Basketball

SURPRISING NAME IN A SURPRISING PLACE

We don't often associate Hall of Fame basketball players with fouls, turnovers, and failures. But then again, basketball is a funny game. You can ...

BIG NUMBERS FOR A BIG MAN

One of basketball's all-time greats has some all-time great statistics to support the adjective. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 1,560 NBA games, an ...

MARCH MADNESS STARTED WITH ONLY EIGHT

Today's NCAA basketball tournament, which begins with a CBS television special show and ends with a final-four extravaganza, doesn't resemble in the ...

SEVEN FEET IN 1949

In today's game of basketball, seven footers are as common as dunks, but this was not always the case. When the University of Kentucky's Bill Spivey ...

DEBUSSCHERE: ONE OF A KIND

There have been a few professional basketball players perform in another pro sport, but none with the success and uniqueness of Dave DeBusschere. ...

PRE-BOBBY KNIGHT

Modern day basketball fans may think Bobby Knight has coached Indiana basketball since the game was invented, but Hoosier basketball had a great ...

A 24-SECOND DONATION PAYS OFF

Why would the NBA care about an aging elementary school in Syracuse? The answer dates back to 1954. In August of that year, the NBA used the ...