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Tiger Woods Successfully Completes High Five
As we congratulate Tiger Woods for finally figuring out the correct way to slap another man's hand with his own, we take a look at the Masters, which, for all its bluster and Carlyle Group vibe, is the one golf tournament we look forward to every year, even if it's just because it reminds us that ev...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your collection of bobble-head dolls hold a closed-door meeting concerning your collection of Barbie dolls ... • College Ice Hockey: NCAA Division I tournament, semifinals, at Milwaukee, Boston College vs. North Dakota; Maine vs. Wisconsin. Our brackets are a mess; we're just watchi...
Chicago Baseball Executives Vs. Jay Mariotti (And The People Vs. Both Of Them)
Sometimes, a story comes along with absolutely no rooting interest, no good guys at all, that you end up hoping everyone will end up in a Reservoir Dogs-esque Mexcian standoff, guns aimed at each other's heads, all pulling the trigger....
Blogdome: NBC's NASCAR Screwup
• Yeah, that NBC/NASCAR stunt they pulled on "Dateline" wasn't just bad journalism, it was extremely bad business. [World Chumps] • Don't expect to see your local news with NFL highlights next year. [Orange And Teal] • Brian Giles cup check! [Gaslamp Ball] • So what weird crap are the Pirates puttin...
Jim Nantz, King Of The WASPs
As The Masters tee off today — complete with cigarettes and littered beer cans everywhere — we cast our eyes again to Jim Nantz. After playing toadie to Billy Packer for a while — and is there a worse possible job description on earth than "Billy Packer's toadie?" — Nantz heads to Augusta, a place...
Power To The Peepl
Reaction continues to pour in on yesterday's spelling bee post (OK, we got one note, which was attached to a rock and thrown through our window). Toward the end of the post we noted that there are actually people who protest in front of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.; folks ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS star Alecko Eskandarian: Oh, like you had to put "MLS star" in front of this name? Isn't that like putting "Golf star" in front of Tiger Woods? • 3 p.m. Baseball author Nate Silver: Hit me with some obscure statistics, you g...
Anybody Actually Watching This Show (Other Than Us)?
Here's the thing about the ESPN "reality" series Bonds on Bonds; everyone seems to have an opinion on it, but practically no one has actually seen it. Even Barry himself missed the debut episode on Tuesday. We don't know what the ratings were, but they can't be good; ESPN went into damage control ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while tearfully writing your very last love letter to Katie Couric ... • MLB: Rollins hit streak to 38, but Phils lose to Cards 4-3. Come on, people! Where's the love for Rollins? • NBA: Knicks top Cavs to end nine-game losing streak, but Larry Brown still isn't buying any new proper...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your car's navigation system keeps directing you to Hooters ... • Boxing: Junior middleweights, J.C. Candelo vs. Verno Phillips, at New Orleans. Just what the city needs after all its been through. Sanctioned fisticuffs. [ESPN2] • MLB: St. Louis at Philadelphia. It's Mulder vs. Scul...
Ah, The Pageantry Of Augusta
This is John Daly teeing off during a practice round at the Masters yesterday, in a photo from The Augusta Chronicle. If you ever had any doubt as to why John Daly is popular, that doubt should now rest. Yes, yes, a tradition unlike any other....
Blogdome: Suicide Watch At MSG
• Just how depressing is it in Knickland right now? This should pretty much sum it up. [True Hoop] • Weird how "Bonds On Bonds" didn't mention Barry's aunt. [World Chumps] • Honestly, hockey names are really hard to spell. [Japers' Rink] • A final wrapup of the NCAA Tournament. [Complete Sports] • T...
When Words Collide
It was the mother of all spelling bees; the 1971 Chiefs-Dolphins of word competition. In case you were for some reason watching basketball on Saturday, two young contestants in the Treasure State Spelling Bee in Billings, Mont., slugged it out for four and a half hours — 25 rounds — before a champ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1:30 p.m. NBA with Chris Broussard: When is Ron Artest going to drop the charade and stuff someone into a garbage can? (I have April 10 in my office pool.) • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: I've noticed that in the New Testament ...
Needling Barry, Day Two
Sorry, we can't show you any fresh anti-Bonds signs today. The Giants' game with the Padres at Petco Park was postponed; the first Padres rainout since 1998, and only the 16th in their 38-year history. Just as well, because the ESPN reality series Bonds on Bonds debuted that evening, and who wants...
Rioting Over Women's Basketball
We don't mean to imply that those who riot after sporting events are less about celebration and more about "hey, let's set some shit on fire," but last night, after the Maryland women's basketball team won the national championship in overtime over Duke, Maryland's "fans" started a riot. Over a wo...
This Marriage Madness Thing, It's Actually Happening. Really
We didn't listen to ESPN's "Mike And Mike In The Morning" this morning, but we're told the whole "Marriage Mania" business is in its finals, which means, sometime soon, two human beings will enter the bonds of holy matrimony while standing next to a sweaty Mike Golic....
Roger Clemens' Multinational Laundry
Yesterday, perpetual retiree Roger Clemens was in Houston to receive his National League Championship Ring. As usual, Clemens was asked about his plans for this season, whether he'll retire, whether he'll play, who he would play for, so on, ad nauseum. But then the conversation took a bizarre, and...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trading in your wife for a donkey ... • Women's College Basketball: Shell Game — Maryland Terrapins take first national title, beating Duke in OT. • NBA: So the Nets are good now? Who new? New Jersey's 13th straight win clinches Atlantic Division title. • MLB: Dodgers' first ...