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To Watch Tonight...
• Boxing: Fernando Vargas vs. Shane Mosley. I'd watch, but I can only think of about 75,000 ways to better spend $44.95....
Leftovers...
• Although she's not my particular cup of tea, you've got to admire any Olympian who uses his shiny new gold medal to try to get some action from Lindsay Lohan. [The 700 Level]...
Today In College Hoops...
• Syracuse 53, #23 Georgetown 68. Syracuse, very much a Bubble Bitch, comes up with 53 points in what was a very important game for them. They probably still need a big W or two....
Darko, Freed and Shorn
You see that? Gone are the frosted sissy-locks of the old Darko. The new Darko has a buzzcut. It's not just a new style. It's symbolic. Military. High and tight. Bad ass. Oozing masculinity. That is the hairstyle of a man who will not be stopped....
Dan Snyder's Prayers Have Been Heard
It's looking more and more like the NFL is going to play the 2007 season without a salary cap, which is bad news if you're one of the people who have been enjoying the leaguewide parity over the last few years. We could be headed towards total chaos....
Today in the Premiership...
Blackburn 1-0 Arsenal. It was letdown time for the Gunners today, after beating Real Madrid on Tuesday. The Rovers gave them a bone today, and look at that... with their win today, Blackburn has crept ahead of Arsenal in the league table....
You May Have Helped Support Julia Mancuso's Training
Julia Mancuso earned a gold medal in the giant slalom yesterday, and, like many Olympians, she couldn't have done it without the support of her family, particularly her father Ciro Mancuso. "He came over when I was struggling a couple of years ago, arranged to get a car and a trainer in Austria, a...
Getting Your NFL Fix
I'm watching the NFL Combine this afternoon until basketball heats up, observing the extremely intimate workouts like the one pictured above. I knew that they measured size, strength, and performance in drills, but I didn't know that they gave thorough prostate exams. I guess it's never too early...
Bode Miller Completes The 0-fer
Mercifully, it is over. The Nike marketing blitz, the ever-present stubble, the brooding stare designed to say, "Yes, ladies, I am that deep"... all gone. After today, it will probably be a while before we hear the name Bode Miller again. His 2006 Olympic games concluded with a whimper as he strad...
About Last Night...
• NBA: Wizards 102, Cavaliers 94. LeBron James was booed by the ill-tempered Cleveland crowd as he missed his final seven free throws down the stretch. A word of advice, Cavs fans: LeBron's contract is up in a year, and if you piss him off too bad... well, I hope you enjoy about 12 Zydrunas Igauskus...
NFL Draft Prospect Dreams Big
Texas Longhorns safety Michael Huff is generally regarded as one of the top safety prospects in the upcoming NFL draft. And Huff, like many other young football players, is really looking forward to being drafted. Why? Because he wants to buy an IHOP....
Olympic Lookalikes
An observant reader sent in the following Olympic lookalikes. First, Sasha Cohen and the girl from The Neverending Story:...
Leftovers...
• Yevgeny Plushenko dresses up as a cartoon version of himself, and in muscle suit/speedo combination. He also has a 'Sex Bomb' exhibition program. I do not want to be around when that bomb goes off. [NBCOlympics.com]...
Steve Francis Will Attempt To Love Stephon Marbury As He Once Loved Cuttino Mobley
And Larry Brown will hate them both....
No, Since You Asked, I Don't Believe In Miracles
The dream has ended for the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team. They just lost in the quarterfinals to Finland, though it may have been the best hockey they've played yet, at least in stretches. Finland beat them 4-3....
Johnny Weir Goes Shopping
"I love to shop," says Johnny Weir. Color me shocked....
Bode Injures Ankle; Vows To Continue Failing Anyway
Playing a game of pick-up basketball in which the winners and losers aren't important, Bode Miller rolled his ankle. Bode is set to run his final Olympic event on Saturday, his fifth and final chance at a medal. But, there is good news. The ankle injury is not severe enough to keep Bode's indomita...
They Love Erin Andrews In Iowa
Unfortunately, it is a naughty kind of love. Nevertheless, I'm proud to bring you some more Big Ten basketball fan shenanigans: This time, it's comely young ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews being unknowingly molested by a Hawkeyes fan....
A Few More Dunk Faces
A few more Dunk Faces trickled in last night, and I thought I'd share them with you. The Kyle Orton dunk face appears to have been photoshopped by Kyle Orton himself, while drinking heavily. Not all of them are photoshopped with the skill of Picasso, but their hearts are in the right place. After th...
BEAR FIGHT.
Lydia Angyiou, a 90-pound woman with some hockey-loving Canuck sons, went toe-to-toe with a bear. Ya get that? The woman wrestled a fucking bear. Some kids were playing street hockey, and they started pointing and screaming about a bear approaching. Lydia told her kids to run, and stepped into the...