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Welcome Back: It's the Karl and Anthony Show in Denver

DENVER -- Coming into his first game on the Denver Nuggets bench in seven months, George Karl showed up ready to go. Well, almost ready. "I'm so funky I brought two right shoes to the game,'' said the Nuggets coach. "I had to wear (assistant) John Welch's shoes.'' No, Welch wasn't barefoot on the bench. Thankfully,...

George Karl an Inspiration to Cancer Victims

For the past half-decade, Denver coach George Karl has been telling anybody who would listen the U.S. government needs a national program to cure cancer. Karl beat prostate cancer after he was diagnosed in 2005. Then his son, Coby Karl, now a Nuggets guard, successfully fought thyroid cancer in 2006 and 2007. And Karl...

After Painful Absence, George Karl Looks Forward to Next Season

DENVER -- George Karl watched as his Nuggets, once in good position to be seeded No. 2 for the West playoffs, booted that away and fell to No. 4. Karl watched as his Nuggets, despite being strong favorites in the first round against Utah, lost 4-2 even though the Jazz played nearly the entire series without two...

Recovering From Cancer, George Karl May Return for Second Round

DENVER -- Doctors like fractions and percentages. So the one for cancer-stricken Denver Nuggets coach George Karl provided one Monday both for Karl's coaching return and for his long-term health. Dr. Jacques Sarri, Karl's personal physician, said Karl definitely will miss the first round of the playoffs. But Sarri put the...

For Now, Nuggets Are Dantley's Team

DENVER -- This is Adrian Dantley's team now. Denver coach George Karl, undergoing chemotherapy and radiation for a form of throat cancer, missed his sixth game out of the last seven in Saturday night's 102-97 loss to Milwaukee at the Pepsi Center. But there was one major difference this time. Dantley didn't even talk...