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Byline: Fred Bowen If you're a basketball fan, you may be hearing a lot about a team that hasn't played in 20 years. The 1996 Chicago Bulls. That's because the [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Cam Newton caused a big controversy by acting like a poor sport at the news conference after his team's loss in the Super Bowl on February 7. [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Super Bowl 50 (no Roman numerals this year) is on Sunday. That means Super Bowl parties, lots of funny television ads and a huge halftime show. Oh, [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The Golden State Warriors finally lost a game Saturday. The Warriors, who are the defending National Basketball Association (NBA) champions, had won 24 consecutive games to start [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The National Football League (NFL) season is about halfway over, and there are still three undefeated teams: the New England Patriots, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Carolina [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The talk surrounding the Washington Wizards as they start their 2015-2016 National Basketball Association (NBA) campaign is that the team will play 'small ball' more often this [...]

Byline: by Fred Bowen It's football season, so there's lots of talk about quarterbacks. That's because quarterback is the glamour position of the National Football League. He's the player who [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Should kids get trophies just for being on a team? All-pro linebacker James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers doesn't think so. When his 8- and 6-year-old sons [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen I was going to write about Major League Baseball, but I'm tired of writing about adult games. I want to write about kids' games. I don't mean [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen It's time for the Olympics again. Wait a minute. Kids who love sports know that the next Summer Olympics won't take place until 2016 in Rio de [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The United States women's soccer team plays in the World Cup final Sunday evening. But many soccer fans think the American women have already played the real [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The women's World Cup competition begins this weekend in Canada. The U.S. soccer team is looking to win its first title since 1999. It won't be easy. [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen WASHINGTON - The Washington Nationals are red-hot. After Tuesday night's game against the Chicago Cubs, the Nats were in first place in the National League East Division [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen So what do we think of Tom Brady now? Brady is the superstar quarterback who has led the New England Patriots to four Super Bowl championships. Lots [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The National Football League (NFL) draft takes place this week in Chicago. In the draft, the 32 NFL teams pick the best college players to play for [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen PT . . . minutes . . . at-bats. It's called different things in different sports, but it's all the same: playing time - that's when a [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Tiger Woods is expected to play in the Masters golf tournament this week. But don't count on him to win. Woods has been hurt most of the [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The men's and women's National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournaments began this week. It's time again for March Madness. Time for Cinderella teams, buzzer-beater baskets and . [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Rivals.com, a business that operates a website featuring football players who might be recruited by colleges, has opened profile pages on quarterback Daron Bryden of Enfield, Connecticut, [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen A sad story came out last week. Little League International, the organization that runs Little League baseball and softball, took away the 2014 United States baseball championship [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen That does it; I'm rooting for the Seahawks. Like many fans, I have been searching for a team to cheer for in Super Bowl XLIX. (Those are [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Conference play has begun in college basketball. From now until March, the best players will be battling to see which team will be the regular-season conference champs [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Something interesting happened during the National Basketball Association (NBA) preseason: The league experimented with a shorter basketball game. Instead of playing the usual four 12-minute quarters, the [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Sometimes you can want something almost too much. I'm sure many Washington baseball fans wanted their Nationals to make it to - and win - the World [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Let's look at some of the 2014 NFL season's big stories. Seattle Seahawks: Seattle won Super Bowl XLVIII (that's the Roman numeral for the number 48) by [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The Washington Nationals have a big series with the Atlanta Braves this weekend. The three games might have a lot to say about which team wins the [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen A couple of news stories have me wondering about women's sports. The Tour de France - the world's most famous bicycle race - ended Sunday. Vincenzo Nibali [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The 2014-15 National Basketball Association (NBA) season does not begin for more than three months. But there is still plenty of basketball news because this is the [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen I met an amazing 8-year-old athlete this week. He has an eagle eye, runs every day and is an excellent swimmer. He's Quincy, a three-color border collie [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen After three weeks of upsets, last-minute goals and unbelievable saves, the World Cup soccer competition is down to eight teams. Unfortunately, the United States is not one [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Happy birthday to you Happy birthday to you Happy birthday dear Little League Happy birthday to you - - - There was a big birthday this month. [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The wait is over: The World Cup has begun in Brazil. The World Cup is perhaps the biggest sporting event on Earth. FIFA, the international soccer federation, [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Something may happen Saturday that hasn't happened in sports for 36 years. A horse may win the Triple Crown. The three most important races for 3-year-old horses [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen One of the biggest moments of any kid's sports season is when he gets his uniform. The first question is often: What's my number? When I coached, [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Lacrosse has always been a big sport in Maryland. This weekend it will be even bigger. The final games of the men's Division I NCAA lacrosse tournament [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The National Football League draft begins Thursday. The draft is the process that the 32 NFL teams use to pick from among the best college players available [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen People who play golf are talking about an idea to make the sport more popular, especially with kids: Make the hole bigger. Some people think golf is [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The National Basketball Association playoffs are underway, and for the first time in six seasons the Washington Wizards are playing in the big games. Let's take a [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen At the beginning of every baseball season I ask myself: What team do I want to win the World Series? For most of my life there has [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Here are three baseball stories that fans should keep their eye on during the 2014 season. Masahiro Tanaka: The New York Yankees needed help with their starting [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The Washington Nationals begin their 2014 baseball season in New York against the Mets on Monday. The big word for the Nats' season is 'expectations.' Washington players [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen With all the snow this winter, I spent a lot of time indoors reading my collection of sports books. I think books are more fun than television [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen I don't feel like writing about sports today. That's because our family dog died this week. Before you feel too sorry for me or my dog, you [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Lots of kids know about Jackie Robinson and how in 1947 he became the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. Not as many kids - or [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen I love the Winter Olympics, but I don't like Olympic judges. Too many of the medals in the Winter Games are decided by judges. Judges determine the [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The Super Bowl, the biggest event in American sports, will be played Sunday. So grab something good to eat, sit down with your family and friends, and [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen Major League Baseball announced last week that it will use instant replay more often during the 2014 season. Umpires will check video replays to see whether they [...]

Byline: Fred Bowen The National Football League (NFL) playoffs begin this weekend. The games will be played in modern stadiums filled with tens of thousands of fans. They will have [...]