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Inevitably, This Celebration Will Someday Take Place In Ohio
Don't be alarmed: He's actually a Teen Wolf baby, and will soon be doing backflips through the town square....
A Visit Back To The Old Campus
You. Yeah, you. You're sitting in class at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, drawing doodles of Ron Zook on the water skis, and you're bored. You obviously aren't like us, because, you know, you're actually in class. You can change that, though. In about an hour and a half, we're going...
Whither Sports Unfiltered With Dennis Miller?
There's nothing sadder than a big blank space where your cable show's programming schedule used to be. Exactly what fate has befallen Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller, the Versus series that made America fall in love with elephant polo references once again? It's a mystery (for some reason, Vers...
Media Approval Ratings: Jim Gray
True story: Way back in 1998, when we were a wee lad logging agate text at The Sporting News, one of the magazine staffers sent a company-wide email after Jim Gray's famous Pete Rose interview demanding that all writers sign a petition saying that Gray should be fired. We found this a bit extreme, a...
Tell Your Old Man To Drag Walton And Lanier Up And Down The Court For 48 Minutes
• It's obvious from the get-go that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's blog is going to be a daily read. [The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Blog] • Crazy folks at the Pro Bowl. [Joe Sports Fan] • More players should use the "toss the ball off the opponent's face" technique. [Vegas Watch] • Letting go of the Larry Hughes t...
French Bulldog Wins At Westminster, Later Shoots It Out With Cops
How often do we get the opportunity to mention Patricia Hearst, Jimmy Carter and the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in the same post? Very rarely. It all happened on Monday, as Hearst (or Tania to her friends) and her pooch Diva, the French bulldog, took one of the trophies at the Westminster Kenn...
GSTF Book Tour Stop: Oak Brook, Illinois
We had about 30 people at our Oak Brook Borders reading last night, and that's about 28 more than we were expecting. It was freezing, snowing like crazy and, of course, way out in the freaking suburbs. But somehow, people dragged themselves through the cold to watch us wear the same thing we've bee...
Latrell Sprewell Could Use A Raft Of Some Sort
In case you have forgotten, in 2005, according to Wikipedia, here's where Latrell Sprewell stood, contract-wise....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
Yet Another Case Of The Mondays
The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who generally shows up to work about 15 minutes late (he uses the side door so his boss doesn't see him). After that, he just sort of spaces out for an hour. Yeah, he just stares at his desk, but it looks like he's working. He does that for probably another ...
24 Stanley Cups, 1 Rookie Purse-Snatcher
The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer....
Chris Lowery's Nose Itches
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming The Floor....
John Rocker Destroys Everything You Thought You Knew About Steroids
It will come as a shock, a shock, we tell you, to learn that our friend John Rocker was on steroids. Throughout this book tour, we've been impersonating Rocker at every stop, and we need steroids just to get into character....
Chris Berman Is Salieri To Al Michaels' Mozart
In fact, we think we love the fact that Berman — who, in most of these videos, was making one of his first appearances on basic network TV — would have an imaginary rivalry with Al, who will always be slicker, smoother and more Hollywood. You have to love the relish with which Berman sneers "Alllll,...
About Last Night
What you missed while finding Jesus in a block of wood ... • College basketball: Are you a referee who suspects that he may have OWS (Overactive Whistle Syndrome)? Please consult your physician immediately. Or, you know, get a job driving a cab. Georgetown 55, Villanova 53. • College hockey: Beanpot...
Sweet Home Oak Brook
After a weekend of dead cold out sleeping, we are back on the ole book tour business and ready to rock tonight. We are back in the Midwest, where we are most comfortable. And by "comfortable," we mean "freaking freezing."...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize that PETA will one day rule the universe ... • College basketball: Villanova at Georgetown (7 p.m., ET); Kansas at Texas (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Saint Mary's at Santa Clara (11 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. If only there were one more game, I wouldn't have to sleep. • College women's ...