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About Last Night ...
What you missed while enjoying that you live in a world in which The New York Times quotes Deadspin commenters ... • NFL: Here, Kitty, Kitty Kitty Kitty! Panthers play a little less crummy than Buccaneers, pull out Monday Night win. • NBA: Knicks' fans still waiting for a home victory. • College bas...
Welcome To Boston, Matsuzaka (Maybe)
Tonight, about 8 p.m. Eastern, Japanese non-gyroball thrower Daisuke Matsuzaka could announce which team has won the bid to win the rights to bid for his services. The whole situation has been tinged with rumors of malfeasance in the bidding process, but the clubhouse leaders at this point: The Bo...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while enjoying the wonders of the Ohio Library System ... • NFL: Where's the Stanford band when you need them? Hester's return of a missed FG leads Bears over Giants. • NBA: Bobcats have 28 turnov ... oops! (Comical sound effect) make that 29 turnovers in 108-101 loss to Nuggets. • N...
The Violent Tendencies Of Isiah Thomas
Spurs forward Bruce Bowen has a habit of sliding his feet under the feet of the man he's guarding when they go up for a jumpshot. It's an extremely dirty and dangerous play, and Bowen's got a history with it. Both Ray Allen and Vince Carter have wanted to beat his ass at various points in the not-to...
About Last Night...
• Boxing: Klitschko KO's Brock in the 7th. Well, that's alright. We wouldn't have wanted America to have to learn another heavyweight's name. • College Football: Kansas State 45, Texas 42. I can't say I'm sorry to see the chances for an Ohio State/Texas rematch evaporate. • NBA: Seattle 113, Atlanta...
A Very Unmanly Night Of Boxing
At Madison Square Garden tonight, Muhammad Ali will be in the house, and the IBF heavyweight title is on the line. There was a time when that would've meant something. Tonight, however, Muhammad's only there to support his daughter, and the guy who's challenging for the world heavyweight title would...
Let's Revisit That Rose Bowl, USC
Yahoo! Sports, seemingly dedicated to the sole pursuit of torturing the University of Southern California, has done some digging about the instant replay booth in last year's national championship game. They've discovered that it was an incorrectly hooked-up replay monitor that prevented the prope...
About Last Night...
• College Basketball: (17) Marquette 76, Hillsdale 66. In the ESPN recap, "Hillsdale" is not clickable, and has no logo. Marquette beat them by 10. • NBA: Portland 92, NOOCH 91. Blowing a 27-point lead? That'll put some hair on your chest, Peja. • College Basketball: (1) Florida 79, Samford 54. I ju...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while falling down a flight of stairs in slow motion ... • NHL: Mighty Ducks claim record-breaking win. • College football: Scarlet Knights become Dancing Itos for a night in win over Louisville. • Golf: Big Trouble In Little China: That Tiger fellow is back in the hunt at HSBC....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching medics wheel George Allen out on a gurney screaming "Turn those machines back on! Turn those machines back on!" • NBA: Chris Bosh, 29 points, 14 rebounds and a game-winning three-pointer (wha ...?) as Raptors beat 76ers 106-104. • Golf: Shanghai Surprise ... turns out ...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Big 12 Conference
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to avoid eternal shame. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! (Please send contributions to )....
Football Is So Painful Sometimes
Another beautiful thing about YouTube: It can so aptly capture that moment when being a sports fan is at its worst, when the world is entirely out of your control, when events conspire against you and just make you want rage, rage, RAGE against all that has been taken from you....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while gazing deeply, longingly into James Carville's eyes ... • NBA: It's Andrew Bynum's world, we just live in it. • NHL: Thornton, Sharks beat something called the "Minnesota Wild." • Politics: Apparently, Pennsylvania voters think Lynn Swann plays for the 2006 Steelers....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while cautiously negotiating the bunny hill ... • NFL: Seahawks prevail over Raiders despite knee to the groin. • NBA: Jazz Man ... Okur's block preserves Utah's win over Detroit. • NHL: Virtually meaningless statistic of the week: Ducks beat Penguins to tie mark for most straight ga...
Bo Schembechler Gets Meta On Us
We've told you repeatedly about the Dead Schembechlers, the Ohio State fan punk band that features thrash ditties like "Bomb Ann Arbor Now" and "Chad Henne is A Motherfucking Joke." (Their official site is right here, though someone should probably mention that no one does splash pages anymore.)...
About Last Night ...
What to watch as you prepare for a little light home improvement work ... • NFL: He's a clutch wideout impacting the game, talking 'bout eight seven, my homey Reggie Wayne. Breaking all the records, the best we've all seen, it's the dynamic duo eighty eight and eighteen ... • NBA: Sonic Nation ... L...
About Last Night...
• NBA: Wizards 124, Celtics 117. Gilbert Arenas came out during the pregame intros in a boxing robe, and then scored 44. It's what he does. • College Football: Arkansas 26, South Carolina 20. Darren McFadden, 219 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Decent night. • Boxing: Floyd Mayweather wins unanimo...
Rid Yourself Of Those "Cliffhangers"
It's time once again to ask the musical question: "Is that an extra large steel rescue pulley in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?" According to the Chicago Tribune, altitude sickness can be avoided by taking a large dose of sildenafil (better know as Viagra) with you on those strenuous...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while playing "GI Joe pulls over the Barbie Dream Car and does a strip search" ... • College football: Louie Louie, oh oh, we gotta go now ... No. 5 Louisville tops No. 3 West Virginia. • NBA: Cuban on his best behavior (kind of), but Mavericks still lose to Spurs. • NHL: Can anyone ...
Look, An Important Weekday College Football Game!
We don't often get to write about important college football games here — that's usually MJD's job on the weekends — but we have a rare one tonight: A Thursday game between two undefeated teams that could very well decide who plays in the Fiesta Bowl for the BCS "Championship" on January 8. (January...