On the coach’s battle with retirement.

How good is Julian Newman, really?

A profile of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice, who was fired in April after a video of him berating players went viral.

A basketball player, broke and without a Plan B, travels across the country for one last shot at glory.

Sex in the NBA in the wake of Magic Johnson’s HIV announcement.

The lost dream of Korleone Young, a high school basketball star who skipped college and flamed out after only one NBA season.

On not making the NBA.

Basketball on a Crow reservation and a player named Jonathan Takes Enemy trying to escape.

How a Peace Corps volunteer turned a high school basketball squad into Afghanistan’s national team.

On the death of NBA star Reggie Lewis.

A profile of Dennis Rodman today.

“He has hit rock bottom, and he just hasn’t accepted it yet.” Basketball’s iconoclast is a broke recluse at 37.

An appreciation of the hometown team.

Bob Voulgaris and his math prodigy sidekick attempt to create the perfect betting algorithm.

A conversation with a 29-year-old approaching his apex.

A profile of former Duke basketball star Jay Williams a decade after the motorcycle crash that ended his career.

Larry Brown’s mystifying, unpredictable career.

Royce White’s theories of mental illness.

Life after scoring 100-plus points in a basketball game.

On high school basketball star Chris Tang and the pressures of being the “Great Yellow Hope.”

Dunks, drugs, and disappointment: an oral history of the 1980s Houston Rockets.

A profile of Jeremy Lin.

The playground, the Ivy League, the triangle offense,  and how we dreamed up a “black basketball” and “white basketball.”

An ode to professional basketball players and why pro ball is the best ball of all.