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NBA GOAT debate: Big questions on Michael Jordan and the greatest players ever
Who is Michael Jordan‘s real competition for the greatest NBA player of all time? MJ’s last championship run with the Chicago Bulls is captured in “The Last Dance,” a 10-part documentary series debuting on ESPN on Sunday (9 p.m. ET). That sixth and final title helped Jordan earn a strong claim for GOAT status, with […]
Continue readingMid-major stars among College Basketball’s Greatest of All Time
Bill Russell San Francisco Dons, 1953-56 Selected second overall, St. Louis Hawks Oscar Robertson Cincinnati Bearcats, 1957-60 Territorial pick, Cincinnati Royals Bill Bradley Princeton Tigers, 1962-65 Territorial pick, New York Knicks Elvin Hayes Houston Cougars, 1965-68 First overall, San Diego Rockets Larry Bird Indiana State Sycamores, 1976-79 Sixth overall, Boston Celtics David Robinson Navy Midshipmen, […]
Continue readingTom Brady leaving the Patriots: Why Brady vs. Belichick will be the last great battle of the dynasty
Editor’s note: Brady is expected to sign with the Bucs. This piece was first published earlier on Tuesday, when Brady announced that he wouldn’t be returning to the Patriots. It has been edited to reflect the latest news. Deep down, Tom Brady needed to find out. So did Bill Belichick. Together they had run out […]
Continue readingJackie MacMullan speaks with director Dan Klores about Basketball: A Love Story
Editor’s note: This Q&A was originally published on Oct. 15, 2018. ESPN2 will be re-airing the first seven episodes of “Basketball: A Love Story” beginning Saturday at 10 a.m. ET. Good afternoon. This is Jackie MacMullan from ESPN, and I am thrilled to be joined by very well-awarded filmmaker Dan Klores, who has just released […]
Continue readingLakers’ LeBron James driven to be the best in the world, not by MVP award
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James was named the NBA’s MVP four times through his first 16 seasons in the league; however, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar claims he never set out to acquire a pile of Maurice Podoloff Trophies. “It’s never motivated me,” James said Thursday on the eve of the Lakers’ matchup with […]
Continue readingSunday’s Celtics-Lakers battle had everything the NBA’s premier rivalry needs
The game was a testament to brand power in the NBA and, more specifically, the power of those big brands to reinvent themselves in a league in which balancing stardom and culture can be a tricky exercise. Even with 33 championships between them, neither the Celtics nor the Lakers are immune to static, and both […]
Continue readingKobe Bryant’s greatness was both beautiful and maddening
The text from an unfamiliar 949 number arrived at some ungodly hour in the spring of 2016. I don’t have it anymore. I wish I did. “It’s Kobe. Call me.” I assumed it was a hoax. I called my colleague Ramona Shelburne. I recited the number. She said it was the real Kobe. I pivoted […]
Continue readingRemembering Kobe Bryant: Relentless, curious and infinitely complicated
We were visiting relatives on a brisk Thanksgiving afternoon on Cape Cod in 2007, and I was balancing a piece of piping-hot apple pie in my hand when my phone pinged to let me know I had a text message. It was from Kobe Bryant. “Hey Jackie, wishing you and your family a very happy […]
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