. The league has thoughtfully fast-tracked its premier event to end the drama a month earlier than usual. Lord knows it's not to beat the heat (or, for that matter, the Heat, which is already beat), because this potential championship series is being contested in the high-mercury venues of Phoenix and San Antonio. But given the level of play in Sunday's opener between the Suns and the Spurs, it sure seems as if the eventual champion will come out of their Western Conference semifinal.
SI.com's Ian Thomsen interviewed an NBA advance scout to break down the Suns-Spurs matchup.
1. Which of the following Game 1 road winners has the best chance of scoring a first-round upset?
PHILADELPHIA -- There is no pizzazz in being a reserve. Your name is not announced in a blaze of pyrotechnics. Rarely do you share in the glory. For most reserves, your role is to get your team through the second and third quarters without coughing up too much of the lead. You are a placeholder, a grunt, a member of a supporting cast.
It's almost time for some bracketology, NBA-style, and the great thing is, the board is a mystery. You can use ink to put Dallas on that top line in the West and a pretty heavy pencil to do the same with Detroit in the East. And if Phoenix beats San Antonio in Thursday night's eagerly awaited TNT game, the Suns are all but a lock for second. But everything else will have to wait.
The final month of the regular season has arrived, and the races for the final playoff spots are heating up. The Clippers, Nuggets and Warriors are battling for the final two spots in the West (with the Hornets hanging by a thread), while the Nets, Magic and Pacers (with the Knicks fading fast) are doing the same for the last two berths in the East.
It's All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, and the NBA's most glamorous couple has just arrived on the red carpet outside of Pure nightclub. The mere sight of Tony Parker and Eva Longoria sets off a mini-stampede among the assembled fans, photographers and overcoiffed TV talent. The club is giving Parker and Longoria big bucks to host a party, and running this publicity gantlet is the price they have to pay. Longoria, effortlessly working the crowd, looks dazzling in a revealing wraparound white top, short shorts and gold high heels that match her bling; Parker wears a beige suit and a faraway look in his eyes. Sensing his discomfort, Longoria takes charge as if she were the All-Star point guard. "We're over here," she whispers, turning Parker toward a bank of photographers.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs are doing it with defense.
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As a veteran of 15 seasons -- and the proud holder of six championship rings -- Spurs forward Robert Horry knows a little about what it takes to win a title.
The start of the new year brings a new (but familiar) team atop this week's Power Rankings. The Mavs, who took down the Suns last Thursday on Dirk Nowitzki's last-second shot, have returned to the top spot they owned for several weeks earlier this season. But can Dallas, riding a 10-game win streak through Monday, continue its red-hot play when it travels to San Antonio on Friday for a matchup with the Spurs?
Instead of the typical vacation, consider these more memorable journeys.
YES, YOU COULD JUST PLOP YOURSELF down on a beach in Jamaica this winter, but in most cases, it'd be no different from that beach in St. John's. Or Florida. Or California. The same is true of skiin...
Staff Sgt. Dan Barnes, a double amputee, pulls himself up out of his chair.
U.S. employers in 2006 again saw health care costs rise well above inflation, though the gains were the lowest in eight years, according to a survey released Monday.
Tesoro ranks no. 26 on Fortune's 2006 list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. The San Antonio, Texas-based company saw profits rise at a rate of 119% and revenues grow 31% with a stock return of 121% on average annually over the past three years.
Buying an airline ticket has never been a simple task - the rules of the game are always changing. But if you know how the game is played, you'll have a better chance of saving money.
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There has been an impressive amount of construction in the United States over the last three centuries: All told, we've built more than 300 billion square feet of homes, offices, factories, and oth...
Crime continues to fall in the United States, according to the latest FBI statistics.
You don't expect tears from a group of hard-bitten oil executives, but there they were. Jonathan Stuart, the plant manager for Valero's St. Charles oil refinery, near New Orleans, was briefing a delegation from the company's San Antonio headquarters--including CEO Bill Greehey--on how the plant and its 50-man "ride-out" crew had fared during Hurricane Katrina. And he began to cry. Explaining how one maintenance supervisor had used his personal credit card to buy supplies the day before the storm hit and then stayed up night and day cooking gumbo for the crew during its aftermath, Stuart lost it. "Excuse me a minute," he mumbled, wiping his eyes as he stepped out of the conference room. For Greehey, who'd flown into New Orleans that day--getting special permission to use the closed airport--it was a moment both devastating and reassuring. That Stuart, an old refining pro from South Africa who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1983, would show so much emotion underscored just how heavy a toll Katrina had taken o
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week answered a phone call at his home from a woman with a housing complaint.
Plan your trip to San Antonio with these lodging and dining tips.
It's as lively as the sound of a flamenco guitar and as romantic as a love song. The minute you step onto San Antonio's River Walk, it wraps you in its spell.
WHO KNEW?
Last year, there was a lot of speculation that high gas prices would affect the U.S. presidential election. Surprisingly, they didn't, at least not in any significant manner.
Successful real estate investors sometimes make what they do sound almost too easy.
The summer concert season is looking a bit sickly these days, and not just because Britney Spears has a bum knee.
Jim Carrey says he couldn't have played the lead role in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" if he hadn't been through some painful relationships.
I'm retiring in three months and I'm unsure what I should do with my 401(k). Should I pull it out in a lump sum, put it in my bank, or what?
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I've just had dinner at Windsor Castle. Two weeks earlier, it was at the Palace of Versailles. Last fall I had dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A few years ago I even had dinner a...
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This year more than $246 billion has moved into money market mutual funds, which invest primarily in short-term debt securities. While some investors are looking to park their assets until global m...
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Reaching a live person on the phone and winning the lottery often seem to carry similar odds. But all that may change if wireless business phones meet their much vaunted potential. The idea is that...
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As companies decentralize, headquarters aren't what they used to be -- but they're still the corporate nerve center. Got something to sell, need more information, want to complain? We give you the ...
Since deadbeat dads (and some moms) are reneging on more than $16 billion annually in child-support payments, President Clinton says he plans to spend $328 million by 1997 to develop ''the toughest...
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! February's ''The Year of the Roboshoppers'' has finally given well-deserved respect to those of us who are serious bargain hunters! Lois N. Bartz Indianapolis
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BOSTON Growth has not been banned in Boston, but it's a problem. The city was one of the great urban revival stories, thanks largely to the high-tech and finance industries. But the labor market no...
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Every year, colleges publish viewbooks teeming with four-color pictures of lawns, lakes and lolling students. Some facts are available too, such as home states of students and the number of volumes...
PENSIONS Q. Who receives my company-funded pension if I die before retirement? Can I name whomever I want? Eric C. Lange Camarillo, Calif.
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Amid the public protest over high interest rates on bank credit cards, consumers are learning that low-rate cards aren't always best. The key is how you use your card. The Consumer Credit Card Rati...
Nobody knows if Congress's multi-tentacled bill will actually curb illegal immigration, but it will surely confuse and complicate hiring for U.S. companies. Says labor lobbyist Virginia Lamp of the...
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