National Basketball Association

THESE DAYS the toughest decision for most NBA players contemplating life after basketball is which Caribbean island to pick for that vacation villa. Such wasn't the case in the 1950s and '60s, when players such as...

Manny Pacquiao, the sport's biggest little star, moved up a weight class and crushed David Diaz for his fourth title

Fans weren't crazy about the Knicks' pick, but the team's new leadership has a plan—and its eyes on LeBron in 2010

Twenty-two years after their last NBA title the Celtics earned their 17th, as G.M. Danny Ainge reconnected the franchise (and this author) to a storied past of retired numbers, Hall of Famers and one-namers

MICHAEL BEASLEY Former Kansas State forward and expected lottery pick in the NBA draft, on being measured 6'8" at the predraft camp after being listed as 6'10" in college: "I'm a little disappointed to find out I'm...