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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: Four umpires are better than six]]></title>
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What's wrong with the sports world? Well, for starters, six-man umpire crews in the postseason.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 13, 2009 00:56:38 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: Now that it's October, A-Rod is back on every critic's hit list]]></title>
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It's October, and that means it's time for the annual unfounded dismantling of Alex Rodriguez's game.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 06, 2009 01:44:17 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: MLB's All-Star/World Series policy is the dumbest idea in sports]]></title>
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Having the MLB All-Star Game determine home-field advantage in the World Series is quite simply the dumbest idea in sports history.]]></description>
<pubDate>July 14, 2009 01:29:59 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keown: LeBron, Nadal and a handshake]]></title>
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LeBron James and Rafael Nadal are both winners, but Tim Keown wonders if they speak the same language.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 02, 2009 03:01:39 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: History isn't written yet in the 2009 NBA playoffs]]></title>
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While most cries of disrespect are bogus, Tim Keown hears those from the Magic and Nuggets loud and clear.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 26, 2009 07:56:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: Lakers, Nuggets and role-playing]]></title>
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Tim Keown wonders if the Lakers and Nuggets can keep their roles in check enough to get through the Western Conference finals.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 19, 2009 00:11:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: Leave the scowl at home, Kobe]]></title>
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Enough with the snarling and the taunting, Tim Keown says Kobe Bryant should let his game speak for itself.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 12, 2009 03:38:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: Los Angeles Lakers, Floyd Mayweather Jr. might be dethroned]]></title>
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If recent events provide any indication, the Lakers and Floyd Mayweather Jr. might be knocked from their lofty perches.]]></description>
<pubDate>May 04, 2009 22:06:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: A welcome innovation]]></title>
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Tim Keown is a hard-core baseball traditionalist, but he has definitely warmed up to the innovation he saw at a high school game.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 03, 2009 00:12:08 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tim Keown: Fear the referees]]></title>
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With the way this NFL season has gone, Tim Keown is ready for the officials to regrettably take center stage.]]></description>
<pubDate>January 13, 2009 02:50:48 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pray for Philly, Tampa Bay and all of us]]></title>
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Tim Keown has a simple warning for all of us -- we can't handle a Red Sox-Dodgers series.]]></description>
<pubDate>October 14, 2008 00:04:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Seattle situation is one giant black eye for the NBA]]></title>
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There are so many reasons to be excited about the NBA right now. And one giant reason to be disgusted, thanks to David Stern, Clay Bennett and company.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 15, 2008 02:23:25 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Time to shuffle the playoff deck, Mr. Stern]]></title>
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A failure of geography shouldn't keep the best 16 teams from making the NBA playoffs.]]></description>
<pubDate>March 04, 2008 01:52:34 PST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keown: Who's running the Yankees?]]></title>
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Monday's loss and Steinbrenner's edict has Tim Keown wondering who's running the Yankees (and who would want to)?]]></description>
<pubDate>October 09, 2007 02:43:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to make the Finals relevant again]]></title>
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Let's face it, the NBA Finals are boring -- but Tim Keown has a three-step plan to bring them back to relevance.]]></description>
<pubDate>June 12, 2007 01:37:39 PDT</pubDate>
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