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Timberwolves Embarrass Themselves With Something Other Than Their Play
If there weren't pictures to prove that it happened, I'm not sure I would have believed it. What you see above is Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Marko Jaric attempting to enter the game with his jersey on backwards....
Players Sue For Their Right To Bitch
Unfair labor practices. That's what it's come to in the NBA, with the players association taking the unprecedented step of going to the National Labor Relations Board and filing two unfair labor practice chargers against the NBA. One of them is about the new basketball. The other is about their ri...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
Ah, what the hell ... there's more than enough college football on today to squeeze one more weekend of joy out of the Hugh Johnson Project. There are championship games, there's USC/UCLA, there's the Army/Navy game that everyone seems to love so much (I think the uniforms will be different than t...
About Last Night...
• College Football: Houston 34, Southern Mississippi 20. Houston wins the C-USA title, and Andre Ware walks around the Bristol campus today feeling like a bad-ass. • Tennis: Russia takes 2-1 lead in Davis Cup final. The Russians are now one win away from the Davis Cup title, and I promise not to men...
Sunday Night Football: Colts vs. Eagles
Flex scheduling was supposed to prevent things like this. NFL rules now allow NBC to select their Sunday night games a couple of weeks in advance to avoid late season matchups like Tennessee vs. Minnesota or something. And even with the new policy, we still end up with Jeff Garcia in prime time. But...
NFL Week Twelve, Update #4
• Titans 24, Giants 21. And now the Giants know how USC felt. Vince Young was outstanding in the second half of this game, making plays with his legs and his arms to put the Titans on his back and lead them to an insane comeback victory. What I said earlier about Eli Manning not sucking today? Yea...
To Watch Tonight...
• NBA: Los Angeles Clippers @ Denver Nuggets. What's better than a Sunday night with Bill Walton? 8:00, ESPN. • College Basketball: Old Spice Classic Final, West Virginia vs. Arkansas. The ladies love the Old Spice. 7:30, ESPN2. • NFL: Philadelphia Eagles @ Indianapolis Colts. They're not saying "bo...
He Can't Even Play For Isiah
It's been a week or two since we checked in with the running joke that is the New York Knicks. As it turns out, it doesn't look like the dream pairing of Stephon Marbury and his "father figure" Isiah Thomas is going to function as seamlessly as we all thought it would. Things reached a low-point l...
NFL Week Twelve, Update #3
• NY Giants 21, Tennessee 0. Eli Manning has looked significantly less terrible this week, completing 9-of-12 passes for 79 yards and a touchdown in the first half. Tiki Barber's gotten his wish, too, getting the ball 14 times thus far. He's converted that into a whopping 45 yards. But the Giants ...
LeBron Dunks Because He Can
J.E. Skeets at The Basketball Jones unearthed this clip of LeBron goofing off during pregame warmups at a recent Cavs game. When normal people screw around on a basketball court, they throw up a half-ass shot from behind the backboard or something. When LeBron James goofs off, he throws a behind the...
LeftoverDome...
• Soccer has their very own "Fatheads," only they're called "Wallbangers." I forgot, here in America, you call them "WallSausages." [Sports Frog] • A review of Jack McCallum's book about the Suns. [Mister Irrelevant] • An excellent and in-depth look back in some of the greats in (Mike Tyson's Punch ...
NFL Week Twelve, Update #2
• Baltimore 27, Pittsburgh 0. That one's gotta feel good for the people of Baltimore. Even though they led the division, even though Pittsburgh had been terrible... they still needed to put their foot their foot up the Steelers' ass. Just to prove that they could do it. And that's exactly what they ...
This Is Why You Should Wait Before Wetting Your Britches
The fine gentlemen at Kissing Suzy Kolber call this their favorite highlight ever, and I think it's worthy of the praise. It somehow combines the elements of great sports drama and extreme schadenfreude, all while providing a subtle social commentary on the importance placed on Texas high school foo...
NFL Week Twelve, Update #1
• Saints 14, Falcons 6. Michael Vick has abandoned all pretense of trying to actually play the quarterback position as it was intended. He's 6-of-13 for 30 yards passing... but has run the ball 9 times for 127 yards. Whatever works, I suppose... except it doesn't really work. The Falcons trail 14-6....
Scott Skiles Insists That Sweat Drip Unimpeded Into Your Eyes
Chicago Bulls head coach Scott Skiles, taking a page out of David Stern's playbook, bans players from wearing headbands during games. Ben Wallace, Chicago's prize free agent acquisition, likes to wear a headband during games. Last night, the heated and emotional issue came to a head....
Taking Down The Field Goal Posts: Fight On To Glendale
• USC 44, Notre Dame 24. I hate to be the one to point it out, but twice, Notre Dame has played Top 10 teams, and twice, they have lost by 20 or more. Obviously, this will not stop a BCS bowl game from happily taking them (supposedly, the Sugar Bowl is in love with the Irish), so there's not really ...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
Today's NFL Scoreboard, and......
About Last Night...
• College Football: USC 44, Notre Dame 24. Charlie Weis opted for the Belichickian sweatshirt last night. It didn't help. • NBA: Pistons 115, Wizards 111. The Pistons' last nine points were on Chauncey Billups free throws. He was 18-of-19 from the line for the game. • College Basketball: Kansas 82, ...
Notre Dame Has A Vague Recollection Of Playing A Good Football Team
The last time Notre Dame played a team that's currently ranked in the Top 25, they lost by nearly four touchdowns. Since then, despite feasting on teams like Stanford, North Carolina, Air Force and Army, they've got themselves back into the national championship picture. On the outside, about-to-be-...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4
'Twas a pretty solid afternoon of college football, considering that the slate didn't look that promising at the beginning of the day. South Florida managed to pull the upset of West Virginia, Florida and Florida State played a decent game, Kentucky nearly upset Tennessee, and South Carolina knocked...