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Culpepper Now Free To Have Naked Women Dance In His General Vicinity (But There, And Only There)
New Dolphins quarterback Daunte Culpepper need not worry about the potential new ramifications of the term "lap dance" from jail; he has been cleared of all charges in the sex boat incident. His former teammate Moe Williams was not so lucky; he'll still have to strand trial, along with decidedly m...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you try to figure out if your crazy wife is divorcing you, or if she isn't ... • College Women's Basketball: Division I tournament championship game, Maryland vs. Duke, at Boston. Nice friendly backyard rivalry game. No need for extra security. [ESPN] • NHL: Philadelphia at New York...

One Lousy Opening Day
You think you had a bad day yesterday? Dodgers starter Derek Lowe, inexplicably starting on Opening Day, was hammered by the Braves. And when the game was over, he had to go home and read transcripts of divorce proceedings spread all over the Internet. They were initially posted by the subscriptio...

"Wow, It's Us. Hey, It's Us. Yo, Check It Out, It's Us."
Via Gawker, the fine folks at Silver Jacket captured this image from last night's national championship game....

Meet Your Deadspin Pool Winner
We had 1,534 people join our Deadspin NCAA pool, but there was only one winner: Daniel Fearson, from Michigan, who ended up with the highest score with this "Van Halen Rules" entry. And you know what? Van Halen does rule....

Blogdome: Big Dog Goes Down
• The end of Glenn Robinson. [Free Darko] • Tony Hornheiser's easy, simple rips on the NHL. [Off Wing Opinion] • Billy Wagner should get his own music; that's Mariano Rivera's song, dope. [ArmchairGM] • We hate online petitions. But we'll play along with this one, totally. [InsideSTL] • A Florida fa...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. ESPN Radio's Mike Greenberg: Oh, we see! You are the prissy one, and Mike Golic is the slob! And from this comes the humorous situations! • 4 p.m. Phoenix Suns' Eddie House: Duke and UConn in the finals, Eddie? How'd that pool w...

Needling Barry, Day One
When we first heard that the Giants would open their season in San Diego, we were a little disappointed. Who's going to rag on Barry Bonds in San Diego? It's the most laid-back of all cities; it makes Indianapolis look like Baghdad outside of the Green Zone. But we were wrong. San Diego, you didn'...

That Really Should Have Been More Fun
As they say, the NCAA Tournament went out with a whimper rather than a bang, a flurp rather than a woosh, a squat thrust rather than a jumping jack. Florida hammered UCLA to win the national championship last night, and some of you might have been lucky to have made it until the end. The Gators do...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while toasting your buns ... • NCAA Tournament: Noah's Arc — Gators capture first national title, stopping Bruins 73-57. • MLB: Well, it didn't take long for A-Rod, Big Unit to establish Yankees as the alpha male of the AL. • NHL: Controversy abounds as Sabres clinch playoffs with wi...

Who Would Win A Fight Between A Bruin And A Gator?
Perhaps there is something to the claims of those who say that all the early upsets in the NCAA Tournament has diminished interest in the late rounds; we're feeling a palpable lack of interest in tonight's national championship game between UCLA and Florida. Of course, that might be different if G...

To Watch Tonight
What to listen for as BEEP! Billy Packer BEEP! works his commentating magic BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! during the NCAA title game BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEEEEEEEEPPPP! • NCAA Tournament: Championship game, Florida vs. UCLA, at Indianapolis. Your NCAA pool bracket will serve just fine as a placemat. [CBS] •...

You're Doing A Heckuva Job, Dusty
It's Opening Day, and that means it's time to play "What's Your Caption?"...

Amazon.com Has Your Potentially Flawed Merchandise
As many of you have pointed out to us today, Amazon.com made a bit of a mistake this morning, sending out an email to pretty much anyone who has ever bought anything sports-related on the site imploring them to be "the first to see our selection of NCAA championship products."...

Opening Day Television Snafus
So, opening day! You took the day off of work so you could stay home and take in all the first-day action. First up, Mets-Nationals ... "Baseball Tonight" is ending, so here we go! ... ESPN News? What?...

Blogdome: Yeah, But What's His Wonderlic Score?
• Not a bad day for Reggie Bush yesterday, not bad at all. [The Sports Frog] • Johnnie Walker, the official drink of the New York Yankees. [Copyranter] • ESPN is all over the dominoes beat. [Ninja James] • If Dr. Zaius predicted the American League East. [Surviving Grady] • All you could possibly wa...

It's Opening Day. Commence Wistful Laments For Days Of Yore
It's one of everyone's favorite days of the year: The day when George Will pulls a hamstring trying to come up with synonyms for "grass," "sunshine" and "purity." It's opening day! The first game of the day is at that baseball mecca Shea Stadium, with the Mets hosting the Washington Nationals. First...

We'd Suggest Always Betting The Under
We have a question. Why is Pete Rose scraping for a living here in the U.S. when he could just skip across the Atlantic and be a god? Soccer is where the real action is, friends. First, we have a report that most Premiership players are betting on games; or, as former Republic of Ireland striker T...

Yeah, Steroids Will Totally Ruin Your Life
It was pointed out when Yankees Meat Loaf impersonator Jason Giambi admitted to taking steroids in front of the BALCO grand jury that steroids worked out just fine for him. A year after it was confirmed by Giambi was taking steroids, he signed a nine-digit contract with the Yankees. Ask him, in da...