g Page 5664 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
About Last Night...
• College Basketball. North Carolina 77, Boston College 72. Jared Dudley, that was not clutch. • NASCAR. Kevin Harvick wins Orbitz 300. I'm not sure what to do with my hands. • NBA. Jason Kapono wins Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout. I can only hope that this somehow led to Antoine Walker feeling ve...
Tonight Is All About Dick Bavetta
Despite the fact that the NBA won't let Dwight Howard dunk on a 12-foot rim, it still shapes up as a pretty promising All-Star Saturday night. At least three of the dunkers pretend to care about the event (screw you, Tyrus Thomas), Gilbert Arenas will lie, cheat, and steal in order to win the three-...
To Watch Tonight...
• NBA. 2007 All-Star Skills Competition. Scottie Pippen's comeback begins tonight in that weird shooting competition with the active NBA'er and the girl. 8:30, TNT. • Movie. Radio. Then don't call me Unit 91, Radio. 8:00, FX. • College Basketball. North Carolina @ Boston College. Tarhells forward Br...
Ref Gives Cameraman the Rodman Treatment
Today is a day for bad-ass referees (we'll get to Dick Bavetta in a little bit). Here we see an official at a Michigan home game either not watching where he's going or executing a carefully measured attack on a camera man who who's somewhere he shouldn't be. Either way, I suppose it is preferable t...
LeftoverDome...
• Keith Foulke retires the day before spring training opens. That was considerate of him. [Kid Cleveland] • Tim Hardaway really did a disservice to... people who hate gay people. [Notes from the Lounge] • Ledell Eackles? LEDELL EACKLES. [The Feed] • Tom Brady provides his expert commentary on Charli...
Because This Had To End With Tim Hardaway Being Nude On YouTube
Tim Hardaway might not enjoy gay people, but I really think it could give us all a chance to heal if gay people had a chance to enjoy Tim Hardaway. And since there's already footage available on YouTube that might facilitate this healing process... I feel morally obligated to bring it to you....
Roger Clemens... Blah Blah Blah
I suppose this is newsworthy enough to check in on. I originally thought it wasn't, but most news outlets seem to be treating it as such, so what the hell. Yesterday, Roger Clemens said there was an 80% chance that he was retired for good. But then, he also said this:...
Reggie Bush Hurts His Ankle, But Not Without A Good Reason
As you might have heard, Reggie Bush suffered a minor ankle injury last night in some sort of lame "basketball" event on ESPN. I don't know who it was he was trying to swat. It was a white guy on the East team, which means it could have been David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, or Bobby Flay (I think we c...
Bill Walton Drinks Alone
For random encounters with drunk athletes and/or celebrities, this could be the most promising weekend of all-time. Enrico Campitelli of The 700 Level is in one of the bloggers in Vegas this weekend, and last night, he ran into Bill Walton. Hammered, and all by his lonesome....
About Last Night...
• NBA: Sophomores 155, Rookies 114. David Lee takes it upon himself to prove that Isiah Thomas doesn't screw up everything. • NHL: Penguins 5, Devils 4. Man, that Jordan Staal's really coming along nicely, isn't he? • College Basketball: Winthrop 77, Missouri State 66. On the road against a good Mis...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you face the ultimate Inconvenient Truth: warm beer ... • Boxing: Middleweights, Verno Phillips vs. Eddie Sanchez, at Las Vegas [ESPN2]; Super middleweights, Andre Dirrell vs. Kenny Kost; heavyweights, Tony Thompson vs. Timor Ibragimov, at Los Angeles [FSN]; Champion Mike Oliver vs....
Rarely Are Pillow Fights Won So Decisively
We imagine that this is what the ancient Roman gladitorial games must have been like, if they fought with pillows, and one of the combatants was an incredible wuss. "Think that's the worst of it? Release the kitten!"...
Give 'Em Hell, Sun Devils!
If you've ever spent significant time watching Pacific-10 Conference basketball, you'd most likely be surprised that there has never been a team that has finished winless in that conference: Not even the Ben Lindsey-coached Arizona Wildcats of 1982-83, which went 4-24 overall (they won two conferenc...
Cultural Oddsmaker: How Will Tim Hardaway Impact the NBA All-Star Game?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Blogdome: Trimming Costs At Safeco
• The Seattle Mariners have one pen. [Seattlest] • Who are the five worst players in the NBA? [That's On Point] • The Hawks broadcaster is less than impressed with Rafael Araujo. [Lion In Oil] • Wait ... NOW Barry Zito's changing his entire throwing motion? [Goat Riders Of The Apocalypse] • When fan...
Mike Golic Suffering From Peter Pan Salmonella
So here's something bizarre and sad. You know that salmonella outbreak that has been tied to Peter Pan peanut butter? (And, to a lesser extend, Wal-Mart's "Great Value" house brand?) It hasn't caused any deaths yet, but almost 300 people in 39 states have fallen ill from it....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: If you were really an Insider, couldn't you have warned us that Hardaway was insane? • 1:30 p.m. NASCAR with David Newton: All those who have said "This sport isn't rocket science" have now been proven...
NBA Roundup: You Win This Round, LeBron
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Champaign's Long National Nightmare Is Over
As an old lifer at the Daily Illini, no story was less fun to talk about than Chief Illiniwek. We once had our own personal take on the embattled "symbol" of the University of Illinois, but we don't even remember what it was anymore: It was talked about every day, in the most banal and "emotional" t...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while training your sea monkeys ... • NHL: Colorado's Sakic gets magic No. 600 (without help from Victor Conte). • NBA: No, the correct answer was "LeBron." All those who said Kobe do not win a cookie. Cavaliers 114, Lakers 108. • College basketball: Use The Force, Lute ... USC sweep...