Few players have cast a spell across the game like Yao Ming, before or since.

Justice should be blind especially color-blind and able to fairly deal with the very real need for honest law enforcement.

The 3-point shot has created a situation in the game akin to 'Lotto' fever.

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

I could have skated by as an athlete, but the world is so much bigger and more interesting than any one thing. I didn't want to be pigeonholed as just a jock. I'm also an author, a student of history, and I collect memorabilia from the Wild West. I'm also a son, a father, and a friend.

My high school had been a renovated old hospital, so when I first came to the UCLA campus in the spring of 1965, I was immediately impressed by the classic northern Italian architecture that was mixed with futuristic ultra-modern buildings. The classic architecture gave it the heft of old wisdom while the modernistic look inspired hope for the future.

Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.