Whicker: Is it time for Elam Ending to fix basketball?

The clock could not save Greg Norman at Augusta. It could not spare Dennis Eckersley from the task of the final out. It could not win a match point for Roger Federer.
Games without clocks are different, less forgiving. And they are never seen on the sandlot or in the park down the street.
On the blacktop, you play basketball to 21 or 15 or whatever you decide. Thanks to a professor and a made-for-TV league, our basketball past might become our future.
The system is called the Elam, named after N