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Snack Time Down At The Lagoon
S adly, this was the final photo entry in Bob's vacation album....
Careful That Your New Coach Didn't Once Call A Player A Racial Slur
Lots of chatter today about new West Virginia coach Bill Stewart, who's the top dog over there now that he pulled off the big bowl game upset. It's possible that WVU might not have done their due diligence....
Who's The Next Sex Tape Diva To Be Linked To A Professional Athlete?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker has just two columns left. This is one of them. Email him to let him know what you think....
The Chinese Olympic Swimsuits Are Here ... Yeesh
It's true: One man's sexy is another man's nightmare fuel. Mostly though, aren't these swimsuits just impractical? Aerodynamic they ain't. However, if you're swimming in the ocean I suppose the front there could be used to collect baby smelt and other small bait fish. China never fails to confuse me...
Baseball's National Groundbreakers
• The first baseball player from a variety of countries. [One More Dying Quail] • Is the West Virginia hire like marrying a one-night stand? [Signal To Noise] • How one team's spread is different than the other's. [East Coast Bias] • In praise of Chuck Brown. [Scott Van Pelt Style] • The SWAC is tru...
NFL Wild Card Pants Party: Buccaneers Vs. Giants
We are incredibly pleased to live in a world in which this guy is facing off against this guy in an NFL playoff game....
Arizona Plays Two-On-Five ... And Still Almost Wins
So here's a story that's kind of fun: The Arizona women's basketball team only dressed six players in their game last night. It did not end well....
Tom Brady Wants You To Buy Some Water
Glaceau smartwater; magic elixir of the Gods. Too bad it wasn't around in 2000, when Brady posed for this photo for the NFL combine. How times have changed. Now our hero is toting the water in a new series of print ads (the real ads can be found here), for which he was paid a reported $3 million. I...
Roger Clemens Gets A World Class Drilling
There's something kind of awesome about Mike Wallace's questioning of Roger Clemens on "60 Minutes," set to air this Sunday. Clemens uses the tired, repeatedly discredited "it was just B-12!" alibi, and boy, does Wallace ever get after him....
Mangino, Orange Become One
He went down to quick defeat in the SHOTY First Round, but Kansas coach Mark Mangino proved his mettle last night; that Kansas team might have pretty good, doggunit....
Rough Night For Virginia
Jonah Keri writes the College Basketball Closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, concerns or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to [email protected]....
About Last Night
What you missed while doing a little snow-holing ... • College football: Mmm, cold and refreshing ... Kansas beats VaTech 24-21 in Orange Bowl. • NBA: Jarrett Jack You Up ... Blazers win again, cannot be stopped, ever. • Obama, Huckabee prevail In Iowa Smackdown....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you translate all of your comments into Klingon ... • College football: Orange Bowl, Virginia Tech vs. Kansas, at Miami (8:15 p.m., ET). Has Mangino ever ingested fruit? [Fox] • Golf: PGA Tour, Mercedes-Benz Championship, first round, at Kapalua, Hawaii (6 p.m., ET). Colt Brennan ha...
Another "BCS" "Bowl Game"
Forgive us for not doing much of an update on the gripping Fiesta Bowl last night. As happy as we might be for West Virginia and their new coach — and we're so, so happy, no question — but it's difficult to be too fired up for one top 10 to beat another top 10 in a meaningless bowl game just because...
NFL Wild Card Pants Party: Steelers Vs. Jaguars
Everybody loves the Jaguars all of a sudden. We dunno: If Big Ben stays off the bike, look out....
Let's Take The NBA Outside Too!
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Michael Rand has a clever idea, in the wake of the NHL's success playing outside in Buffalo on New Years Day. Why not give it a shot in the NBA?...
These Ones Only Go To Eleven: Your Wild Card Jamboroo
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....
The NCAA's Patriot Apers
• Tracking college basketball's undefeateds. [College Hoops Journal] • Whom to take out of the Hall of Fame. [UmpBump] • So, is West Virginia going to win its lawsuit against Rich Rodriguez? [I Want To Be A Sports Agent] • Eddy Curry is without question the most lazy athlete in sports. [Shoot Your H...
NFL Wild Card Pants Party: Seahawks Vs. Redskins
All right, kids, the playoffs are beginning Saturday, so it's time to start sorting some of these wild-card matchups. We find one game compelling, two somewhat intriguing and one rather dull. This is in that middle category....