Avery Johnson

Name: Sam Gaskin School: Clark Atlanta University Year: Senior Age: 22 Hometown: Nashville, Tenn. Major: Communications, with an emphasis in TV and film Internship: Public relations intern, Turner Sports ...

Avery Johnson was not fired as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks because his relationship with owner Mark Cuban had soured. If Johnson were winning championships, he could have talked to Cuban the way Billy Walsh of...

Awards are nice and trophies are cool. Everybody should have a trophy. Come to think of it, among folks under age 35 or so, everybody probably does have a trophy, thanks to the national "no child's self-esteem left...

The Mavericks were having trouble beating teams with winning records with Dirk Nowitzki. Imagine how successful they will be without him.

There's a kind of reverse age discrimination going on in the NBA these days, which should come as no surprise in a league that allows a player who hasn't suited up in two years to be re-signed and thrown into a...