Aloof

Basketball news that isn't about the lockout travels kind of slowly these days.

Canadian born Mark Steyn is one of the world's best known conservative commentators. His new book is After America: Get Ready For Armageddon . He depicts a country in rapid decline presided over by an aloof 'creditentialled class'. But it is not all bad n

So who is this Richard I, also known as Lionheart? Is he the crusader of popular myth from tales of Robin Hood and his Merry Men? Was he the aloof, reckless warmonger and anti-Semite described by some historians?

KANSAS CITY — Jon Baldwin bristled at the notion that he's a diva, or anything short of a team player, even though the Chiefs wide receiver has missed his entire rookie season so far after hurting his thumb in an altercation with a teammate.

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin and the talented core of the Washington Capitals are past their NHL adolescence. Youth doesn’t work as an excuse any more. It’s time to be a little more grown-up, act a little less selfish and actually make that strong pus