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The Team Time Trial of Basketball
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — I don't really know much about cycling, but I read every article I can get my hands on about the Tour de France. The timing has always been right. My whole life I have been scouring the sports section for NBA news day in and day out. At some point in early July, most sports sections begin to operate with an editorial ethic you might characterize as "what NBA?" Right about then, the Tour de France starts. So after triple-checking there are no NBA stories I missed somewhere, I read all those cycling articles. It's fascinating and so different from basketball. Basketball is about as dynamic as sports get -- ten ...

Your Drug-Free Tour de France Preview
The Rookies — Get excited for Le Tour with crazed devil spawn! It’s the first week of July, and one of the best weeks of the year. No, I’m not talking about the barbeques, trips to the beach, or fireworks, I’m talking about Le Tour de France. Yes, Le Tour, this year made relevant outside of the cycling diehards not ...

Your Drug-Free Tour de France Preview
The Rookies — Get excited for Le Tour with crazed devil spawn! It’s the first week of July, and one of the best weeks of the year. No, I’m not talking about the barbeques, trips to the beach, or fireworks, I’m talking about Le Tour de France. Yes, Le Tour, this year relevant not because of doping (well, yet), but because the ...