Points in the Paint: Why Basketball is the Best Sport

This quarter the sports section is asking the ultimate unanswerable question: Which sport is the best? Over the next few weeks, the sports editors will make the case for their favorite sports. First up, basketball.

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May 1, 2014

How can we compensate student-athletes?

College athletes drive a billion-dollar industry, and how to compensate them is a hotly debated issue. Here’s one solution.

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April 11, 2014

For the love of the game: A call to true sports fans

There's a clear distinction between the casual and the serious, true fan of a sports team.

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March 6, 2014

Maroons can’t Bear tough offense

Chicago men's basketball didn't close out its season as it hoped it would.

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March 3, 2014

Divestment is not only necessary, but feasible

SFCC, UChicago’s fossil fuel divestment campaign, answers Zimmer’s call for more concrete argument.

OP-EDS

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February 18, 2014

Offensive stars to lead charge into first conference battle

Men's basketball (7–4) defeated Washington and Lee (4–7) last Saturday by a score of 86–74, on the backs of third-year point guard Muskeyvalley’s 22 points and five assists and fourth-year forward Hughes’s 17 points.

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January 9, 2014

Chicago offense explodes in victories over IIT, Kalamazoo

Last Tuesday, the men's basketball Maroons (4–2) spanked Illinois Tech (0–6) by a score of 109–46 and proceeded to beat Kalamazoo (3–1) 100–83 on Sunday.

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December 2, 2013