Alan Henderson

That groan you heard out of Secaucus, N.J., last Saturday during the draft lottery emanated from the Raptors. They badly want to choose Maryland guard Steve Francis in the first round, but the pick they received from...

, forward Alan Henderson earned a degree in biology at Indiana and has aspirations of also becoming a doctor. But all of the family's scientific expertise did him little good last November, when he spent 10 days in...

Off to a soaring 10-0 start, the Hawks keep pecking away at opponents with a balanced attack that's been winning one close game after another

Pain Drain

It turns out that veterans on the West team in the All-Star Game were bothered by Kobe Bryant's gunning. Karl Malone describes how Bryant waved off his screen to take on Michael Jordan one-on-one: "The guy told me...