http://dir.salon.com/topics/basketball/?source=rss&aim=basketball en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2008/12/30/year_in_sports/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2008/12/30/year_in_sports/index.html?source=rss 2008 was a series of did you see thats that are destined to become do you remembers. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/02/dobbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/11/02/dobbs/index.html?source=rss Border fence keeping Mexicans out of pro basketball? By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/20/ncaa_day_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/20/ncaa_day_2/index.html?source=rss Another 16 goes down, but not without a fight, in a great afternoon of basketball. By Nancy Goldstein Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/06/wnba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/06/wnba/index.html?source=rss As the WNBA fades, it's taking the hopes of Title IX-era female athletes along with it. By Kevin Berger, Jonah Keri, Mark Schone Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/gift_guide/2008/2008/12/01/sports_lover_mid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/gift_guide/2008/2008/12/01/sports_lover_mid/index.html?source=rss Nine hundred NBA games, at your fingertips. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/19/ncaa_day_1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/19/ncaa_day_1/index.html?source=rss If you want to understand America, you don't have to watch all this basketball. But it helps. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/26/greatest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/26/greatest/index.html?source=rss The trend in sports books is to claim that a single contest changed the course of history. Sure it did. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/31/drought/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/31/drought/index.html?source=rss Buffalo and San Diego haven't crowned a champ in a while either, but they've had fewer teams. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/29/nba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/10/29/nba/index.html?source=rss If Yao, McGrady and Artest stay healthy and sane -- three big ifs -- look out for the Rockets. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/18/baseball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/18/baseball/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/18/basketball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/olympics/feature/2008/08/18/basketball/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/29/donaghy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/29/donaghy/index.html?source=rss The league should use the "rogue" ref as an opportunity to overhaul its officiating. But the commissioner says everything's fine. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/25/wnba/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/25/wnba/index.html?source=rss Tsk tsk and all that, but at least people are talking about the league. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/15/packer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/15/packer/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/02/davis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/07/02/davis/index.html?source=rss NBA and NHL players are switching teams willy-nilly, money is flying, and in nine months it'll all mean something. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/27/draft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/27/draft/index.html?source=rss Rose goes first, Riley takes Beasley after all, and the New York fans boo the Knicks' choice, as always. By Caitlin Shamberg Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/06/25/yauch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/06/25/yauch/index.html?source=rss The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch on his new documentary, "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot," and tomorrow's NBA superstars. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/24/age_limit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/24/age_limit/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/19/sonics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/19/sonics/index.html?source=rss The NBA team makes a bizarro-world argument as it tries to escape Seattle. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/18/celtics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/18/celtics/index.html?source=rss L.A. walked into Game 6 looking to get KO'd, and Boston more than obliged to wrap up the NBA Finals. By Gary Kamiya Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/06/17/team_mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/06/17/team_mccain/index.html?source=rss To avoid humiliating a once-great party and subjecting America to more painful glimpses of McCain's ideas and teeth, the mercy rule must be invoked now. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/16/soccer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/16/soccer/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/16/finals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/16/finals/index.html?source=rss Bryant gets a key non-call to help L.A. send the NBA Finals back to Boston for Game 6. By King Kaufman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/13/celtics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/13/celtics/index.html?source=rss Chopping down a 24-point lead, Boston wins to put the Lakers at death's door. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 04:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/12/sonics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/12/sonics/index.html?source=rss Owners argue that poor attendance means city doesn't care about team -- which owners have destroyed and tried to move.