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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Any way we could move the season up a week or two? • 2 p.m. NHL w/The Mag's EJ Hradek: Oh, it's "The Mag" now, is it? Can we just stop right here and nip this in the bud? • 4 p.m. Pro Football Weekly: Why...
A-Rod's Tree Fort Now A Very Lonely Place
Listen son, I know that you were hoping that Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter would someday get back together, so that you and your favorite players would be a family again. But it's just not going to happen. Sometimes, people just grow apart, and there's nothing you can do about it. But both Alex and...
Chargers Blogdome: Norv!
We kind of can't believe Norv Turner is back coaching in the NFL. here's what they're saying about the Norv Turner hire in San Diego ......
A Strip Club Incident That Might NOT Have Featured Pac Man Jones
You know, it almost seems natural: When there's a triple shooting in Las Vegas at a strip joint called Minxx Gentleman's Club, you tend to just assume Pac Man Jones was involved. (Or Stephen Jackson. Maybe Olin Kruetz.) Jones says, though, that rumors saying that he had something to do with it are f...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while shaving your head ... • NHL: Point Break ... Islanders take significant win over Penguins. • College basketball: Mario "Superintendent" Chalmers leads Kansas over Kansas State, 71-62. • Tennis: Venus creaks to first-round win in Memphis International....
To Watch Tonight
What The Hoff won't be watching tonight ... • College basketball: Villanova at Marquette; Kansas at Kansas State. The flattest matchup in all of college hoops. [ESPN] • Women's basketball: Tennessee at LSU. This may be the one where some of the players kiss. [ESPN2] • Cycling: Tour of California, St...
A Very Brady Ash Wednesday
As was discussed here over the weekend, Tom Brady is going to be a daddy! (We've already got our baby shower gift picked out). It's never our place to judge, but we can't help but wonder how this whole thing is playing at home with the folks. Not only is their son not planning to marry the mom, actr...
Blogdome: This Is Not Noah Lowry
• Noah Lowry does not like MySpace. [Larry Brown Sports] • Hey, Arizona State won a game. [The Big Picture] • Some extremely unpopular Tigers. [Mickey Tettleton Memorial Overpass] • A closer look at the Durant-Oden sweepstakes. [The Shooty] • Soon, soon, no more Chief talk. Thank Heavens. [Frank The...
Hirshey: Karaoke Hell
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
All Told, A Safe Weekend To Be In Vegas
You might remember this quote, last week, from Las Vegas mayor Oscar B. Goodman:...
Gilbert Arenas Is Playing Russian Roulette With His ACL
As always, the greatest moments of All-Star Weekend happen when the "game" isn't actually on, and The 700 Level found perhaps the best one. During a commercial break, Gilbert Arenas — of course — decided to satisfy a lifelong curiosity and, playing along with the "entertainment," dunked off a trampo...
That Sure Was A Great "All-Star" "Game"
Well, the All-Star Game in Vegas is finally behind us, and the best thing we can say is that no hungover players needed courtside IVs. That is not to be underestimated; it can be extremely difficult to work out dehydration while sprinting up and down the court. Of course, that assumes anyone's playi...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while cancelling plans for April 14, 2036 ... • NBA: Wayne Newton and Kobe Bryant top Siegfried and Roy 153-132 in All-Star Game. • NASCAR: By virtue of his being the only car not upside down and on fire, Kevin Harvick wins Daytona 500. • College basketball: ASU beats No. 22 USC for ...
Danny Gans Is About To Rock This Bitch
The All-Star game tips tonight around 8:30, give a take a few minutes, depending on what Danny Gans (who the hell is Danny Gans?) feels like doing to the national anthem....
To Watch Tonight...
• Movie. Any Given Sunday. If Steamin' Willie Beamon was traded to Cleveland... how would his nickname be different? 7:00, FX. • NBA. 2007 All-Star Game. Shaq has shoes that are also a slot machine. And that's less ridiculous than Craig Sager's jacket. 8:30, TNT. • Figure Skating. Four Continents Ch...
The Bunnies Are Not To Be Dunked On, Nate Robinson
I called Nate Robinson "annoying" earlier, but I may have been hasty in my judgment. From the Las Vegas Review Journal, via The FanHouse, comes this report of a dunk that Nate had planned for last night's contest....
Karaoke Does Not Bring Liverpool Teammates Together
According to this story (swiped from The Sports Frog), John Arne Riise and Craig Bellamy, teammates at Liverpool, were out with a bunch of teammates last night, having fun at a karaoke bar. Reese's agent, Jan Kvalheim, says the story went a little bit like this:...
LeftoverDome...
• Again, your home for all Pros vs. Joes info, I Dislike Your Favorite Team has a recap of episode #4, and an interview with the winner. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • Steve Rushin is done at Sports Illustrated. [The Big Lead] • Vanderbilt center Ted Skuchas is a professional tall guy. [YouTube] •...
Tom Brady's Sperm Is Clutch
Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady have been broken up for a while, but a few months ago, she gave him time to set up in the pocket, and he delivered. Moynahan is pregnant, and the baby, according to various reports, is Tom Brady's. The fetus has already been offered several scholarships....
You Will Dance With Shaq And You Will Like It
There aren't many good reasons not to like Shaq. This was Shaq having fun at the All-Star practice yesterday, forcing LeBron and Dwight Howard to have fun along with him. I realize that Shaq is not everyone's cup of tea, but when he retires, who's going to do stuff like this? It seems like Shaq is m...