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To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball: #9 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's (CA). It's one thing to take on cream puffs like Michigan State, UConn, and Memphis, Zags. Now it's time to see what you can do in the WCC. • NBA: LA Lakers @ LA Clippers. You know, at the end of the year, the # of Lakers wins, and Kwame Brown's free-thr...
Elsewhere in College Basketball...
• #5 Florida 90, Georgia 72. Gators push it to 14-0 by hammering the Bulldogs. Currently, there's not a ranked team on Florida's schedule other than Kentucky, and I'm not sure if they should count. • #12 Maryland 70, Miami 84. Miami hits 12-of-19 three balls to beat the Terps. Nice win, but I'll nee...
Kentucky Pounded By Kansas
Unlike everyone else, Kansas and Kentucky have refused to play within their conferences today, and in fact, Kentucky appears to have refused to play basketball at all. They're getting absolutely pounded by the Jayhawks, 73-44 with about a minute left to play....
To Watch Today...
• College Basketball: #6 Illinois @ Iowa. Dee Brown continues his Godzilla-like march through the Big Ten, but today, will face a very solid defense. [Big Ten Wonk] • Golf: Mercedes Championships. Stuart Appleby has a one-stroke lead, but I'm not sure who to root for in this one. I kinda hate anyone...
Marcus Vick Experience Shut Down For Safety Reasons
I share the view held by the Wizard of Odds that former Virginia Tech QB Marcus Vick's lack of remorse, or even any kind of acknowledgement of wrongdoing, is a little troubling. "It's not a big deal," he says....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while thinking you could beat Maury Povich in arm wrestling, but probably not Connie Chung. • Boxing: Junior middleweights, Joel Julio vs. Robert Kamya; bantamweights, Raul Martinez vs. Andres Ledesma, at Cicero, Ill. Robert "The Doctor" Kamya. Now there's a practical nickname for a gu...
Playoff Pants Party: Steelers Vs. Bengals
For some reason, we're more excited about this playoff game than any of the others, though we know we're in the minority. We think it's because the NFL world is always happier and more in balance when you see teams like the Bengals — or the Texans, or the Lions, or (lo!) the Buzzsaw — make the playo...
Picking Up Where Chad Left Off
Since Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson has been so unfairly muffled all week, taking about 93 percent of the fun out of that Steelers-Bengals game, it has been up to fans to pick up his slack. One fan has come up with a great scenario....
Blogdom's Best: Hating The Tar Heels
Perhaps nothing says hatred like college athletics. We have witnessed the body painting, we have seen the flaming objects hurled onto the court. Yes, we have seen the pants waving from atop the flag pole. And today, we salute those pants. We believe that college athletics were invented to give stude...
Playoff Pants Party: Jaguars Vs. Patriots
This is the late game tomorrow night, which means, if you plan your day correctly, you should be properly hammered enough by halftime to confuse that dude in the corner with some ex-girlfriend who did you wrong. (Or, for female and non-traditional male readers, uh ... OK, we're not sure what the ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chris Sheridan: Your beat has kept you indoors for quite some time, eh pasty-boy? There's a whole world out there with birds and kites and squirrels and stuff. We'd start off with a high-powered sunblock, though. • 2 p.m...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Joker makes a mockery of justice in Gotham City ... • PGA Tour: Mercedes Championships, first round, at Kapalua, Hawaii. So does the winner get an actual Mercedes? We think he should. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Villanova at Louisville, Michigan State at Illinois, Brigham Young...
Jamar Smith Fever, People: Catch It
Our father knows us very well, so when we went home for the holidays, he bought us the best gift we can remember receiving: A Illini jersey T-shirt of Jamar Smith. Who's Jamar Smith, you ask? Oh, you'll know very soon. He's the Illini's freshman shooting guard whose 3-point touch is like a tip-in....
Hey, Saints, We Put Together A Little Dance For You
We don't want to imply that you should have another reason to root for the Redskins this weekend other than Clinton Portis' weekly exploits, but in case you need one, try this: Last week, in the Bucs' win over the Saints, the Raymond James Stadium loudspeakers played The Scorpions' "Rock Me Like A...
Support Michelle Kwan's Right To Fall Down
We're not going to get in the habit of talking about figure skating around these parts, but we will confess, we taken much interest and, yes, enjoyment, in the plight of Professional Face Of Figure Skating Michelle Kwan....
The Tragic Muzzling Of Chad Johnson
Well, it's the week before the Cincinnati Bengals' first playoff game in 15 years, and they're hosting it, against the hated division rival Pittsburgh Steelers. Man, oh, man, wide receiver Chad Johnson must be going crazy, right? What's he gonna do? Score a touchdown and smelt some ore? Strap on B...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton: Could you mumble your predicted finish for the Pacific Division, and then discuss how great your son is? That should fill the hour. • 2 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: Savvy move changing the name of ...
The Scoop On Ichiro's Murderous Fantasies
Gary Garland at the unimpressively designed but otherwise thoroughly excellent Japan Baseball Daily writes in to give us the scoop on Ichiro Suzuki's cameo appearance as a murderer on a Japanese crime mystery program, as documented yesterday. (He even provided us the above picture.)...
Blogdome: Rose Bowl Edition
What they're saying on the Texas and USC blogs, the morning after ... • Burnt Orange Nation. "We're Number One! I embraced total strangers tonight the way I do my own family, and I came very close to crying tears of joy." • IndieWIRE SXSW. "Horns Win! The city of Austin is alive tonight." • Longho...
Rose Bowl: The Morning After
All right, all right, it's the morning after, and we still can't quite believe that game last night. Some more thoughts as we recover:...