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Sean Keane

NBA Writer

Sean Keane is a sportswriter and a comedian based in Oakland, California, with experience covering the NBA, MLB, NFL and Ice Cube’s three-on-three basketball league, The Big 3. He’s written for Comedy Central’s “Another Period,” ESPN the Magazine, and Audible.com. His debut album “America’s Uncle Dad” debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes comedy chart and since 2016, he’s co-hosted the NBA podcast “Roundball Rock. In 2014, the San Francisco Bay Guardian named Keane an “Outstanding Local Discovery” and promptly went out of business.

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NBA, NFL, MLB

The NBA dropped the ball with its playoff TV scheduling

The NBA buried one of its first-round playoff series for no reason.

Watch: 12-2 run gets Cavs back into Game 7

Game 7 was starting to look like a blowout. Then Cleveland’s role players went on a run.

Three stars from Saturday’s NBA playoffs

The Nuggets finally met a team that can hang with them in the fourth quarter on Saturday. Now they’re trailing in a playoff series for the first time since 2022.

Ant-Man leads Timberwolves to Game 1 upset of Nuggets

The Minnesota Timberwolves put the Denver Nuggets on notice with Saturday's Game 1 win to open the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Watch: Jamal Murray’s big four-point play vs. Timberwolves

Murray hit a huge shot to get Denver four much-needed points in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. But the foul he drew could be even bigger.

Watch: Karl-Anthony Towns lights it up in the third

Karl-Anthony Towns has been known to disappear in playoff games. He was very visible in the third quarter of Game 1.

Watch: Anthony Edwards does it all for Minnesota

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was cooking the Denver Nuggets to open their second-round series.

Three stars from Friday’s NBA playoffs

The Magic forced a Game 7, and the Mavericks used "Luka Magic" to send the Clippers home. Here are three stars from Friday’s NBA playoffs.

Mavericks' Luka Doncic gets payback, knocks out Clippers

The first two times Luka Doncic made the playoffs, the Clippers knocked him out in the first round. This year, it was time for payback. 

Donovan Mitchell's 50-burger goes to waste as Magic dominate the offensive glass to force Game 7

Donovan Mitchell scored 50 points, but the Magic stole Game 6 with offensive rebounding. 

Watch: Magic couldn't stop Cavaliers' Donovan Mitchell in Game 6

Even though the Orlando Magic beat the Cavaliers in Game 6, they weren't able to stop Donovan Mitchell.

Previewing the Lakers' head-coaching candidates

Here's a look at some of the names under consideration to take over the Lake Show.

Three stars from Thursday's NBA playoff games

The Knicks and Pacers will meet in a few days, but until then, here are three stars from Thursday's doubleheader of NBA playoff games.

Watch: Knicks' OG Anunoby delivers massive 'grown man jam'

OG Anunoby threw down one of the most impressive dunks of the playoffs late in the game.

Knicks' Villanova trio knocks out the 76ers in Philadelphia

Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo won a lot of big games in Philadelphia when they were at Villanova. Thursday they eliminated a different Philly team.

Buddy Hield's stunning second quarter sparks 76ers first-half comeback

Buddy Hield had scored two points in the entire Knicks-Sixers series before Thursday. He had 17 in the first half of Game 6.

Rick Carlisle wins first playoff series in 13 years

Carlisle won the NBA Finals with the Dallas Mavericks in 2011. Until Thursday, that was the last time he won a playoff series.

Pacers ride bench to first playoff series win in 10 years

In a series with All-Stars on both sides, it was Indiana’s reserves who helped the Pacers reach the second round for the first time since 2014. 

Watch: Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton does it all early in Game 6

He scored 15 points, collected five rebounds and gave out four assists in the first half of the contest as Indiana took a 59-47 halftime lead.

Three offseason questions for the Heat: Will Miami resume chasing stars?

The Miami Heat are going to have to retool soon if they want to continue as an Eastern Conference contender.

Mavericks go big to take lead on Clippers

In the new small-ball NBA, Jason Kidd and the Mavericks took a 3-2 lead by going big.

Three stars from Wednesday’s slate of NBA playoff games

The Celtics got revenge and eliminated the Heat, while the Mavericks went up 3-2 on the Clippers. Here are three stars from the NBA playoffs Wednesday night.

Watch: Mavericks' Maxi Kleber lights it up from deep vs. Clippers

The Mavericks couldn’t hit a shot in the first half of Game 5. Besides Maxi Kleber, that is.

Watch: Heat can't figure out how to stop Celtics star

He scored 15 points in the first quarter alone.

Unwanted former Clippers shine in Tuesday's NBA playoffs

A number of former Los Angeles Clippers came up big for their teams in Tuesday night's NBA playoffs. Even if their old teams didn't want them.