This story was originally published on April 14, 2016. Monday is the four-year anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s final game. LOS ANGELES — The clock ticked toward midnight Wednesday. The sold-out stands had emptied hours earlier. Now, ushers, security guards and cleaning crews swept mounds of purple and gold confetti, streamers and balloons into white trash
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7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Nov. 25, 2015. Kevin Garnett will be inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2020 class. WATCHING WAS WASTEFUL, he thought, counterintuitive. Kevin Garnett loathed it. He’d spit at anyone who implored him to embrace it, even
8:00 AM ET Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on June 17, 2015. Watch Game 6 of the 2015 NBA Finals at 2 p.m. ET on ABC and the ESPN app. CLEVELAND — Looking back on it now, it’s hard for Nick U’Ren to believe he even considered the alternative. But he was just
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on June 9, 2015. Tim Duncan will be inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2020 class. SAN ANTONIO — “Summertime” arrived in the first quarter of Game 3 and nestled in for the duration of the 2014
9:00 AM ET This story was originally published March 18, 2015 for the 20th anniversary of Michael Jordan‘s 1995 comeback to the Chicago Bulls. When Michael Jordan announced his return to basketball 25 years ago today, he did so in a manner that was very much 25 years ago. He sent a fax. “It was