A Doctor and His Unlikely Son, Back for Basketball
Dr. Ian M. Zlotolow, now 64, adopted Lansana Lapia, now 16, after meeting the boy in Sierra Leone. Now they live in Berkeley, Calif., but have returned so that Lansana could play basketball.
View ArticleNew Design Unveiled for Atlantic Yards Arena
The developer Bruce C. Ratner unveiled a new design for the Barclays Center, his planned basketball arena for the Nets near Downtown Brooklyn.
View ArticleReport Finds Net Loss to City From Atlantic Yards Arena
A report prepared by the city's Independent Budget Office will probably give critics of the Atlantic Yards development project in Downtown Brooklyn newfound ammunition.
View ArticleFeats of Futility, for the Record
New York's sports teams have had their low moments, many of which are enshrined in the records books.
View ArticleAs the Ball Bounces, Bleakly
Marveling from the $28 cheap seats at the long devolution of a mighty sports franchise and archetypal New York City cultural entity into a bush-league joke.
View ArticleGoodbye to a Snapper of Streetball
A postcard from the wake of Robert (Surrob) Negron, an artist in the Bronx.
View ArticleA Knicks Fan Sees Rays of Hope
One game does not a season make, but a victory over Toronto provides a reason to be cautiously optimistic.
View ArticleOptimistic, to a Point, About the Knicks’ Big Trade
A fan shares his thoughts about the acquisition of Carmelo Anthony, and about the players the Knicks gave up to get him.
View ArticleThe Elbowing Is Real, but the Rosters Begin Online
An entrepreneur sees the potential of the Internet to organize pickup basketball. His Web site matches players in search of a game to courts in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
View ArticleNets Hold a Rally Amid a Lockout and an Uncertain Season
A basketball rally is held in a borough that has no finished arena for a team that may not play a meaningful game for a long time to come.
View Article40 Years on the Court, and It’s Not Even Halftime
Four players in a weekly pickup basketball game in Greenwich Village go back to 1971, at least.
View ArticleAt Jesuit School, a Pregame Assist From a Jewish Singer
The men’s basketball team at Fordham caught a hot hand when a Jewish cantor named Daniel Pincus began singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before games.
View ArticleThe Other Basketball Game
Metropolitan Diary: A poem for a solitary player on a lonely boardwalk on a cold day.
View ArticleLong Before the Brooklyn Nets, There Were the Black Fives
With a new book, Claude Johnson, a former director of international licensing for the N.B.A., is determined to lift all-black club basketball teams out of obscurity.
View ArticleNo Judging About Gay Players on Basketball Courts
The news that N.B.A. center Jason Collins had come out as gay drew little reaction among the players on city courts.
View ArticleWhat Is Your Neighborhood’s Summertime Ritual?
Does your neighborhood have a summertime ritual that is special to your community? Tell us in in the comments section. Your submission may be selected as part of The Times's “Summer In …” series.
View ArticleEverything but Net
Summertime dreams syncopated with the sounds of basketballs beating the asphalt around New York City.
View ArticleNew York City’s Week in Pictures: Aug. 22
A slide show from the past week in New York City and the region includes images from a fire in Manhattan and the Ice Bucket Challenge in Brooklyn.
View ArticleAshes Under the Hoop
Metropolitan Diary: A Memorial Day basketball game in Riverside Park was interrupted by a grieving widow with an unusual request.
View ArticleAs the Ball Bounces, Bleakly
Marveling from the $28 cheap seats at the long devolution of a mighty sports franchise and archetypal New York City cultural entity into a bush-league joke.
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