Naked City

"...Development League. Praised throughout his career as an exceptional basketball mind, Johnson was a perfect fit for the "education-first"..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Toros Tryouts: Day Two

"...on fundamentals and the unwavering and unquestioned principles of basketball technique and knowledge. The players crowded around the NBA..."

Nov. 4, 2006 Sports Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Power, Forward

Dave Zirin on 'What's My Name, Fool?: Sports and Resistance in the United States'

"...good four years, mainly because I went to a basketball game during the first Gulf war, and they had..."

Nov. 11, 2005 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...your hangovers and get back to work.Austin Stories• Local basketball buffs still smarting from UT's first-round exit in this..."

March 25, 2005 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Vision and Focus

In the 'Undertow' with director David Gordon Green and first-time screenwriter Joe Conway

"...Joe Conway, it all began with a game of basketball. A UT grad who had been teaching English at..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach's Corner

The abuse heaped on Ken Caminiti for his Sports Illustrated expose on steroid abuse is disgraceful. Actually, he's done the game a favor by shining a light on the situation.

"...besides, those guys make a lot of money. In basketball the effect of a single player is significant ......"

June 7, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Odds and ends: David Stern … Drew Bledsoe … KevinGarnett … Rick Reilly … and more.

"...Big Dave Stern -- commissioner of all that's pro basketball -- has a reputation as an ultra-savvy guy, though..."

May 3, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Poor Nolan Richardson. Why's everybody always pickin' on he?

"...Richardson, really. Never have. By most measures of college basketball (except for recent graduation rates -- 0% is fairly..."

March 8, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Coach's pre-season glance at the NBA: the Spurs are overrated and on their way down; Michael Jordan is overrated and already down; but the real season doesn't stat for another half-year anyway, so does anyone really care?

"...time to get serious about the Bears and Purdue basketball. On the long California coast, golf is always good...."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

The Girls on the 50-Yard Line

Documentarian Mylène Moreno always wanted to be a professional athlete. Instead, she made True-Hearted Vixens, a film about women who did. Moreno brings Vixens, documenting the attempt to create a women's professional football league, and her short "Cormac's Trash" to the Alamo Drafthouse this Wednesday.

"...and Kertia "Moochie" Lofton, a 33-year-old African-American elite amateur basketball player and a single mom with a daughter and..."

May 25, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Coach's Corner

To those who think the NBA is just a pale, slow-motion shadow of its former self, Coach says: Take another look; the running game is back, and you need only look at the eight surviving playoff teams to see it.

"...curmudgeonly old codger, seeing the apogee of the National Basketball Association to have occurred on Feb. 27,1959, when Bob..."

May 11, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Live sporting events? Barely. TV is choking them to death.

"...the privilege of televising a few moments of actual basketball into your living rooms. Between the coaches' timeouts (and..."

March 30, 2001 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Daylight Savings is a bummer, but Austin's hosting of the NCAAs was an upper. And as the NBA regular season winds down, disappointments outnumber pleasant suprises, but the Lakers are a big, big, exception.

"...Basketball odds and ends: Austin did a nice job supporting..."

April 7, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

Longhorns bow out of the NCAA basketball tourney in disappointing fashion; what happened to Chris Mihm?

"...Coaches are fond of saying that basketball's a team game, and so it is. On this..."

March 24, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

It's Valentine's Day, and Mavericks fans are in love with Dennis Rodman. But it'll pass.

"...is off to either an ironically humorous start with basketball's worst franchise, or a disastrous one, depending upon your..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Dance Fever

Sundance 2000: The year of "dot-comming," short films, female athletes, and the feverish race for the next big thing.

"...In addition to Girlfight, another movie called Love and Basketball grabbed a lot of attention. Due to be released..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Where Were You When ...

Sports lover Lisa Tozzi reflects on 1999, this "underdog" of a year.

"...spotlight -- if not the cash -- from football, basketball, baseball, and hockey. Talk about your surprises. Who would..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Sports Feature by Lisa Tozzi

Doing Sports the Craig Way

Mike Butts profiles sports stats man and voice of the Texas Longhorns, broadcaster Craig Way, of KVET's Sports Day and Fox Sports Southwest's High School Extra Live.

"...As the Longhorns' football and basketball color man and the play-by-play man for UT's Lady..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Features Feature by Mike Butts

Coach's Corner

"...past. However, I'll give Dunn this: He's a knowledgeable basketball fan. We exchanged a few e-mails on the Miracle..."

July 9, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...and complementary reasons, to rampant drug use. Baseball and basketball, for example, are grueling games with long seasons that..."

May 21, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Additional Ranch Info

"...golf on an 18-hole champion course, tennis, volleyball, and basketball. When the young'uns start to cause cabin fever, the..."

May 21, 1999 Features Feature

Coach's Corner

"...16. Purdue stinks, and when did they start playing basketball in Miami? A few breaks and Final Four time's..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...front, I'm not much of a fan of women's basketball. That said, and though it served as a handy..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...surprise before breakfast. Be prepared for a long day. Basketball season has already begun...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Pay Disparity in Women's Athletics

"...Top Asst: Greg Davis $115,000 Soccer: Dang Pibulvech $50,000 Basketball: Rick Barnes $700,000 Basketball: Jody Conradt $237,235* Top Asst:..."

Sept. 18, 1998 News Feature

Postscripts

El Paso Jewels

"...he teaches high school English and coaches Switzerland's pro basketball team. How did someone from Lausanne who has only..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Books Column by Clay Smith

Coach's Corner

"...the wall"? Easy though it may be, hockey and basketball playoff announcers utter these grim admonitions in every third..."

May 15, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Coach's Corner

"...come from a clean place when writing about Texas basketball. I'm a paying customer. I eschew the convenience of..."

March 6, 1998 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Public Notice

Ceaco

"...Turbo Ranger Zords, piano type keyboards, jigsaw puzzles, Nerf basketball/goals, shirts, pants, music tapes, Legos, skateboards, and a locking..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Coach's Corner

"...with all the loud bells and whistles of a basketball game, except it's even more contrived, complete with the..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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