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To Watch Tonight
• College Basketball: Syracuse @ Louisville. I bet this seemed like a good idea before the season started. 7:00, ESPN. • High School Basketball. Dematha (Md.) vs. Towson Catholic (Md.). Ha ha, you guys have to spend a year in college, ha ha. 9:00, ESPNU. • College Basketball. Michigan State @ Ohio S...
LeftoverDome...
• Buffalo Sabres fans earn themselves a poor reputation in Columbus, where it's hard to do such things. [German Village Media] • The ins and outs of Michael Wilbon's duties at the Washington Post. [Washingtonian] • A world club championship for hockey could be in the works. That actually sounds kind...
Bengal Watch
I hope you enjoyed the 48-hour period in which a "FREE CHRIS HENRY" t-shirt was appropriate. Save them, though, you never know when they'll be relevant again. The "troubled" wide receiver was released from prison on Saturday morning after a two-day stretch, slid out a side entrance, and hopped in a ...
ACC Admits Clock Error; Does Absolutely Nothing Else
Just to follow up quickly on the Duke/Clemson clock controversy on Thursday night, ACC officials have reviewed the tape (and here it is again, if they need any help) and after much careful consideration, have decided, "fuck it."...
About Last Night...
• NBA. Knicks 116, Heat 96. Shaq just lost to a team that started Jerome James at center. • College Basketball. Yale 88, Harvard 78. The tournament selection committee kept a close eye on this one. • NBA. Cavaliers 105, Sixers 97. LeBron was out with a big toe problem. I take it this was Wise LeBron...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your approval rating approaches single digits ... • Boxing: Junior middleweights, Richard Gutierrez vs. Teddy Reid, at Uncasville, Conn. Come on down, it's not like you're not going to be in Ucasville anyway. [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo. Dude, you oversl...
It's Drinking Time!
Longtime readers know full well of our fascination and affection for Keggy, the mascot with a heart of gold(schlager). Well, because it's a Friday afternoon, it's freezing in New York City and everyone just wants to go home/out and eradicate any lingering brain cells after the work week, we present ...
MLB.com Knows Who Its True Fans Are
Far be it from us to tell MLB.com how to maximize its revenue streams — certainly they're doing a fine enough job on that themselves, hardcore baseball fans be damned — but we found it rather surprising, all told, about this newest synergistic connection....
Blogdome: Let The 51 Dream Die, Folks
• Time to let Bernie go, Yanks fans. [Valentine's Views] • Yeah, get rid of those "gay" mustaches! [OutSports] • Shockingly, a Bill Walton podcast is somewhat insane. [Complete Sports] • Careful with those incentive-based contracts. [Yellow Chair Sports] • A new site that looks at the intersection o...
Why You Shouldn't Randomly Promise Tickets To Strangers
When your team makes the Super Bowl, sometimes some promises you've made in the past come back to haunt you. That's what happened to Bears safety Chris Harris, who was on public access earlier this year and found himself in a situation where his mouth was writing checks his ticket stash couldn't cas...
William Perry, Keeping Busy (And Incognito!)
In case you were wondering what William "The Refrigerator" Perry was up to these days, now that the offers to box Manute Bol have dried up, here's one of his main promotional opportunities: Big Camo, "the world's BEST outlet for HARD or IMPOSSIBLE to find BIG and TALL camouflage hunting clothes, acc...
That's All We Need: ANOTHER Blowhard In DC
So here's a scary thought. If you thought Curt Schilling had a tendency to opine, uninvited, on subjects that don't inherently concern him now, wait until he runs for Senate....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions fopr today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Todd McShay, Mel Kiper: So is this the episode where they finally kiss? • 2 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: Is it true you can major in this at UNLV? • 3 p.m. Mid-Majors with Kyle Whelliston: The lab just called. We're sorry...
Agent Zero Revenge Tour Makes Imaginary Stop At Duke
We must report that our new favorite place to visit on the Internet is Gilbert Arenas' NBA.com blog (sorry, Fleshbot). This is because A). He actually writes it himself, unlike some people; B). There are posts with headlines such as "ESPN The Magazine Took Me Off the Cover" and "I Was Fouled Against...
Finally, Duke Catches A Break!
One of the joys of this here Internets is the rapidity with which campaigns can be organized, complaints filed and irrefutable evidence presented to a starving public. Therefore, if you watched any of that thrilling but frustrating Clemson-Duke game last night, you know that Duke won on a shot with ...
NBA Roundup: Ben Gordon Asks How Ya Hoofing, Mavericks?
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while fighting with shrubbery ... • College basketball: "Duke beats Clemson" has now become mankind's most oft-repeated phrase, replacing "You're fired." • NBA: P.J. Brown (!) leads Bulls past Mavericks, 96-85. • Golf: The Brandt Snedeker Era dawns throughout the land, as rooting for...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as militant squirrels capture your nuts ... • College men's basketball: Clemson at Duke [ESPN]; UCLA at California; Southern California at Stanford. Yeah, considering the parking situation for that Cal game, we'd suggest leaving the house now. [Fox Sports Net] • College women's basketb...
This Brings The Total Amount Of Bengals Jail Time To ... Two Days!
In yet another example of pro athletes just minding their own business and being persecuted because their famous and for no other reason at all, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was sentenced to two days in jail this morning for allowing underage girls to drink in his hotel room. (If you...
If He's Not Playing, Ain't Nobody Playing
Say what you will about Carmelo Anthony, but he handled his suspension considerably better than this guy....