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I Was In 'The Cat In The Hat,' Dammit!
In a tragic time such this, it's easy to forget who the real victims are. Specifically, actor Alec Baldwin, shown here on Wednesday near the Manhattan accident scene where Cory Lidle's small plane crashed into a high-rise building. Baldwin is giving a New York City police officer the Glengarry Gle...

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxing historian Bert Sugar: Max Baer, the Terrell Owens of his era? • Noon. NCAA FB with Todd McShay: What exactly is a Nittany? • 2:30 p.m. Inside College Hockey: OK, I've been in here long enough. I'm cold, and lonely. Can y...

Playoff Blogdome: Tigers at Athletics, Game 2
Canvassing the blogs after Detroit's 8-5 win over Oakland in the ALCS:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while feeding the one-eyed fish (not a euphemism!)... • MLB: Tigers take 2-0 ALCS lead over Athletics behind Alexis Gomez ... wait, who? • NBA: Sans Jackson and O'Neal, Pacers still beat Nets 103-89. • NHL: Detroit, sports capital of the world. Red Wings 9, Phoenix 2....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you hire someone to come in and move your jaw to chew your food ... • NHL: Coyotes at Red Wings. Can Detroit handle another winning franchise? Will the city implode? [Fox Sports Detroit] • MLB: National League Championship Series, St. Louis at New York Mets, Game 1. Do you think we ...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: NOOCH!
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Joe Torre, Alex Rodriguez, Donald Rumsfeld all apparently keeping their jobs. Thoughts? • 3 p.m. NCAA FB with Beano Cook: Back when you played, how difficult was it to keep Martin Van Buren in the ...

Lawrence Phillips Hits Bottom, Is Sure He Can Go Lower
And so in the end, Lawrence Phillips leaves us the way we always knew he would: receiving up to 20 years in prison for running into three kids with his car after a pickup football game. The former Cornhuskers /Rams /Dolphins /49ers /Bobcats /Alouettes /Stampeders /Dragons running back was convicte...

Playoff Blogdome: Tigers at Athletics, Game One
Tracking the blogs the day after Game 1 of the ALCS:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while taking your ferret to the DMV ... • MLB: ALCS, Game 1: Fools! No one can stop Brandon Inge! Tigers 5, Athletics 1. • NBA: Ha! We told you! NBA regular season creeps ever closer as Dwight Howard, Magic top Bobcats 107-90. And hey, Adam Morrison wasn't bad. He didn't cry either. ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you celebrate the big 3-1 ... • MLB: American League Championship Series, Detroit at Oakland, Game 1. Come 5 p.m. PST, Nick Swisher shall unleash Hell. [Fox] • NBA: Preseason, Philadelphia at Phoenix, at Cologne, Germany. Just what we need: Shawn Marion as a guest star on "Sprockets...

Snack Foods We Have Heard On High
Once in a generation, an idea comes along that is so perfect, so sublime, so incredibly simple yet bathed in the blinding light of genius, that all we can do is blink in wonderment. This, friends, is beer-flavored potato chips. Oh, and did we mention there's cheese?...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. World's Strongest Man: Can you help me move this weekend? • 3 p.m. NFL draft with Steve Muench: You're such a Muench, really. • Wraps. Read Monday's chats: No, I refuse. What am I, a dancing bear?...

What Could Possibly Go Wrong With This Idea?
Yahoo's Time Capsule Project begins today, in which people from around the world are encouraged "to submit text, images and video that reflect human nature" to be included in a message that will be beamed into space. So that the world of sports isn't left out, we are submitting the video above, whic...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while the little animated Tiger Woods keeps eyeing the nordic woman in your other browser window ... • NFL: Ravens, Kim Jong Il set off dud on same day, as Broncos prevail 13-3. • NHL: They've got the Blues ... St. Louis out for a Duck, 2-0. • MLB: Girardi interviews for Cubs' manage...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you're informed that your site is going to have a huge Tiger Woods ad on it tomorrow, and being vaguely nervous about the concept and its execution... • NFL: Baltimore at Denver. This game makes us dizzy. Maybe it's the altitude. [ESPN] • NHL: Coyotes at Blue Jackets. Call him Wile ...

When Baseball Players Are Asked: 'You Have Haramph Like My Friend, Can I Touch?'
Like many of you, we suspect, we cannot wait for the new Borat movie, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Therefore, we present this old Borat clip, as he visits a Savannah Sand Gnats minor league baseball game, with predictable results. No matter how...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Houston Rockets
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. Let us celebrate with five tiny tidbits on each team. Today we continue with the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send us your tips at [email protected]....

Parents Sentence Son To Lifetime Of Ass-Kickings
As The Mighty MJD mentioned on Sunday, Leann and Rusty Real of D'Iberville, Miss., have named their kid ESPN Montana Real. That's pronounced "Espen," as in, "Mrs. Johnson! The other boys have run Espen's pants up the flagpole again!"...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: So, do you have interest in the Yankees job, or not? Stop dodging the question, Buster! • 3:30 p.m. AFC West w/Jeremy Green: Who do you think the Raiders will pick with the overall first pick in the draft?...