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Blogdom's Best: Portland Trail Blazers
It might not yet have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NBA and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom s Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NBA team...

Love Was In the Cards For Don West
For those of you who have ever come home at 2 in the morning, half in the bag, switched on the TV and considered buying that Jeff Garcia autographed helmet from the Shop At Home Network — and you know who you are — Pat Imig at Joe SportsFan.com has written a loving tribute to everyone's favorite l...

We Have to Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ......

About Last Night
What you missed while vacuuming the dog ... • Winter Olympics: U.S. ice dancers win silver, Bode wins bupkiss. • College Basketball: MO! Adam Morrison leads Gonzaga to 14th straight win. • College Basketball: Syracuse sends No. 14 West Virginia to fourth loss in five games. And then, depression set ...

On Olympic L'amour
It's the age-old question — does abstaining from sex help an athlete perform better? That may not have been the best way to frame that question. Anyway, you know what we mean. Some say yes — including gold medal speed skater Chad Hedrick. "I think it really helps to stay away from that and really ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your latest ringtone download finally makes your cell phone more interesting than you are ... • College Basketball: West Virginia at Syracuse, Oklahoma at Texas Tech. Bobby Knight vs. Kelvin Sampson in the battle of non-sports-coat-wearing coaches. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Gonza...

Williams' Career May Have Gone Up In Smoke
Ricky Williams' 2006-07 season has apparently ended before it began, as Denver TV station KDVR reported late Sunday that the Dolphins running back has either failed another drug test, or failed to show up for one. Either would be a violation serious enough for the running back, who has been suspen...

Strap on the Old, um, Feedbag and Check Out 'Footballers Wives'
If you haven't already been watching the british import Footballers Wives, then it might be time to finally pop for premium cable. Of course the "football" here means "soccer", for you nonmetropolitan types. Thanks to our man Tim Goodman, the TV writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, we discovere...

Blogdom's Best
More clips from the column archives of the immortal Page 2 columnist Skip Bayless, a man who has seen and hated on all. [Van Dusen Speaks]...

The Italian Job
OK, now this is what we're talkin' about. Remember how you said that you wouldn't be watching the Winter Olympics? You pointed out, as we recall, that American Idol was kicking the Olympics' ass in the ratings, and that watching luge was about as exciting as observing avocados ripen. Well, what if...

The House of Mirrors That is the Mind of Barry Bonds
What would we see if we could step into the mind of Barry Bonds? The Mad Hatter would be hosting a tea party in there, certainly. Posters of Gilbert Gottfried and Prof. Irwin Corey on every wall. Fantastic creatures would abound — animals not found in nature, such as a spiny jackrabbit, and a half...

Our Leader's Tropical Vacation: Day 5
As you know, Will Leitch has been on holiday since Thursday — off to the Caribbean, we hear. You may picture him lying oiled and bronzed on a pristine beach, trying to decide between the lobster and the cracked crab. But knowing him as we do, we feel another scenario is far more likely: Sunburned ...

About Last Night
What you missed while playing with your friends after school ... • NBA All-Star Game: LeBron rallies East to win over West in that thing that follows the slam dunk competition. • College Basketball: This coach literally phoned it in — Oklahoma State routs No. 6 Texas. • Winter Olympics: Doh! U.S. me...