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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Mid-Majors with K.Whelliston: Bally, you little orange bastard! You stole my wife! Damn you and your charms! Prepare to die! • 3 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: A 128-team NCAA Basketball Tournament bracket, with eight reg...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as, somewhere in Vegas, a slot machine is calling your name ... • College Football: Emerald Bowl, Georgia Tech vs. Utah, at San Francisco; Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, Oregon vs. Oklahoma, at San Diego. The glittering jewels of the college bowl season. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Stanfo...

FSU Linebacker Accused Of Rape
Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson — linebacker prospect "No. 5B" on Mel Kiper's draft ratings — has been accused of rape. According to the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal, Nicholson is accused of raping a "19-year-old acquaintence" at a Broward hotel. He has been suspended by coach Bobby Bowden ...

Athlete Run-In: How James Posey Is Like Ice Cream
A little bonus athlete run-in story for you today, about Heat swingman James Posey (who, inexplicably, is dominant for us for Miami on NBA Live 06). It comes to us from Erik G:...

How To Simulate Reggie Bush
Apparently, the Texas Longhorns are having a difficult time finding someone to simulate Reggie Bush on the scout team during practices....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Your last Draft Board had more mistakes than a Princeton application filled out by a monkey. Planning on doing some research for the next one? • 1 p.m. Men's BB with Andy Katz: Just saw your column mug, and I ...

The Trophy Monstrosity
Via TrojanWire and Every Day Should Be Saturday, we present the trophy given to the winner of the Fiesta Bowl this year. That's really it. This isn't actual size, but oh, if it were....

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs
It does seem like this has been happening a lot of late: The Buffalo Bills a couple of weeks ago didn't allow several fans to bring their anti-management signs into Ralph Wilson Stadium, threatening them with ejection if they didn't throw the sign away. The Associated Press interviews Mike Allenba...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as credit card companies form a perimeter around your house and begin making demands for payment by bullhorn ... • MPC Computers Bowl, Boston College vs. Boise State, at Boise; Alamo Bowl, Michigan vs. Nebraska, at San Antonio. Somehow, "Michigan vs. Nebraska in San Antonio" just doesn...

See? Highlights Are Harder Than They Look
Yes, yes, we know this is old — seven months old, in fact — but we only recently saw it, it's a slow holiday weekday and, besides, it's tremendously, brain-hurting funny....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Men's BB with Chris Dortch: The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, how quaint. Next we'll be using circular dial telephones and wearing bell bottom pants. • 3 p.m. Bowls with Beano: If they have cooking shows in hell, I ima...

Jim Mora, Blowin' Up!
Four days after his outburst following the Falcons' playoff hopes-ending loss to Tampa Bay last week, Atlanta coach Jim Mora Jr. is still doing damage control. In case you missed it, Mora, doing a radio interview with the Falcons' affiliate after the game, flipped out after being asked about a que...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Tiny Tim reveals he's been faking his disability all along ... • College Basketball: Gonzaga at Memphis. We're big Rodney Carney fans ... oh, by the way, it's pronounced Gon-zay-ga. [ESPN2] • Champs Sports Bowl: Clemson vs. Colorado, at Orlando; Insight Bowl, Arizona State vs. Rutge...

Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Dan Le Batard
We've never met Dan Le Batard, but this is how we picture him: green makeup, pointy hat, always carries a broom. He's looking into a crystal ball, wherein a typical Miami Herald reader is stuck, motioning helplessly, calling: "Dorothy? Where are you?" Le Batard cackles, and flying monkeys then fil...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: The current was running too swiftly to allow the river to be searched. All that was found on the bridge above was a pair of shoes, a wristwatch and a faded photograph of Bears quarterback Kyle Orton. • 1...

To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Central Florida takes on the Nevada Wolf Pack in their first ever bowl game tonight at the Hawaii Bowl. A year from now, UCF head coach George O'Leary will be telling everyone it was the Orange Bowl. • Poker: Hey, look at this. It's poker on ESPN that you haven't already seen ...

An Orgy Of Sorgi
Peyton Manning's day was limited to 12 attempts, and it's been all Jim Sorgi since. The headline might be a little misleading; Sorgi hasn't actually done anything remarkable, good or bad. He's 7/11 for 46 yards, 0 TDs, and 0 INTs. I really just liked the rhyme....

Clearing The 1 o'clock Table...
• San Diego 7, Kansas City 20. So, what did you use for pregame motivation, Marty, the tape of Jim Mora screaming, "PLAYOFFS? PLAYOFFS?!" I feel much pain. • Buffalo 37, Cincinnati 27. Rough day for Chad Johnson. First, someone stole his reindeer (I HATE YOU, whoever it was), and then, they lose to ...

Someone Stole Chad Johnson's Reindeer
Never will you see someone who just scored a touchdown walk to the sidelines with such dejection. Chad Johnson took one to the house against Buffalo, but could not find his reindeer afterwards....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while taking a break from spying on your neighbors ... • College Football: Fort Worth Bowl, Kansas vs. Houston. Our bowl season continues with a thrilling matchup which you'll want to see 'til the end (may not apply if you do not have money riding on it). [ESPN] • NBA: Indiana at Cleve...