Time to fix the NBA playoffs

We'll remember the 2007 NBA playoffs for seven reasons: 1. LeBron's 48 Special. 2. Oakland's dynamic crowds and Dallas' collapse...

Thinking about the NBA playoffs while web surfing

All right, we're pulling out all the stops today: NBA playoff thoughts, reader e-mails, follow-ups to last Friday's mailbag, some weekly links ... it's...

A weekend with Oscar, Floyd and Roger

...he's saying, and maybe that's all that matters. Predictions for Round 2 of the NBA Playoffs Spurs-Suns: Game 1 confirmed that Phoenix can't win the series; the Suns can't...

Nowitzki's career is on the clock

...never be the same" card, throw some water on yourself. In the last 30 years, only two NBA players had their careers sidetracked by a bad game -- Nick Anderson and John Starks -- which shouldn't...

Ten thoughts on the Red Sox sweep

...so pencil in columns on Wednesday and Friday and that's it. Starting next week: The NBA Playoffs Blog. With that said, I can't remember a more satisfying baseball weekend in April. Consider...

Master of my TV domain

With the Basketball Blog on hiatus until the NBA playoffs start, I woke up on Monday morning, made some coffee, answered a few e-mails, sat...

Please rescue the Horns

...Barry (and like Barry, he sucks on D). Brewer wins points because he has the most defined NBA position (he's a shooting guard with size), although he's my least favorite player in this...

...dribbles against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs on April 24, 2008 at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The Wizards won 108...

...shown in Game Five of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Celtics during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at TD Banknorth Garden on May 14, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics won 96-89...

...47 of the Utah Jazz in Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at EnergySolutions Arena on May 2, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE TO USER: User...

Summing up the NFL in 30 seconds or less

Who has time to follow all things NFL? No one. That's why the Flem File brings you the 30-second column.

...game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2008 NBA Playoffs at the Verizon Center on May 2, 2008 in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly...

The mailbag returns after a long summer's nap

After a four-month absence, the Sports Guy's Mailbag makes a triumphant return.

1969: New York, New York

In Page 2's tour of the most memorable sports years, Jim Baker looks at 1969, when the big-city underdogs prevailed.

The NFL has overreacted on gang signs

The NFL is scrutinizing hand gestures because of something that happened in the NBA? Roger Goodell has gone too far this time.