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Leftovers: Everybody Loves Gilbert
• Could Tom Izzo be the new Michigan State football coach? [Detroit Free Press] • Wizznutzz looks at all the new pasty white people who love Agent Zero. [Wizznutzz] • The new OJ book, set to music! [McSweeney's] • The 10 best baseball books of the year. [SI.com] • One Chicago blogger is less than im...

Hating The Yankees With The Strokes
This offseason has been a somewhat difficult one for Mets fans, who are still trying to deal with the glue that held Carlos Beltran's bat to his shoulder and the creeping sense that they really are going to sign Moises Alou. And it's not just your smart fans hand-wringing either. One of the quieter ...

Revisiting Irvin's 2005 Thanksgiving
As we approach the time of giving of thanks and reminisces of much Native American bloodshed — and we scream to the heavens that we won't be able to watch the Thanksgiving night game because Time Warner still isn't showing The NFL Network in New York City — we look back to last Thanksgiving and an o...

Ryan Howard Gives Philly Something Small To Be Happy About
Hey, Philly fans, good news: No need to cause bodily harm to yourself or others. You finally have a beacon of light in Philadelphia. One might even say it's always sunny....

Deadspin SHOTY Tournament: Harold Reynolds Vs. Ned
Ordinarily, the SHOTY tournament will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but this week, with that whole Thanksgiving business, we're going Monday-Tuesday this week. We hope your system can handle the shock....

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The SEC East
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 storm the Bastille. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Send tips on your favorite team to [email protected]....

Blogdome: Football On The 55-Yard Line
• Live blogging the Grey Cup title game. [Out Of Left Field] • NFLers should be HAPPY! [rangelife] • In case you missed the real most exciting game of the weekend. [WBRS Sports Blog] • A look at baseball, Central America style. [The Middle Foam Finger] • Here comes Beckham! [Life On A Bench] • Your ...

David Wright And His Headband
In the tradition of Brady Quinn, here's Mets young stars David Wright and Jose Reyes, in the new issue of GQ, playing another round of "Does This Athlete Know How Gay His Glamor Shots Are?"...

Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Fitted National League Cap
This story isn't totally new, but it's the first we've seen of it. And we have to warn you in advance that all sides here are quite possibly insane. Charles Littleton, 22, was tackled, tasered and hauled off to the hoosegow last week for refusing to remove his Los Angeles Dodgers cap during a Sagina...

Hirshey: Meeting The Deadspin Three
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. BCS expert Brad Edwards: If Michigan does not end up No. 2, can you manually override the computer? ("Dave, I'm afraid. Just what do you think you're doing? ...") • 12:30 p.m. AFC East with Ken Moll: Drunken members of the '72 Do...

Goodnight, Sweet Knights
Before anyone becomes too caught up in the Who Will Ohio State Play In The BCS Title Game? talk, let's take a moment to lament the end of college football's best storyline, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, who laid an egg against Cincinnati, losing 30-11 and ending any (probably fanciful anyway) dream...

Look, The Cubs Actually Spent Some Cash. A LOT Of It
Say what you will about the Chicago Cubs, but they aren't letting a little thing like an impending sale stand in the way of paying a ridiculous amount for a big name. In a move that should put those A-Rod rumors to the crematorium, the Cubs signed Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year, $136 million dea...

NBA Roundup: The Insane Ramblings Of Phil Jackson
Notes from Sunday's action in the National Basketball Association:...

NFL Roundup: Romo In The Morning, Romo In The Evening
News And Notes From Week 11 in the NFL....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying not to make eye contact with that Eagles fan from your office ... • NFL: Schottenheimer is still screaming at Igor Olshansky, and Tomlinson kind of rules, doesn't he? Chargers 35, Broncos 27. • College basketball: It's not exactly Princeton-Georgetown 1989, but anyway, O...

Sunday Night Football: Chargers @ Broncos
You've got LaDainian Tomlinson trying to be the fastest to get to 100 TDs, you've got a struggling Jake Plummer trying to hold onto his starting job, you've got an important game between two AFC teams with legit Super Bowl hopes... but I don't think game previews get any more insightful or poignant ...

NFL Week Eleven, Update #4
• Dallas is taking knees now, and the talk of an Indy undefeated season can now be put to bed. Dallas wins 24-21, and I doubt that the Colts really mind that much. Not that they ever want to lose, but at least they won't have to deal with those questions the rest of the year. Peyton Manning had a pr...

To Watch Tonight...
• NBA: Chicago Bulls @ Los Angeles Lakers. I would take Scott Skiles to win a fight against any other NBA coach. 8:00, ESPN. • College Basketball: Mississippi @ UConn. Perhaps a bit of a step up in competition for UConn after yesterday's contest against Fairfield. 8:00, ESPNU. • NFL: San Diego Charg...

Tom Cruise Has His Hooks Into The Beckhams
Poor David Beckham. He had his heart set on attending the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes wedding until the evil bastards that run Real Madrid told him to get his ass back to the team. He's dealing with a knee injury and thought he'd go enjoy the nuptials, but his coach wasn't going for it. He ordered him...