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Tony Dungy's Son Dead Of Apparent Suicide
In an absolutely horrible, tragic story, James Dungy, the son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, has been found dead in a Florida apartment building....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:45 p.m. Detroit Pistons G Carlos Arroyo: I am the only person I know who has all 57 Carlos Arroyo wallpapers, which I downloaded from your website. Also, I have 34 cats, many of them named Skippy. • 2 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: OK...

End Of Days For Quin Snyder
Well, OK, we're back in brittle, frighteningly cold South Central Illinois right now — where, unlike, New York, we at least didn't have to walk to work — and we watched that Illini destruction of Missouri last night. It was so brutal that we took less joy in the victory than sympathy for Missouri,...

Johnny Damon Is Still Gone
Just to be mean, the New York Post ran this photo illustration on its back page today, and we officially enter Day 2 of the Johnny Damon to the Yankees story: Acceptance. Red Sox fans are having trouble with the move, including one saying, "enjoy your corporate haircut, Johnny: You're dead to me."...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while arranging your state quarters collection, and noticing that someone has absconded with Ohio ... • College Football: UTEP flattened by MAC truck in GMAC Bowl, as Toledo prevails 45-13. • College Basketball: No. 6 Illinois clobbers Missouri for "Braggin' Rights." • NBA: Spurs sen...

Back Home For Braggin' Rights
Every family has its tradition over the holidays, and this is ours: We go back to our hometown of Mattoon, Illinois to watch the annual Busch Braggin' Rights college basketball game between our beloved Illini and the Missouri Tigers. It might seem silly to those weaned on the opposite coasts, but ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your ass once again greets its old friend, the sofa ... • GMAC Bowl, Toledo vs. Texas-El Paso, at Mobile, Ala. Seeing glamorous locations is just one of the reasons we love college football. [ESPN] • College Basketball: St. John's at Duke; Illinois at Missouri; Arkansas at Texas Tec...

Year In Review: July
The year is almost over. All the magazines are doing year-in-review type stuff, so we figured, why should we be any different? Therefore, for the next 12 days, we will be looking back on each month on the calendar, pointing out the weird/important/amusing stuffs that happened that month. Deadspin ...

Leftovers: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
• "Faster gentlemen, he's gaining on us": Rowing team attacked by shark. [NZ Stuff] • Gifford, Meredith to appear on MNF for one last hurrah. [Reuters] • Puerta banned eight years for doping. He was caught following a match he lost. [Pro Tennis Fan] • Boxers scuffle down in the 'hood. Er, actually i...

Fun With Yahoo Photos
We've all been there. You're at a party, and the big foreign dude who's always banging his head into things has taken a little too many 'shrooms. He's freaking out. He's screaming. "The dragons, man, the dragons, they're EVERYWHERE! I'm sorry, Papa, I'm sorry! Moccasins! Moccasins!"...

Soon, They'll Start Stealing His Chicks
So here's a completely strange story: Apparently USC quarterback Matt Leinart — perhaps you've heard of him — was apparently suspended for the Rose Bowl for, like, an hour....

Still Selling T-Shirts. We'll Make This Quick.
We're just about done with these, promise....

An Interview With The Facebook Princess
A couple of weeks ago, we abandoned all pretense of the high, proper standards of sports blogging and just directed you to Facebook photos of Florida State "superfan" Jenn Sterger. Now she's going to be in Maxim in a couple of months, in Playboy after that and, in the biggest coup, is giving inter...

Blogdome: Hey, Who Likes Voting?
• We're wary of any blog awards that involve voting, but we find these considerably more trustworthy than those "Weblog Awards" from a few weeks ago: The Red Reporter's 2005 Sports Blog Awards. Vote like the wind, if you're into that type of thing. [The Red Reporter] • It might be time to accept tha...

Blogdom's Best: Hating The Cowboys
Previously we have examined the great fan blogs of the NFL and Major League Baseball, and what an interesting journey it was. But every great story needs a strong antagonist, and to that end we now present the anti-blogs — those Web chronicles devoted to abhorrence and loathing — what the French cal...

A Beer Gut For A Beer City
We know it hasn't been the most productive offseason for our beloved St. Louis Cardinals, and we feared they would, in the face of growing public criticism in the face of a new stadium, make a rash deal just to say they're doing something. But jeez: We didn't think they'd start paying guys by the ...

We're Going To Resist A "Giving Him Blue Balls" Joke
See that? That's a Christmas ornament as designed by Colts quarterback Peyton Manning for the Alive Hospice. It's kind of cute, a hand-drawn little angel. Other ornaments featured on the site include designs by Amy Grant, LeAnn Rimes, Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen and, yes, country music croone...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 3 p.m. NBA with Bill Walton: I understand that after the Patriot Act expires on Dec. 31, the U.S. will no longer be allowed to let detainees listen to your broadcast commentary. • 4 p.m. Two-Way with Stu Scott: Sweet Lord, is this what...

Know Your Marginal Sports Hosts ...
Yes, we saw Stephen A. Smith on "The Late Show With David Letterman" last night, and we have only one question: If hosting a low-rated talk show is enough to get you onto Letterman, then how come we haven't seen Tony Danza there more often? How about Geraldo?...

It's The End Of The Boom Run, And We Don't Feel Fine
As we've written before, though not here, we love the Great Outdoor Games on ESPN: It's pretty much the highlight of baseball's All-Star Weekend for us, definitely more fun than the game. We can never decide which we enjoy more: The fierce rivalry between the Hoeschler sisters in women's log rolli...