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About Last Night ...
What you missed while searching for that girl whose foot fits the glass slipper ... • NBA: Even McGrady's 45 can't slow the runaway Mavericks. • NHL: Beware of the Devils! The Deviiiiillllsssss! • College basketball: In the wee small hours of the morning ... Mario Boggans puts on a show as Oklahoma ...

Man, We Totally Forgot They Were Razing Yankee Stadium
Buster Olney — whom, though we occasionally make fun of him, does pretty solid work over there — reported this morning that Yankee Stadium will host the All-Star Game in 2008, the final year before the historic-mostly-as-a-70s-relic stadium shuffles off this architectural coil. (Incidentally, our ou...

Becks Is Welcomed By The Game
OK, we're going to need an ruling on this one. But we think what just happened is that LA rapper The Game offered to kick David Beckham's ass if he should ever see him. At least we hope that's what he said. You make the call:...

Chandler: In Which I Am Determined To Make Tom Brady The Next Great Basketball Star
Deadspin associate editor Rick Chandler made a rather surprising confession to us the other day, and we demanded he write about it. So he now has the floor....

Wiki It Up With Cuban And The Mavs
Are you a Dallas Mavericks fan, frustrated by your inability to adequately chronicle in a collective fashion each and every move of your trusted hardwood heroes? Worry not! Mark Cuban would like you to make your voice heard....

NBA Roundup: Are You Not Entertained?
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while warming your cockles ... • NBA: Brian Cook and his 7.0 scoring average somehow go for 25 as Lakers beat Heat in OT 124-118. At least there's someone involved with the Illini playing basketball well right now. • NHL: Red Wings beat Canadiens 2-0. Notice the lack of scoring by on...

Student Reporter Gets First Boring McGwire Quotes
So everybody wants to hear from Mark McGwire, the slugger-in-exile. What does he think about the Hall of Fame voting? Did he ever do steroids? What was the deal with appearing on "Mad About You?" No one has been able to get him to come out of hiding ... except for abused children, anyway. McGwire sh...

NBA Roundup: Sorry About That, Coach
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while torturing Jack Bauer ... • NFL playoffs: Oh, who are we kidding, Tom Brady? You had us at hello. Patriots 24, Chargers 21. Poor Marty. • NBA: Newest Nugget leads 109-93 win over Trail Blazers. All hail ... Steve Blake? • College basketball: Aaron Brooks (no, not that one) leads...

ESPN Continues To Axe Things You Probably Don't Watch
First, Quite Frankly, and now this. ESPN Classic is ceasing to create and air original programming. Norby Williamson, ESPN's executive vice president, let the ESPN Classic people know on Friday that they were being reassigned. ESPN Classic will continue on as a network for the time being, sans origi...

About Last Night...
• NBA: Bulls 111, Grizzlies 66. You know what really sucks about this for the Grizzlies? The Bulls did it without two starters. • College Basketball: Pitt 74, Georgetown 69. Both teams shot over 59% from the field. That's gotta be rare. • NFL Playoffs: New Orleans 27, Philadelphia 24. But WHERE was ...

Nothing About This Suggests "Paradise"
If you were undecided about who to root for today... Jesus....

This Should Help Attract Free Agents
Here's something we don't have enough of in America: sports team owners who run prostitution rings. Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Euroleague basketball champs CKSA Moscow, was arrested on suspicion of running a prostitution ring. Seven 20-year-old Russian women were also held for questioning. I'm ...

About Last Night...
• NBA: Supersonics 122, Jazz 114. Ray Allen had 54, the most by a Sonic since Fred Brown's magical 58-point night back in '74. • College Basketball: Creighton 62, Northern Iowa 54. It's a shame they couldn't adjust the schedule so the Ray Allen vs. Northern Iowa game could go into overtime. • NBA: L...

Sammy Sosa Is Too Fat For Japan
Wednesday, we told you about how a Japanese team was close to signing Sammy Sosa, forcing him to pretend not to be able to speak Japanese. Well, it turns out that the Japanese have had a change of heart, thanks mostly to trans fatty acids....

That'll Be All For "Quite Frankly"
We haven't received any definitive confirmation, but there are rumors swirling this morning that, after last night's taping of "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith," ESPN executive vice president Norby Williamson — Norby! — informed the show's staff that the program has been canceled and will air it...

Your 2007 Los Angeles Dodgers: Taste The Excitement
The Dodgers on Thursday threw up a smoke screen to hide a rise in ticket prices, and it's a pretty effective one. A ticket in the right-field bleachers has gone up four bucks, to $10, but with that you get all the Dodger Dogs you can eat. Eric Gagne for an endless supply of weiners? Sounds fair to u...

NBA Roundup: Pass The Steve Nash, Please
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
