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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. TENNIS Mag's Peter Bodo. Once again you do not even respond to my idea for a Maria Sharapova fold-out page? • 2 p.m. NCAAW with Nancy Lieberman: Oh wait, there's two seats; better hurry before someone takes them. Ha, does that j...

Deconstructing Bear Vs. Colt
A shocking result in Tuesday's episode of Bear vs. Colt . With the score tied at two wins apiece, neither of them won! In a move that the real Indianapolis Colts would do well to study and reflect upon (we have no trouble at all imagining Peyton Manning choking in similar fashion), Colt seems to hav...

An Entirely Different Kind Of Monkey Suit
Sorry, ladies of Boston: Your hopes of bedding the youngest GM in baseball history, the man partly responsible for the Red Sox World Championship and one rockin' guitar hero are over. Red Sox GM Theo Epstein went out and got himself secretly married last month....

OJ Mayo Can Shove Refs With His Mind
We've been hearing all week about video of prep star O.J. Mayo's "incident," in which he supposedly knocked a referee over. Mayo claimed the ref was "vengeful" and that he pulled a soccer-type flop, for whatever reason....

NBA Roundup: Knicks Beat Lakers As We All Wonder What To Do With NBA's Captain Bligh
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while inventing bulletproof underpants ... • NBA: It's all about keeping the home fans happy. Mavericks win 14th straight at home, 122-102 over Sonics. • College basketball: New Mexico beats Wyoming as ... whoa! Fight! Fight! • NHL: Flames, Kings, burning, Conroy gets revenge on old ...

Daulerio at Super Bowl XLI: Do Not Step On The Blue Carpet
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Here's the story of his brief time at Media Day. Today is the official kick off of Media Day Shitshow at the Miami Convention Center, where the world's greatest sports journalists and media gnats convene and att...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your cat takes its medication ... • College basketball: Mississippi State at Mississippi; Michigan State at Illinois. God, why do they keep televising this team. We've suffered enough. [ESPN] • College basketball: Wichita State at Northern Iowa. Someone get a doctor! He tried to pro...

Meet The Ron Mexico Memorial League
There would seem to be a rather finite number of reasons an entire high school athletic association would consider suspending all wrestling competitions for more than a week. We'd have to say that a massive herpes breakout might be one of them....

Leftovers: Have A Seat, Kobe
• Kobe Bryant suspended, though we're skeptical whether he deserved it. [Pounding The Rock] • The Cavaliers are going to have a new point guard tonight. [Kid Cleveland] • So you know, LL Cool J does not do steroids. [Steroid Nation] • Here's how the Lions can win 15 games next year. (Not really.) [P...

Not A Sign That Will Help You Get On TV
Just to get your wind down your Tuesday afternoon with a little crass, lowest-common-denominator business, here's a sign from a Pittsburgh Penguins game the other evening....

Their Coach? Steve Spurrier, Of Course
You might think that you know a great deal many facts about Kazakhstan, the home nation of one Borat Sagdiyev, but here's one we bet you didn't: They're outstanding at ice hockey. No, we mean really good at hockey....

Negro Bowl I: The Black Coaches Guide To Success In The NFL
As you might have heard from a media outlet or two, this is a historic Super Bowl because it features two African American head coaches for the first time. The odds are good that this might be a topic over the next few days....

Forever Barry
He's 43, kind of a dick and subject to a variety of ailments, including, if you believe the horse steroids charges, laminitis. But nonetheless, Barry Bonds is officially back in the fold with the San Francisco Giants, ready to tackle Mt. Aaron once again. Whew. We were on pins and needles....

Blogdome: Wait Until The Bootleg Cellphone Video Comes Out
• The Barbaro-Saddam connection. [Carbolic Smoke Blog] • Would the Eagles trade McNabb for the No. 2 pick in the draft? [The 700 Level] • Are the Bulls better when Ben Wallace isn't playing? [Sweet Home Sports] • Becoming addicted to Steve Nash. [3 Man Lift] • Breaking down the end of the Suns' winn...

Daulerio at SBXLI: An Aching Head, Rediscovering An Old Friend And Making New Ones
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. Here's his newest one, after a night out on the town....

Hirshey Quickie: Let's Hear Your Best Names For Becks' Show
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....

Tony Dungy's Rabid Fan Base
From all accounts, Indianapolis Colts Tony Dungy is as honorable a man as you'll find in the world of sports, revered by many and respected by all. He has, of course, also had his suffered his fair share of personal tragedy as well....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: So Is Clemens just jerking us around for the fun of it at this point? • 3 p.m.. NFL draft with Steve Muench: Will you cease your incessant nagging about the draft at least until the Super Bowl is over? • ...

So Lift Your Glass To Barbaro, And Sing No Mournful Songs
Yes, it's sad that Barbaro is gone, but all of this talk of angels and candles and galloping around in the clouds is making our neck chafe, like when we were a kid and had to wear the clip-on tie in Sunday school. We prefer to think of Barbaro this way, consuming many beers down at that sports bar i...