The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls have the greatest single season record in NBA history. After winning their third consecutive title in 1993, Michael Jordan retired from…

Indiana University has one of the most storied programs in college basketball history. The Indiana Hoosiers fielded their first men’s basketball team in the 1900-01…

Fab Five

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The Fab Five is the greatest college basketball class ever recruited. In the fall of 1991, the incoming freshman class of the University of Michigan’s…

Wilt Scores 100

March 2, 2016 0

On this date in 1962, Wilton Norman Chamberlain set the single-game NBA scoring record by scoring 100 points for the Philadelphia Warriors in a 169-147…

Charles Barkley

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Happy 53rd birthday to The Round Mound of Rebound. Charles Wade Barkley was born in Leeds, Alabama–about 10 miles outside of Birmingham–on February 20, 1963. …

Rick Barry

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Richard Francis Dennis Barry III is the only player in basketball history to lead the NCAA, ABA and NBA in scoring for an individual season.…

Red Auerbach

January 12, 2016 0

Arnold Jacob Auerbach was the architect and mastermind behind one of the most dominant franchises in professional sports history. Born in the Williamsburg section of…

Steve Nash

January 8, 2016 0

Stephen John Nash is the greatest free throw shooter in NBA history. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 7, 1974, into a soccer-minded family,…

LeBron James

December 30, 2015 0

Where LeBron Raymone James fits in the pantheon of greatest players in basketball history remains to be determined. James was born in Akron, Ohio, on…

Pete Maravich

December 22, 2015 0

Peter Press Maravich was perhaps the greatest creative offensive talent in basketball history. Born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania—a steel town outside of Pittsburgh that produced NFL…