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About Last Night
What you missed while your editor picked up the Daily News and stood, silently ... • College football: NCAA decides to adopt Arena League rules on Thursdays. Louisville 58, Middle Tennessee 42. • MLB: In which I refuse to make the "Ethier said than done" or "It doesn't get any Ethier" play on words ...

No More Waiting Around; The NFL Is Back
You want to know how long it's been since there was some damned NFL football? The last time a game counted, we glogged it. It seems like decades ago. And now, with your last chance for sign up for the Pick 'Em Pool, we welcome an actual live season....

Roy Hobbs Strikes Again ... And Again
Since the weekend we spent in St. Louis for Rick Ankiel's first games, we've done our best to take it easy on the coverage around here. Not because we didn't want to, but because we were afraid if we kept down that road, before we knew it, every post would be about him. And you might not like that....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the machines take over ... • College football: Middle Tennessee at Louisville [ESPN2]; Oregon State at Cincinnati. Beavermania reaches Ohio. [ESPN] • NFL: New Orleans at Indianapolis. The battle to determine the best dome team in all of football. [NBC] • Soccer: MLS, D.C. United at ...

It's The AFC West Pants Party
OK, this is finally the last one of these. Thanks for hanging in, everybody. This might be the most lopsided division in the NFL, Norv or no Norv....

Theo Epstein Is A Robot And Will Eventually Enslave Us All
In another chapter in our repeated quest to understand the quixotic planet of Red Sox Nation, we delve down the rabbit hole of the saga of Clay Buchholz....

It's The AFC South Pants Party
Come on, somebody ... don't pick the Colts. We dare ya. Some picks! • AJ Daulerio: Colts, Titans, Jaguars, Texans. • Kissing Suzy Kolber: Colts, Jaguars, Texans, Titans. • Robert Weintraub, Slate: Colts, Jaguars, Titans, Texans. • Matt Pitzer, USA Today: Colts, Titans, Texans, Jaguars. • Aaron Sc...

The Norv Turner Watch Begins
You might remember the greatness that was Stop Shuler, the site that was devoted to keeping Heath Shuler out of Washington, not because of his politics, but because of his quarterbacking. Well, those guys are back, and with an even more noble target. Duck, Chargers fans....

Just Two Hours Left To Buy GREAT ART
We really don't know any other way to put this: You can currently buy a painting of Michael Vick riding Barbaro. Worlds collide, combine and explode....


Introducing Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo
We are extremely excited to introduce Kissing Suzy Kolber's Big Daddy Drew's brand new column, which will run every Thursday during the NFL season. It'll preview the weekend's action, occasionally digress and mostly revel in the joy and anticipation we all feel at the end of every week, knowing th...

The Bizarro Heisman
• Who's the worst player in college football? [Log's Blog] • Football's great face-masking penalties. [Food Court Lunch] • What might make Michigan fans feel better. [The Angry T] • Mascots, having danceoffs with little people. [Home Run Derby] • Analyzing Jerome Bettis' minced words. [First And 10 ...

It's The AFC North Pants Party
Three fascinating teams in the AFC North ... and then the one that has Brady Quinn. What's not to like?...

NFL Season Preview: Dallas Cowboys
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that it's today. That's close....

Crimes And Misdemeanors At RFK
If you were going to rob a vendor at a Major League Baseball stadium, we're not necessarily sure we'd pick RFK in DC. Isn't it a lot easier to escape through a crowd? Certainly not a problem there....

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Rudy Ruettiger: Think you'd have any trouble making the current Notre Dame roster? • 2 p.m. MLS w/Rivas' Jonathan Bornstein: Can we blame lack of interest in soccer on global warming? • 3 p.m. Fantasy sports w/Matt Berry: I got V...