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To Watch Tonight
What to watch on the TV in the holding cell ... • College football: Texas-El Paso at Alabama at Birmingham. Both teams will be running faster than a hobo with a sweet potato pie (thanks Dan). [ESPN2] • Golf: HSBC Champions, third round, at Shanghai. Happy beautiful people's golf cooperative welcomes...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Atlantic Coast Conference
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to crush all who laughed at your picks last year. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please send contributions to tips...
SI.com Is So Nuanced You'd Never Notice
Here are some stats for you, via CBS MarketWatch: SI.com has 7 million unique visitors a month, far behind ESPN's 20.4 million visitors. This is a rather large discrepancy — Yahoo and Fox Sports are ahead of SI as well — but one that SI.com doesn't worry too much about....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for todays ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Bruce Feldman: Great win, but BCS is saying: "Frankly Scarlet Knights, we don't give a damn." • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: What does it say about me if my opponent is wearing oven mitts? • 3 p.m.. Mid-majors w/Ky...
NBA Roundup: I Read The NOOCH Today, Oh Boy
Notes from Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association:...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you confirm the existence of New York, NM ... population 362 ... • College football: Louisville at Rutgers. Back in August, this didn't look so compelling. But now ... [ESPN] • Golf: HSBC Champions, second round, at Shanghai. Thanks for killing one of our rare Pandas with that slice...
Blasted Apart, With Just A Hint Of Juniper
Ladies and gentlepersons, we proudly introduce you to SeasonShot. What is it? It's a shotgun that saved you the trouble of having to spice your meat! You can blast a bird out of the air and lightly pepper it with coriander at the same time! We'll let the inventors describe it:...
Introducing The Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year Tournament
Since Sports Illustrated is making its unveiling of the 2006 Sportsman Of The Year award into a two-month enterprise, we figured we could do the same thing. Therefore, we are introducing the Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year tournament, where 16 nominees will compete for the sainted title. We've put ...
Dan Patrick, Celebrity Golf Interview Dork Dodger
We'll confess to having less of a problem with Dan Patrick than we do with some of the other Bristol folks; he's got a little smugness to him, but on the whole, we don't think he's one of the bad guys....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon: NBA with Chad Ford: Threatening to sue if the refs don't quit calling technicals? Why didn't I think of that in high school? • 2 p.m. MLS with Pat Onstad: Do you really think that David Beckham will come to the U.S., what with ou...
The Return Of Ned
A profile in courage from Florida International University: Running back A'Mod Ned, the injured Panther who heroically joined the fray of the infamous Miami-FIU brawl from a month or so ago despite, you know, being on crutches, is expected to return to practice this week and could be able to retur...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Yogi Berra says something that makes our head explode ... • College men's basketball: 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, New Orleans vs. Hampton; Maryland vs. Vermont, at College Park, Md. We love college basketball before the offense is put in. [ESPN2] • Golf: HSBC Champions, first r...
Is It Too Late To Cast Tom Cruise?
We missed our copy of ESPN: The Magazine this week, so we didn't catch this terrifying, surreal tidbit, but the fine folks at Dirty Laundry did:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: Didn't you call the House majority for the Republicans? • 2 p.m. Tennis with Peter Bodo: If catching askance glances up Elena Dementieva's skirt while fulfilling my ball boy duties is wrong, I don't want...
Of Swann Songs And Quarterback Sneaks
Do sports and politics mix? As Keith Olberman pointed out on MSNBC Tuesday night, apparently not so much. Lynn Swann? Dead. Jim Ryun? Dead. Michael Steele? Dead. Niedermeier? ......
NBA Roundup: Look! Up In The Sky! ...
Taking a look at Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association:...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your local Diebold machine launches your vote into the cold, dark reaches of outer space ... • College football: Toledo at Northern Illinois. We came for Marty Casey and the Lovehammers, we're staying for the sake of Huskies Pride. Oh, and of course the beer. [ESPN2] • NHL: Carolina...
The Bay Area Athletics Of Fremont?
For years, people have been figuring out how to either attract fans in Oakland — remember, they closed off the upper deck this year, and few complained — or how to get the heck out of there. Well, it seems like they might have finally figured out how to bolt the Coliseum: Head to Fremont!...
Forget Your Race; We Need A Pulitzer Shot
We had an excellent front-row seat for the New York City Marathon on Sunday, where we saw Lance Armstrong surrounded by photographers and a bunch of pace-setting rabbits (which is supposedly against the rules, but whatever), a few people in wacky costumes and, sadly, no one with bleeding nipples. We...
Unpretentious, With Just A Hint Of Laundry Hamper
Strawberries, cherries and and angel's kiss in spring ... this Ditka wine is really made from all these things ......