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Week In Deadspin: World Series Hangover
• Hey, the Cardinals won the World Series. And, amazingly, we were there. • Ben Roethlisberger is wisely keeping his distance from the motorcycles. • Whoa. The Knicks won. • Harold Reynolds is coming, ESPN, he's COMING! So be ready. We went in depth on his suit. • GARRRRRRRRR! • Eagles fans are havi...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you and Jar Jar put the finishing touches on your pod racer ... • College football: Air Force at Army. More coats and hats than any other game this week. [ESPN2] • NBA: Cleveland at San Antonio. Doesn't it feel like Tim Duncan has been in the NBA since the 1970s? [ESPN] • Seattle at...

Time For Manning-Brady ... Uh ... What Number Are We On Now?
You might have heard: The Colts play the Patriots this weekend, which means it's time for more Brady vs. Manning stories. We think everyone's issues with Peyton Manning are nicely summed up by Kissing Suzy Kolber:...

Leftovers: Digging Up ESPN Dirt, Harold Style
• Harold Reynolds has hired a private investigator to go after ESPN. Oh, this could be fun. [New York Post] • Dirk Burgundy. He's Dirk Burgundy. [The Basketball Jones] • You can't expect Terrell Owens to stay awake during team meetings, seriously. [Cowboys Plus] • A-Rod: Trade or keep? [New York Tim...

Block A Shot And Boogie: A Day In The Life Of Isiah
This is an older video, and we've never seen it ... but that doesn't make it any less hypnotic. Shake it, Isiah ... SHAKE IT!...

Cultural Oddsmaker: The New York City Marathon
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think....

We Haven't Had A Drink In A Lotta Years, But Now We're Gonna Have Us A Cold Beer
There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and we said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but we're trying to put that behind us, and this trip is a hard swallow of our pride. We...

Who's Sorry Now? Socceroo Edition
Welcome to Heartfelt Fridays, where the wheels of justice sometimes turn rather slowly, especially when it comes to soccer. But in the end, truth always prevails. Let's take a closer look, shall we?...

Blogdome: Not Too Much Longer Now, Nope
• Man, Ohio State-Michigan just can't get here soon enough. [The M Zone] • Larry Johnson does his best Herm Edwards. [Heavy Soul] • Brady Quinn is ACTING. [The Big Picture] • The story of the Atlanta Hawks, in picture form. [Sports Gone South] • Here's your big list of baseball free agents. [MLB Tra...

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...

It's Really Just Cruel To Not Allow Rasheed To Bitch And Moan
Much has been written about the new "zero tolerance" rule in the NBA, which allows referees to slap a technical on anybody who so much as sneezes in their general direction. Already, three players have been ejected because of the new rules, including Mike Bibby, Carmelo Anthony and, yes, Rasheed Wal...

Woody Paige Refutes His Own Refutation
About three weeks ago, "Cold Pizza" dog-food eater Woody Paige denied rumors that he was leaving New York and all its Atlantic Video goodness to go back to The Denver Post and write columns about, uh, wearing funny hats or something. He said the rumors were just rumors....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NHL with E.J. Hradek: How can I cure my rampaging Penguin Lust? • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Did you ever wear the Nutty Buddy? • 4 p.m. NCAA FB with Todd Blackledge: Would a Louisville-Boise State national title game make y...

Funny How All The Corn Is Brown And Dying
If it's October or November, in part of the country that isn't infested with commie pinko postgraduate hippie folk — that is to say, the middle part — the season means one thing: Corn mazes!...

Ricky Williams Has Had Just About Enough Of Canada, Thanks
For those of you not up on your Grey Cup, the East semifinals are this weekend, featuring the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against the Toronto Argonauts and our old friend Ricky Williams. During a practice interview — the interview was real, but it was after practice, if you'll forgive our somewhat mispl...

NBA Roundup: Two For Texas
Taking a look at Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association:...

Suddenly, Louisville Football Is Important
It's rare in something as storied as college football that you have a moment that is obviously the most important moment in a school's football history, but that's what happened in Louisville last night, with the Cardinals beating West Virginia 44-34 and putting them on a track to play in the Fies...

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...