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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFC East with Chuck Knox Jr.: Um, is singing really the answer to the Giants' problems? This can only make things worse. • 1:30 p.m. Hip hop legend Chuck D: Do you cry every time you watch "Flavor Of Love?" Because we do. • 3 p.m...

Bengals Love A Rainy Night
We're not sure when the Bengals defense suddenly got all uppity, but jeez, that could be an entirely different team all of a sudden. In the Bengals' 13-7 win over the Ravens last night, the Cincy defense almost threw another shutout, their second in a row, and staved off the Ravens' attempt to cli...

Bengals Receivers Takes Their Antics To Basic Cable
We promise to someday stop bitching about this — probably when the season ends — but once again, we, as Time Warner Cable subscribers, will not be able to watch tonight's Bengals-Ravens game, because it's on the NFL Network, and even though we somehow get the Al Gore slacker news channel, we don't g...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Martha Stewart adjusts your centerpiece (not a euphemism) ... • College football: MAC championship game, Central Michigan vs. Ohio, at Detroit. Wolverines-Buckeyes? ZZzzzz. It's Chippewas-Bobcats, baby! [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Arkansas at Missouri. You don't come into Miz...

Ten Moments That Will Make You Cry
Just to be cruel to our delicate sensibilities, the fine folks at Chowdaheads have compiled the 10 most gruesome broken arms and legs in sports history. You can probably guess what No. 1 is; the video above is, frighteningly, only No. 3. (The anticipation in this clip is too brutal for us to handle....

For Saving My Llama, Here's Some National Coverage, Doc
You probably don't know Dr. Dean Richardson, because why would you? You're a sports fan, and he's a veterinarian. No reason he could possibly come across your radar....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA FB with Todd McShay: Is "fat and bored" any way to describe the nation's No. 1 team? • 4 p.m. Boxer Winky Wright: Is Ronald your real name or your nickname? Because it would be cool if it were the latter. • 4 p.m. Football s...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Michael Vick apologizes and hands you $10,000 ... • College basketball: Michigan State at Boston College; Ohio State at North Carolina. And the cry went out ... who will build The Jerome Schottenstein Center out of Legos? [ESPN] • College basketball: Virginia at Purdue; Clemson at M...

You Cannot Hide From Lance Armstrong
Far be it from us to insinuate that Lance Armstrong is still in the heads of the French cycling establishment, but now they're accusing him of breaking into their email....

Frank Beamer's All-American Ballot
In case you had any doubt left — though we don't know how you could have — that a ballot in the hands of college football coaches is a dangerous thing, here's the All-American ballot from Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer....

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....

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...

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...

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....

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...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. The Morning Buzz: I'd show up every morning for this if it were a feature on athletes busted for drugs. • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Could the Eastern Seaboard survive a Manny-to-Yankees rumor? Even if it was just for fun? ...

The Snow Is Finally Here, And The Playoffs Aren't Far Behind
For all the talk of Brett Favre and Matt Hasselbeck and a dogged night from Shaun Alexander, the main impression we took from last night's MNF Seahawks' win over the Packers was: SNOW! Screw Thanksgiving: We know the holidays are really upon us when it's snowing real hard and people are falling over...

Your Last Night Of MNF Brett Favre Backrubbing
Of all the tired Brett Favre storylines out there, our least favorite is the "He's playing against Mike Holmgren again!" theme. Yes, yes, they won a Super Bowl together; we're not sure this makes this all that necessarily compelling. Besides, that would require remembering a time when Brett Favre we...

To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch after reading a story that doesn't surprise you in the least ... • College men's basketball: Michigan at North Carolina State. Sidney Lowe is 4-0 as head coach of the Wolfpack ... perhaps he can solve your problems, too. [ESPN2] • NFL: Green Bay at Seattle. It's Mike Holmgren day! Weee...

"The Road To Glendale Is Paved With Trojans!"
An aggressively active weekend of college football has sussed a few things out, and before you know it, we'll be fully ensconced in the morass of meaningless bowls hosted by dying dot-coms. (Our two favorite bowl games this year: The San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl and R&L Carriers New...