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Do LA Teams Have The Refs Hypnotized?
Another look at the last play of that UCLA-Texas A&M game that you may not have seen. I know that the rule of thumb among college basketball officials is that if a shooter is hit with two or fewer arrows during the last 30 seconds of play, then you should "let the players decide the game." Now, if ...


ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......

Duke Takes One Last Flop For The Road
Watch as Duke's Gerald Henderson runs over to clobber the Mountaineers' Cam Thoroughman from behind. Thoroughman (6-foot-7, 215) doesn't take to that too well, and ... whoa! Did you see that, ref? Air shove!...

About Last Night
What you missed while hitting a home run and wondering "Where the hell is my stuffed pig?" ... • MLB: It's that Jon Lester vs. Rich Harden matchup that all of Japan has been talking about for weeks! Let's all watch. • College basketball: UMass comes back to beat Syracuse in NIT quarterfinals, which ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after posing for this handsome mug shot ... • College basketball: NIT quarterfinal, Massachusetts at Syracuse (7 p.m., ET). Doesn't seem right that Georgetown is at home and Syracuse is still playing, but whatever. [ESPN] • College women's basketball: NCAA Div. I Women's Tournament, se...

I'm Beginning To Sense Some Dissatisfaction With The Beijing Olympics
Here are a couple of other interpretations of the Olympic logo....

Oh, You Are So Totally Grounded
In case you haven't seen this yet, the young Oregon fan giving the double-bird salute from the stands here toward UCLA's Kevin Love got into big trouble when he returned home. It seems that Sports Illustrated ran the photo with its story about rabid college sports fans a couple of weeks ago, and th...

A-Rod Talks Wistfully Of The Mets (Really)
The timing could have been better for Alex Rodriguez, who sat down for a soul-searching interview with the New York Daily News on the same day that Jose Canseco was touting a new book, claiming that A-Rod took steroids. That publicity could have been used for damage control! At any rate, A-Rod tells...


ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while the Red Sox-A's game goes into extra innings ... • NBA: Now everyone will be naming their babies Chauncey. Even the girls. Pistons 110, Suns 105. • MLB: Athletics lead Red Sox 2-0 in Japan, where this afternoon already happened last night. • College basketball: Tulsa beats Utah...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after reading the best headline of the year so far ... • College basketball: National Invitation Tournament, second round: California at Ohio State (7 p.m., ET), Alabama at Birmingham at Va. Tech (9 p.m., ET). Just like the NCAA Tournament, only with less Billy Packer. [ESPN] • Women's...

It's Still Not As Dangerous As A Typical Eagles Game
Please bear with me if you've seen this before; any time I see something this large and angry go into the stands that isn't Ron Artest, I must post it. Three things of note here: 1. Love the three guys sitting under the little overhang in the middle there, safe from harm in the stadium's finest lux...

McDonald's Bag 1, Denver Broncos 0
You've scored some well-earned vacation time, and you're booked for a week or two at the finest resort you can find. Time to check in, unpack, and ... order room service? A larger TV? Five-diamond hookers? Well, no; if you're Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall, it's time for a McDonald's ...

Um, Maybe We Should Just Skip The Olympic Torch This Time
Well, that didn't take long. They were still flicking the cigarette lighter in preparation of lighting the Olympic Torch today in Greece when a protester crashed the ceremony, with what looks like a pirate flag. A rousing start on the 84-day journey in which the torch will pass through several locat...

ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......

About Last Night ...
Licensed to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit; ever ... • College basketball: OK, Davidson's win over Georgetown was pretty big, but this he...