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The ACC Hierarchy
Jonah Keri writes the college basketball closer (more or less) daily. E-mail your questions, comments or Clarence Ceasar-related memories to [email protected]....
LeBron Puts Pedal To The Metal
The NBA Closer is written by our Canadian weekend maestro J.E. Skeets. When he's not busy scouring the box scores or eating cereal, he can be heard on The Basketball Jones daily podcast....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while escaping the lonely grave of Paula Schultz ... • NBA: LeBron plays 51 pickup, Cavaliers beat Grizzlies in OT. • College basketball: The news just keeps getting better for Ohio State. And by better, I mean worse. • Tennis: Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams advance at Australian Open...
Solving The Mystery Of Eli Manning
OK, let's get real now: Eli Manning is really one game away from the Super Bowl? We thought he was more into squash. What's going on?...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after celebrating Wikipedia's seventh birthday ... • College basketball: Ohio State at Michigan State (7 p.m., ET); Kentucky at Mississippi State (9 p.m., ET). It's ESPN Super Tuesday! Only, you know, without so much Mitt Romney. [ESPN] • NHL: Montreal at New York Islanders (7 p.m., ET...
Oklahoma City Knows How To Bring In Hockey Fans
We know Oklahoma City is planning on bringing in the Sonics here pretty soon, so it's worth taking a look at how life might be for a Oklahoma City Sonics, or whatever the heck they might be called. Perhaps the example of the minor-league hockey Oklahoma City Blazers will be illustrative....
Old Broadcasters Fighting
A few interesting tidbits of information about former Eagles and Buzzsaw kick returner Vai Sikahema. He's cousins with Eagles return specialist Reno Mahe. He's the uncle of that guy who played Napoleon Dynamite. He's a Mormon. And he's a television "reporter" in Philadelphia who's about to get his h...
Inside The NFL Divisional Round
We have made no secret of our enduring love of The Dugout, both in its original incarnation and its current, non-expletive form at AOL Sports. But you think these guys just know baseball? Pshaw....
Time For Another Dee Mirich Poetry Jam
Of course we've all known for some time that Barbaro and God are pals. When the valiant racehorse went to his great reward in early 2007, we were told that God himself was waiting for him in Heaven with with a basket of delicious apples. But we never saw the big picture; it's more than that. Barbaro...
Politician On A Mission To Rid Toledo Of Any And All Peckers
So, big sports news here in Toledo. After the minor league hockey team went on hiatus, they're returning soon, along with an arena football team, in a brand new sports arena. And here's where you start caring, because the new football team might be called the Toledo Peckerheads....
Work For The Knicks, In The Worst Capacity Imaginable
You know what would be a great job? Being the guy who has to clean up all of Isiah Thomas' messes, and then try to explain them away to a growling, surly New York media. That's exactly what we told our mom we wanted to be when we grew up....
An Illustrated History Of Roger Clemens' Boorishness
Those Congressional hearings are going on today, but we have a sneaking suspicion that none of you care about them — frankly, we don't either — so we're gonna focus on the type of discourse we enjoy considerably more: Pure, unadulterated hatred of Roger Clemens....
OSU Ready To Do It Again
• All the Buckeyes are coming back so they can lose in the title game again next year. [Kid Cleveland] • Seriously, last weekend's NFL playoff action was really bizarre. [Rumors And Rants] • Roy Williams was a quote machine this year. [The Angry T] • There are some college hoops teams who are better...
Note To Self: Don't Kiss Any Dudes In Louisville
This photo is not a snapshot of two inspired basketball players, in the midst of battle, celebrating a victory hard-earned. Nope. This photo is trying to make you gay....
All Mascots Need Teardrop Tattoos
We have long felt that our nationwide mascot menace has proven, ultimately, not quite menacing enough for our tastes. Fortunately, some students at Colorado are fixing that....
Prepare Thyself For ... Pac Man Jones Strip Club News
OK, now we hope you are sitting down. Take a drink of water. Relax. Deep breaths. OK. Are you ready? Are you really ready? Because you're gonna need some time to digest this one: Pac Man Jones is in trouble with the law again....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its wittiest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......