Keane Shum
For God, country and Yale

Forty years ago, in the Palestra, the Yale men’s basketball team lost in overtime to Wake Forest. It was the last time the Bulldogs played […]

Six steps for a dream team by the trade deadline

Today is the NBA trading deadline, but as I write this it’s likely that the season’s only significant trade has already happened. In what looks […]

An ‘all-star’ game with only one star

Let me start off by saying that Kobe Bryant is awesome. He’s quite possibly the best player in the league, and he proved it Tuesday […]

At the buzzer: No-names kill dunk drama

Welcome to Pro Basketball Jeopardy — I’ll take no-names for $500. Answer: Jason Richardson, Gerald Wallace, Desmond Mason. The question: Who are three unknown players […]

Szczerbiak? ‘Zo? Dubious picks plague All-Star Game

“Emeka Okafor be roastin’!” Yes, Billie. I need to apologize. In this space last week, I made fun of Emeka Okafor. Two days later, Connecticut […]

NBA reigns in business and basketball

So, I’m sitting in my common room watching Sacramento play Portland and enjoying Chris Dudley’s first appearance on national television when my roommate (we’ll call […]

Farthest from the starting 5: NBA’s worst backups

Everyone on campus you ask had a great, relaxing winter break, and though his break is probably not as long ours (not that ours is […]

Yale today, NBA star tomorrow…I’m all set

I was shooting around in the Berkeley College gym a couple nights ago, trying my best to pretend that if I hit enough jumpers, all […]

At the Buzzer: Knicks-Bulls magic gone

Before 4 p.m. last Saturday, I wouldn’t have traded my Thanksgiving break for the world. I was going to see the Bulls and Knicks go […]

At the buzzer: Who can stop L.A.?

Remember May 1997, when the Lakers were down 3-1 to the Utah Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals? Game 5 was coming to a tight […]

Alumni recall battlefield stories

The footage of U.S. Army Rangers parachuting into southern Afghanistan last Friday may soon become a regular scene on televisions across the world, but for […]