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Yeah, right. They're not the Kings, you know. As long as Shaquille
O'Neal's playing, the Nets are in a world of hurt in the NBA Finals.
By King Kaufman
June 5, 2002
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Except for the chance that any team with a good goalie has, the
Carolina Hurricanes have no chance in the Stanley Cup Finals. Nice
uniforms, though.
By King Kaufman
June 4, 2002
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As two entertaining playoff series climax, the Celtics and Lakers are doomed and the Nets will go from brief glory to cannon fodder.
By King Kaufman
May 31, 2002
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At the Indy 500, the thrills come at the beginning, the end -- and whenever the green flag comes back out.
By King Kaufman
May 27, 2002
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The first active major leaguer to come out of the closet may ruin his career -- or he could become a cultural hero.
By King Kaufman
May 23, 2002
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The NBA playoffs are heating up, finally. They may get so hot that we actually get to see a sixth game.
By King Kaufman
May 21, 2002
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The workers demand buccaneer capitalism! The owners insist on socialism! As a strike looms, baseball negotiations offer a bizarro-world version of reality.
By King Kaufman
May 16, 2002
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You might think so if he beats Lennox Lewis. In which case you'd be nuts.
By King Kaufman
May 14, 2002
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War Emblem jockey Victor Espinoza had simple instructions for the Kentucky Derby: Don't do anything. He didn't, and the colt went wire to wire.
By King Kaufman
May 5, 2002
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Where billionaires and Arab sheiks mingle with lesser Backstreet Boys and B-movie actresses with three names, and all that stuff about how every horse can win turns out to be sorta true.
By King Kaufman
May 3, 2002
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The sports world is finding itself paying attention to two places it usually ignores: Montreal and Memphis.
By King Kaufman
April 26, 2002
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The Mavericks coach doesn't ever seem to click with them. Plus: The NBA doesn't call them play-OFFS for nothing.
By King Kaufman
April 25, 2002
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Our man heads to the Great White North to try his hand at the king of slow-motion, broom-assisted sports: Curling.
By King Kaufman
April 19, 2002
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How do you solve a problem like Coors Field? The Rockies are still trying to figure it out.
By King Kaufman
April 9, 2002
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Juan Dixon didn't dominate as expected Monday, but he's the third straight fourth-year man to carry his team to the NCAA title. Isn't that funny, in an era when the great players all leave school early?
By King Kaufman
April 2, 2002
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Indiana is no "Cinderella." The Hoosiers are well coached and red hot. But only Maryland has a player who can take over a game.
By King Kaufman
April 1, 2002
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Forget the talk of contraction and lockouts. It's spring -- time for the Red Sox to edge the Yankees (really!) and the Cardinals to go all the way.
By King Kaufman
March 30, 2002
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Moving courageously beyond his earlier botched NCAA predictions, our man picks Kansas and Oklahoma.
By King Kaufman
March 27, 2002
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The last few minutes before halftime are too valuable to keep your best player on the bench. Coach Jim Calhoun didn't realize that, and his UConn Huskies are not in the Final Four.
By King Kaufman
March 25, 2002
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A pair of heroes from the Land of Lincoln have subpar games as their teams get bounced from the Tournament.
By King Kaufman
March 23, 2002
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Most of those NCAA Tournament upsets aren't really upsets, but when Duke loses, now you've got something.
By King Kaufman
March 22, 2002
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The NCAA Tournament's new "pod" system works just fine, but it needs an adjustment to prevent this weekend's "home" games.
By King Kaufman
March 18, 2002
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Watching the NCAA Tournament on TV is great, but there's nothing quite like being there, even if "there" is nosebleed country.
By King Kaufman
March 15, 2002
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Former Clinton accuser, humanity itself both take brutal pounding in "Celebrity Boxing."
By King Kaufman
March 14, 2002
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A 324-team field would add excitement and give hope to underdogs. Almost as good, it'd get rid of the dumb conference championships.
By King Kaufman
March 12, 2002
The Lakers might choke!
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