http://dir.salon.com/topics/bud_selig/?source=rss&aim=bud_selig en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT By King Kaufman Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/23/ruth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/23/ruth/index.html?source=rss Babe Ruth's granddaughter wants the Bambino's number retired by all teams. The solution: Retire 'em all. By King Kaufman Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/16/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/16/wednesday/index.html?source=rss Congress tackles steroids again. Conclusion: They're still bad! Grandstanding? "Perish the thought." By King Kaufman Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/18/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/18/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Where's the former trainer who says he was interviewed four times and blamed management, not players, for the steroid mess? Plus: Clemens, bowl-game grad rates. By King Kaufman Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/17/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/12/17/monday/index.html?source=rss The Mitchell Report's main accomplishment may be to highlight the bumbling of Bud Selig. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/06/14/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/06/14/thursday/index.html?source=rss Bud Selig is threatening to suspend Jason Giambi, the closest thing baseball has to a truth teller about steroids. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/05/30/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/05/30/wednesday/index.html?source=rss Baseball's big cheater confesses! Plus: Barry Bonds. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/05/18/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/05/18/friday/index.html?source=rss Steroids? No comment. Bonds? No decision. Selig reasserts himself as the commissioner who can really get nothing done. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/05/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/04/05/thursday/index.html?source=rss MLB agrees to take cable customers' money. Now about those blackout rules. Plus: Meche, Lilly shine. And: Eddie Robinson tributes. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/03/02/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/03/02/friday/index.html?source=rss The yellowing of America: Baseball to force off-field employees to fill jars to prove themselves innocent of drug use. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/10/24/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/10/24/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Selig takes credit for brighter sunshine we've been having as baseball signs new labor deal. Plus: Cards and Tigers: Zoom! Under three hours! Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/31/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/31/monday/index.html?source=rss Trade deadline stunner: The Yankees get big star Bobby Abreu for some magic beans. So the system's working, right? Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/20/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/20/thursday/index.html?source=rss Suspending Barry Bonds wouldn't be right or likely to stand. But this Giants fan wishes it could happen today. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/11/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/11/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Can the baseball All-Star Game be saved? And is it even worth saving? Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/14/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/14/wednesday/index.html?source=rss Dwyane Wade's spectacular fourth quarter saves the Heat. Can he do that three more times? Plus: World Cup. And: Bud Selig's "everyone." Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/03/31/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/03/31/friday/index.html?source=rss Baseball's new drug probe: A weak swing in hopes of hitting a P.R. single. Plus: George Mason, America's sweetheart. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/03/08/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/03/08/wednesday/index.html?source=rss "Game of Shadows": The Barry Bonds steroid book fills us in on what we already knew, and it's still explosive. What's shocking is how far ahead the cheaters are. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/12/16/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/12/16/thursday/index.html?source=rss D.C. to baseball: Not so fast! A city actually stands up to MLB, and MLB doesn't like it, not one bit. But baseball will profit handsomely anyway. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/11/23/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/11/23/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Now Washingtonians know the name of the baseball team that will be taking their money. Plus: "Monday Night Football" misses a chance for some real fun. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/09/30/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/09/30/thursday/index.html?source=rss The Expos are going to Washington (probably), so they'll need a new name. Let's think of one that really describes this sorry episode in baseball history. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/07/19/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/07/19/monday/index.html?source=rss Readers write: The sequel. This time, it's personal. Especially for Roger Clemens, Muhammad Ali, Shaquille O'Neal and Scooter the talking baseball. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/06/29/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/06/29/tuesday/index.html?source=rss A great read: The Washington Post takes a long, hard look at Bud Selig, and it isn't a pretty picture. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/05/24/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/05/24/monday/index.html?source=rss You may not have known Doug Pappas, who died suddenly last week, but he was watching Bud Selig for you, and writing brilliantly about what he saw. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/05/07/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/05/07/friday/index.html?source=rss Major League Baseball backs off of its plan to put ads on the bases, the latest P.R. fiasco for a company that makes New Coke look like a stroke of genius. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/04/13/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/04/13/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Mike Tyson is back in the heavyweight title picture. At this rate, you could be a contender by '06. Plus: Baseball's uniform ad plan is reported dead. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/03/30/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2004/03/30/tuesday/index.html?source=rss Baseball dares its fans to get up in the wee hours to see Opening Day. We're up to the challenge. A coffee-fueled diary.