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Top 10: NBA Finals Matchups Before the page is turned on this magical 2007 season, let's flip back in history and relive the top 10 NBA Finals matchups.  |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Athletes Without Championships Disney movies typically have happy endings, but sports careers often have more tragic conclusions.  |
Sports Central June 11, 2014 Jonathan Lowe |
NBA Finals: What Ails You? As the 2014 NBA Finals approached, things seemed to be falling in place for a classic series.  |
AskMen.com Andrew Segal |
Top 10 Winningest Sports Cities Cities are ranked by the total number of titles won by all their teams in the four major professional sports. While it's fairly obvious that New York would be No. 1, some of the other cities on the list are a bit surprising.  |
Sports Central April 7, 2015 Brad Oremland |
Pro Sports' Biggest Disappointments We'll look for the equivalent of the 2014-15 Kentucky Wildcats in the NFL, NBA, and MLB -- the best teams that didn't quite win it all.  |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: Playoff Chokers A number of athletes saw their ugly side triggered by the playoffs.  |
Sports Central January 16, 2008 Wailele Sallas |
Yearning For a Return to the Glory Days Free agency and money have taken away the passion that ruled the NBA.  |
Salon.com June 14, 2002 King Kaufman |
Red-letter day The Red Wings' championship may have been a foregone conclusion, but unlike the Lakers, they at least had the decency to act happy about it.  |
Sports Central June 26, 2008 Sean Crowe |
Schilling Most Important Pitcher in Sox History If any athlete shouldn't be forgotten in any city, it's Curt Schilling in Boston.  |
Sports Central April 22, 2013 Robert Campbell |
Welcome to the NBA Playoffs Welcome to the NBA playoffs. The tedious 82-game schedule has culminated into a 16-team race, a two-month battle to determine a champion.  |
Sports Central March 14, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Eastern Conference Race is Heating Up The NBA's Eastern Conference is garnerning a lot of attention and not just due to East Coast bias and Carmelo Anthony's presence in NYC. Some teams are imploding, while others are rising, and there are actual races for playoff spots.  |
Sports Central March 26, 2009 Sean Crowe |
Why Curt Schilling Belongs in the Hall Schilling was Kirk Gibson, Willis Reed, Jack Youngblood ... he was everything they were and more. He was brilliant, winning the eighth postseason game of his career.  |
Sports Central May 5, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
From Bottom to Top Welcome to the "new NHL," where anything can happen -- and it does.  |
Sports Central May 3, 2012 Gary Flick |
X-ceptional This year's NBA playoffs have already given us epic comebacks, suspensions, MVP season-ending injuries, confrontations with refs, confrontations with fire extinguishers, and (my personal favorite) superstar game winners ... and no team has played more than two games.  |
AskMen.com Adam Weinberg |
Top 10: Toughest Athletes This list pays homage to never-say-die athletes whose tolerance for pain and unwavering determination could be admired by any generation.  |
Sports Central April 16, 2012 Louie Centanni |
How Hurt is Derrick Rose Really? Mark my words: Derrick Rose will be on the court for the final nine games this year. He will be back to 100% come playoff time.  |
Sports Central April 11, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Three NBA Playoff Predictions The NBA playoffs have begun and this year the race to the finals looks more open than usual. Teams like the Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, Heat, and Magic all look like the favorites to reach the Finals.  |
AskMen.com Lewis Helfand |
Top 10 Coaches With The Highest Salaries Unproven coaches are generally not given gigantic salaries right from the start. They have to work their way up through the assistant level or prove their value coaching collegiate teams. And the 10 coaches at the top of the salary list are a perfect example of this.  |
Sports Central May 27, 2008 Bill Hazell |
Home Cooking Vital in These Playoffs Home court is everything in the NBA this year.  |
Sports Central June 6, 2005 Chris Speckman |
NBA Playoffs: Score More, Bore Less For the first time in a while, the NBA playoffs have been memorable and exciting.  |
AskMen.com November 29, 2000 Dennis O'Connell |
Top 10 Sports Rivalries While we apologize to the martyrs of these wars, we hope that you will enjoy the following list, which for the record, is based on historical significance, importance of meetings, and of course, the amount of bloodshed...  |
Sports Central June 16, 2004 Eric Williams |
The Wrath of Dumars Just as in this year's series, the Pistons were happy with the split, but felt as though they'd let an opportunity to step on the Lakers' neck slip through their grasp.  |
Sports Central March 23, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 20 March Madness it is not, but the last three weeks of the NBA season still holds much significance in the basketball world.  |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Twin cities Detroit's Wings and L.A.'s Lakers are championship locks...  |
Sports Central March 30, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 21 This week's Starting Five takes a look at the Western Conference playoff race as we try to sort through the madness that is taking place on the left coast and figure out which three teams will win the coveted home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.  |
