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More People Angry About ESPNU
For fans of college football and college basketball, there's not much more depressing than learning one of your team's games is on ESPN-U. We repeat, and repeat, and repeat: Not allowing customers to pay for your product — when they are begging to pay for your product — is never, ever a smart busine...
Probably The Only Place Left For A-Rod
As we look over Alex Rodriguez's possible free agent destinations, frankly, only one place makes sense: The Toledo Mud Hens. And they're making their push....
Jamboroo, Week 9: The Budding Legend Of Derek "Horse Balls" Anderson
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....
Sacre Bleu! (Or Something)
• The Montreal Canadiens' captain doesn't speak French. The horrors! [Way Offside] • No matter what Steve Nash is obsessed with the Spurs. [Machochip] • The NBA's all white-trash team. [The Realests] • Just remember: Many think the Heat still should have no championships. [Yellow Chair Sports] • Bac...
Raiders Fans Would Rather Look Elsewhere, Thank You
It's not easy being a Raiders fan. First off: What goes with black? Seriously! It's also difficult to find time to cheer, what with all the drinking of infant's blood. And worst off, the Raiders' lousy game with the Texans this Sunday happens to be at the same time as The Most Important Battle Betwe...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for tonight's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA football with Pat Forde: What does your wife think of all the Pat Forde groupies? • 2 p.m. SportsNation on ESPN Radio: Are you wearing pants? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: Is there shrinkage in hockey?...
High School Football: Gayer Than Gay?
This isn't easy to say so we're just going to say it: According to a new survey, one third of former high school football players have had sexual relations with other men. That's according to a new study to be published in the Journal of Sex Roles, which I totally just read by accident, and that's t...
Why Steroids Make You Strong And More Famous
Just in case anyone forgot: Rafael Palmeiro tests positive for a steroid and an entire Hall of Fame career is destroyed. Rick Ankiel is prescribed HGH by a doctor when it's neither illegal nor banned by baseball, and he's a disgrace to the story we all once admired. Jaguars defensive end Marcus Stro...
About Last Night
You wake up with your head inside a pumpkin and sans pants. We'll fill you in ... • NBA: The Tempest that is Zydrunas Ilgauskas not enough to stave off Mavericks. Dallas 92, Cleveland 74. • NHL: Modano reaches milestone [redacted]. Modano still one assist short. Blackhawks 5, Stars 4. • Soccer: Welc...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as local punks egg your car ... • NBA: Dallas at Cleveland; Seattle at Denver. No Jub Jub? [ESPN] • NHL: Hurricanes at Panthers. Baby it's cold inside. [Fox Sports] • Movie: Poltergeist. You moved the headstones but you didn't move the bodies! You didn't move the bodies! [ABC FAM]...
Baseball Remains SO Tough On Steroids
The New York Times this morning confirmed something we all pretty much suspected: Baseball's steroid "tests" are so easy to usurp and foil that you'd have to be an idiot to fail one. (Or Mike Cameron.)...
In The '60s, The Wildcats Knew How To Party
Shannon Ragland, a Louisville-based self-published author, has written a new book claiming the a Kentucky-Xavier football game in 1962 was "fixed." Everyone's denying it, of course, but that's not even the best part. According to the book, old Kentucky players would receive blow jobs from dudes for ...
Woe To Mizzou
• A brief painful history of life as a Missouri fan. [Midwesterner In NYC • Which teams have the best players as assistant coaches? [The Angry T] • Look out for the Dennis Dixon Heisman hype. [Lord, Beer Me Strength] • A bunch of bloggers' NBA predictions. Wee. [We Rite Goode] • Goodnight, Robert Go...
You Can Be A-Rod, For A Day
We remember, back in 2000, when we were working for one of those dot-com startups that were all the rage at the time. Everybody strolled into the office around 10:30, left at 5 and brought their dogs to the office. And no one did any real work; we all just sat in "brainstorming" meetings, discussing...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider David Thorpe: What's it like on the inside? Do you have a shank? • 1 p.m. Tennis with Peter Bodo: Is this a Nickelodeon children's show? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Is it hard to drive in Boston these days...