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Today In The Upcoming Bloodbath
Well, if it's Tuesday, it must be time for an update on The Game To End All Games, the No. 1 vs. No. 2 Ohio State-Michigan sluggaroo this Saturday. We remain incredibly fond of this matchup and aren't particularly worried about it being "overhyped," as they say, because anyone in danger of fatigue c...

Leftovers: Back To "Work" For GMs
• This is pretty much what life as a baseball general manager is like. [Metsquire] • Yeah. The NFL is getting "tough" on steroids. [Washington Post] • In case you forgot just how silly the Cameron Crazies are. [Joe Sports Fan] • Sometimes, when someone scratches your back, you scratch theirs: We ful...

You Know, Bonds Is Gonna Look Like This In A Few Years
We don't mean to be crude here, but heavens to Betsy: This woman is going to live on in our nightmares....

You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A First Impression
When you're a rookie heading into the cauldron that is the NFL, particularly when you might be replacing a future Hall of Famer, it's important to make as strong an impression as possible....

Deadspin SHOTY Tournament: Ben Roethlisberger Vs. Joe Mikulik
All right, after what appears to be an easy victory for Matt Leinart last week, fellow losing-team quarterback Ben Roethlisberger enters the fray this week in the Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year Tournament. (We're calling it "SHOTY.") He takes on famous freakout minor league manager Joe Mikulik in ...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: Conference USA
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to crush your enemies into paste. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please send contributions to [email protected]....

Blogdome: Well, This Should Totally Save The Redskins Season
• All hail the beginning of the Jason Campbell Era. [The Fanhouse] 8226; Time for some more romance on the hardwood. [The Basketball Jones] • This is pretty much what we imagined Bobcats games are like. [The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy] • Separating gyroball reality from myth. [Siberian Baseball] • S...

You Could Set Your Clock By ESPN Blogs, But Your Clock Would Be Extremely Wrong
Hey, so here's a question: Whatever happened with ESPN's big sports blog initiative?...

This Time, We Refuse To Believe It's "Used"
So this is entertaining: Official MLB Auctions have discovered a sense of humor....

Oh, We Get It: He's The Guy From KISS
This picture, of our old pal Dennis Rodman, was taken over the weekend in Las Vegas. We're not much more we can add to it, except that the sad part is that it wasn't for Halloween....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. OSU-Michigan with Robert Smith: You don't come into the OSU talkin' smack. I feel like taking the elevator down there and getting into that. • Noon. OSU-Michigan with Paul Keels: What's the deal? Couldn't find any Michigan peop...

Meanwhile, In English Soccer ...
And the punch line is, of course, the match still ended scoreless....

NBA Roundup: Welcome Our Cleveland Cavalier Overlords
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association:...

"I Took You Out Because You're Not SMILING Out There"
Well, we know college basketball season is officially upon us: Bob Knight is being accused of brutalizing a player again. This time, it was Texas Tech sophomore forward Michael Prince, who made the mistake of not making eye contact with Knight while being lectured after a timeout. Knight bopped Prin...

Not Exactly Thrilling NFL Action
We are always hesitant to grouse and grumble about the low excitement level of a particular NFL game and use it as an opportunity to make some larger statement about the game itself; one of the more random things about sports is that sometimes an individual game will just stink, and it's no reflecti...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while enjoying that you live in a world in which The New York Times quotes Deadspin commenters ... • NFL: Here, Kitty, Kitty Kitty Kitty! Panthers play a little less crummy than Buccaneers, pull out Monday Night win. • NBA: Knicks' fans still waiting for a home victory. • College bas...

Look, It's Football On Monday! At Night!
If you're the type of entirely hypothetical person whose fantasy team has degraded to the point that Steve Gradkowski is your starting quarterback — see that? We got our Kornheiser on right there — you might be particularly fired up for tonight's Monday Night Football game between the Tampa Bay Bucc...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Dynamic Duo foil another evil plan ... • College men's basketball: CBE Classic, regional final, Duke/Columbia vs. Georgia Southern/UC Davis, at Durham, N.C. [ESPN2]; Preseason NIT, first round, Lafayette vs. Indiana, at Indianapolis. [ESPN2] • NFL: Tampa Bay at Carolina. Half th...

The Joy Of The 2006 Skins
This video, captured yesterday, pretty sums up everything you need to know about the Washington Redskins' season so far. Careful, kids; you might need those brains someday. Though probably not....

Leftovers: Inside The New T.O. Tome
• It's a galley review of Terrell Owens' new book. [28 Days] • Lots of new bells and whistles at the new A's stadium. [FynalCut] • A self-indulgent link for us, but we don't mind if you don't: An Illini season preview. [Frank The Tank] • So, could Rutgers really pull this off? [Choke Artist]...