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Vancouver Ready To Welcome More Weird-Ass Olympic Events
We had a crazy dream last night. The IOC was making up Winter Olympic sports, and approving them in their meeting in Kuwait City. Yeah we know, off the wall. But ... huh? You're kidding. Skicross?...
We Hope They Turn Out Overweight And Lethargic
To celebrate his new big-ass contract for the Dodgers — and the inevitable shredding of some sort of tender tendon that will result — Nomar Garciaparra has found a fertile place in Mia Hamm that his seed might find purchase....
Welcome To The Romo Bandwagon Express, With No Stops Until Jan. 20
With Steve Silverman's love note to Tony Romo on MSNBC this morning, let the worship of the Dallas quarterback officially begin. Not that it started with Silverman by any means — Madden has been giving Romo verbal backrubs for more than a month now. But we're just wondering if America is ready for t...
Justin Gatlin Finds A Sport That Doesn't Mind That He Uses Steroids
When your fourth wide receiver is a guy named David Anderson, it's probably not a bad idea for you to explore all possible options, but the Houston Texans are taking it to a (not really all that) new level....
The Case Against Brunch Mavens Coaching NFL Teams
You know, it turns out that seeking out your top offensive minds from Idahoans accustomed to making waffles and pouring orange juice down the gullets of nostalgia-seeking tourists isn't the best way to run a football team....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Bonds to Padres? Piazza to Athletics? Manny to Giants? The Yankees paid $26 million for what? It's %$&*^# hard to focus! • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: I'm wearing a headband as I type this, and it's not...
NBA Roundup: Much Ado About Headwear
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
That Smudge On Your Floor? That's The Big Ten
You know, new Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson isn't known as a disciplinarian in the way that Bob Knight is, but, jeez, he sure does make his players do some pretty publicly humiliating things to their teammates when they lose on national television, doesn't he?...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while inventing the Opti-Grab ... • NHL: Pronger returns to Edmonton, gets booed, Ducks win in OT. Sounds like fun to us. • College basketball: Greivis Bodily Injury ... Led by Greivis Vasquez, Maryland ends Illinois' 51-game non-conference home winning streak. • NBA: Who's Crying No...
Time For The Big Ten To Lose Again
Well, you know the college basketball season is officially upon us with the ritualistic beatdown of the Big Ten at the hands of the ACC starts showing up on ESPN. With the precursor of N.C. State trouncing previously undefeated Michigan already pushing the ACC into a 1-0 lead last night, the ACC is ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you try some pickup blind soccer with your friends ... • College basketball: Maryland at Illinois; Indiana at Duke. We're TiVoing for added pause-play Kelvin Sampson goodness. [ESPN] • College basketball: Florida State at Wisconsin; Miami (Fla.) at Northwestern. When your state is i...
Sometimes, We Just Learn A Bit Too Much
We know, we're soulless ironists, not connected to the problems of the everyday world, except to mock them. We accept your scorn, and we probably deserve it....
Leftovers: Senator Cheerleader
• Trent Lott, GO TEAM. [ClayNation] • One must be wary of when St. Louis sports radio jockeys attack. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • Etan Thomas has a new column for SLAM Online ... and a poem! [SLAM Online] • Hey, you can win the chance to watch a game with Freddie Mitchell. Careful: He'll steal your ...
You Can't Use Your Hands OR Your Eyes
In the grand tradition of Beep Baseball, With Leather brings us the blind soccer World Cup, which we are immediately dispatching David Hirshey to cover....
Jake Plummer Has No Qualms About Doing This Again
Everybody has a cross to bear. Some of us were always picked last in kickball and still harbor resentment about it. Some of us have a lifelong fear of spiders, or horses, or, say, snakes. Some of us become never-nudes. We all have to overcome something....
The McGwire Maelstrom Is Upon Us
Well, as pretty much everyone has weighed in on now, Mark McGwire is on the Hall of Fame ballot, and it's got everybody's panties in a bunch. We typically get exhausted by Hall of Fame debates anyway — they're like regular sports debates, except it's about stuff that ended a decade ago — but this on...
Deadspin SHOTY Tournament: Jay Mariotti Vs. Darren Daulton
After nearly a week off, the Deadspin SHOTY Tournament kicks back up today — just three more first-round matchups left — with a guy who seemingly shows up every week around these parts, if just to make himself more famous, against a former Philadelphia hero who has only made Deadspin once, but in a ...
We're Number One!
By now you've probably heard that Ohio State was ranked first in the nation in basketball by USA Today/ESPN this morning, which along with its top football ranking, gives the Buckeyes the No. 1 spot in both major sports during the same week for the first time in school history. But there's more. T...
Blogdome: Ponytails Under The Bed
• An interview with our very own Cultural Oddsmaker, AJ Daulerio. [Blinq] • Lots of requirements to become coach of the Crimson Tide. [Critical Sports Blog] • Chris Pronger has come BACK. [Forward Progress] • The LA Times has a new Clippers blog. [Los Angeles Times] • Speaking of the LA Times, they'...
NOT What Frank Zamboni Had In Mind
You may not believe this, but in some cities it's still illegal to steal a couple of Zambonis and head downtown for burgers. (Or, as we call it, "fun.)" The nut graph from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:...