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NCAA Tournament, Day 2 -- live!

Another 16 goes down, but not without a fight, in a great afternoon of basketball.

By King Kaufman March 20, 2009

NCAA Tournament, Day 1 -- live!

If you want to understand America, you don't have to watch all this basketball. But it helps.

By King Kaufman March 19, 2009

Best! Game! Ever! Played!

The trend in sports books is to claim that a single contest changed the course of history. Sure it did.

By King Kaufman February 26, 2009

The year in sports: Believe the hype

2008 was a series of did you see thats that are destined to become do you remembers.

By King Kaufman December 30, 2008

Cleveland without rival in futility

Buffalo and San Diego haven't crowned a champ in a while either, but they've had fewer teams.

By King Kaufman October 31, 2008

NBA 2008-09: Houston over Detroit

If Yao, McGrady and Artest stay healthy and sane -- three big ifs -- look out for the Rockets.

By King Kaufman October 29, 2008

Baseball gets chippy

Six hit batsmen, two collisions, an injured catcher and a woozy top prospect. No wonder big-league teams want no part of the Olympics.

By King Kaufman August 18, 2008

Where have you gone, Allen Iverson?

The U.S. men's return to basketball dominance is a lot less interesting than those fascinating days of dysfunction in Athens.

By King Kaufman August 18, 2008

Donaghy sentencing: The NBA still snoozes

The league should use the "rogue" ref as an opportunity to overhaul its officiating. But the commissioner says everything's fine.

By King Kaufman July 29, 2008

WNBA brawl: Bad, but good?

Tsk tsk and all that, but at least people are talking about the league.

By King Kaufman July 25, 2008

So long, Billy Packer

After three decades calling the Final Four, he's out at CBS. Has anyone in sports TV lasted so long while being loved so little?

By King Kaufman July 15, 2008

The free-agent fandango

NBA and NHL players are switching teams willy-nilly, money is flying, and in nine months it'll all mean something.

By King Kaufman July 2, 2008

NBA draft

Rose goes first, Riley takes Beasley after all, and the New York fans boo the Knicks' choice, as always.

By King Kaufman June 27, 2008

Young ballers: See the world

The N.Y. Times profiles a high school basketball star on the verge of a smart response to the NBA age limit.

By King Kaufman June 24, 2008

Sonics: We're worthless

The NBA team makes a bizarro-world argument as it tries to escape Seattle.

By King Kaufman June 19, 2008

Celtics demolish Lakers for title

L.A. walked into Game 6 looking to get KO'd, and Boston more than obliged to wrap up the NBA Finals.

By King Kaufman June 18, 2008

Turkey tops the Celtics' comeback

Three goals in final 15 minutes of regulation give the Turks a stunner of a win over the Czech Republic at Euro 2008. Plus: Soccer letters.

By King Kaufman June 16, 2008

Superstar rules help the Lakers

Bryant gets a key non-call to help L.A. send the NBA Finals back to Boston for Game 6.

By King Kaufman June 16, 2008

Celtics take control with huge comeback

Chopping down a 24-point lead, Boston wins to put the Lakers at death's door.

By King Kaufman June 13, 2008

Sonics to Seattle: Screw us? Screw you!

Owners argue that poor attendance means city doesn't care about team -- which owners have destroyed and tried to move.

By June 12, 2008