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King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Shrink the preseason! We're ready for the NFL season to start now. The league should kill two meaningless affairs and go to an 18-game schedule.

By August 20, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

The readers write: Maurice Clarett and other college stars don't play for free. They get a chance at an education, and that's worth something.

By August 19, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Maurice Clarett, the suspended Ohio State star, isn't evil. He's just trying to take what he can from an evil enterprise he can't yet escape.

By August 18, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Ted Williams has been decapitated, and I'm not feeling so well myself. Plus: Bill Clinton can't keep his mind on baseball. And: The jock translator.

By August 14, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

The NFL sends a clear message by fining Lions president Matt Millen for not interviewing a minority coaching candidate: Token gestures are better than honesty.

By July 29, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Old-school NFL training camps are for coaches who believe in the bunk of team chemistry. Plus: Summer reading for baseball nuts.

By July 23, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

"There are other, better idiots out there." Readers rage against Rush Limbaugh's new football gig.

By July 17, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

New ESPN hire Rush Limbaugh will bring the same level of insight to football that he brings to politics. In other words, the real fans get screwed again.

By July 15, 2003

King Kaufman's Sports Daily

Greed comes out of the closet: At least the ACC is honest about its cash-grab expansion plans.

By June 23, 2003

Beaten, battered and sunk

Quarterbacks win MVP awards, but, as the Buccaneers proved again in the Super Bowl by flogging the Raiders, defense wins the big game.

By King Kaufman January 27, 2003

Bursting at the themes

Pirates! Old guys! The ex-coach! There are angles aplenty as the NFL's best offense and defense prepare to meet in the Super Bowl.

By King Kaufman January 21, 2003

Super Bowl: Raiders vs. Bucs?

That's how it looks from here, but whoever wins, remember this: Ignore kicker humor.

By King Kaufman January 17, 2003

Football: America's favorite homoerotic sport

A tight embrace in the end zone, a gentle head-butt, a slap on the fanny -- it's all just innocent celebration. Isn't it?

By King Kaufman January 8, 2003

2002: The year in sports

The thrill of ties and disputed finishes. The agony of scandals, blown calls and moral relativism. Plus: Endless debate.

By King Kaufman December 31, 2002

Can Manute Bol save Jim Irsay?

The cash-seeking owner may have to put the 7-foot-7 Dinka tribesman in shoulder pads to keep the Colts in Indianapolis.

By King Kaufman November 15, 2002

Sports and 9/11

We can call a quarterback a "warrior" without disrespecting last year's heroes.

By King Kaufman September 11, 2002

Boom! Madden on Monday night

Look at this! He's the same great analyst he was on Sunday afternoons. So will he help the ratings? Not as much as some good games would.

By King Kaufman August 6, 2002

Among the believers

When the NFL's Ultimate Fans get together in Canton, Ohio, they paint the town red -- and then they start on their bodies.

By King Kaufman August 6, 2002