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LOS ANGELES When asked that staple of sports-bar questions, "If you could have any player in basketball to start a team with, who would you pick?" Lakers Coach Phil Jackson gave an answer that stunned many of us a few weeks ago. Dwight Howard, Jackson said, would be his first pick. Not his own Kobe...
It has never been easy being a sports fan in the Washington area, and the local teams are driving that point home of late.
A technology entrepreneur is looking to purchase racetracks, transform the race industry.
Jay Wright and Rollie Massimino now share a special coaching bond, having both guided Villanova to a Final Four.
November is one of those months in sports when just about everyone is doing something.
Gary Williams crouched in a defensive stance, turning only to curse toward the bench at his team's sudden loss of poise. Greivis Vasquez, his unpredictable sophomore guard, had somehow decided that, late in the second half, dribbling into a trap along the baseline -- and stepping out of bounds to...
The Democratic Party decided to stage its final presidential debate prior to the Iowa caucuses last Thursday afternoon. It was a mistake. Almost no one in Iowa or around the country was paying attention, and it wasn't because both parties have held approximately 585 debates in the past year.
Since it is December, awards are being handed out just about everywhere you turn. Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night almost by default, sort of the way Ohio State and LSU were chosen to play in the national championship game. This was a college football season without a dominant t...
It has now been more than a week since Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot and killed in his home.
Now, at last, the Redskins have learned what Steve Spurrier's legacy was: Sean Taylor.
TAMPA If a coach goes against the book and his own play-it-safe nature, it's got to work. If Joe Gibbs goes for it on fourth down and a little more than the length of the football from the 4-yard line, his confidence in his offense has to be rewarded with at least a first down, if not six points. At...
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