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Ron Borges Suspended, But He's Not Alone
After the rather obvious plagiarism incident involving Boston Globe columnist Ron Borges yesterday, the Globe has suspended Borges for two months without pay. The union reps are standing behind Borges, but it's clear you won't see him in the paper for a while. It's all pretty much by the book; take ...
NBA Roundup: Ming Went The Strings Of Our Hearts
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while looking for penguins in Kansas City ... • NBA: It's a Yao Ming after all, it's a Yao Ming after all ... but his return can't stop Cavs vs. Rockets. It's a Yao Ming World ... • Iditarod: And ... we have our first injury. Sled slip on ice and man go boom (we think the dogs planne...
Peyton Manning's Sweet 16 Party Cameo
So, less than a month after you've won the Super Bowl, you've got a bevy of entertainment options and endorsement opportunities. Or, you can just ignore both and sleep on a beach somewhere, maybe make out with balding country music stars your wife, just take it easy....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Chinese Olympic mascots plot your next fevered nightmare ... • College basketball: Colonial Athletic Association, championship game, George Mason vs. Virginia Commonwealth, at Richmond, Va.; West Coast Conference, championship game, at Portland, Ore. [ESPN]; Metro Atlantic Conferenc...
A Game You And Your Nine Year Old Daughter Can Play Together
So there's this site — Tim Hardaway can tell you all about it — called Stardoll, where you can virtually dress up all the stars into whatever outfits you want them to wear. Apparently, it's a complicated endeavor, with competitions and rankings and all kinds of things that we would consider complete...
Ron Artest Might Have Sneaked In Some Early-Morning Spousal Battery
You know, you think you know a guy ......
Leftovers: Yell About DirectTV
• If you're still mad about the DirectTV MLB deal — and we are — here are some numbers to call. [Humbug Journal] • Donte Stallworth, getting some help. [Pulled My Groin] • Dwyane Wade is ready to come back, probably. [YAYSports!] • The early free-agent signings, as seen through the eyes of Terri Sch...
Don't Expect Your Rec League To Adopt These
These, friends, are the future of college basketball uniforms, and that future is: SPANDEX! OK, not quite Spandex, but there's certainly a skin-tight vibe going on for the four teams who will supposedly try out the new duds during their conference championships this week: Ohio State, Syracuse, Flori...
It's Casual Dress During Spring Training
This guy was spotted in the stands of the White Sox-Cubs spring training game yesterday, and though we're not quite ready for that kind of fierce crosstown rivalry business just yet — it's like trying to have an argument too early in the morning, before you've had your IV of coffee — we like the spi...
The Only Armen Keteyian-Related News We Could Come Up With
Finally an answer to the question: Does Armen Keteyian like to play beer pong in the basement? Yes: Yes, he does....
Probably Need More Hops To Do That, Son
This video has made the YouTube rounds for the last week, but it's still a hilarious answer to the question: What happens if, during a dunk contest, the dunker uses a human prop to jump over ... but doesn't quite clear it?...
Baseball Season Preview: Kansas City Royals
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Blogdome: Chasing The Bulls
• Could the Mavs win 72 games? [WBRS Sports Blog] • Ryan Tucker is feeling much better, thank you. [Kid Cleveland] • Is Greg Oden really not all that dominating? [Cursed Cleveland] • Ron Zook knows how to recruit ... criminals! (We joke, we kid.) [Loser With Socks] • Free agency has gone nuts! [Rumo...
Joe Darger Has Two Mommies (And A Crapload Of Siblings)
Curious, and fascinating story in The New York Times today: UNLV forward Joe Darger is the son of a polygamist father. He has 15 siblings, most of which go to all his games....
Tar Heel Blue Nation Seeing Red Today, Not Surprisingly
A lot of vitriol flowing around the Web this morning, most of it aimed at Gerald Henderson and Duke. But none seemed more perturbed at the roundhouse elbow to the probiscus of Tyler Hansbrough than the Tar Heels men's cheerleading squad, who were in Henderson's face, dude! You do not want to anger p...
Ron Borges' Cut-And-Paste Job
If you don't like The Boston Globe's Ron Borges and would like him to go away, you're in luck this morning: He pretty blatantly plagiarized his column yesterday from The Tacoma News Tribune. The evidence is obvious, and overwhelming....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA MBB with Andy Katz: Ever take an elbow to the face while rebounding? A knee to the face? Ever get a rebound? • 3 p.m. Notre Dame's Derek Landri: Any regrets at missing by one year the opportunity to annihilate Jimmy Clausen ...
'I Think Tigger Just Clocked Trev Alberts ...'
Hey, kids! From Every Day Should Be Saturday, a roundup of what went on at ESPN: The Weekend at Epcot Center in Florida. Follow along with their handy schedule and map, or just read some of the highlights below!:...
This Was Probably Inevitable, When You Think About It
You know, it's kind of amazing to us that nobody brought up this possibility: David Beckham yesterday suffered a possibly serious knee injury....