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A Trade That's Just Crazy Enough To Work!
The baseball winter meetings start next week, and that means countless unsubstantiated guesswork and fantasy trade scenarios. That's the fun of it, really; it will distract you from the horror that comes when your team gives $12 million for four years to Kyle Lohse....

Richard Gasquet Is Eager To Correct Your Misconceptions
You might remember tennis player Richard Gasquet's loud proclamations that he does not like doing it with dudes. Fair enough. But it now appears Mr. Gasquet is in serious danger of protesting too much....

Really, When You Think About It, Aren't We ALL Winners?
LSU coach Les Miles, who might be checking out this job posting, wants to make it clear that if college football didn't play overtime, his team would still be undefeated!...

The Raw Joy Of The Covering The New York Knicks
We know: The life of a beat reporter is a glamorous, joyous one. Every night is like a private party in which there are unicorns and rainbows. But when you're a Knicks beat reporter, you're living the life fantastic....

Look Out, World, Here Come The Magic
• Rashard Lewis is out of control right now. [Hardwood Paroxsym] • Cut Eli a little bit of slack. [Simon On Sports] • Will USC be taking up residence at the Rose Bowl? [The Fanhouse] • Tulsa is fired up about some music. [Loser With Socks] • A nice wrapup of that Cavs win over the Celtics last night...

Emmitt Smith Is A Man Of Letters
We never thought we would ever be saying this, but after watching almost a full season of Emmitt Smith on ESPN ... we kind of miss Michael Irvin. We know. We're so ashamed....

Canadian PSAs Are Clearly Not Messing Around
The above public service announcement has been running during Hockey Night In Canada on CBC up north. It is definitive proof that Canadians are terrifying. Heavens to Betsy!...

Do Not Taunt Bob Knight When He Has A Gun
What's scarier than Bob Knight running rampant on the streets? Why, Bob Knight running amuck through the woods with a shotgun, of course!...

Bill Simmons Finally Clocks A Full Day Of Work
We know, online public opinion has shifted on the guy a bit, but we still like Bill Simmons' chats on ESPN. The guy's pretty quick — even if he's just falling back on the usual schtick, it's comfortable, reliable schtick — and, back before he signed his big ESPN Owns My Soul contract, he used to sne...

Here's Sean Taylor's Past, Relevant Or No
Michael Wilbon appears to have backed down from some of his ridiculous, offensive chat comments yesterday, but the fact remains: The way many media outlets dealt with the death of Sean Taylor yesterday was questionable, to say the least....

The ACC Smashes The Big Ten. Again.
We are just past halfway through the ACC/Big Ten Challenge ... and the Big Ten has already lost! That didn't take long at all....

That'll Be All For The Leafs
It's the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans....

Time For The ACC To Kick Around The Big Ten A Bit
The Made-For-ESPN Big Ten/ACC Challenge kicks off (well, continues, actually; Wake Forest beat Iowa last night) tonight. We always enjoy the ACC/Big Ten challenge, because it's the most one-sided "tournament" in all of a sports. This is the ninth year, and the Big Ten has never won....