Seattle SuperSonics

UPBEAT IN SEATTLE Teams up for sale usually slash payroll to make their books look attractive to potential buyers. Not so the Sonics, who after a 35-win season will likely add to their $51 million payroll. Seattle...

Okay, Seattle, grab a grande, skinny, no-foam, half-caf Espresso Macchiato and let me explain why the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to grind you up like a Sumatra blend in Super Bowl XL.

A crucial date to determine the Sonics' future in Seattle looms, and the team's owner says he's prepared for the worst

A rugged forward needs to catch, shoot and worry about misses later

Those stat guys are at it again, and now the Moneyball math of baseball has come to the NBA. Armed with dazzling equations, NBA front offices are finding entirely new ways to quantify a player's talent and judge his...