BY HENRY ABBOTT The cutting edge of health and wellness has always been home to kooky ideas and unstudied claims. More than from snakes, snake oil come…

BY DAVID THORPE A few years ago, Henry Abbott described the NBA season like a long and bumpy bus ride. At the start, 30 NBA teams are on that bus, each…

BY HENRY ABBOTT It was a long time ago, at some swanky dinner. I’m not sure who the guy was, but he was plugged in enough to dine with NBA heavy hitter…

Listen now (15 min) | LISTEN NOWWe’d like you to be first to hear the pilot of the TrueHoop podcast. It’s the tale of an NBA point guard using a fake p…

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BY DAVID THORPE Luka Doncic is not close to being the best athlete on the Dallas Mavericks. There are no highlights of his violent dunks. He does not s…

This is part 3 in a series about preventing NBA injuries. Part 1: How your body is like a hydraulic press. Part 2: What you can learn from wrecking you…

BY DAVID THORPE James Harden is scoring so much people are talking about Wilt Chamberlain, who once scored 100 points in a game. He has become the ridd…

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BY HENRY ABBOTT PART 1: Mushy bones and everything You’re reading TrueHoop, a newsletter brought to you by Henry Abbott and friends. Subscribe to recei…

BY DAVID THORPE A season ago, the Celtics were the NBA’s great mystery. Their young players like Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Terry Rozier, and Marcus S…

READ PART 2: The ice is thinner than you think. BY HENRY ABBOTT From time to time, the NBA releases official statements. If they are intended to quell …