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Basketball Is Nothing Without Net
One of the most gratifying sounds in sports is the whoosh of a basketball snapping the netting on a perfect swish. More
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W.N.B.A. All-Stars Beat Olympians in Gold Medal Game of Their Own
Arike Ogunbowale won the Most Valuable Player Award with Team W.N.B.A., and Team U.S.A. was reminded that “everybody is always going to want to take us down.”With her group of All-Stars huddled around and bouncing up and down, Team W.N.B.A. Coach Lisa Leslie urged the players to keep up their energy. More
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5 W.N.B.A. All-Stars to Know
5 W.N.B.A. All-Stars to Know Alanis ThamesWatching hoops in Florida 🏀Abbie Parr/Getty ImagesAhead of the Olympics, the W.N.B.A.’s best players will face off in the All-Star Game in Las Vegas on Wednesday.Here are five players who could steal the show → More
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What Does It Take to Be Like Mike? 1,264 Ticket Stubs
He didn’t have to be there: Andrew Goldberg is trying to collect ticket stubs from each of Michael Jordan’s regular-season, playoff and All-Star Games.As the planet’s pre-eminent collector of a very specific type of basketball memorabilia, Andrew Goldberg scans the internet and works the phones. He has spent six years tending to a spreadsheet that details the items that are in his possession, and he has a network of industry sources who alert him whenever they come across something he may need. More
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Team U.S.A. Basketball Falls to Australia, Its 2nd Straight Loss
An American men’s basketball team preparing for the Tokyo Olympics lost to Australia two days after a surprising defeat by Nigeria.When the United States men’s basketball team lost to Nigeria last week, the result seemed to be a novelty: a historic win for an African team, but not one that truly foreshadowed anything about Americans’ hopes for the Tokyo Olympics. More
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In Game 3, Antetokounmpo Didn’t Do All of the Work
The Bucks played well even without their star on the floor, and cut the Suns’ lead to two games to one.With about 3:44 left in the first half on Sunday night, the Bucks were leading by 8 after a basket by Giannis Antetokounmpo. With a crucial opportunity to build momentum heading into halftime, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer pulled him from the game to try to buy his superstar some rest. More
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Jeanie Buss Is Laughing Through Her Pain
By the time she got to the microphone, the applause had subsided, and Jeanie Buss was faced with the scariest sound for a stand-up comedian. More
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The Bucks Have Big-Time Supporters: Kareem and Oscar Robertson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson were the top two scorers on Milwaukee’s 1971 title team. They’re rooting for Giannis Antetokounmpo to win it all this year.The Milwaukee Bucks’ only title came in 1971, when they swept the Baltimore Bullets.It was the third year of the franchise, a potential signal of a new powerhouse to be reckoned with besides the Boston Celtics, who had dominated the N.B.A. for much of the previous decade. More
