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Turkey tops the Celtics' comeback: 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.; King Kaufman Jun 16, 2008
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: French captain Zidane apologizes for his head butt but says it's the provoker who should be punished. He's wrong.; Jul 13, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Italy wins the World Cup as French legend Zidane is sent off. Let's do the same to the penalty-kick shootout. Plus: The Twins' side-arming blogger.; Jul 10, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: In World Cup knockout games, the second goal gets even more important! Plus, those poor Minnesota Twins and their 17-2 streak.; Jun 30, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The beautiful, ugly game: Soccer doesn't need changing, but here's how I'd change it anyway.; Jun 26, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: With its 2006 World Cup over, what the U.S. needs is a flamboyant, charismatic coach to sell an exciting version of the game to elite young American athletes.; Jun 23, 2006
Score one for the Yanks: Yes, the USA team went down in ignominy at the World Cup. But guess what? World soccer fans were loving us in Germany.; By Pete L'Official Jun 23, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Playoffs are over, let's turn to baseball. Oh, Ozzie Guillen's insulting people again. Plus: World Cup scoring update.; Jun 22, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Stanley Cup: Hurricanes win a thriller the NHL didn't deserve. Plus: ESPN graphic reveals shocking World Cup truth: Goals are important.; Jun 20, 2006
World Cup has women feeling feverish: How on earth will women survive having their significant other's attention diverted to the World Cup?; Tracy Clark-Flory Jun 16, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Stanley Cup Finals turn on a dime. Now the trophy is back in its case and the Oilers are back in the series. Plus: World Cup.; Jun 15, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Dwyane Wade's spectacular fourth quarter saves the Heat. Can he do that three more times? Plus: World Cup. And: Bud Selig's "everyone."; Jun 14, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The U.S. pratfall in its World Cup opener didn't kill some coming soccer boom. Plus: Pong? And: Stanley Cup.; Jun 13, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Mavericks shut down faltering Shaq, and if Pat Riley keeps getting outcoached, this is going to be a short NBA Finals. Plus: World Cup.; Jun 12, 2006
Are you ready for some futbol?: The World Cup is the Godzilla of sporting events -- it wreaks more havoc on more people around the world than anything else.; By Andrew O'Hehir Jun 9, 2006
The Velvet Revolution -- on the field: As the World Cup approaches, an English writer recalls when Czech football, too, threw off its shackles.; By Tim Adams Jun 2, 2006
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Wallace smacks Shaq. Will it inspire a huge Pistons comeback? Plus: Clemens returns. The nerve! And: Sabres-'Canes Game 7, Lance Armstrong "exonerated."; Jun 1, 2006
World cup of prostitution?: What will happen when 3 million people descend on Germany for the World Cup?; Sarah Goldstein Feb 23, 2006
The World Cup cometh: The U.S. may not survive the first round against Italy, the Czech Republic and Ghana. But nobody said getting respect on the global soccer stage was going to be easy.; By Andrew O'Hehir Dec 12, 2005
Invasion of the body pleasers: Along with soccer fans, officials planning next summer's World Cup in Berlin expect to host tens of thousands of foreign prostitutes.; By Luke Harding Nov 18, 2005
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 Dec 31, 2002
Ten things I learned about life and soccer from the 2002 World Cup: There is a football God, and despite the wild twists and turns of this year's tournament, He's still Brazilian.; By Andrew O'Hehir Jul 2, 2002
If the U.S. won the World Cup: An apocalyptic scenario involving Howard Cosell.; By Allen Barra Jun 27, 2002
Welcome to the world: In defeat, the U.S. soccer team won an epic victory: It brought America into the world of sports.; By Gary Kamiya Jun 22, 2002
Sacre bleu! Dios mio! It's the Bizarro World Cup!: France fades into Sartrean nothingness, Argentina dances the tango of despair and the United States and Japan, titans of world baseball -- sorry, I mean soccer -- rise up.; By Andrew O'Hehir Jun 12, 2002

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