By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
Pondering Kevin Durant's latest big-time shot on the playoff stage, Lionel Hollins started listing a who's who of NBA greats from days gone by: Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, George Mikan, Bob Pettit.
It's Friday night in a dangerous Chicago neighborhood, and a steady stream of teenagers slip inside the gym at Kennicott Park.
A day after his son Richard Pitino agreed to become the next head coach at Minnesota, Rick Pitino proclaimed the 30-year-old up-and-comer “more than ready” for the challenge.
Isiah Thomas is just like the rest of America, catching up on the NCAA tournament on TV whenever he can. There's just one tiny difference.
Indiana was the NCAA's last undefeated men's team in 1976. North Carolina had Michael Jordan and James Worthy while winning the national championship in 1982, a decade before Duke won the tournament on the back of Christian Laettner's buzzer-beating basket.
Not all great NBA players make great NBA executives. With Michael Jordan's Charlotte Bobcats in line to finish this season with perhaps the worst record in NBA history, a list of five executives who dazzled as players and baffled as decision-makers:
Richard Pitino had two options. He could remain part of his father's coaching staff at Louisville and aim at returning to the Final Four next season, or take over a program that hasn't posted a winning record since he was a teenager.
Isiah Thomas arrived at Florida International knowing that he was taking a risk.
Maybe there's a big-name coach out there who can bring out the best in Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks.
Maybe there's a big-name coach out there who can bring out the best in Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks.
Surprise, relief, joy and even some caution.
Magic Johnson said it's "ridiculous" to suggest David Stern is racist, saying it's OK to disagree with the NBA commissioner but that you "can't attack the man and what he stands for."
Dwyane Wade treated Saturday like a normal game day. Pregame meal, massage, long shooting workout on the court more than two hours before tip-off.
Carmelo Anthony fully expects the NBA to cancel some regular-season games soon, and said players around the league have been bracing to hear that grim news.
Dwyane Wade treated Saturday like a normal game day. Pregame meal, massage, long shooting workout on the court more than two hours before tip-off.
"Through basketball and just sports, we believe that if the people really get to know each other, particularly young people, they'll have a hard time killing each other," Thomas said. "Sports play has been taken out of the community, in terms of the park district, and what we want to do is just open up the park districts again and make them available."
"Sport is really about education and making sure that the kids go to school," Thomas said. "So what did I learn? I learned that there were more lawyers and doctors in my community and there were more hard-working people in my community than I ever realized because they were able to come to the sporting event or I had a chance to meet them at the park district and had a chance interact with them. They all reinforced the positive message that I was getting at home about how important education was."
