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USC Kicker Mario Danelo Found Dead
I hate to interrupt the festive mood of the Romo/Glenn meltdown, but there's tragic news in the world of college football tonight. Mario Danelo, kicker for the Rose Bowl champion USC Trojans, has been found dead....
To Watch Tonight...
We're getting this out of the way now, because after this, it's all football, my friend......
LeftoverDome...
• A photo essay of some Cleveland fans celebrating "LeBron Day 2006." That looks like it was more fun than it should have been. [Mistake by the Lake Sporting Times] • InsideHoops.com reports exclusively that Charlie Villanueva is considering surgery. Fortunately, doctors won't have to shave him befo...
The Key To Any Good Party Is The Ice Sculpture
If you were wondering what happened to your invite to Gilbert Arenas's 25th birthday party, it got lost in the mail and somehow ended up in the hands of Jamie Mottram of Mister Irrelevant, the FanHouse, and formerly of Sports Bloggers Live. His Arenas Express Card got him into the party, and he was ...
About Last Night...
• NBA: Mavericks 90, Spurs 85. The Mavericks cannot be beaten and should probably just be named the NFC East Champions, too. • NBA: Wizards 116, Clippers 105. Gilbert Arenas had 35 points on his birthday. More on that in a bit. • NHL: Blue Jackets 4, Ducks 3. Just another night in the Klesla/Malhotr...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you find that "Prognosis Negative" is sold out ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Anthony (Stomach Cramps) Peterson vs. Juan (How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?) Garza, at Biloxi, Miss.; super middleweights, Jean Paul Mendy vs. Anthony (Ambulance Magnet) Hanshaw. [ESPN2] • Golf: PGA Tour...
Playoff Pants Party: Eagles Vs. Giants
Seriously, it has to be frustrating. The Eagles make their mad dash to win the division and grab the third playoff seed ... and they still have to play the goddamned Giants in the first round....
The View Is Great From Here!
If you're having any trouble deciding how to vote in the SHOTY Final, or if you're just one of those odd people who have doubted the "You're With Me, Leather" story, we happily present you with these old photos — there's another after the jump — of everybody's favorite children's entertainer Chris B...
Cultural Oddsmaker: What Will Tiger Woods Name His Baby?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Playoff Pants Party: Patriots Vs. Jets
To think about this game, we like to compare not Eric Mangini and Bill Belichick, but, in fact, Mangini and Tom Brady. We think there might not be too physically different human beings on the planet. One of these days, Mangini should just eliminate the middleman and coach in a mumu....
Blogdome: The End Of SBL In DC
• We will very much miss Mr. Mottram 'sSports Bloggers Live. [Mr. Irrelevant] • Lots of great gambling opportunities this playoff weekend. [Rumors And Rants] • Yeah, this is exactly the guy you want on the cover of this year's calendar. [Futon Report] • Who imploded this NFL season? [Rich Kotite Ban...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL wild card weekend: Another way of saying "Getting the games that suck out of the way in an expedient manner?" • 3 p.m. BCS title game with Dave Curtis: Remind us again why they haven't already played this game? • 4 p.m.. NFL ...
Can You Have Steeltown Without Cowher?
The platitudes people hand out when a prominent figure retires or dies can become so banal and repetitive that one ultimately finds oneself almost disliking the departed as a backlash; see Slate's Jack Shafer's look at how journalists covered Gerald Ford's death, as one example. But we have to say: ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while launching a mission in your freezer to rescue the frozen peas ... • NHL: After game is tied with two seconds remaining in regulation (sweet), Stars prevail in shootout. • NBA: Elsewhere in OT, Kobe's 42 leads Lakers over Kings. • College basketball: They're not booing, they're ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the sofa and your ass celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary ... • College basketball: Pittsburgh at Syracuse; Cincinnati at Memphis. They'll be walkin' in Memphis (walkin' in Memphis) ... [ESPN] • College basketball: Arizona at Washington. How much rain would it take to penetrate...
It's An Amazing Elusive And Powerful Back Who Doesn't Kill Ex-Wives And Waiters
We always found it strange that people were considering anyone other than Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson for the MVP this year; we like Drew Brees as much as anyone — including his mother, of course — but we couldn't imagine not giving it to Tomlinson....
The Royal We Is Back, And So Are We
If you were wondering what a man looks like after a 12 1/2-hour flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, to Toronto to New York City — particularly when his luggage is still in Toronto, presumably being delivered by mounties this evening — this is what he looks like: Haggard, but full...
CBS SportsLine Discovers The Barbaro Message Board
Displaying the same keen journalistic instincts that brought the world Spin on Sports, CBS SportsLine did some real digging over the holidays and discovered that, apparently, some middle-aged women are e-mailing Barbaro....
Take Me Home, Country Load
There isn't a lede in the world that could possibly do this Georgia Tech fan's Gator Bowl experience any justice, so I'll just go right to the recap:...
NBA Roundup: Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......