Sam Bowie is probably best known for being drafted ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA draft. Bowie was chosen by Portland with the second overall pick, one spot ahead of Jordan. Bowie broke his ...

Being drafted one pick before Michael Jordan in 1984 has haunted Sam Bowie and the Trail Blazers. (Brian Drake/NBAE via Getty Images) The sad tale of Sam Bowie, the 7-foot-1 center drafted No. 2 ...

However, Jordan wasn't the first name read out by then-new NBA Commissioner David Stern. That distinction went to Olajuwon, a silky yet menacing center who enjoyed a stellar college career before ...

The track list for David Bowie’s 1974 album Diamond Dogs offers a couple obvious clues about one source of inspiration: song titles include both “1984” and “Big Brother.” But Bowie didn’t just want to ...

The sad tale of Sam Bowie has been told and re-told many times in the 28 years since the Portland Trail Blazers selected him second overall in the 1984 NBA draft, but for the first time in quite a ...

Is Sam Bowie one of the most sympathetic figures in history, a hard-luck player with frail legs who endured numerous injuries and surgeries that weren’t his fault? Is he a forgettable franchise ...

It didn't take long for the idea of a local musical tribute honoring David Bowie to pop into the head of Matt Morrissette. After nearly 25 years as a devoted fan, the owner of Wilmington bar-arcade ...

“It was really badly thought out,” co-producer Hugh Padgham says now. “It was too soon to record it.” Bowie had just finished the Serious Moonlight Tour in December 1983, and by spring of the ...

David Bowie will mark this year’s Record Store Day on 19 April by reissuing two singles. The UK will see a 40th anniversary re-release of “Rock‘n’Roll Suicide”, while “1984″ will be reissuing in North ...

David Bowie later criticized his 1984 album Tonight, calling it a foolish cash grab and one of the biggest regrets of his ...