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Trev Alberts Returns To TV (Kind Of)
You might not remember this, since it was almost a year ago and we typically can't remember what happened last week, but last September college football analyst Trev Alberts was fired by ESPN for "not showing up for work", though we have mostly heard since then that Alberts was fed up with the carto...

Wanted: One Huge NY Giants Fan
If you're looking to score a sweet New York Giants season ticket, take a look at this from Craig's List, and act fast. Only one catch: You must wear a sumo wrestler-style fat suit for each game. It seems that the "Fat Suit Fans" are down one member and are looking for a replacement. Other caveats in...

Not Looking Good For Mr. Landis
For those still holding out hope that Tour de France winner Floyd Landis is truly the nice Mennonite boy who feel victim to an unfortunate, accidental circumstance involving testosterone on Jack Daniels, The New York Times has some bad news today....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: Please do not bail on us early, Joe. Joe? Hello? ... • 2 p.m. Page 2's Gregg Easterbrook: Scrooge, do not fear your senses! It is I, the ghost of Page 3! • 4 p.m. World Series of Poker: My once majesti...

Jim Bowden Knows When To Hold 'Em
So the big story of yesterday's trade deadline, as tends to be the case, turned out to be what not happened: Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden hung on to impending free agent Alfonso Soriano rather than flipping for prospects, or cash, or beans, or whatever. Because the Natinoals are...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while coming to a tragic realization about Joe Franklin ... • MLB: Orlando Hudson homers from both sides of the plate to lead Arizona to 15-4 beat-down of Cubs, Prior. • Tennis: Paola Suarez, ranked 55th in the world, upsets 15th-ranked Dinara Safina at Acura Classic. • Cycling: The ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you bake the world's largest apple turnover ... • MLB: Cleveland at Boston. Big sale! All Indians players half off until 5 p.m. today. [ESPN] • MLB: Rangers at Twins. It's either this or the food court at the Mall of America. [KDFI] • Truck Competition: USHRA Monster Jam in Houston....

Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Big East
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and...

Blogdome: Law, Texas Style
• The rich lawyer who supports Texas football and his wacky, wacky deposition. [The M Zone] • If you're a Jets fan, this could end up being the deal of a lifetime. [Off Wing Opinion] • Calling bullshit on Rock, Paper, Scissors. [The Sports Pulse] • A request that Theo Epstein not shake up the Red So...

Could This Be The NFL's First Lady?
Yesterday, the NFL announced its final five candidates to succeed Paul Tagliabue as NFL commissioner. The list includes the favorite, Roger Goodell, who started as an intern in 1982, as well as lawyers and executives. Tagliabue is retiring in August....

Jeremy Shockey Would Like To Set The Record Straight
Jeremy Shockey just wants you to know that he won't be letting up this season ... he plans to party as hard as he did in 2005. Man, where would we be without Shockey? With Terrell Owens minding his manners in Dallas and Marcus Vick having not brandished a weapon in months, we are truly blessed that ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NCAA hoops w/Andy Katz: Are we the only two people in this chat? Is that an echo? • 4 p.m. Firestone Indy 400 winner: Who are you, Mystery Winner? How many guesses do I get? • 4 p.m. LIVE- World Series of Poker: Because if ther...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while musing on politics in Malibu ... sugar tits ... • So You Had A Bad Day: Greg Raymer's rough start in World Series of Poker, and ... Jennifer Tilly is eliminated! NO! • PGA: Old guy wins U.S. Bank Championship. • MLB: Stop us if you've heard this one before. Clemens pitches grea...

To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Angels @ Red Sox. David Ortiz will crush anything that gets in his way. Someone put Joe Morgan's head in his way. 8:00, ESPN. • Vollyeball. FIVB World League, Japan vs. United States. If you can't find a skin flick on Cinemax, this might be an acceptable substitute. 8:00, CSTV. • Boxing. Ali ...

LeftoverDome...
• A blogger scores an interview with Carl Monday (yes, THE Carl Monday). [WBRS Sports Blog] • Rasheed Wallace doesn't seem all that convinced about what you should do when you open your browser window. [Need4Sheed] • There are Sharks all over SI.com. [SI.com] • Things didn't work out exactly as Arse...

Shortening Your Saturdays
The Wizard of Odds has been all over this wacky new rule in college football, rule 3-2-5-e. It's not getting a lot of attention from the major outlets, but it could have a major effect on college football games, and it has a lot of college coaches pissed off something fierce....

Americans Continue To Lead The World In Mysteriously Tainted Urine
The world's fastest man, Justin Gatlin, has failed a pee-pee test, and, stop me if you've heard this before, claims he didn't do anything wrong. Both his 'A' and 'B' samples came up positive for unusually high amounts of synthetic testosterone....

Reggie Bush Finally Gives In To Fans With Lame Signs
It seems like Reggie Bush's holdout garnered a lot of attention for a something that ended up lasting a grand total of two days. Many of you had more contentious negotations while trying to get laid this weekend. And as soon as he scores his first touchdown, no one's even going to remember that ther...

About Last Night...
• MLB: Cardinals 2, Cubs 4. This might have been Greg Maddux's last game as a Cub. • Auto Racing: Michael Schumacher wins German Grand Prix. Verflucht nochmal! • Boxing: Roy Jones Jr. wins unanimous decision of Prince Badi Ajamu. Roy finally gets his hands on the coveted NABO belt....

To Watch Tonight...
• MLS. New England Revolution @ Kansas City Wizards. Kansas City has lost their last seven, being shut out five times in that span, so yeah, this should be awesome. 8:30, Fox Soccer. • MLB. Trade Deadline Special. I don't suppose an emergency Peter Gammons comeback is possible... 10:00, ESPN. • Some...