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Rick Ankiel's Depressing Big Buddy
Now that college football is over, and we have less than a month of the NFL left to go, perhaps we take a moment and look toward baseball. How about that heartwarming, inspiring story of, oh, what's his name .......

About Last Night
What you missed while glued to the furniture ... • BCS title game: Yet another tiger mauling. LSU 38, Ohio State 24. • College basketball: Drought comes to the Savannah ... Kansas State holds opponent to NCAA-record low one field goal in second half. • NBA: Suns make it rain ... Steve Kerr pep talk ...

Jessica Simpson Is Officially The Yoko Ono Of Sports
First of all, this post makes me feel dirty; Pat O'Brien dirty. And we did talk about it over the weekend, so perhaps you could skip the whole thing? No? Read on then....

Salvaging The Massacre In Mobile
Poor Illinois. Poor Hawaii. You folks think you can fathom utter and total humiliation in a January bowl game? Because when you reach over and put your hand into a pile of goo that was your alma mater's football team, you'll know what to do!...

About Last Night
What you missed while tracking the Ninja Bandit ... • NFL: The passing machine that is Philip Rivers leads Chargers to a not-at-all-ugly 17-6 win over Titans. • College football: Tulsa squeaks past Bowling Green by 56 in GMAC Bowl • College basketball: Take the A train ... Ellington leads Tar Heels ...

Knight Reaches New Heights, Real Teams Play
Bobby Knight picked up win number 899 for his career yesterday and he marked the occasion by bringing his infant grandson to the post game press conference. Fortunately he refrained from teaching the kid any new words. Follow after the jump for the video (h/t FanHouse) and the recap of Oregon's win ...

About Last Night
What you missed while realizing that basketball players always stick together, after the jump......

Your Requisite Boxing Post!
While last night offered up two very respectable televised nights of boxing, the real show of the year's opening weekend comes tonight when Paulie Malignaggi puts his 140 lb IBF belt on the line against a very game Herman Ngoudjo on Showtime. Paulie is never going to be a knockout threat but he's wi...

Romo and the Simpsons Go South of the Border
The hand you see in the picture belongs to Jessica Simpson and the ass is that of the uber Cowboy, Tony Romo. Apparently Romo, Simpson, her parents, and a few of his teammates are taking advantage of the bye week by crossing the border for some fun in the sun. The scoop comes after the jump from Fly...

About Last Night
What you missed while you were giving Skeets's grandpa a ride to the mall......

Mangino, Orange Become One
He went down to quick defeat in the SHOTY First Round, but Kansas coach Mark Mangino proved his mettle last night; that Kansas team might have pretty good, doggunit....

About Last Night
What you missed while doing a little snow-holing ... • College football: Mmm, cold and refreshing ... Kansas beats VaTech 24-21 in Orange Bowl. • NBA: Jarrett Jack You Up ... Blazers win again, cannot be stopped, ever. • Obama, Huckabee prevail In Iowa Smackdown....

Kevin Durant Is Superbad
He may have no concept on when to pass up a shot, but Kevin Durant knows how to party. Come help him celebrate his return to his hometown D.C. on Friday at H20 on Water Street, and remember; Ladies admitted free all night. Open bar, except, as Deuce of Davenport points out, Durant is only 19. So no ...

Kevin Youkilis' Slump Buster
You encourage Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis to cash in on every endorsement opportunity he has; even in Boston, championships are a rare thing, and you gotta get yours while you can. Which is why we appreciate his new Slump Buster beverage....

These Ones Only Go To Eleven: Your Wild Card Jamboroo
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....

The Only Playoff Simulation That Matters
Above is the second half of the Giants-Buccaneers tilt; it's amazing how compelling watching the final seconds turns out to be. We are almost certain that will be more entertaining than the actual game....

About Last Night
What you missed while taking a huge lead in the 2008 Trailer Park Darwin Awards race ... • Fiesta Bowl: All Er Nuthin' ... Oklahoma! Stoops to trickery, falls to Les Miz 48-28. • NHL: On a Cleary day, you can see forever ... Red Wings 4, Stars 1. • NFL: 49ers' shakeup doesn't include Nolan. Or, it d...

Meet Your Three Pick 'Em Winners
We'd like to take a brief moment to congratulate R. Flemming, L.M. and Adam Hall for finishing first in our Pants Party Pick 'Em Group. They each had 179 points to tie for first out of 1,575 entries...

Witness The Pagentry Of The International Bowl
It can't be easy to promote the International Bowl in Toronto. It's Rutgers vs. Ball State, smack in the middle of a bunch of bowls that actually, you know, matter. (Well, kind of.) How do you sell it? How do you make people want to watch?...

Our On-Site Report From The Ice Bowl
Jack Kukoda is a native of Buffalo, NY and is a writer for the Onion News Network. He lives in New York City now. And he was at the outdoors Sabres-Penguins game yesterday and files this most amusing report....