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Death of soccer superstar Maradona was also the loss to the NBA of an avid fan

By Joel Alderman The death of Argentine soccer great, Diego Maradona, has generated an outpouring of worldwide...
Pope Francis is “super chill” according to Anthony Tolliver, who was in a group of NBA players who had an audience with the Pontiff in the Vatican

By Joel Alderman It hardly was a typical papal audience when a delegation of five N.B.A. players...
What would the All-Time NBA Draft look like?

Having the Number 1 pick in the NBA Draft is an awesome responsibility. To have to choose...
Tom Heinsohn, en route to becoming an all-American at Holy Cross, left a memorable impression on Yale when he tallied 44 points against the Bulldogs

By Joel Alderman Tom Heinsohn, Hall of Fame basketball star and everybody’s all-American, who died recently (Nov....
Lawsuit brought against Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim and the university for his fatal car accident in 2019

By Joel Alderman For the family of Jorge Jimenez of Syracuse NY, it is a recurring nightmare...
Which mid-majors will be the best in the 2020-21 college basketball season?

College basketball is coming back (we think), and when it gets here (we hope) there will be...
Five programs who might surprisingly be in the hunt in the 2020-21 college basketball season

2020 has been a pretty mundane year, no? There’s not much going on, from politics to weather...