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Your Arena Bowl Champions: The Chicago Rush (As If You Didn't Know)
Somewhere deep down, Mike Ditka has to be wondering about the irony of it all. In 20 short years he's gone from Baddest Coach on the Planet to someone who actually cares about the outcome of the Arena Bowl. Sad, really. It was in 1986, of course, when Ditka led the Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX,...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while hitting Bullock's knuckles repeatedly with your face ... • NBA Finals: Shaq gets schooled, ducks press, gets fined, Mavs go up 2-0 on Heat. • Franch Open: Nadal wins it all ... come on, he was player Federer. Nadal owns Federer. • MLB: Cubs beat Reds 9-3, ushering in baseball's...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Russell Crowe heaves a phone in your general direction ... • Boxing: Welterweights, Brian Minto vs. Danny Batchelder, at Atlantic City. [ESPN2] • College baseball: NCAA Division I, super regionals: Game 1, North Carolina vs. Alabama [ESPN]; Game 1, Missouri vs. Cal State Fullerton [...
Hey, Hey, Hey, It's The World Cup!
Just to get us all into a World Cup kind of mood, we present this "separated-at-birth" photo combo, which a reader sent in and is sure to give us terrifying dreams at least through the group stage. Although we're not sure which is which, we know that one of the shots is of Brazil's Ronaldo, and Nosf...
Altitude Sickness
Hey, for the last time, if you're climbing Mount Everest and you get into trouble, could you do the other climbers the courtesy of dying off the trail? Just crawl over to the side so that you're out of the way. Thanks. We wrote about this a while back, and it's happened again: A man who reached th...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. CWS with Kyle Peterson: Yes, you played in the majors, but you won only five more games than I did. This makes you an expert commentator? • 1 p.m. College FB with Bruce Feldman: North Carolina really has a player named Richie R...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while reading up on this sport called "soccer" that they speak of ... • NBA Finals: Terry's 32 help solid-hoofed herbivorous mammals beat the Heat in Game 1. • French Open: Say it with us; Justine Henin-Hardenne. No, once again you've mispronounced it. Anyway, she's in the finals aft...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Yankees prepare to call you up if there's one more injury ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees [ESPN], Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati [WGN], Atlanta at Houston [TBS]. Warm up that remote thumb, Kookie. You got some serious surfing to do. • NBA Finals: Game 1, Miami at Dallas. As th...
World Cup Preview: Group E
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group E! This is the last one; the footy begins on Friday, friends....
Blogdom's Best: The World Cup
It's hard to believe that the World's Biggest Sporting Event is but one rotation of the earth away (or maybe it's already here; international time confuses us). Come with us now to the far reaches of the blogosphere, as we survey the playing field just hours befor the big kickoff....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Jayson Stark: Now it can be told: I, too, took steroids. In the break room at T.G.I. Friday's, where I work. I calmly await the authorities. • 2 p.m. Chivas USA coach Bob Bradley: You play in the Home Depot Center i...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying to figure out if your child is the antichrist ... • NHL Playoffs: Someone had better inform Edmonton that this is only a best-of-seven series. 'Canes go up 2-0 behind Ward. • MLB: Carl Everett, of all people, homers in 11th to lead Mariners over Twins 11-10. • Tennis: Ra...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you wait to be drafted ... but don't answer the phone! • Boxing: Light welterweights, Michael Warrick (18-3-0) vs. Demetrius Hopkins (23-0-1), at Atlantic City. ... and the draw was because he scared a guy to death. [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. It occurs to us that all...
World Cup Preview: Group B
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group B! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
Gunston Sleeps With The Fishes
The folks over at The Realests are claiming victory today, saying that they have taken out the mascot of an NCAA Basketball Final Four school in a bloodless coup. We're referring of course to Gunston, the green, furry, Muppet-like creature who until recently was the costumed mascot of George Mason...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. World Cup with Dale Johnson: Wouldn't if be funny if Iran won the whole thing? Hello? • Noon. Boxer Bernard Hopkins: Do you think Jesus would have been a boxing fan? • 3 p.m.. Right to Play with Jim Caple: Hey, no fair crossing u...