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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Ohio State running back Archie Griffin: Any truth to the rumor that O.J. tried to buy one of your Heismans? • 1 p.m. Mid-majors with Kyle Whelliston: I just found out that one of the new Summer Olympic mascots is pregnant, and th...
You Learn Something New Every Day
So here's something fantastic. A kindly reader informs us that the throwaway joke we tossed in our last post about ESPN's Times Square New Years Eve celebration about 3rd Bass playing at the show was funnier than we realized. You see, Peter Nash, known as "Pete Nice" in the triumvirate responsible f...
Boo-Yah In The New Year
If you're sitting alone on New Years Eve and just aren't getting full off EV1.net Houston Bowl between Texas Christian and Iowa State, you're in luck: ESPN2 will be hosting a live New Years Eve night show from the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. It will be hosted, inevitably...
Bro Sweets Will Juice You Up
Clinton Portis was back yesterday with yet another fractured segment of his personality, this one somewhat sweeter than the past ones, literally even. We proudly introduce "Bro Sweets," Clinton's most recent tortured mental sliver....
About Last Night ...
What you missed when raccoons locked you in the cellar ... • College Basketball: UConn avoids repeat of last season's embarrassing upset (and by the way, you still owe us $20 on that one) by beating UMass 78-60. • NHL: Dissension reigns as Flightless Sea Fowl lose sixth straight, 5-0 to Minnesota. •...
Athlete Run-In: John Kruk, Hero Of The People
Today's final athlete run-in story, to be honest with you, might be our very favorite so far. We might hate the guy on "Baseball Tonight," but there was a reason he was beloved (before his job was to talk for a living) not only in Philadelphia, but around the baseball world....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you and the sofa become one ... • College Football: Home Depot Awards Show. The Maxwell and Bednarik Awards will be handed out, and if dropped and broken, will be quickly repaired. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Georgetown at Illinois [ESPN]; Massachusetts at Connecticut. Time for non...
They're Still Selling Those T-Shirts
Our corporate overlords remind us that with only 238 shopping days left until the holidays — give or take — that the official Gawker Media store is still selling T-shirts....
Leftovers: NBA Fashion Edition
• NBA Union files grievance over fines for length of players' shorts. This will end up in the Supreme Court, we're sure. [ESPN] • Gene Keady to coach Toronto Raptors. His combover will stay in retirement, however. [Purdue Exponent] • You are snubbed once again — Bush, Leinart, Young named as Heisman...
Julio Franco Cryogenically Signed
What Julio Franco has done, playing professional baseball well into his late 40s, is amazing, astounding, incredible, whatever you want to call it. We salute the elderly when they find things to keep active and useful....
The Baseball Wire: Now Departing At Gate 3 ...
The Hot Stove news is coming fast and furious. Here's a roundup. • Astros, Clemens part ways in tearful train-leaving-the-station scene. [Crawfish Boxes] • Rangers dump Rogers, but say he can still come by occasionally to hit camera guys. Oh, and look: There goes Soriano! [Baseball Time In Arlington...
Our Sport Kicks Your Sport's Ass
People keep sending this story for comment, so even though others have done so, likely with much more eloquence than us....
When Dr. J Stops Being Polite And Starts Getting Real
We've always been surprised that Julius Erving doesn't get more Wilt Chamberlain-esque cred for libido size. The guy fathers tennis players, shows up in sex tapes and pretty much is the walking manifestation of the dangers of Cialis. Plus, we've always thought he's the real-world equivalent of the...
Last Call For Carnival Of The NHL
As mentioned on Monday, we're hosting the Carnival Of The NHL this week, and the deadline for submissions is today at 5 p.m. We'll be doing a whole big Carnival post tomorrow, so send us your best hockey posts of the week, and we'll feature 'em, because that's what we do here....
Blogdome: It's OK, A.I. ... It'll All Be OK
• Somebody get Allen Iverson a suicide hotline number. [The 700 Level] • George Clooney, Terrell Owens and ESPN. [Nietzsche or Nitschke?] • What have the Mets done to Carlos Delgado? [Attytood] • Kyle Korver: Hip-Hop Maven. [Some Fine Fellows] • Baseball Musings' Day-By-Day Database gets even cooler...
Those Amazing Panthers Twins
Well, you know, all football players look alike anyway....
Athlete Run-In: David Wells' Special Talent
Today's first athlete run-in story is a brief one, but it's our favorite kind, because it involves David Wells and beer. Three beers, in fact. From a Cleveland reader:...
Can Batman Hit The Curve?
No wonder there's so much violence and mayhem in the world today — all of our best superheroes seem to be goofing off. This classic comic book cover does, however, bring to mind the question we've all been pondering since childhood: can Batman hit the curve? And how long will the Boy Wonder last b...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a.m. NBA Insider Chad Ford: Ever throw a ball into the stands? If so, who did you miss? • 12:30 p.m.: NBA Commissioner David Stern: We know we're supposed to take you seriously, but quite frankly you look like the guy they choose...