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NFL Awards Chris Henry More Free Time
From Buck O'Neil... to Chris Henry....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as stunned doctors conclude that you do, actually, have baseball fever ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Jean Paul Mendy vs. Henry Buchanan; Anthony Hanshaw vs. LaFarrell "Memphis Fairway" Bunting, at Santa Ynez, Calif. That's his real nickname. Honest. [Showtime] • College football: ...
Live Playoff Blog: Twins Vs. A's, Game Three
Say what you will about this little postseason tournament, but we've learned one thing: When you're in the ALDS that doesn't feature the Yankees, you play a heckuva lot of day games. This is Game 3 of the A's-Twins series, and we've now live-blogged all three of them. We know these teams a little ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Keith Law: Pitching to Pujols — crazy, or insane? • 2 p.m. Predators' J.P. Dumont: Oh no, not another Mark Foley discussion. Oh, hockey. OK then. • 3 p.m. FFB injuries w/Will Carroll: How can every member of my team get ...
How Easy It Is To Switch Lyrics On Command
Our friends (and sisters in corporate bloggerhood) at Idolator, yesterday, took a brief stab at stupid theme songs for sports teams; we've covered this ground around these parts too, with the never-bested "Sweet Shaun Alexander."...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after an exhausting day hunting for The Farting Dissident ... • College football: Florida State at North Carolina State. So exciting, you might urinate in your knickers. [ESPN] • High school football: Longview (Texas) at Lufkin (Texas). Books? This school don't need no money for no dan...
No One Doesn't "Just Say No" More Than The Bengals
For the Rob Gordons of the world out there, few experiences are more satisfying than sifting through old record bins. We once found that famous William Shatner car crash LSD record ... and that was just in our parents' basement....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. College FB with Joe Schad: Joe Schad, you are a fish. You cannot read. This cannot be read to you. • 2 p.m. D.C. United GK Troy Perkins: So, it's just like air hockey, right? • 4 p.m. NFL Scientist K.C. Joyner: It doesn't take a...
To Watch Tonight
Come on, that sofa's not going to develop a butt sinkhole by itself ... • College football: Central Florida at Marshall. What's that in the distance ... a Thundering Herd? No, sadly. Just your stomach growling. [ESPN2] • MLB: American League Division Series, Detroit at N.Y. Yankees, Game 2. Jeter ha...
Live Playoff Blog: Twins Vs. A's, Game Two
It seems strange to have a 1 p.m. start the day after the same two teams played at the same time the day before, but hey, it's Minnesota. Those folks should feel lucky ESPN's even showing their game!...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. The Morning Buzz. • 10 a.m. MLB with Joe Morgan: It's a question we've often asked ourselves ... why is Joe Morgan competing with our morning buzz? • Noon. Ex-Cowboy George Teague: Forget Terrell Owens and posing on the Dallas ...
The Day After For The 0-1 Teams
One of the joys of writing about sports on the Web is how every day is a little more important than it would be if glimpsed from a wider perspective. Fortunately, during the baseball postseason, there is no wider perspective: Everything matters in every possible moment. (If you don't believe us, ask...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as militant squirrels break in and shave the cat ... • College football: Southern Mississippi at Tulsa. Baseball? Feh! [ESPN] • MLB: American League Division Series, Detroit at New York, Game 1. They report, you decide. [Fox] • New York Media League Basketball: There's a reason they ca...
Ah ... When The Catchphrases Felt Only SLIGHTLY Warmed Over
Here's your little blast for the past today: As difficult as it is to believe that Hootie and the Blowfish were ever considered cool — we're not sure that actually ever happened — it's, these days, just as difficult to comprehend ESPN being, you know, down with the kids. These two unique cultural cu...
Live Playoff Blog: Twins Vs. A's, Game One
Well, all right, we did this last year, so let's rev it up again. We know you're stuck at work while there's a freaking playoff game on, and we know that, at times like this, the MLB GameCast isn't quite enough....
Go Wildcats!
Hey, when your team scores the game-winning touchdown, and you happen to be standing next to a cheerleader ... well, it's an exciting moment. We'll just say that....
For Those Who Like Their Sports Bouncy And Confusing
The sport is bossaball, and it's sweeping the nation (what nation, we have no idea). On second thought, judging from this video, it's possibly Brazil; because there's about a zillion shots of female bikini dancing and relatively little bossaball footage. From the bossaball web site:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Contender winner Grady Brewer: What, you win the whole thing, and no cameo appearance in Rocky VI? • 2 p.m. Boxer Nikolai Valuev: Could you say "I must break you" just once, for my kid? • 3 p.m. NFL draft with Steve Muench: And ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while fighting Titus of Gaul, and about four tigers ... • NFL: Green Bay at Philadelphia. Not as compelling as many previous meetings. [ESPN] • Antiques Roadshow: "Cleveland" Episode #708. Here we have Brett Favre's spinal column. It's not in the best condtion, but still should fetch q...
Where My Team Stands: Oakland A's
If we've learned anything about Octobers the last few years, it's that the month tests, stretches and hones every aspect of loyalty fandom. Typically, we pretty much just tell our friends that we'll see them sometime in November. It's a stressful time....