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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. ESPN anchor Mike Greenberg: Do the words "ESPN" and "anchor" conjure images of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow, like they do for me? • 2 p.m. Jim Caple on Kirby Puckett: Two hours isn't enough. We could talk about him for we...
Poll: Scariest ESPN Mag Mugshots
Yesterday, we tried to figure out what was going on with Bill Simmons' ridiculous mugshot in ESPN: The Magazine. Well, now we've got copies of all four main mugshots in the magazine, and they're inexplicable. And horrifying. Take a look at them below, and let us know which one makes you want to c...
Remembering Kirby Puckett
As you've surely heard by now, Twins Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died last night at the age of 45. Puckett was a player who was impossible to dislike; he played baseball the way we all imagine we would, if we had the chance. His post-retirement career was smeared by Frank Deford's famous Sports Il...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the rest of the family interacts with each other (fine, as long as they keep it down) ... • College Basketball: Colonial Athletic Association championship, N.C.-Wilmington vs. Hofstra, at Richmond, Va.; West Coast Conference championship, Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount, at Spokane, Wa...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Braves
We re less than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. The Buzzmaster: Face it, you're floundering by yourself — you need another sidekick. How does this sound: The Buzzmaster and Dyna Girl. • 1 p.m. MLB with Tino Martinez: If we could ask a serious question, what do you think of C...
To Watch Tonight...
NBA: Bulls @ Cavs. A rematch of Thursday's game when the Cavs did their best to blow a huge lead. See if they can pull it off this time....
Ashley Cole Is Not A Rear Gunner
Ashley Cole, soccer star for Arsenal (known to cool people as the "Gunners") and England, is suing a couple of London newspapers for alleging that he was involved in a gay orgy. Cole is pictured there with his fianc , pop singer Cheryl Tweedy, who is smoking hot....
Two More Teams Do The No-Pants Dance
In the Southern Conference (SoCon, as the kids call it) tournament final, Davidson beat the hell out of UT-Chattanooga, winning 80-55. It's nice for Davidson, who went undefeated in the regular season last year, but didn't win the tournament, and thus, did not dance. Brendan Winters had 33 for the...
Kirby Puckett Suffers Stroke
I've gotta bring you some sad news to bring you this afternoon. The Minnesota Twins have announced that hall of fame centerfielder Kirby Puckett has suffered a stroke and is undergoing surgery in Arizona....
Eagles, Bruins, Racers Do The Dance Of Joy
Congratulations go out to Winthrop, Belmont, and Murray State for becoming the second, third, and fourth teams to get themselves into the NCAA Tournament. We won't know until next week if any of them are getting #1 seeds, though....
To Watch Tonight...
• College basketball: UNC @ Duke. As if you have any choice in the matter....
I Think It's Time Eddie Sutton Had A Reality Show
Police in Stillwater have obtained video footage of Eddie Sutton urinating in public. On a middle school. With a bottle in his hand. Oh dear....
The Best Day Of Dick Vitale's Life
ESPN is dedicating nearly all of their resources today to finally giving some publicity to little-known basketball personalities Mike Krzyzewski and J.J. Redick. You've probably never heard of them, but I think this attention is long overdue. Why has ESPN ignored them for so long? This little bask...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you remind yourself to tuck in your penis before playing Texas A&M ... • Boxing: Vic Darchinyan vs. Diosdado Gabi, for IBF flyweight championship; lightweights, Anthony Mora vs. Rustam Nugaev, at Santa Ynez, Calif. Yeah, well maybe we could enjoy this fight if Al Bernstein weren't c...
Authors With Pure Hearts: Will Blythe
We've taken some time off from the Authors With Pure Hearts series, but we gleefully return with Will Blythe's To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever, a hysterical, slightly crazed book about what it means to hate so much that it becomes purifying. In the case of Blythe, born and bred in North Car...
The New New Mexico?
Perhaps the quarterback position at Virginia Tech is merely cursed....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. College Hoops Report Card: Let's make our student-athletes feel at home. "Mr. Blutarski ... zero point zero." • 1 p.m. Mid-Majors with Kyle Whelliston: Bally, you demented little runt — if I catch you looking up my girlfriend's...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you recoil at the horrible real-life tragedy of Dr. McDreamy ... • World Baseball Classic: South Korea vs. Taiwan, Japan vs. China, at Tokyo. It's finally here! Let's play ball! We can't understand any of the signs in the stands! [ESPN2] • College Basketball: Central Intercollegiate...
NFL Is (Somewhat) Less Homophobic Than You Think
Remember that scene in Brokeback Mountain, when Jack Twist is having Thanksgiving dinner with his wife's family and they get in a big fight about being manly enough to watch football? (What? You haven't seen Brokeback? Well, it's like the Colts' season, except shorter and with 13 percent fewer au...