LeBron James
And now the Bulls do to Miami what they did to Carlesimo's Nets
Maybe the Brooklyn Nets owe their just-fired coach P.J. Carlesimo an apology. More
Against LeBron James, it isn't enough to try hard and play well
Someday, you'll be able to tell your grandchildren you remember the last time the Miami Heat lost. More
LeBron defeats the Knicks and Madison Square Garden. But.
The Madison Square Garden crowd was deflated on Sunday after they watched the Knicks blow a 16-point lead and lose to LeBron James and the Miami Heat, 99-93. More
Johan Santana gets the Reyes treatment
The Mets could field quite a team, made up exclusively of players they've ripped in the media in an attempt to push them to return from injury, regardless of how the player feels. More
(1)A national audience, Mikhail Prokhorov and Miss America watch 'typical Nets basketball'
The Brooklyn Nets entered Wednesday night's game against the Miami Heat in position to make a statement. And they made plenty of them before the game even started. More
This is real: Knicks stomp Heat, in Miami, without Carmelo
Entering Thursday night's game against the Miami Heat, a shocking 112-92 win, it was still theoretically possible to downplay the impressive start to the season from the New York Knicks. More
Underwhelming Nets defense set to face overwhelming Heat
It is hard to overstate the task before the Brooklyn Nets Wednesday evening, when they face the defending champion Miami Heat on the road. But the game also looms as an opportunity. More
A Knicks legend's prescription: Turn Carmelo Into LeBron
Walt Frazier, dressed in his signature style, spoke to the New York Times on Wednesday, and offered his thoughts on the state of the team. More
Can Amar'e Stoudemire learn to be like Hakeem?
The decision by Amar'e Stoudemire to train with Hakeem Olajuwon this summer in the art of post moves is an indisputably encouraging one. More
(1)Dream Team 2012 played well enough to make the 1992 comparison not ridiculous
Everyone from Kobe Bryant to President Obama weighed in on the question of which Dream Team was the best. More
(1)Australia has pluck, lacks LeBron James
The quarterfinal matchup between the United States and Australia in olympic men's basketball, won by the U.S., 119-86, was precisely to expectations. More
LeBron James shows he's the best player at the Olympics, or anywhere
LeBron James supposedly wasn't capable of coming through when it mattered. Never mind the Eastern Conference championships with Miami and a severely undermanned Cleveland Cavaliers team, or the performances like this one back in 2007, when he scored Cleveland's final 25 points in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals. More
Obama campaign hosts 'basketball's greatest super stars' at Chelsea Piers
President Obama's campaign will host a basketball themed fund-raiser at Chelsea Piers later this month.
"Please join basketball's greatest super stars and shoot some hoops to benefit the Obama Campaign in New York City," says an invitation for the event on August 22. More
LeBron James is on the mountaintop, and who's going to get him off?
From the moment LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010, or maybe from the moment he entered the league, the rest of the N.B.A. has essentially been wondering what would happen if he ever figured out how to combine his prodigous scoring ability with remarkable passing skills in precisely the amount necessary to win a championship. More
Anthony, Stoudemire and a nonjudgmental Garden come together, just in time to avoid a sweep
For all the fatalism surrounding the New York Knicks entering Sunday's Game 4 against the Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden—the long odds facing any team down 3-0 in a best-of-seven series, the 13-game playoff losing streak going back 11 years, the endless injuries, both unlucky and idiotic&mdash,the crowd was in a celebratory mood beforehand. More
