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Media Approval Ratings: Jim Nantz
We are coming up on the busiest month of Jim Nantz's life. He'll be broadcasting the Final Four, and then he'll head off to the event that he seems born to cover, the Masters. We sometimes think Jim Nantz is the living embodiment of the Masters. This is both a good thing and a bad thing....
ESPN Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
The Big East Barbeque
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About Last Night
What you missed while Kevin Johnson hoses out your room ... • College basketball: If you laid all of Stanford's big men end-to-end, well, that would look pretty comical, wouldn't it? Stanford 75, Arizona 64. • NBA: Why? Because I'm the Wiz, and nobody beats me! I'm the Wiz ... • NHL: Sens beat Habs ...
You, Too, Could Be Tiger Woods' Neighbor
We close out a surprisingly busy Thursday with a little bit of class envy. It's tastes good, and is good for you. Kid-tested, mother-approved....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of attending the NASCAR race ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Bobby "Dave Coulier" Pacquiao vs. Urbano "Smelling Salts" Antillon; heavyweights, Tye "Mrs." Fields vs. Josue "Hemophiliac" Blocus, at Las Vegas (9 p.m., ET) [Versus] • College basketball: Big East Conference quarterfinal...
Steve Spurrier Enjoys Oats, Hay, Mounting Mares
For years, SEC opponents have been referring to South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier as a horse's ass. Now, once and for all, he is a horse. And he might just make the Kentucky Derby....
John Daly Is Just A Victim Of Circumstance!
From AP: "John Daly woke up Wednesday morning to read that swing coach Butch Harmon fired him. Then he got a phone call when he was at the entrance to Bay Hill letting him know he had been kicked out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational for missing the pro-am." Wait, that sentence is wrong. It should h...
Losers Try Their Best. Guess What Winners Do?
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....
So Here's Something Scary: ESPN Has A Fashion Editor
ESPN: The Magazine is turning 10 years old, which means pretty soon it's going to start noticing girls and getting funny feelings in its pants. To celebrate, it's doing a series of covers with athletes all dolled up in fancy clothes. And that's just the beginning....
Jawz The Jaguar Vs. Eli The Eagle: This Isn't Over!
What started off as a friendly dance-off between a jaguar and an eagle — which you see so often in the wild — turned grim and frightening on Wednesday during a break in this Summit League Championship basketball game. IUPUI's mascot, Jawz the Jaguar, grapples with Oral Roberts' Eli the Eagle, and i...
Live Blogs You'll Gleefully Skip: Illinois-Penn State
We know, we know: Nobody cares about a stupid liveblog of a pointless Big Ten tournament first round game. We're fully aware. As we mentioned yesterday, it's just, like, practice or something....
Welcome To The Show, Kid. Here's Your Playmate
• Clay Buchholz has a new friend. [Baseball Musings] • Hey, LeBron, play some better defense. [Waiting For Next Year] • This Gillette ads are getting strange. [Food Court Lunch] • Baseball has tattoos too! [Home Run Derby] • Ugh: Blogger shows off her most sexist email comments. [UmpBump] • How's Ke...
Media Approval Ratings: Al Michaels
Of all the brilliance of the great Berman videos, our third biggest thrill (behind the initial outrage and the deux deux deux) involves his rants about Al Michaels. As we said before, in this tiny little universe, Berman seems to see Michaels as Mozart, and himself as Salieri. Which is just sad....
ESPN Visits Can Lead To Later Visits From The NCAA
We've never actually been to Bristol, Conn., but we'll confess to being somewhat curious about a tour of the offices. Heck, apparently mascots and professional athletes hang out there all the time; that sounds fun! But careful, young basketball recruit; visiting Bristol can put your eligibility in q...
Mt. St. Mary's Can Dance, But No Touching!
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Canadian Reporters Are Diligent, Agile
This guy is Rob Leth with Global Television Network in Toronto. And nothing — NOTHING — is gonna stop him from filing a story, to completion. We salute you, Rob Leth....
About Last Night
What you missed while test driving the 2009 Dodge Hobbit ... • NBA: Rockets may never lose again. • NFL: Eli Manning picks David Carr to be his running mate in '08. • College basketball: So it's going to be Cal vs. UCLA, round two. How will the refs screw up this time?...
Just Three Weeks Until Selection Sunday
We are less than three weeks away from Selection Sunday, and you know what that means around these parts: Time for the NCAA Tournament Preview Capsules!...
One Year Since Isiah Showed "Evident Progress"
It's a historic day, everyone, one whose importance almost slipped by us. Today, it has been one year since James Dolan saw "evident progress" from the New York Knicks and extended Isiah Thomas' contract. Boy, did that ever work out well....