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The dunk is basketball’s most lionized play. The most iconic ones are canonized, referenced fondly and often, debated for their merits and significance. The sport’s language has created so many names for it: jam, yam, slam, poster, stuff, hammer. It’s a unique club that only few on this world can join. It’s marvelous.And it hurts like hell.“Can you think of any other concept where your hand swings at something metal?” 11-year NBA veteran Austin Rivers asks. “It’ll probably hurt, yeah?”When asked, players catalog the pain dunking has caused: broken nails; bent fingers; recent bruises; lasting scars; midair collisions; twisted necks;…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Es la hora del almuerzo un sábado por la tarde a mediados de noviembre y la palabra del día es ecléctica. Acabo de terminar mi ronda matutina en The Park con un putt par tres en el indulgente hoyo 18, y subo a la cabaña, el bar/pequeños refrigerios están ubicados estratégicamente en el frente de la propiedad.Un cuarteto que estaba unos hoyos delante de mí se dirige a sus vehículos; aunque permitan su anonimato, digamos que pueden ser miembros donde quieran en la zona rica en golf de West Palm Beach/Jupiter. Pasando a los últimos…

Seventeen years and more than 1,200 games ago, Andrew Cogliano remembers how difficult it was to traverse the state of California.The Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks were three of the biggest, heaviest teams in the league. If you had to play all three in succession? Well, good luck. Not only were those teams willing to play a punishing brand of hockey, but they were all highly skilled and generally successful, too.After a few years in Edmonton where he broke into the league, Cogliano was dealt to the Ducks as a free agent in the summer of…