Sports Central June 18, 2007 Brad Oremland |
Are the Spurs a Dynasty? To help answer that question, here's a look at the NBA's most dynastic teams ever.  |
AskMen.com January 8, 2001 Jimmy Shapiro |
Top 50 Sports Stories Of 2000 Here's one man's opinion of the top 50 stories of 2000, in order of importance. Let's hope this year is as eventful...  |
Sports Central July 24, 2013 Andrew Jones |
14 Teams to Watch in 2013-14 The NBA season is still a ways away, but the offseason has been an interesting one. Here are 14 teams to watch in the upcoming season, some for obvious reasons ... others for not so obvious reasons.  |
Sports Central April 3, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
Absence of Drama Down NBA's Homestretch As we head into April, the NBA has just flipped the calendar for the final time in one of its most anti-climactic seasons in modern memory.  |
AskMen.com Schrager & Weinberg |
Sports Gossip: The Best Of 2004 In honor of the New Year, we thought we'd pay tribute to the six stories that sparked our interest the most during 2004, in sports, pop culture and entertainment.  |
Sports Central July 21, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Knicks: Championship Team or Pointless Dream? It's been over 30 years since the New York Knicks hoisted the NBA championship trophy.  |
Salon.com October 31, 2000 Allen Barra |
The "transition" game The NBA is suffering, not because it misses Michael Jordan, but because there are too many teenage millionaires who can't shoot...  |
Sports Central July 2, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Best Teams Not to Win the Super Bowl: NFC I'm interested in losers. Our sports culture focuses on winners, to the point that we forget about those who fell short.  |
Sports Central May 21, 2005 Kevin Connelly |
A Jaded Look at the NBA Playoffs There is a lack of enthusiasm in this year's NBA playoffs.  |
Sports Central July 9, 2007 Parimal Rohit |
Why the Spurs Are Not a Dynasty The San Antonio Spurs are just that team who won at the right time, when nobody else wanted to win.  |
AskMen.com Paul Bessire |
Top 10: NBA Champions In this article, WhatIfSports utilizes its SimMatchup technology to rank the greatest NBA champions of all time.  |
Salon.com May 31, 2002 King Kaufman |
Hoops heaven! As two entertaining playoff series climax, the Celtics and Lakers are doomed and the Nets will go from brief glory to cannon fodder...  |
Sports Central May 16, 2011 Vito Curcuru |
Keys to the NBA Conference Finals The 2011 NBA conference finals are underway and this final four gives us youth, age, and plenty of superstar power.  |
Sports Central December 22, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
In the Roatation: NBA Week 8 Whether it's the two best players in the league squaring off for one of the only times that particular season, an NBA Finals rematch, old rivalries renewed, or some combination of all three, the NBA always delivers the goods on Christmas Day.  |
Sports Central March 17, 2005 Jon Gonzales |
There is a God, and He Watches Basketball The Lakers' talent pool disbands after losing the NBA Championship, bringing competitiveness back to the league.  |
Sports Central December 29, 2008 Scott Shepherd |
In the Rotation: NBA Week 9 A look back at five of the most memorable and significant moments of 2008 in the NBA.  |
Sports Central April 4, 2007 Paul Tenorio |
Can Anyone Take Down the Pistons? The Detroit Pistons are looking like the best the league has to offer.  |
Sports Central April 19, 2006 Matt Russell |
Why Watch the NBA Playoffs? Here are 10 reasons why you should watch the NBA playoffs.  |
Sports Central October 13, 2009 Paul Foeller |
MLB Division Series Report Cards The 2009 playoffs have been awful so far. But the stark differences in talent make grading the performances of each team that much easier.  |
Sports Central March 20, 2013 Matt Thomas |
Fact or Fiction: Heat the Best Ever? If you spend any time watching that four-letter all sports network these days, you've undoubtedly noticed that the Miami Heat are on a run for the ages. Though the verdict is still open on how far this win streak will go.  |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Deadline Trades Here are the top 10 memorable last-minute sports deals that are remembered more for their turnout than their timing.  |
Sports Central April 17, 2013 Ross Lancaster |
Is Now the Time for the Nuggets' Gold Rush? The 2013 NBA playoffs appear to be a by-the-book affair, with the conference finals as nearly premeditated matchups, based on the balance of the season. However, the on-fire Nuggets may have a lot to say about that inevitably.  |
Sports Central May 11, 2006 Vince Grzegorek |
NBA Playoffs: 40 Games in 40 Nights The 40 things I have seen, thought about, heard through the grapevine, considered, predicted, been insulted by, been nauseated by, scoffed at, and missed about the 2006 NBA playoffs so far (in no particular order).  |
Sports Central May 28, 2013 Brad Oremland |
Best Teams Not to Win the Super Bowl: AFC This is the first article in a two-part series, looking at every current NFL franchise and picking out its best team of the Super Bowl era that did not win a championship. This week, we'll start with the AFC.  |
Sports Central December 10, 2007 Wailele Sallas |
NBA Superstars Trading Places How has the NBA got to this point?  |