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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Fun With Tasers Month continues ... • College men's basketball: Maui Invitational, at Lahaina, Hawaii; fifth-place game; third-place game; final; Preseason NIT, semifinals, at New York, Butler vs. Tennessee and Gonzaga at North Carolina; Great Alaska Shootout, first round, Loyola Ma...
Enjoy Thanksgiving Night Football (Maybe, Probably Not)
The slate of NFL games for Thanksgiving Day, as is often the case, aren't the most exciting, if just because we have to deal with Detroit every year. The Dallas game features the glory of Bruce Gradkowski, so that's not all too inspiring either....
Leftovers: The Braves' Assman
• Jeff Francoeur knows what he likes. [UmpBump] • Was someone fired for the Pat Tillman/Buzzsaw glitch? [The Sports Oasis] • Who are the people who made all those weird MVP votes? [FanIQ] • All kinds of weird things happening at N.C. State. [850: The Buzz] • This is a Thanksgiving schedule we could ...
Imagine How All The Teams Who Play The Redskins Feel
We try not to bring any political correctness, or politics in general, around here, because sports are supposed to be fun, and politics is not fun and just makes people angry. But we couldn't help but think this was a little silly. The athletic director at Dartmouth published a letter in the student...
"Hey, Dean, I Sent You A Trade"
In case you missed it, Bill Simmons — pictured here in one of the countless "Dude, my bros back at the Pike house are NEVER gonna believe I got a picture with the Sports Guy!" photos sprinkled about the Internets — is playing in that Celebrity Fantasy League on NBA.com again this year. He won the ...
Michael Irvin Has A Theory About Tony Romo's Speed
We mentioned this briefly yesterday, but it kind of looks like the story has a little bit of legs under it now, so let's dive back in. ESPN "analyst" Michael Irvin, appearing disheveled (or as disheveled as anyone can sound on the radio), was on the Dan Patrick Show on Monday, and apparently he had ...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Missouri Valley Conference
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere four months away? So who's with me? Let's Gooo!...
Blogdome: If The BCS Ran Everything
• Here's what would happen if you used the BCS to resolve non-college football related disputes. [Off The Baggie] • Recognizing National Stop the Violence day with much violence. [The Jaunt] • More defense of Derek Jeter. [Yankees Chick] • Yeah, we'd say they had some fun in Columbus last weekend. [...
Roger Angell Is Much Better At This Than Just About Everybody Else
One of the genuine pleasures, for us, of being a sports fan, is the yearly wrapup of the baseball postseason by the great Roger Angell in The New Yorker. It's sober, smart, funny and is a yearly reminder that baseball makes the world a better place. We won't lie: When our Cardinals won the World Ser...
The Great Big North Texas Football Family
Far be it from us to tell someone how to run their Division I-A football program, but we think as far as dysfunction goes, the North Texas Big Green take the proverbial taco....
Cancel Those Reservations, Ladies
First O.J.'s television interview is canceled, and now this. Remember how Mike Tyson was supposed to be all set to go to work for Heidi Fleiss at her new stud farm in Nevada? Turns out, evidently, that it's not true. And our Wednesday just got a little bit sadder. From ContactMusic.com:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Warriors, Jazz, Hornets as the next NBA powers? Discuss. • 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: That's a rather generic, catch-all title, eh Mel? Now let's discuss my high school team's playoff chances. • 3 p.m....
Gilbert Arenas Appears To Update His Blog Regularly
As True Hoop has pointed out and we feel obliged to remind you of once again, Wizards singular voice of reason Gilbert Arenas has his own blog, and it's every bit as wonderful as you might have suspected it would be. Here's a few selections from the last couple of days:...
"OHIO STATE!!!!!!"
This video, from a Fox News report from Columbus on the death of former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, shows the inherent danger in doing any kind of live report near Ohio Stadium, pretty much at any time. Though, to be fair, we think this lady might just yell this all the time, anywhere she is, re...
The Fast And The Furious
We know that the 49ers are officially back as contenders, because one of their players was arrested on Sunday night on reckless and drunken driving charges. Just hours after the team's win over the Seattle Seahawks, wide receiver Antonio Bryant was taken into custody after his Lamborghini was seen s...
NBA Roundup: Who Can Stop The Mavericks?
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association:...
About Last Night ...
What to watch as you wonder what ever happened to Kramer's NYU Intern, Darin ... • College basketball: And somewhere, Al McGuire is ... well, he's probably watching "CSI: Miami." No. 13 Marquette 73, No. 9 Duke 62. • NBA: NOOCH Ado About Nothing ... It was just another day at the office for Peja Sto...
The Last OJ Post We'll Do Until He Confesses Again
As we wrap up Day 2 of the OJ Isn't Going To Tell Us How He Killed Those People era — by the way, is it just us, or was Mike Lupica unusually fired up about this? — we must, rather than be forced to watch Fox, go back to the parlor game of ... well, whatever we were doing with O.J. before. The blog ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you pay tribute to the master with all kinds of overlapping conversations ... • College football: Bowling Green at Toledo. So is it the Battle for Northwest Ohio, The Glass Bowl or the Fight for the Peace Pipe? We're so confused ... [ESPN2]. • College men's basketball: Maui Invitati...
Wait ... Are Those Pesos Or Something?
Everyone's dumbfounded by all the money being thrown around in baseball these days, from the Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez contracts to our new favorite, the Dodgers signing Juan Pierre for $9 million a year for the next five years. (They did watch last season, right?) Remember, three years a...