http://dir.salon.com/topics/king_kaufman/?source=rss&aim=king_kaufman en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/04/15/ending/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/04/15/ending/index.html?source=rss Because, like a lot of things in this business, it's shutting down. But this isn't a sad story. These are exciting times. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/25/yogi_berra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/25/yogi_berra/index.html?source=rss Biographer Allen Barra talks about his new book, in which the lovable, quotable old catcher comes off as intelligent, shrewd and decent. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT 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 King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT 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 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/13/ringolsby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/13/ringolsby/index.html?source=rss The Hall of Fame baseball writer quickly fires up a blog in the wake of the Rocky Mountain News' demise. "I never felt the Internet was a threat." By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/04/withdraw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/04/withdraw/index.html?source=rss Give me the guys who've pulled out and I can rule the World. Baseball Classic, that is. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT 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 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/23/oscars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/23/oscars/index.html?source=rss Academy Awards viewers get a little taste of the kind of coverage sports fans loathe. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/18/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/18/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss Alex Rodriguez doesn't seem to come fully clean, but without fear of baseball's draconian punishments, he offers something in short supply in the war on drugs: Information. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/2009/02/11/favre/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/2009/02/11/favre/index.html?source=rss It appears the future Hall of Famer is going to keep trying until he gets it right. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/09/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/09/rodriguez/index.html?source=rss Knowing about Alex Rodriguez's positive steroid test from 2003 changes nothing, but get out your torches and pitchforks anyway. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/04/letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/04/letters/index.html?source=rss In the wake of his third fine Super Bowl performance, the readers write about that and other big-game subjects. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/02/super_bowl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/02/super_bowl/index.html?source=rss Super Bowl 43 looked like a grinding Pittsburgh win before the two teams started trading thrilling comebacks. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/30/super_bowl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/30/super_bowl/index.html?source=rss The Steelers are defensive beasts with a pedigree and a quarterback. The Cardinals -- well, they have a quarterback too. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/29/panel_o_experts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/29/panel_o_experts/index.html?source=rss Accuscore, the electronic version of a dart-throwing monkey, ties Merril Hoge, also of ESPN, for the NFL game-picking championship. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/27/updike/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/27/updike/index.html?source=rss It's not what he was known for -- outside diamond circles, anyway -- but the late author penned one of the game's literary gems. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/23/phillips/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/23/phillips/index.html?source=rss ESPN bringing Steve Phillips into the booth with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan is the oldest trick in TV land, and one of the worst. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/20/championship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/20/championship/index.html?source=rss If you believe the playoffs, very. But if you believe the regular season, they don't stand a chance against the punishing Steelers. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/16/conference_title/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/16/conference_title/index.html?source=rss In Phoenix. Phoenix! And the Eagles are there too. It's nuts. The Ravens-Steelers slugfest in the AFC makes more sense. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/12/ignorance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/12/ignorance/index.html?source=rss Journalists are supposed to fight it, not brag about it. Too many baseball writers don't seem to feel that way. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/09/football/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/09/football/index.html?source=rss College football gives way at last after the Gators beat the Sooners without the promised scoring explosion. Plus: Round 2 playoff picks. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/08/larsen_letters/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/08/larsen_letters/index.html?source=rss Comparing the players of 1956 to those of today gets a lively debate going. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/07/1956/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/07/1956/index.html?source=rss Not really, but the rebroadcast of his 1956 gem showed that hitters back then were a different, lesser breed than today's sluggers. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/06/utah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/06/utah/index.html?source=rss The undefeated Utes, ineligible for the title, are this year's poster team for a playoff system. But one school has an even better claim. By King Kaufman Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/02/playoff_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/02/playoff_preview/index.html?source=rss A great day for sports on TV -- even without college football -- gives way to a couple more as the playoffs get under way.