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Big Ben's Friends In Idiotic Places
Want to know why Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had such an awful 2006? We have a theory: He has become friends with Donald freaking Trump....

NBA Roundup: Pass The Steve Nash, Please
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while Googling your blind date ... • NHL: Get out your handkerchiefs ... Ducks' Selanne scores hat trick for dying friend. • NBA: Passing fancy ... Nash gets 21 assists as Suns top Cavs 109-90. • Golf: Because you had a bad day ... Michelle Wie in trouble at Sony Open as she ... look...

Congratulations, Deadspin Nation: You Did It
Everybody pat themselves on the back today: Paypal has listened to reason....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while thinking you picked the wrong week to give up amphetamines ... • College men's basketball: St. John's at Seton Hall; Memphis at Houston. Let's rock Hofheinz Pavilion, homies! [ESPN] • Golf: PGA Tour, Sony Open, first round, at Honolulu. If loving Andrew McLardy is wrong, then we ...

Playoff Pants Party: Ravens Vs. Colts
Again, so we don't overrun the site with Pants Parties tomorrow, we thought we'd preview Saturday's first game today. So here you are....

Leftovers: The New Leader Of The Buzzsaw
• The new Buzzsaw coach is ... Mike Sherman? Hoo boy. [The Fanhouse] • Bud Harrelson's kid officially pleads guilty to helping a friend kill his stepfather with a sword. [North Country Gazette] • Robert Goulet is doing a Super Bowl ad. Awesome! [Gheorghe: The Blog] • Shawne Merriman isn't beneath ha...

Gilbert Arenas Rates His Swag
It must be frustrating for Gilbert Arenas sometimes, being stuck on a planet with people who couldn't possibly understand the way his world works. Sometimes, though, an intrepid reporter will try to break through....

Anonymous Blogs Are Sometimes Great
In the tradition of the outstanding TonyHomo.com, an angry (and hilarious) anti-Romo site written anonymously in the voice of Drew Bledsoe (the site was ultimately revealed to be the work of Straight Cash, Homey), comes The Nation Of Islam Sports Blog. It's a blog about sports through the unique pri...

Hirshey Quickie: On Mr. Beckham
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....

Winter Sports, The Full Monty And You
Meet Austrian two-time Olympic bronze medalist Rainer Sch nfelder, shown here shooshing about at a crisp 0.5 degrees Celsius, his privates most likely resembling those of a laboratory mouse. Don't worry girls, it's only shrinkage! See you at the lodge! Thank God the bears are hibernating and didn't ...

Blogdome: Bullets MANIA
• Yep: We think this is exactly what goes on in the brain of Wizznutzz. [Wizznutzz] • Here's that picture of Ted Ginn being injured by his own teammate. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Appreciating Tony Gwynn. [And Here Come The Pretzels ...] • So ... Barry ... [Rumors And Rants] • Eagles fans happily welcome ...

This Once Contained Tayshaun Prince's Sweaty Jock
We were meandering around the NBA Auctions site earlier today — the life of a sports blogger is a lonely, isolated one — and the Detroit Pistons, in particular, are selling some awfully HAWT items, we have to say....

Life's Pretty Tough For Buckeyes Fans
Our friends at NBX Sports Blog have put together this compilation video of distressed Ohio State fans showing during the FOX broadcast of the Buckeyes' destruction at the hands of the Florida Gators on Monday. We've always wanted someone to make a fan montage like this; just a bunch of people puttin...

Matt Hasselbeck Is Sexy, You See (YEAH!)
Last year, a Seattle radio station, attempting to, we dunno, inspire somebody or something, came up with "Sweet Shaun Alexander," an ear-bleeder set to the tune of "Sweet Home Alabama." (You know, because of the loggers.)...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS soccer with Jason Garey: During fights, do you prefer the windmill, or the dive-and-cover? • 3:30. Bobcats' F Adam Morrison: Do you feel that opponents are more intimidated by the 'stache, the hair of the crying? • 4 p.m.. F...

Vote For Rory Falls Short; Is There Something (Ice) Fishy Going On?
So, as we mentioned yesterday, the Web campaign to vote Vancouver Canucks defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick into the NHL All-Star Game fell just short, finishing in third place after once climbing near the very top. Fitzpatrick took it in stride — considering some NHL players and analysts were acting as i...

End It Like Beckham
Despite our lack of Spice Girls and refusal to call anything "the loo," soccer bon vivant and World Cup slacker David Beckham has rejected Real Madrid's contract offer and is headed to our shores. Didn't we fight a war to prevent this kind of thing?...

NBA Roundup: Denver Will Hold Off On Printing Any Playoff Tickets
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

Barry Bonds Unlikely To Stay "Pals" With Mark Sweeney Much Longer
Barry Bonds has been dodging, ducking and weaving the Inspector Javerts of Major League Baseball and the U.S. government for so long that it's almost second nature to him; he has moves that would make LaDainian Tomlinson envious. According to this morning's New York Daily News — which remains three ...