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About Last Night
What you missed after hearing "Crank That" one too many times ... • College basketball: The last time Kansas State won at home against Kansas, Matt Leinart had not yet been born. • NFL: No mention of Tom Brady's ankle on Patriots' injury report. Belichick, in fact, denies Brady has an ankle. • NBA: ...

The First Of Many Book Tour Stops
With all the rigmarole about the Super Bowl and what-not, we almost forgot that we were supposed to be on a book tour. The whole big shebang kicks off tonight at the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe. We will not be wearing our Jenna Bush mask. (By the way, the book she's reading there is not "My Pe...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as John Edwards and Rudy Guliani come over just to kill some time ... • College basketball: Virginia at Maryland (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Cincinnati at West Virginia (7 p.m., ET); Texas at Texas A&M (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. Any Rich Rodriguez activites planned for tonight, West Virginia? • NB...

Time For Another Episode Of 'Not Safe For Work Theater'
She crawled to the finish, even though she could barely move! I have no idea what that means! YEAAAHHHHHH!...

MNF At The Super Bowl
We have made no secret of our enduring love of The Dugout, both in its original incarnation and its current, non-expletive form at AOL Sports. But you think these guys just know baseball? Pshaw....

Help The Nailers Shred Rich Rodriguez
West Virginia knows how to throw a minor league promotion; something that Rich Rodriguez should have considered before he bolted to Michigan. Remember baseball's West Virginia Power, and their gala Salute to Indoor Plumbing? Well, the Minor Hockey League Wheeling Nailers — a AA affiliate of the Pitt...

Look For Shockey At Kickoff
Of all the Giants fans who were shocked by the team's ascension to the Super Bowl, perhaps none of them were more taken aback than Roger Director, author of I Dream In Blue, an account of his year following the Giants around ... LAST year. Here, he muses on the loss of his favorite player, Jeremy Sh...

Get Your Popcorn Ready ...
It all happens after the jump ......

Gentlemen, Start Your Puppies
Want your fill of barking, chewing and indiscriminate pooping that doesn't involve a night out with Najeh Davenport? Then gather your Scooby Snacks and settle in for Puppy Bowl IV; the only part of Super Bowl Week that lives up to the hype. The starting lineups were announced this morning, and once ...

The Banker Defeats The Twins
• Twins GM Bill Smith did not have a successful round of "Deal Or Not Deal." [Simon On Sports] • Tony Gonzalez does not eat meat, sheep balls or otherwise. [Machochip] • Tigers fans are more depressed than they probably should be. [The Fynal Cut] • No Lingerie Bowl this year, we're afraid. [Lion In ...

Mike And Mike, Sad Media Folk And The Fox Sports Grill
Because of a missed appointment, after we filed our Sporting News column last night, we spent the evening stranded at a cheesy Glendale sports bar, waiting for a cab that never came. (We literally spent four hours roaming around the greater Phoenix area doing nothing last night. We miss public trans...

He's Totally Rich Because Her Dad Invented Toaster Streudels
It's probably best, at this point, to think of Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte as characters from "Mean Girls."...

You Had Me At "Hello," Julius Hodge.
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming The Floor....

About Last Night
What you missed while knitting toaster cozies ... • NBA: Both the Nets and Sonics winning on the same day? What's next, a meteor striking the e—... • NHL: The Fisher King ... Senators 5, Islanders 2. • MLB: Andy Pettitte, whistle blower....

Our Truncated Visit To Media Day
Against all our better judgment, we headed to the Pink Taco today for Media Day. We had heard from pretty much everyone we know who covers sports for a living that it's a full platter of ridiculousness and that it wasn't worth our time. Hearing that made us think we absolutely had to go. We should...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after getting your tongue unstuck ... • College basketball: Ohio State at Penn State (7 p.m., ET); Tennessee at Alabama (9 p.m., ET). Where's the love for Bruce Pearl? [ESPN] • NHL: Buffalo at Tampa Bay (7 p.m., ET); San Jose at Edmonton (9:30 p.m., ET). These games would be better if ...

This Collision Rated PG-13. Parental Disrection Advised
This reminds me of my friend Jim — with whom I was talking by phone just this morning — who, on a school overnight camp out when we were 12, somehow rolled into the creek while in his sleeping bag. He emerged later, to our delight like a giant soggy burrito, with no help from his friends. And if cam...

Where My Team Stands: New England Patriots
We've asked a couple excellent writers who are fans of each Super Bowl team to talk about where their team stands going into next week's "Big" "Game." Last week brought us Peter Schrager from FoxSports.com opining on his Giants. Today it's Eric Gillin of Esquire.com on the Patriots. Enjoy....