Marques Johnson

On April 28 Fox Sports News provided a painful example of ill-timed flippancy. Commenting that Suns forward Tom Gugliotta would play the next night in Denver (14 miles from the site of the Columbine High killings)...

Marques JohnsonSeattle SuperSonics broadcaster, calling the action during a recent game against the Sacramento Kings: "Corliss [Williamson] is going to go the amphibious route, changing from the right to the left hand."

So, how do you beat the NBA jinx—the failure of any team to repeat as champion since the Celtics did it in 1968 and 1969? The LOS ANGELES LAKERS might do it this way: with a center named Abdul-Jabbar, who at 38 has...

The Clippers have moved up from San Diego to provide L.A. with a cut-rate NBA alternative

The Celtics have so much talent and so much bench that Larry Bird doesn't even have to start for them to win the East