Sports Stars

Sure, rules are rules. But in the NBA, officials allow an extra step, a palm here and there, a push and a shove or a bonus tick of the clock just to let the players play

Come the playoffs, the Pistons will have the horsepower to unseat the aging Celtics in the East, but they won't be able to dethrone the Lakers

SPECIAL OLYMPIANSE.M. Swift's story on the Special Olympics (They Came Up Roses, Aug. 17) certainly captured the feeling of the event and, more important, the cause. I attended the opening ceremonies, and I regret...

SLAM!Your NBA championship cover photograph (June 22) was great! One picture told it all: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. What a fitting tribute to the greatness of the Lakers. Hail to Kareem and to Magic Johnson for one heck...

With a classic clash of styles, the NBA finals offered a feast for the fan's imagination—Larry a Laker? Magic a Celtic?—and food for thought on the subject of race, which cropped up again