F irst impressions? This is going to be fun. The kind of ride that makes you go, ``Wheeeee!'' and you can't help it. The Dolphins have committed around $24 million in guaranteed money to buy Brandon Marshall's skills as a pass catcher, but...
-- Not only have David Stern's pleas to leave the guns at home been ignored, one player even brought his to work. The commissioner could hand Gilbert Arenas a severe punishment whenever he decides to take action, but it seems clear Stern c...
NEW DELHI What apparently began as a practical joke would have turned out a lot funnier if only Gilbert Arenas brought a squirt gun to work instead of the real thing. Now there's no laughing it off. The Wizards star is scheduled to meet Mo...
Controversy usually follows the voting for the starters in the NBA All-Star Game. This year's voting is following a similar path. Tracy McGrady is second among guards in the Western Conference after the third round of voting. Should he rem...
At the end of a lost road trip, aboard the Washington Wizards charter flying from Phoenix to Washington, D.C., Gilbert Arenas (notes) and Javaris Crittenton (notes) were two teammates playing Bourr, one of the most popular card games among...
SAN ANTONIO 95, NEW YORK 88: Tony Parker scored 22 points, Manu Ginobili added 17, and the duo made the key plays in the final minutes to power the Spurs past the Knicks on Sunday night in New York. Parker and Ginobili combined for all of...
The San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday at 6:00pm EST when they meet at Madison Square Garden in a game that can be seen on NBA-TV. Sports betting odds makers currently have the Spurs list...
BOSTON The Boston Bruins turned things around just in time for the Christmas break. Two huge wins before Christmas, Mark Recchi said Wednesday night after Boston beat Atlanta 6-4 for its second victory in three nights. We hit a little bump...
Boston will likely have to do better offensively if it hopes to keep pace with the Warriors in a game that represents a stark clash of styles. The Celtics allow an NBA-low 91.5 points per game, while the up-tempo Warriors give up more poin...
The Boston Celtics have been the NBA's best road team this season, but their string of nine straight victories away from home was snapped upon their arrival on the West Coast. They'll try to bounce back less than 24 hours later on Monday n...
THE RETURN OF ANTOINE Walker had been a polarizing figure during his time with the Celtics, but he was our polarizing figure. When Ainge took over, speculation immediately began that he'd want to trade Walker, whom he'd often criticized wh...
FIRST ROUND WITH THE BULLS, 2009 This seven-game series actually took 35 periods to complete 28 regulation quarters plus seven overtimes and has been hailed by many as the greatest first-round series ever (if not the greatest of all-time)....
THREE KEY DRAFT TRADES Sure, they happened on separate occasions, but Ainge pulled off two draft night steals when he traded with Memphis in 2003 to acquire center of the future Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo from the Phoenix Suns in 200...
THE START OF THE DANNY-DOC ERA When Ainge took over basketball operations in May 2003, the Celtics were in the middle of a playoff series against New Jersey, a rematch from their epic conference finals the year before. The first-time execu...
PIERCE VS. LEBRON, 2008 Boston's reward for winning a tight seven-game series against the upstart Hawks was a date with King James and Co. in the conference semifinals. But LeBron started the series off poorly, shooting 8-of-42 in the firs...