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NBA Roundup: Tough Times At Hand For The Nuggets
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while driving hell-bent-for-leather while wielding a mallet and wearing diapers ... • Soccer: Mexico still hasn't scored a goal on U.S. soil since 2000. We're not sure why that's significant. • College basketball: People wearing blue defeated by those people in a slightly lighter sha...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you lead your troops across the Rubicon, if you know what we mean ... • College basketball: Georgetown at Louisville; North Carolina at Duke. Ah, don't worry. There'll be tickets available at the gate. [ESPN] • College basketball: Illinois at Northwestern. Live, from Evanston! Hey, ...

Behold The Power Of Cheese
As if you didn't know, the New Zealand Cheese-Rolling Championship was Tuesday, with Gore's Tom Mackay claiming the title. For those not "with cheese," the object of the event is to hurtle down a steep incline with 10 or 15 other participants in pursuit of a large wheel of one of the town's finest c...

Deconstructing Puppy Bowl III
Normally we would say that we take a back seat to no one when it comes to Puppy Bowl coverage; we love puppies, and even watched a few moments of the Bissell Kitty Halftime Show on Sunday. But we didn't count on Planet Haystack, whose coverage of this event was, well, comprehensive, to say the least...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. National Signing Day: For, like, anything in particular? Will there be snacks? Do I have to go to work? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: May I openly loathe A-Rod now, or simply hold him in secret utter disdain as usual? •...

But When You Get Down To It, Does Michael Irvin Make Any More Sense?
Only a little more than a year to go before the 2008 Summer Olympics, which should just give the Chinese government enough time to run Beijing through spell check....

NBA Roundup: It's Not Easy Being Celtic
Notes from Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while celebrating your town's Return Carts to the Supermarket Month festivities... • NBA: It's a real Irish wake, and you're invited! Pistons hand Celtics 15th straight loss. • College basketball: Ohio State trounces Michigan? We have never heard of such a thing. • NHL: Devils beat R...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after running away from the killer rabbit ... • College basketball: Michigan at Ohio State; LSU at Tennessee. How many times will we hear the word "bubble" between now and the NCAA Tournament? [ESPN] • College basketball: Saint Joseph's at Villanova. Fear the Hawk! [ESPN2] • NHL: Minne...

Charles Barkley Will Split Those Nines And You Cannot Stop Him
We imagine that a night of gambling with Charles Barkley must be a lot like the scene in Casino where Nicky Santoro is losing at blackjack; very little tipping, and at some point Don Rickles ends up being savagely pummeled. Sunday was an exception though, as Barkley announced that he won $700,000 in...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Juan Gonzalez? Sammy Sosa? Whoa Mr. Peabody, what year is it? • 1 p.m.. NFL w/Scouts' Matt Williamson: Can we at least have one freakin' week off? • 4 p.m.. NCAA MBB w/Doug Gottlieb: What offense would Je...

Mmmmm ... Super Bowl Ad Controversy
Well, that was $2.5 million well spent. Not only did the "Snickers car mechanics kiss" Super Bowl ad horrify Rex Grossman, but it has also angered gay and human rights groups, NASCAR fans, makers of other candy, lovers of motor oil, Puppy Bowl III participants, Muslims and most species of fish. (In ...

NBA Roundup: Flying Too Close To The Suns
Notes from Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while painting a boulder to look as if there's a tunnel in it ... • NBA: A great disturbance in The Force, as if millions of tiny, assist-minded point guards screamed out at once ... • College basketball: The Longhorns fought the Law, and the Law won. Texas A&M 100, Texas 82. • NHL: ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while appearing on FOX News, strangely, at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning (no, really) ... • College basketball: Syracuse at Connecticut; Texas at Texas A&M. Do you like your college hoops blue state or red state? Take your pick. [ESPN] • College women's basketball: Georgia at Tennessee. We'd ...

NBA Roundup: Pistons Turn Up The Volume
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m.. Page 2 columnist Eric Neel: Are you havin' a laugh? Is he havin' a laugh? • 3 p.m. Senior MLB writer Jayson Stark: Because an early February day before camps open is no time for a junior MLB writer? • 4 p.m.. NFL w/Scouts' Rodd...

Super Bowl Blogdome: 'My Answer To Everything Is Just Go Suck On It'
What they're saying about Super Bowl XLI, the morning after ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while hanging out at a friend's house, eating Monkey Chow ... • NFL: Larry the pointer defies the odds, wins Puppy Bowl III. And, um, we think the Colts won that other game. • College basketball: Wait, Florida State won at Duke? Crazy. • NHL: Penguins lose in OT to team from that exo...