The career of Tony Gonzalez. Troy Aikman’s golf game altered the course of NFL history.
In early March 1997, Aikman received a strange request from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Jay Novacek, Dallas’s Pro Bowl tight end, had missed the 1996 season because of a degenerative back problem, and without him the Cowboys’ offense had fallen flat just a year after winning the Super Bowl. The back was bad enough that Novacek planned to retire, leaving the Cowboys desperate for a tight end. Jones was wondering whether Aikman would be willing to accompany him to work out some of the top prospects in April’s draft. Aikman agreed, but with one condition — as an All-Pro in the middle of his offseason, each workout would have to double as a golf outing. Quarterbacks of Troy Aikman’s stature typically don’t attend draft workouts, and when Kansas City Chiefs general manager Carl Peterson heard that Aikman had been on hand to see Gonzalez, he took notice. “And then Tony went on to do what he did.”
The NBA's Possible Solution for Tanking: Good-bye to the Lottery, Hello to the Wheel. Nearly the entire history of the NBA suggests that a team wishing to win the title must have one of the 10 or 15 best players alive — and preferably one of the half-dozen best.
There have been exceptions, including the famous 2004 Pistons. But they are rare. The most common means of obtaining said franchise player is via the draft when he is first eligible to enter the NBA. You can certainly land those guys after the top few picks; the Mavs did so with Dirk Nowitzki (no. 9), the Celtics with Paul Pierce (no. 10), the Lakers with Kobe Bryant (no. 13, in a draft-day trade Kobe’s team strong-armed in concert with Jerry West), and now the Pacers with Paul George (no. 10). And the Rockets have recently reminded us that shrewd cap management and a pile of gain-an-inch trades can provide the flexibility required to either sign a star-level free agent or trade for one seeking a new environment.
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NBA player Jason Collins says he is gay - The Magazine. "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center.
I'm black. And I'm gay," says Jason Collins. Kwaku Alston/For Sports Illustrated This story appears in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated. I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. My journey of self-discovery and self-acknowledgement began in my hometown of Los Angeles and has taken me through two state high school championships, the NCAA Final Four and the Elite Eight, and nine playoffs in 12 NBA seasons.
PHOTO GALLERY: Jason Collins through the years I've played for six pro teams and have appeared in two NBA Finals. Jason Collins played with the Celtics and Wizards this season, his 12th in the NBA. Andrew D. Now I'm a free agent, literally and figuratively. Why am I coming out now? The first relative I came out to was my aunt Teri, a superior court judge in San Francisco. When I was younger I dated women. No one wants to live in fear. Peter Foley/EPA. New York Knicks News, Rumors, Roster, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Depth Charts, Forums - RealGM. RealGM - Basketball News, Rumors, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Depth Charts, Forums.
Sports and Pop Culture from Bill Simmons and our rotating cast of writers. Bill Simmons on the remarkable career of Tim Duncan. Click here for Part 2.
The San Antonio Spurs picked Tim Duncan on June 25, 1997, about seven weeks before Matt Stone and Trey Parker launched their new animated series on Comedy Central. Sixteen years later, the Spurs and South Park are still chugging along like kindred spirits; in a goofy twist, Duncan’s only fun nickname (“Timmaaaaaaaay”) comes from that show. Both the Spurs and South Park generated so many classic moments over the years, they practically blend into each other now. They were lavished with critical acclaim while being overshadowed by more popular network shows (the Lakers and The Simpsons, respectively). Parker and Stone should have burned out years ago; Duncan should be washed up by now.
It’s easier to put San Antonio’s unprecedented run in perspective. There’s been a misconception over these past 16 years that Duncan’s Spurs were boring, that America repeatedly rejected them. Are the Spurs a dynasty? You know what happened next. ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. Gennady Golovkin to fight Curtis Stevens on Nov. 2.