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Those Bruins Are A Charmed Bunch
Following the debacle against Stanford Thursday and now yesterday's flap over Josh Shipp's over-the-backboard shot to beat Cal, a lot of folks are making a hue and cry about UCLA being quite the officiating darlings of late....
Aaron Rodgers Assures Cheeseheads He Is In Fact Aaron Rodgers
We are - and possibly always will be - in the throes of the media's fawning send-off to Brett Favre (Wright Thompson is still crying). His successor at Packers QB, Aaron Rodgers, yesterday felt the need to issue one of those communiques that new heads of state usually do when an important leader ste...
Colombia Soccer Brawl Awfully Stabby
There was a bit of a scrape at a Colombian soccer game yesterday that left, oh, 18 people with stab injuries among the 80 injured. And Ray Lewis was only responsible for two of them....
About Last Night...
What you missed while losing an hour of your weekend......
Speedo Guy More Profane Than You Remember
Yup, the magic of Speedo Guy and his Cameron crotch chops didn't prove enough to turn away the Tar Heels (though I did turn away)....
They Hate Each Other And We Hate Them
The night before the series finale of The Wire, it's great to be treated to the whitest spectacle in college basketball, UNC versus Duke. The ACC regular season title is on the line for the fifth time in the series' history, which means the Cameron Crazies will have their rote chant sheets ready wit...
Georgetown Got Lucky. Well, Not Really, But Still
Louisville fell in a closely contested, if not high scoring, game today in the Verizon Center to a Georgetown team that's quite adept at grinding out close games. Rick Pitino, however, was quoted as saying by D.C. Sports Bogger Dan Steinberg after the game that the Hoyas were just a bunch of big luc...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while looking over unfortunate headlines......
Life Of Miguel Tejada Not So Bad
Despite being named in the Mitchell Report, having his older brother die in a motorcycle accident in January and dealing with a reality where being dealt to the Astros is an upgrade, Miguel Tejada can't really curse the heavens just yet. After all, he's still married to the stunning Alejandra, who i...
Forever In Debt To Your Priceless Advice
The Spurs, already with one disgraced college coach at the helm of their D-League team, have brought on Kelvin Sampson in an advisory role. Maybe he give them some tips on 'roiding, as Steroid Nation questions whether he was showing telltale signs of a juicer....
Hockey Beefcake As Bad As You Feared
A gallery of hockey hunks for, uh, the ladies. [Orland Kurtenblog]...
This Terrelle Pryor Stuff Isn't Getting Out of Hand
Two sport wunderkid Terrelle Pryor occupies a favored spot in the masturbatoria of college football and basketball recruiters the nation round. Add to that list amateur toy makes, as Mondesi's House points to a story about some guy who fashioned an few action figures of the high school athlete out ...
EVERYTHING I SAY IS WISE AS WELL
Blogjammin' has started a nice riff on Letterman's Dr. Phil's Words of Wisdom with the bombastic, blogtastic and oh-so-important Stephen A. Smith. And its quite hilarious. The second one is after the jump....
West Virginia Turns To The Youngins
In its ongoing search for Rich Rodriguez's successor as head football coach, West Virginia is extending the scope to include its intellectual superiors: 12-year-olds, dude. Yes, wee Joshua Irizarry - of the Connecticut Irizarrys - sent an application and the school took him semi-kinda-jokingly-serio...
The Animal Uprising Claims Pat Summitt
As a sobering reminder that no humans will be spared when the animal "Order 66" is given, Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt dislocated her shoulder while attempting to chase a raccoon off her back porch on Wednesday....
"Kick Me In The Jimmy!"
Jaguars defensive tackle John Henderson needs that extra little slap in the face to get ready for gametime. Funny, as Brett Myers does the same thing to his wife come bedtime. I'd like to think Joe there was hired solely for this purpose. As seen on Jaguars job board: "Wanted: fella with shaved hea...
About Last Night...
What you missed while having a pant full of bone......
The Dregs Of Early March
• We returned from vacation. • See ya, Favre. • Fun with George Karl's lawyer. • Poor Felix Pie. • Yipes, Ministry. • Life as a scout is a sad, scary thing. • Juan Gonzalez! • Greatest Highlight! • Four square! • It can't be fun to broadcast a marathon. • The end of the Sonics. • ESPN tests are hard...