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The Six Storylines You're Already Sick Of
Because we're all gonna be hearing every single storyline between now and two freaking weeks from now, let's go ahead and run the obvious ones down, right here, to get 'em out of the way....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch on the last night before you cancel your cable for two weeks ... • College basketball: Syracuse at Georgetown (7 p.m., ET); Texas at Oklahoma State (9 p.m., ET); San Francisco at Gonzaga (midnight, ET). Eddie Sutton closes in on 800 victories (he's coaching USF, in case you hadn't hear...

Remembering MLK, Now Owned By Nike
As we, like a lot of you we suspect, spend the Martin Luther King holiday, you know, working, we remind of the sports tie-in to MLK's famous "I Have A Dream" speech....

Read Our Site, Or This UFC Guy Will Pummel You
Those of you kids who like the Ultimate Fighting Championships — and we will confess a fascination ourselves — are surely familiar with Matt Hughes. Not only is he a nine-time UFC welterweight champion, he's also author of the New York Times bestselling autobiography Made In America (his co-author...

All Announcers Should Be Like This Guy
As The Beautiful Game notes, if Joe Buck were more like this, we'd never hit mute on our television again....

Hey, Dan, Shut Your Cellphone Off
• Why did Dan Marino's cell phone keep ringing yesterday? [All On The Field] • Some early NBA MVP speculation. [With Malice] • Sam Dalembert knows his hockey. [The 700 Level] • The best college football cheap hits of the year. [The Wizard Of Odds] • This is a terrible joke to play on an NBA player. ...

The Coldest Bikini Fans In NFL History
We have to say, in the annals of Cameras Capturing People Suffering From A Ridiculously Small Amount Of Clothing While At Sporting Events In Below-Zero Temperatures history, this might be one of the more pleasant shots....

ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most insightful comment, and chose this one above all others ......

Crazy Alter Egos Not Just For Donte' Stallworth And Clinton Portis Anymore
The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of The FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer....

Jim Calhoun Has A Knack For Agate Type
Jonah Keri writes the college basketball closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, comments or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to [email protected]....

Boston Glee Party
What they're saying on the interwebs about New England's 21-12 win over San Diego in the AFC Championship Game ......

You Missed Your Chance To Take Out The Pats
As talented as the Patriots are, we've had a couple instances this year that have reminded what's really annoying about New England: They really are the same team they've been for the past few years. On games when matters aren't going well — and they certainly weren't yesterday — they still find a ...

What's Green And Gold And Blue All Over?
What they're saying in the ethernet about the New York Giants' 23-20 OT win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game ......

Brett Favre Costs The Packers Another Super Bowl. Someone Had To Say It.
Kickers are always complaining that they have too much pressure on them, and that people only notice them when they fail. This is not exactly true; people only notice kickers when they fail and the team loses. Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes missed two potential game-winning field goals yesterday — o...

About Last Night
What you missed while combing the supermarkets for a can of Surge ... • NFC Championship Game: Amazing Larry! The $&#;$!# ball finally goes straight; Giants beat Packers 23-20 in OT. • AFC Championship Game: Patriots use their vaunted running game to beat Chargers, 21-12. • NBA: The Nets may win in ...

NFC Championship: Second Half
Elisha has been solid, but he hasn't done quite enough to put his team in a good position. Favre is doing Favre-like things and Mike McCarthy still refuses to run the ball. One correction from the first half, it appears that Brady Poppinga has three tackles (not the six I estimated). I guess I'm ju...

NFC Championship: First Half
Sorry for the delayed start, but we're underway in Green Bay, Wisconsin, which I'm told is positively lovely this time of year. The Packers are starting with the ball and Favre comes out in a succession of naked bootlegs. Perhaps this morning's episode of the Mayne Event was actually trying to tell ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while boning up on the Letter From Birmingham Jail... • NFC Championship: Green Bay vs. New York. More on this to come. [FOX] • Australian Open, Salty 16. If Caroline Wozniacki is playing I might have to check in. [ESPN2] • Non-Sports: The Wire, a charming documentary on daily life in ...

AFC Championship: Second Half
They're underway in the second half and we've already seen Tom Brady throw an interception off of a tipped ball. Everybody but Phil wants to see Billy Volek but Marmalard is still getting plenty on his throws when he has time. They have a got a first down inside the the twenty and it looks like we'...

Why Would Colleges Need Condoms?
• Introducing the iRoy by the Portland Trailblazers. I want one. Now. [Larry Brown Sports] • That's what men want to see when they reach for a condom, bears! [SBB] • You could be watching the game with Elvis the SoCal Packer Backer. [LAist] • A bit of confusion on the Gameday set. [The Sports Oasis]...