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Spending Sunday With ... Chris Henry?
The Mighty MJD's Smorgasbord runs every Monday. Do enjoy....

Angry Bruins
• As you might expect, the folks at Bruins Nation are not handling that Utah loss well. [Bruins Nation] • Fred Dalton Thompson hits the Florida-Tennessee game. [Politico] • Ah, Mike Shanahan does like to have fun with the Raiders. [Signal To Noise] • Look who's back on the hunt. [Clevescene] • Ben W...

Yes, We Do Acknowledge The WNBA Champions
We have a firm rule around these parts: When a team wins the championship of a national professional sports league that shows up on national telecasts, they get a congratulatory post....

"I Hate College Football But I Respect Your Right To Enjoy It"
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....

Fifteen Hours Of Madness
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....


We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Morning Buzz with Dane Cook: Yep, it's THE Dane Cook, your favorite comedian! We hope you made it over to ESPN to tell him what a great comedian he is! • 11 a.m. Graham Hays on women's WC: Is she a goer, know what I mean? Nudge...

Here's Your Playoff System (Sort Of)
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....

Roll Over And Die Like A Champion
We're not sure if we can contribute that much more to the pile-on that has become discussion of the 2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish and coach Charlie Weis ... but we're gonna try....

The OJ Simpson Feel Good Moment
Like most people, we took a certain satisfaction in watching O.J. Simpson taken away in handcuffs yesterday after being arrested for armed robbery , assault, burglary and conspiracy. We never even had the satisfaction of seeing him carted off when he was arrested the first time, before we knew he wa...

Keeping One's Cool Behind Enemy Lines
News and notes from Week 2 in the National Football League....

One Sweet Afternoon For Jim Thome
If you ask me, Jim Thome is exactly the kind of guy to whom Willy Wonka would have left his chocolate factory. (I also sometimes imagine Bob Costas as an Oompa Loompa). Think of baseball with no cattle steroids or corked bats or "You dead, dawg," or Human Growth Hormone or Jose Canseco book signings...

About Last Night
What you missed while building a fort out of tequila bottles ... • NFL: Patriots defend the honor of their cheatin' head coach. New England 31, San Diego 14. • MLB: Otherwise, the news in Boston was not so good. Yankees 4, Red Sox 3. • Golf: Tiger wins two trophies in one tournament, taking time out...

Tom Brady, LaDainian Tomlinson, And You!
Well, another weekend, another twenty to thirty televised football games. Whew. What a weekend. I've never eaten so much beef jerky in my life! (I really need to take up smoking.) But hey, we're not done yet. No, that would be healthy....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of entering a world of danger, intrigue and magic ... • NFL: Chargers at Pats. I'm going to watch this game with binoculars. [NBC] • MLB: Yankees at Red Sox. Weird. Never heard of 'em. [ESPN] • Drag Racing: O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals. Ah, breathe in those HD gas fumes, p...

National Wide Receivers Day
Houston 34, Carolina 21. Matt Schaub had his second straight solid start — man, that's a lot of S's — completing 20-of-28 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns (both to Andre Johnson). On the other side of the ball, Steve Smith caught 8 passes, compiled 153 yards, scored three TDs and fixed a dish...


Four O'clock Is Also A Great Time Of Day
I'll be honest; I'm struggling to keep up with all of this hot football action. It just keeps coming and coming. No wonder Will called in the entire KSK crew to tackle it last weekend. I mean, where the fuck is Tas? Anyway, here's a quick look at the four o'clock schedule....