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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you mourn the loss of Anna Nicole ... • Auto racing: NASCAR Nextel Cup, Budweiser Shootout Selection Show, at Daytona Beach, Fla. We've just discovered that there is something called NASCAR Fantasy League. God, why hast thou forsaken us? [Speed Channel] • College basketball: Notre D...
Tony Romo Gets Back On The Horse
So it's bad enough that Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo still plans on being at the Pro Bowl this weekend, after that rather unfortunate misstep that ended Bill Parcells' coaching career and brought shame upon the great Eastern Illinois University. But guess what? They're actually gonna ask him to hol...
Leftovers: Stay Sad, San Diego
• That's the end of the San Diego Surf Dawgs, at least for now. [Sign On San Diego] • Please, please somebody let Juan Gone back in MLB. [Steroid Nation] • Everybody come see Michael Irvin speak at a Las Vegas church. [Central Christian Of Las Vegas] • Juan Uribe could have himself a busy year. [Fou...
Man, That Commenting Feature Is Totally ####
So after all the fun everybody had with ESPN "Conversation" last week, we thought we'd check back in today and see how it was all going over there. And we found something fascinating: They have a program that specifically censors the word "gay."...
Blythe: Billy Packer's Greatest Moment
We are quite honored today to welcome once again Will Blythe, the former literary editor of Esquire and author of the great book "To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever", to the warm embrace of Deadspin. (We interviewed Blythe about the book when it came out in hardcover. The paperback is out now....
A Way To Make Sure Fans Behave At Soccer Games
After all the fuss and tussle that has been going on in Italian soccer, it appears they're going to be playing a ton of games this weekend in empty stadiums....
Blogdome: How 'Bout That Cowboys Coach?
• Careful, Romo: Wade Phillips doesn't have the best history with quarterbacks. [Signal To Noise] • A wrapup of the other great rivalry game last night. [Lion In Oil] • That weird college football clock rule didn't shorten games on CBS; it just made the network more money. [The Wizard Of Odds] • An ...
Your New 2006 Tour de France champion? Not Quite Yet, Oscar
Wait, just hold everything here. The Nation of France, postponing a major confrontation? That's odd. The air was thick with nervous anticipation (and, of course, fermented cheese) today as that country's national doping agency was expected to rule on Floyd Landis and the Urine Sample of Mystery. Bla...
ESPN Mobile Will Outlive Us All
Just when you thought it was safe to open your mobile phone browser again ... well ... it's baaaack.......
It's Never Too Early To Ruin A Kid's Enjoyment Of Sport
Yesterday was college football's signing day, and as you've probably noticed by our coverage of that and similar recruiting stories, we're always kind of creeped out by a bunch of middle aged men watching teenagers in their underwear run sprints and lift weights. Maybe it's just us....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider Chad Ford: Are three members of the same NBA team who go looking for fights officially considered a gang? • 2 p.m. Boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley: Are you the only person to have lost two times to a guy named Winky? • 2:3...
When Will The Media Elite Stop Tearing Down Our White Heroes?
Every debate needs comic relief, and God bless him, Rush Limbaugh is always good for that. The former director of promotions for the Kansas City Royals in the early 1980s, and at one time the word's fifth-leading importer of OxyContin (behind Brazil), Limbaugh has become in recent years obsessed wit...
One Sign You Definitely Can't Bring In The Rink
There are about three or four funny things happening in this 30 second clip from a commercial break during a San Jose Sharks NHL game. Here's how we rank them....
It Appears That Mike Tyson Might Need Some Help Or Something
This is going to come as a shock to most of you — it certainly came as a shock to us — but former heavyweight champion and all-around beacon of stability Mike Tyson has never been in rehab before. Seriously: With all the madness that has gone on with Tyson throughout his life, he's never been to reh...
NBA Roundup: Tough Times At Hand For The Nuggets
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while driving hell-bent-for-leather while wielding a mallet and wearing diapers ... • Soccer: Mexico still hasn't scored a goal on U.S. soil since 2000. We're not sure why that's significant. • College basketball: People wearing blue defeated by those people in a slightly lighter sha...
Why Audience Research Sometimes Comes In Handy
Continuing our recent habit of saving our favorite stories until the end of the day, a rock band named Machuca was playing a show in Santiago, Chile. As tends to be the case for bands on tour, they gave a shoutout to the local soccer team, in this case, the University of Chile. Turned out to be a bi...
A Look At Harold Reynolds' ESPN Contract
Nice little update on the Harold Reynolds Vs. ESPN lawsuit: Those sainted souls at The Smoking Gun have dug up an amended version of Reynolds' suit against the network for firing him — a firing they STILL haven't given a reason for. There isn't that much more new in the suit, except that it includes...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you lead your troops across the Rubicon, if you know what we mean ... • College basketball: Georgetown at Louisville; North Carolina at Duke. Ah, don't worry. There'll be tickets available at the gate. [ESPN] • College basketball: Illinois at Northwestern. Live, from Evanston! Hey, ...
Welcome To Indianapolis, Mr. McLeod
"So, Keith, welcome. Glad to have you on the Pacers."...