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We Know A Doctor Who Might Be Able To Help You
Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do to other places....

Baseball's National Groundbreakers
• The first baseball player from a variety of countries. [One More Dying Quail] • Is the West Virginia hire like marrying a one-night stand? [Signal To Noise] • How one team's spread is different than the other's. [East Coast Bias] • In praise of Chuck Brown. [Scott Van Pelt Style] • The SWAC is tru...

NFL Wild Card Pants Party: Buccaneers Vs. Giants
We are incredibly pleased to live in a world in which this guy is facing off against this guy in an NFL playoff game....


Arizona Plays Two-On-Five ... And Still Almost Wins
So here's a story that's kind of fun: The Arizona women's basketball team only dressed six players in their game last night. It did not end well....

Roger Clemens Gets A World Class Drilling
There's something kind of awesome about Mike Wallace's questioning of Roger Clemens on "60 Minutes," set to air this Sunday. Clemens uses the tired, repeatedly discredited "it was just B-12!" alibi, and boy, does Wallace ever get after him....

Mangino, Orange Become One
He went down to quick defeat in the SHOTY First Round, but Kansas coach Mark Mangino proved his mettle last night; that Kansas team might have pretty good, doggunit....

Rough Night For Virginia
Jonah Keri writes the College Basketball Closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, concerns or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to [email protected]....

To Whom Did Your Favorite Sports Figures Donate?
If you'll excuse our end-of-day dip into our other obsession, the Iowa caucuses are tonight. After our reading tonight, we're heading home to watch the results pour in. The Iowa caucus is like the BCS, but somehow makes less sense. We love America!...

Another "BCS" "Bowl Game"
Forgive us for not doing much of an update on the gripping Fiesta Bowl last night. As happy as we might be for West Virginia and their new coach — and we're so, so happy, no question — but it's difficult to be too fired up for one top 10 to beat another top 10 in a meaningless bowl game just because...

NFL Wild Card Pants Party: Steelers Vs. Jaguars
Everybody loves the Jaguars all of a sudden. We dunno: If Big Ben stays off the bike, look out....

STEPHEN A. SMITH APPROVES OF STEPHEN A. SMITH'S BARCALOUNGER
Sometimes we worry that we are putting together unfair, cartoonish caricatures of some of our favorite sports personalities, that there are subtleties to them that we are missing. We worry about this; we worry about a lot. But then we come across this piece of news about Stephen A. Smith....

Kevin Youkilis' Slump Buster
You encourage Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis to cash in on every endorsement opportunity he has; even in Boston, championships are a rare thing, and you gotta get yours while you can. Which is why we appreciate his new Slump Buster beverage....

Let's Take The NBA Outside Too!
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Michael Rand has a clever idea, in the wake of the NHL's success playing outside in Buffalo on New Years Day. Why not give it a shot in the NBA?...

These Ones Only Go To Eleven: Your Wild Card Jamboroo
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....