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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Contender winner Grady Brewer: What, you win the whole thing, and no cameo appearance in Rocky VI? • 2 p.m. Boxer Nikolai Valuev: Could you say "I must break you" just once, for my kid? • 3 p.m. NFL draft with Steve Muench: And ...
Arenas Of The Absurd
We're rapidly coming to the point, we think, where we can place pictures of Gilbert Arenas and Michael Jackson side by side, and point to Arenas and say "He's the eccentric one." (Though Gilbert is decidedly more charming and, uh, a little less creepy, we think.) The latest out of Washington D.C. ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Prophylactic ... • NFL: Donovan rocks ... Eagles head-stomp Packers 31-9. • Soccer: When you think of Manchester United, you think of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer! • NBA: Onward Christian soldiers ... Laettner group to buy Grizzlies, apparentl...
Playoff Pants Party: Yankees Vs. Tigers
Shouldn't Tigers fans be happy that their first playoff experience in about 323 years leads them against the Yankees in the first round? Isn't it more fun that way? Wouldn't it not really feel like the playoffs if they were playing anybody other than the Yankees?...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while fighting Titus of Gaul, and about four tigers ... • NFL: Green Bay at Philadelphia. Not as compelling as many previous meetings. [ESPN] • Antiques Roadshow: "Cleveland" Episode #708. Here we have Brett Favre's spinal column. It's not in the best condtion, but still should fetch q...
Where My Team Stands: Los Angeles Dodgers
If we've learned anything about Octobers the last few years, it's that the month tests, stretches and hones every aspect of loyalty fandom. Typically, we pretty much just tell our friends that we'll see them sometime in November. It's a stressful time....
Playoffs Pants Party: Padres Vs. Cardinals
We know there's absolutely no reason to believe the Cardinals belong here, and we know that the Red Sox, the Phillies and the Angels — teams that weren't particularly close to making the playoffs — all had better records. That doesn't mean we still can't be happier the Cardinals are here. October ...
Where My Team Stands: San Diego Padres
If we've learned anything about Octobers the last few years, it's that the month tests, stretches and hones every aspect of loyalty fandom. Typically, we pretty much just tell our friends that we'll see them sometime in November. It's a stressful time....
There Are All Kinds Of Ways To Cheer For Your Team
They do some unusual things involving football down there in Texas, but this strange cheering tradition from the Texas A&M Aggie Corps might very well be the weirdest. We don't have the foggiest idea what's going on there, and we're not sure we want to know....
In Hell, Mascots Look Like This
Hey, Euro 2008 officials have ripped off Woody Woodpecker! And made him gay! As The Mighty MJD mentioned over the weekend, Austria and Switzerland, co-hosts of Euro 2008, rolled out their new mascots on Sunday. The two countries had their finest cartoonists labor for more than two years to come up...
Blogdome: Rethinking Simmons
• A somewhat softened — somewhat — tone on Bill Simmons and what the Web is now. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Why is Adewale Ogunleye ashamed of his college? [We Are The Postmen] • Joe Dumars can spot talent. [Need4Sheed] • Lots and lots and lots of baseball playoff numbers. [Yellow Chair Sports] • A ROC...
Kids And Darts! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
And so finally, we have the concept for the next Johnny Knoxville movie. The British Darts Organisation is campaigning for their sport to be included in the 2012 London Olympics; and to that end, they've opened the Darts School of Excellence in London. It's for for kids ages 7 to 18, as England atte...
Ron Zook, Water Skiing
After our Illini's shocking upset victory over Michigan State on Saturday, we felt like we had no choice but to post this picture of coach Ron Zook water skiing. Weeeeee!!!!!...
Where My Team Stands: Detroit Tigers
If we've learned anything about Octobers the last few years, it's that the month tests, stretches and hones every aspect of loyalty fandom. Typically, we pretty much just tell our friends that we'll see them sometime in November. It's a stressful time....
How Close You Were, Dusty
Ah, such a rite of fall: The ritualistic execution of baseball managers. It always is a fun day, the day right after the baseball season ends, because managers just get picked off left and right. It's only a matter of time until Florida, bewilderingly, cans Joe Girardi, but we're gonna look at Cubs ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Ah yes, sending e-mails to someone named Buster. Isn't that what got Mark Foley into trouble? • 3 p.m. NFC West with Rodd Newhouse: Setting John York adrift in the middle of the Pacific is permissible as l...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while ... hey! Where the hell are my Lorna Doons? ... • MLB: Cubs end season with 8-5 win over Rockies. Let the housecleaning begin. • NFL: Chicago Bears remain as only unbeaten team after ... oh no! Todd is having another heart attack! • NASCAR: Tony Stewart crosses finish line mome...
To Watch Tonight...
• NFL Football. Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears. The NBC schedule has been really good so far. But see me in Week 6. 8:15, NBC. • Boxing: 1986, Tyson vs. Berbick. I'm not sure how they plan to turn this into a 30-minute program. 10:00, ESPN Classic. • Movie. Gladiator. I actually didn't really like...
John L. Smith Knows What You're Thinking
And he's acting accordingly:...
LeftoverDome...
• I'm not sure if Brandon Lloyd is better at rapping or being a wide receiver. I'm also not sure if that's a compliment. [Saved by the Blog] • The Bears/Seahawks game might not mean as much as you think it does. [Foul Balls] • Here's a Giants fan who could not be described as optimistic. [Sports Mon...