Magazine-style magazine writer Chuck Klosterman weighs in on the much-discussed topic of Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas in the upcoming issue of New York Times sports magazine Play. Klosterman’s exposure to the usually outgoing and voluble Arenas seems to have consisted of watching one game, holding a Read More
The Knicks were not looking for respect from the Denver Nuggets Dec. 17. That was what Isiah Thomas and his players said they had been after, when the brawl was done—professional courtesy, sportsmanship, proper treatment between competitors. What they’d wanted, they said, was for the Nuggets to honor the unwritten code of basketball.
What they Read More
On what was supposed to have been his last album ever, Jay-Z made a little joke: “When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5 / it ain’t to play games with you / it’s to aim at you, probably maim you!” Never mind the tense trouble and clunky rhyme—Jay-Z’s meaning was clear: His retirement Read More
On what was supposed to have been his last album ever, Jay-Z made a little joke: “When I come back like Jordan, wearing the 4-5 / it ain’t to play games with you / it’s to aim at you, probably maim you!” Never mind the tense trouble and clunky rhyme—Jay-Z’s meaning was clear: His retirement Read More
“Oh, Knicks, you suck!”
The speaker was a second-grader, feet dangling from a seat in the 400 level of Madison Square Garden, shortly after tip-off of the Knicks’ game against the Miami Heat on Feb. 22. Four minutes into the first quarter—with the Knicks still scoreless—the tyke’s view was seconded and carried in a Read More
