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It's Never Too Early For Bowling
Holy crap, the bowl games are starting already. In fact Wake Forest and Navy are underway at RFK Stadium in the famed EagleBank Bowl. This soon-to-be classic will be followed up by another three epic showdowns as the day goes on....

For Your Viewing Pleasure
Big day in the wonderful world of College Basketball, and if you're looking for a preview, check out Rush the Court....

In Which Giant Alien Heads on the NFL Network Set are 'Hilarious'
• We come in peace: I'm not exactly sure what's so hysterical - it's probably the drugs! - about producers from the NFL Network deciding to make the on-air talent's heads look like creatures from another galaxy, but the guys on the set (especially Deion) seem to get a huge kick out of it. [SOX & Daw...

So, About That Devin Harris/Jason Kidd Trade ...
Mark Cuban's nightmare continues, the Celtics look unstoppable, and Kobe fails in the clutch....

Warren Sapp's Birthday: Cake and Cheerleaders
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap....

For Skip Bayless, It's Come To This
No, this is not some wacky photoshopped shot designed to question the sexuality of ESPN's Skip Bayless....

Red Sox Can Kiss Tex Goodbye
Boston out of the Mark Teixeira market after he calls its $180 million, eight-year offer chicken feed. [Boston Herald]...

Bowl Season Starts Tomorrow? But I Didn't Get You Anything!
Here's your complete schedule for the 2008-09 Bowl Season, which begins tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Taste the excitement! [Real Clear Sports]...

ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Week
ESPN scours its message boards regularly to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comments, and presents them on their front page. Here is one of those comments ......

Jay Harris, Karaoke Monster
• With a song in his heart: ESPN's Jay Harris knows how to croon. And don't you forget it. [Don Chavez]...

The One Where Gene Chizik Gets Snow-Jobbed
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another. (NSFW)...

Patrick Willis Lives In A Land Of Confusion
I'd like to say that 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis is the most underrated defensive player in the NFL, but the guy has been to two straight Pro Bowls, so someone's noticing....

Undie Run, Naked Pogo-Sticking, And Darth Vader's Boobs
Time for another edition of Waxing Off, the feature that was recently nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award. This week we've asked four talented female writers to ruminate on: Shocking college sporting traditions....

It's So Cold In The D
Someone asked me recently what it's called when a team goes an entire season without winning a game. I liked her suggestion for the opposite of undefeated, which is simply ... defeated....

Angry Columnist Says T.O. Owes Werder An Apology
"How do you deal with this kind of stupidity? I’ve got my ideas, but that’s another story. A friend of mine is a longtime psych-ward nurse. He described it as a classic case of "narcissist/sociopath." I don’t know what that means, so I just call Owens an "idiot." It seems to work. [Star-Telegram.com...

Michael Jordan On Verge Of Getting Married Again?
So says the remarkably unreliable gossip hounds at Media Takeout who've "caught wind" that "word on the street" is MJ and girlfriend Yvette Prieto are about to get hitched....

SHOTY Elite Eight: Buzz Bissinger Vs. Mark Cuban
It's the battle of people who have yelled at me in public. Woo-hoo! It's just like hanging out with my dad when I was a teenager. Why wasn't my dad nominated?...

Mel Kiper Jr. Gets Tebowed
Tim Tebow puts Mel Kiper Jr. on the spot: "“What do you think I need to do to be an NFL quarterback?" Kiper fumbles response. [College Football Talk]...

C.C. Sabathia Already Managing Expectations
C.C. Sabathia was introduced to the New York media yesterday, which is generally not an interesting moment in a player's career, but there was one little nugget of information that may hint at trouble....

The Pigeon Had It Coming
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