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What book?

If it is proven there was any glint of recognition from Clipper ownership to these charges, any oblique Nixon/Haldeman discussion regarding What Went Down, then Steve Ballmer deserves suspension, everyone he's hired needs to be replaced. Because they knew better, did it anyway. Pro sports, since the

What if we helped Sir Charles?

Charles Barkley's legacy – brilliant NBA player, zero NBA titles – was so certain by his seventh pro season that he spent a hearty chunk of this 1992 autobiography discussing worries over never winning a championship. It was Barkley's mark to bear before he was traded from Philadelphia

What if butterflies flap over Boston?

Picked up and enjoyed a copy of Peter May's 'Top of the World,' which detailed Boston's 2007-08 title. It took me longer to write this hack What If column than it did to read the book, which is a pleasant must-have for Celtic fans.

The summer they took the TV away

The last episode of TNT's 'Inside the NBA' took place on May 31 in the Pacers' arena. I had to be there for it and was, somewhere off to the side but the closest to the set itself, dastardly attempting to avert direct eye contact