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What A Year
• Man, sure seems like there are a lot of milestones this year. [The Feed • The simple pleasures of baseball poetry. [Bardball] • It's time for NBA dance team tryouts. [The Angry T] • Remembering Sammy Khalifa. [The Serious Tip] • Would someone please hug Cedric Benson? [Deuce Of Davenport] • Tony G...
NHL Comes Crawling Back To ESPN
After being slapped repeatedly across the head and neck for a couple of years, the NHL appears to be crying uncle on the whole nobody-can-watch-their-games-on-television thing....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m.-4 p.m.. MLB trade deadline: As you can see by the Mr. Whiskers Alarm Clock, there is a mere 15 minutes remaining to acquire Norris Hopper. • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Oh no! Herbie has now entered the race, being driven ...
Childhood's End
What were you doing when you were five? (My answer revolves around cartoons and mud). Sacramento-area native Jan Silva is attending a tennis academy in France, all expenses paid. In fact, the academy's owner, Patrick Mouratoglou, will pay an estimated $140,000 this year to train him. Did I mention t...
In The Aftermath Of The Still-Uncompleted Garnett Trade
Though it's still not "official," it's pretty much a given now that Kevin Garnett is going to be a Celtic. This is an odd matter for us to wrap our minds around; we had sort of assumed Garnett would die a Timberwolf, no matter what he wanted....
About Last Night
What you missed while listening to your favorite radio station ... • MLB: Well I jinxed the Cubs, but no way will that happen to the soon-to-be-in-first-place Mariners. Seattle 2, LA Angels 0. • Tennis: Venus Williams starts slow, then accelerates at Acura. • NFL: It's another great day of training ...
The Man Needs No Superpowers
We can't thank Benjamin Hill of Minor League Ball enough for this little tidbit: We're about to get our comic book geek on with our hero among heroes....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while shooing away the cat ... • MLB: Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs. We welcome our new Cub overlords. [ESPN] • MLB: Baseball Hall of Fame Induction from Cooperstown. Relive the glory of Tony Gwynn saying "passion for the game" 114 times. [ESPN2] • World Combat League: Oklahoma at Dalla...
Don't Everybody Rush To Subscribe To The Big Ten Network (Like You Can Anyway)
The M Zone brings up something that has us thoroughly depressed: The upcoming launch of the Big Ten Network....
Kige Ramsey Is Losing Touch With His Blogging Roots
All this week, Ramsey is forgoing the practice of filming himself while at Wal-Mart and instead reporting live from Tennessee Titans training camp. He has some real insights; we are certainly John Clayton is terrified. Meanwhile, he hasn't forgotten what's really important; say, Lindsay Lohan. Plus,...
America's Youth; Craftier Than One Might Think
Not long after the game, this kid signed a letter of intent to play for Boise State, by the way....
The Green Bay Packers Understand The Internet
We're pretty used to professional sports teams and leagues making ridiculous policies for their Web sites. But the Green Bay Packers might have just taken the taco....
Smiley Faces, Back And Forth
• Jim Mora Jr. and Michael Vick, texting buddies. [Enjoy The Enjoyment] • Surely, somebody missed Tim Couch. [A Pudge Is A Sandwich] • The Broncos' offensive line can no longer shut up in public. [Signal To Noise] • Yep, once again, Ohio finished in second place. [Log's Blog] • Cuba keeps losing all...
Lance Armstrong, The Only Pure Cyclist
Mercifully, the Tour de France is over, and some guy we've never heard of but is probably doping like everybody else won. Yahoo. The race's public implosion got us to thinking about Lance Armstrong....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Baseball with Buster Olney: Whatsa matter, Buster? Afraid you're mentioned in the Canseco book? • 3 p.m. Fantasy baseball with Pete Becker: At this point, owning Chase Utley and Randy Johnson is no fantasy. • 4 p.m. Bracketology...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while mourning the loss of Ingmar Bergman ... • Cycling: Alberto Contador wins Tour de France (pending urinalysis). • Motor sports: So Tony Stewart pretty much owns the Brickyard, eh? • MLB: That sound you hear is THE CUBS a half-game out of first!...