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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:...
Vince Young Becomes A Legend
We just watched one of the most incredible games we've ever seen, and we certainly hope you did too....
National "Title" Pants Party: Longhorns Vs. Trojans
It so rarely happens that even though we obviously need a playoff, it's pretty much impossible not to get excited about tonight's Rose Bowl BCS "title" game between Southern California and Texas. (We still hope the first quarter goes like this.) Hell, it's so exciting even the President was consi...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your clothes gradually go out of style (except the sneakers) ... • Rose Bowl, Texas vs. Southern California, at Pasadena, Calif. Apparently it's a big game or something. [ABC] • College Basketball: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh. Carl Krauser and the 11-0 Panthers are not to be trifled wi...
Are The Buckeyes In Trouble Again?
We don't want to overstep our bounds here — no, really — but we've been hearing a pretty persistant rumor in recent days concerning the Ohio State football program. If the rumors are true, be on the lookout for potential sanctions against the Buckeyes, with the offenses ranging from taking tests f...
Ichiro Will Kill You For Ratings
The Ichiro who plays for the Seattle Mariners is quiet, effusive and, if last year can be believed at all, rather bored-looking most of the time....
Maurice Clarett's Experienced Defense Team
Today's Maurice Clarett update: The "troubled" — that is to say, "known for pretty much everything other than being a football player — posted a $50,000 bond to be released after his charges of aggravated robbery. We'll put aside for a moment how a guy with little discernible income over the last ...
Some 1 A.M. Bowl Goodness
We're never reminded more of just how old we're getting than when we watch college freshmen play sports. Penn State kicker Kevin Kelly, we swear, has to be lying on his birth certificate; there's no way he's older than 12. The poor kid finally erased the chances he'd be a Buckner-type goat by fina...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Baseball America's John Manuel: Come on ESPN, you're not even trying! Send stat geek packing and bring on a lesbian cheerleader, or Greg Gall. • 3 p.m. Bowl Games with Beano Cook: So it's come to this — weekday afternoon compute...
A Match Made In ... Well, In Detroit
We were marvelling this morning at the potential news: Matt Millen and the Detroit Lions are bringing in former Saints coach Jim Haslett for a job interview. We don't necessarily think that hiring Haslett would bring the Fire Millen crowd much closer to dragging the guy out of his house and having...
Orange Bowl: A Contrast In Coaches
Everyone's making a huge deal about the coaching legends Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden facing off in the Orange Bowl tonight. They're the two winningest coaches in Division I-A history, and they're both still going strong. It's nice when old people do well....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you poll numbers slip even further ... • FedEx Orange Bowl: Penn State vs. Florida State, at Miami. Finally, a bowl game for which we can justify shirking chores. [ABC] • College Basketball: Oklahoma State at Pepperdine. Yes, our nickname is the Waves, and we look like we're wearing...
Mexico Family Causing All Kinds Of Trouble
Much sturm und drang today concerning Little Mexico, Marcus Vick's, pretty blatant dick move during the Gator Bowl yesterday, pounding the left knee of Louisville's Elvis Dumervil. (You can see the video here.)...
Blogdom's Best: Hating The USC Trojans
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 stu...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL with Len Pasquarelli: It should have been a tipoff when Bush called the Vikings on Saturday and said: "You're doing a heckuva job, Ticey." Or did we use that joke already? • 1 p.m. College Football with Pat Forde: Why aren't ...
Laura Quinn Gives Us A Fiesta Of Pain
Thoughts while watching about three hundred shots of Brady Quinn's sister, Laura, during the Fiesta Bowl last night: 1. We kind of miss that TV show, Xena, Warrior Princess. 2. We thought A.J. Hawk was some sort of famous skateboarder. Apparently we're confused. 3. Brent Musberger is still al...
The Weird Turns Of Maurice Clarett
We've been trying to get our minds around this whole Maurice Clarett story since we heard about it, but it's almost too confusing for us to keep up with. To recap:...
To Watch Tonight
A smorgasbord of college football involving eight teams you'd never watch, except that it's bowl season ... • Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Minnesota vs. Virginia, at Nashville. Come to think of it, that Andy Griffith Show marathon is starting to look pretty good right now. [ESPN] • Vitalis Sun ...