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Will The Boss Rock Touchdown Jesus?
We keep hearing about all these rumors, so since we are who we are, we might as well publish them. Whispers abound all around South Bend that tomorrow's pep rally for the Notre Dame game against the undefeated USC Trojans — recently moved from the Joyce Center to Notre Dame Stadium — will feature ...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as the termites plan a counteroffensive ... • ALCS, Game 2: California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox, as Mike Scioscia continues to prove the Dodgers blew it by not hiring him. [Fox] • NLCS, Game 1: Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals. We're excited, sure, but this ...
Hockey Didn't Land On Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock Landed On Hockey
Fantastic find from The Mighty MJD: AOL's Black Voices has a sports section that tracks black players in the NHL. According to the site, there are 12, many with Afrocentric names like "Bryce Salvador," "Fred Braithwaite," "Sean McMorrow" and "George Laraque."...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Penn State QB Michael Robinson: Isn't it kind of odd having a coach who conducts practice from a Rascal scooter? • 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: Just saw on Court TV that your hair has filed for emancipation. Your thoughts? • 4...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while fishing people out of Boston Harbor ... • ALCS, Game 1: California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels remind us why White Sox haven't won the big one since 1917. • NHL: Jeff O'Neal honors late brother with winning goal for Maple Leafs. • NHL: Senators on a roll, grab fourth straight wi...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as Bernie Mac continues in his quest for that 3,000th hit ... • ALCS, Game 1: Angels at White Sox. Now that the Yankees and Red Sox are out of the way, we can ignore this properly. (Kidding! Don't hate!) [Fox] • NHL: Phoenix at Dallas. Ice hockey in the Southwest — not what the foundin...
Blogdom's Best: Atlanta Braves
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding b...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL with Len Pasquarelli: Try as we might, my wife and I just can't get pregnant. Is, like, Vinny Testaverde available for other, you know, "fill-in assignments?" • 1 p.m. MLB with Rob Neyer: Do people do that thing where they dr...
To Watch Tonight ...
What To Watch As You Take a Half Day For Columbus Day ... • ALDS, Game 5: Yankees at Angels. Rally Monkey, who has not had its shots since '99, to be put down in tearful pregame ceremony. [Fox] • NFL: Steelers at Chargers. Jerome Bettis is back for Pittsburgh, as The Bus and the Madden Cruiser colli...
SI And Mike Price Bury The Bodies Together
Sports Illustrated announced this morning that it and former Alabama coach Mike Price have "amiably resolved" the lawsuit Price filed against the magazine for a story it ran in 2003....
Playoff Roundup: We Warmed Up For The 19th
• We had to run out to see In Her Shoes in the ninth inning of the Astros-Braves game yesterday. Brad Ausmus was coming up, so we knew we wouldn't miss anything. Anybody catch what happened? • Our favorite part of the game is that if the game went so long that Roger Clemens wouldn't have been able...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: "We've got a couple of sleeper picks at quarterback," you said. "You can't go wrong with Michael Vick and Tim Rattay," you said. "You can thank us later," you said. I'd like to thank you now. What's your...
Buying T.O.'s Discarded Junk (For Charity!)
This man's name is Bob Lipinski, and he's an "entrepreneur" from South Jersey. (cough-mob-cough) And he is now the proud owner of Terrell Owens' NFC Championship ring from last year. He won an auction for the ring that Owens held to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina. We've brought up our suspic...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: The George Foreman Grill, now, does that really drain the grease as advertised? How many burgers can you fit on there? • 2 p.m. MLB analyst Jeff Brantley: Forget pitching. Please analyze that magical 1993...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as spies rummage through Dick Cheney's desk ... • College FB: North Carolina State at Georgia Tech. Coach Chan Gailey — remember him, Dallas Cowboys fans? — has fashioned Yellow Jackets into a lean, mean fighting machine ranked No. 60 in scoring defense. [ESPN] • NLDS, Game 2: Padres a...
Brokeback Mountain Update: Inscrutable Brit Slang Edition
We still can't quite get enough of these still-percolating Peyton Manning-Kenny Chesney rumors. To get you up to speed, British gossip site Popbitch reported that one of the main reasons for the Zellweger-Chesney divorce might have been his "friendship" with Manning. We then uncovered an old quote...
Shane Battier, Philosopher King
Ah, Shane Battier. Can't go wrong with that guy for pure, unadulterated dorkdom. We know, role model, future politician, hard-working solid forward, all that, we get it. Dude's still square as a chessboard, exciting as rocks. We're not telling you anything you didn't already know....
Oh, The Fun They'll Have
According to Sports By Brooks and KMPC Radio in Los Angeles, now that college football expert Nick Lachey and non-sports-related wife Jessica Simpson have reportedly split up (or maybe not), Lachey might actually be moving in with Southern Cal quarterback Matt Leinart. (We're going to assume he do...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. NFL with Michael Smith: Man, oh man, you look so much like that kid on Everybody Hates Chris that it's actually distracting me from my breakfast ... • 2 p.m. NCAA BB with Steve Lavin: Once again you've put off sending out those...
Live Blog: Braves vs. Astros, Game 1
If you're stuck at work at 4 p.m. ET or fortunate enough to live in a time zone that doesn't involve staying up past midnight just to watch a darned playoff baseball game, we're here to help. We'll be live-blogging Game One of the Atlanta Braves-Houston Astros game. We will do our best to appear m...