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Clinton Portis' Craziest Costume Yet
Other Clinton Portis costumes have been deep, terrifying glimpses into the most cavernous regions of his soul, a tiny peek at the scary child within, peering out into the world, hoping it's not raining anymore. But this, his most recent one, however, is the most horrifying at all: A monstrous look...
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While You Annoyed The Rest Of The Audience By Cheering Against The Ape ... • Apolo Ohno, our most gloriously named athlete, qualifies for Olympics once again in speedskating. • NBA: Finley, Spurs keep Timberwolves at bay, 90-88. • Wisconsin beats Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A fierce rivalry...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize, that Christmas thing coming up requires a little shopping ... • NBA: Denver at Cleveland; Houston at Seattle. Not as exciting as an afternoon with John Daly, but OK in a pinch. [TNT] • Women's College Basketball: LSU at Ohio State. Setting screens. Blocking out. Running...
Paging Dr. Naismith ...
As you may have heard, they had a basketball game at Princeton on Wednesday night, with Monmouth taking a hard-fought 41-21 victory over the Tigers. It was the lowest-scoring NCAA Division-I game since the advent of the 3-point line in 1986 — and possibly since 1913, when college basketball opened...
Sex Boat Case Sails Off
It's a sad day when you can't take your rookie teammates out for a little Lake Minnetonka party with a bunch of whores. This goddamned Internet is invading everybody's privacy....
Would Rudolph Come Out Early?
A lot of people are getting worked up over Florida high school quarterback Tim Tebow, a fact which, we mentioned earlier, somewhat weirds us out. But when you think about it, is the situation any different from what's going on in the beloved Rankin/Bass Christmas TV production Rudolph the Red-Nose...
Blogdome: Reggie! Reggie!
• Breaking down the Reggie Bush derby. It's a fight to the finish. [The Jets Blog] • George Karl, rap star. [J.E. Skeets] • Coming up later today: An interview with Facebook goddess Jenn Sterger. Stay tuned. [Across The Board] • A discussion of Native American mascots. Life as an Illinois graduate s...
Blogdom's Best: Hating The 49ers
Previously we have examined the great fan blogs of the NFL and Major League Baseball, and what an interesting journey it was. But every great story needs a strong antagonist, and to that end we now present the anti-blogs — those Web chronicles devoted to abhorrence and loathing — what the French c...
Seventies Underwear: Strangely Inventive
This might be old, but we haven't seen it before, so here it is: underwear advertising from a Playboy magazine in 1977 (they're all Jockey ads)....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Gary Horton: Until I saw this, I thought "Scouts, Inc." was a movie starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas. • 1 p.m. Texas Tech QB Cody Hodges: No Heisman again this year. As John Belushi said in Animal House, "Seven years of...
Leinart Responds To Party Photos
As you might have heard yesterday, USC quarterback Matt Leinart was spotted at NYC hotspot Marquee after finishing third in Heisman voting on Saturday night and according to the emailer who sent us the photos, he hit on a Texas woman — described as "one of the nicest people" by one of our commente...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while inflating the giant, glowing, somewhat frightening front yard lawn Santa ... • NBA: Unstoppable Heat stifle Bucks as Riley goes to 2-0. We are so on this bandwagon. • NBA: Back from injury, Grant Hill leads Magic over Knicks. (Don't tell anyone, but it was a hernia). • NHL: Mar...
John Daly, True Man Of Genius
Tiger Woods might have the endorsements, but no golfer, among real Americans, is more popular than John Daly. This collection of photos, which are new to us but might have been around a while, confirms why. The guy gets drunk, he gets rowdy and he does crazy things. (In some of these pictures, h...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as, despondent over recent events, the curtains hang themselves ... • NBA: Phoenix at Dallas; Houston at Golden State. We're not used to seeing the Warriors this far up in the standings — it's kind of disorienting. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Stony Brook Seawolves at Hofstra Pride. It...
Kyle Orton, A Cop With ATTITUDE
Our affection for Bears quarterback Kyle Orton is well-documented, so we couldn't help but point out this photo, taken last Monday at Crobar in Chicago. (Linebacker Brian Urlacher was there as well, but he doesn't photograph as well, and besides, we don't want to taunt Michael Flatley any more tha...
Barry Zito's Suddenly A Zesty Italian!
In response to our light tapping of Alex Rodriguez for playing for the Dominican Republic in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, reader Gerald Smith emails us to set us straight:...
Blogdome: If You Don't Know Him By Now
• We're probably never going to stop chuckling to the notion of Kobe Bryant and Jannero Pargo dancing to a Simply Red song. [J.E. Skeets] • Yeah, we agree: The Sagarin college basketball ratings make no sense. [Critical Fanatic] • We'll confess: It weirds us out when people get all excited about a h...
Blogdom's Best: Hating The Steelers
Previously we have examined the great fan blogs of the NFL and Major League Baseball, and what an interesting journey it was. But every great story needs a strong antagonist, and to that end we now present the anti-blogs — those Web chronicles devoted to abhorrence and loathing — what the French c...
Athlete Run-In: The Mystery Of The Mustache
Today's first athlete run-in story answers a question we've had for a long time: Has Don Mattingly ever not had that mustache? (We were scared enough when Bruce Bochy shaved his.)...
Matt Leinart's Big Post-Heisman NYC Adventure
We present the above picture, with the following story, without comment, sent anonymously to us this morning....