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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Injury report with Will Carroll: Everything seems to be just fine. I ... ow! My spleen! • 1:20 p.m. Bears K Robbie Gould: Ever been taped to the wall of the lockerroom, sans pants? • 2:30 p.m. CS Fullerton's Josh Fellhauer: I h...
Playoff Blogdome: Spurs-Cavs, Game 1
A roundup of reactions to Game One of the NBA Finals, from around this here Internets ......
Somebody Wake Up The Cavs
One of the fun aspects of any championship, whether it's the World Series or the Super Bowl or whatever, is that the casual fan who hasn't followed a particular team all season is introduced to a team the devotees have been analyzing all along. The diehard fan is fully aware of his team's flaws and ...
LeBron's Biggest Stage Of All
The real question now, of course, is: Can LeBron James pull this off? Most don't think so, and for crying out loud, even God's on the Spurs side. It could be grim....
Free Darko NBA Finals Pants Party: Cleveland Cavaliers
Because we feel that no one understands the NBA more like the way we wish we understood the NBA than the gang at Free Darko, we've asked them to write up previews of every playoff series throughout the postseason. You've seen all these by now: It will help us understand what's at stake in each serie...
Arizona Is Prettier Than Tennessee, And Knows It
Last night — in ESPN programming we were not watching — the Arizona Wildcats softball team beat Tennessee 5-0 to win the NCAA Championship. One of the fun aspects of NCAA softball is that, if you have one good pitcher, she can just pitch every game. Tarnye Mowatt pitched all 60 innings for the Wildc...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Ruffian author Bill Nack: Rainbows, green pastures. Second printing in paperback, a treat for all well wishers. Grow sales, grow! Affirmed. All my love. • 2 p.m. MLS with Rapids' Kyle Beckerman: Doesn't the cup go on the inside ...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Live from the French Open: Les Américains sont finalement allés... hé ! Qui a volé ma pochette ? • 2 p.m. MLB with Baseball America: How about a weekly column by Gary Sheffield? Huh? Is that genius or what? • 3 p.m. Stanley Cup w...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: What's that coming out of your anxiety closet? A giant volume of Moneyball? And he looks hungry! Run! • 1 p.m. College BB recruiting: We'd think twice about committing to Florida, probably. • 3 p.m....
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. NBA Insider John Hollinger: Looking forward to Game 6 of the Finals on the Fourth of July? • 2:30 p.m. AFL's Crush DB Rashad Floyd: What's more futile, AFL defensive back or air hockey goalie? • 4 p.m. NCAA BB with Andy Katz: I ...
Thanks, LeBron, From Everybody
Because it happened over the weekend, we didn't get a chance to appropriately salute LeBron James and the Cavaliers not only for reaching the NBA Finals, but giving us a reason to watch those Finals. As the whole Cleveland area goes nuts, we note that even Spurs fans are happy with how this turned o...
It's Enough To Make You Want To Hug Damon Jones
I don't know if it's enough to erase the pain of Jordan-over-Ehlo or Earnest Byner's fumble, but last night had to be the best Cleveland sports fans have felt since ... well, since the ping-pong balls bounced their way and they won the right to draft LeBron James....
Encore?
The playoffs, as you often hear, are all about adjustments. If you're Flip Saunders, how do you adjust to LeBron James finally becoming the unstoppable force he was always supposed to be? I guess your best hope is to just hope he's exhausted from kicking your ass the last time out. The downside is t...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Injury report with Will Carroll: Any Anchorman references you'd like to drop? Oh wait, Carroll. • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: I could have been one of the greats, but refuse to do anything shirtless. • 2:15 p.m. NASCAR's Kyl...
NBA Blogdome: In Awe
A wrapup of Web reaction to LeBron James' insanity in the Cavs' Game 5 win last evening ......
LeBron Does All Kinds Of Things Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Able To Do
This photo is of the last point of the final 25 LeBron James scored last night to give the Cavaliers a 3-2 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. (Yes, for once, the Eastern Conference playoffs were not just watchable, but thrilling.) We find it amazing that in this shot, there are five Detro...
LeBron Would Like To Make His Case Now
Heavens to Betsy: We think it's possible that LeBron James has proven himself in the fourth quarter. Or in overtime. Or in double overtime. Or, perhaps soon, in the NBA Finals. He scored the last 25 points for the Cavs. That, friends, is ridiculous. Consider our jaws officially agape. More tomorrow....
Cavs' Chance To Take Total Control
Larry Hughes will be back tonight, but nobody really cares about that anymore: The planet's got Daniel Gibson fever. Well, maybe that's pushing it, but if LeBron James and company can pull off Game 5 in Detroit tonight — hey, the Bulls won one there — then everything is upside down and crazy, and we...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 3 p.m. Golf with Jason Sobel: The whales are finally free! I wonder what confused them in the first place? Um ... is that a Titleist? • 4 p.m. Football scientist KC Joyner: You fool! Gatorade and hydrochloric acid are a combustive mixt...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. TENNIS Mag's Peter Bodo: Tennis shorts ... time for a large helping of plaid? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Dr. Jennifer Melfi's next patient ... Barry Bonds? • 3 p.m. Fantasy MLB with Ron Shandler: We loved your Stand...