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Jamboroo, Week 16: CHRISTMASAROO!
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....
Wrong Again, Chris
• What you suspected is true: Chris Mortensen is pretty much just guessing. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The return of the real Doc Rivers. [Simon On Sports] • Dave Littlefield could have been the Red Sox GM. [Mondesi's House] • Computer chips under athletes' skin? Why not? (Well ...) [100 Percent Injury...
Year In Review: August
You might remember, toward the end of last year, when we reviewed each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We called it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We continue today with August. We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature somet...
Increase Your Booty With Better Bowl Games
Who says players can't get paid? Sports Business Journal (via The Sporting Blog), has a big list of athlete schwag from each of the bowl games. It's a tasty list....
Pity The Poor Jayhawks Reporter
Is Mark Mangino leaving Kansas to become the new coach at West Virginia? Well, no, obviously. Who would think that? Unfortunately for him, Lawrence Journal-World reporter Ryan Wood, who became the victim of one of them thar hoaxes....
ESPN'S Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its wittiest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
A spy on the NBA on ESPN Christmas Day media conference call informs us that Stuart Scott is returning to the air tomorrow night but will undergo chemotherapy for colon cancer this winter. Expect a podcast on ESPN.com from Stu later today. We wish him well. (UPDATE: Scott does not have colon cancer:...
Curt Schilling Isn't Sure His Thoughts On The Mitchell Report, But He Knows He Has Them
We had no sooner told you about the past rock stylings of Curt Schilling when he decided to unleash an epic rant about the Mitchell Report....
T.O. To Romo: Girls Are Icky
I've thought about it and decided that it all had to be a nightmare. All I remember are fleeting images: Jessica Simpson. Pink jersey. Multiple sacks of Tony Romo. Terrell Owens asking for Simpson's phone number. Press conference. Yoko Ono. Jerry Jones' face melting like the Nazi in Raiders of the L...
Knicks End Up Not Being Worth Protesting
So the Knicks fans had that "Fire Isiah" rally yesterday afternoon — inconveniently right before the Knicks' most impressive win of the season — and the outrage in New York was palpable. And by "palpable," we mean, "about two dozen people showed up despite it taking place in one of the most highly f...
Submitted for Your Approval
For the rest of 2007, the NHL Closer will be written by the fine folks at Melt Your Face Off. Enjoy....
B-B-B-B-Big Shot Billups
The NBA Closer is written by our own Canadian weekend maestro J.E. Skeets. When he's not busy scouring the box scores or fighting five year olds, he can be heard on The Basketball Jones daily podcast. Enjoy....
About Last Night
What you missed while voting for the Quote of the Year ... • NFL: Parcells hired by Miami as head of football operations. Clever Dolphins/Big Tuna headline in the works, will be ready by end of the day today. • NBA: Road trip! Boston loses at home for first time, to Pistons. Congressional hearing pl...
Curt Schilling Used To Rock Much Harder Than He Does Now
You might see Curt Schilling as a blowhard, but trust us, he used to be cool. How do we know? Boston Magazine has a copy of a minor league program from 1986 reveals Schilling's rocking soul....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as clowns surround your house and lob in water balloons ... • College basketball: Memphis at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. (ET). My bearcat and I will be right in front of the TV. [ESPN2] • NBA: Detroit at Boston, 7 p.m. (ET); Phoenix at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. (ET). Your NBA Playoff semifinalists? Pos...
What One Man Can Possibly Overcome
This is Darrell Mack, star running back for Utah, which plays in something called the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl tomorrow night against Navy. We've heard all kinds of stories about athletes overcoming hardships to succeed on grand stages, but, man, this guy, we have no idea how he...