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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: Can you use your magical Insider powers to get me a hot dog from the hospitality room? • 2 p.m.. New Mexico's Quincy Black: Did I just pay $39.95 to find out that Black "has good speed, but poor techn...
Wait, Who's Teaching Whom Here?
You know, nothing is going to encourage kids to head out there and hit the books than an interactive reading session with Tampa Bay Devil Rays Shawn Camp and Rudy Lugo, particularly because each and every one of the kids is better at reading than Shawn Camp and Rudy Lugo. (Seriously, those SUPERSTAR...
MLB Pretends It Cares, A Little, Barely
So, if you buy what Major League Baseball is spinning, yesterday's announcement that the Direct TV wouldn't necessarily be an exclusive deal is great news, a chance for fans to still watch their favorite out-of-town team without having to buy stupid DirectTV. After all, cable providers have until th...
You Have No Idea How Hard It Is Not To Make A "Pokey" Joke
This, friends, is Pokey Chatman, who, until about 16 hours ago, was one of the most successful young coaches in women's college basketball, leading her LSU Tigers into the NCAA tournament and earning the respect of her peers. Now, though, she's decidedly less than that: Now she's a disgraced former ...
NBA Roundup: Kobe Bryant, Scapegoat?
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dancing a series of Irish jigs ... • NHL: Even we know that what Chris Simon did was not nice. • College basketball: Grin and Bear it ... Cal upends UCLA 76-69 in OT in Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals. • NBA: Manu The Moment ... Ginobli leads Spurs to 11th straight win....
USC Full Of White Power Bills
On the list of Poor Internets Decisions By High-Profile College Athletes, we have to say, starting up a Facebook group devoted to "White Power" as a "joke" has to be rather high up there....
Time To Rev Up The NCAA Tourney Previews Again
Longtime readers — or at least those who have been with us for a year or longer — will remember last year, when we introduced the world's only reader-created NCAA tournament previews. Well, that thing is a mother to put together — essentially, three presumably fascinating facts about all 65 teams in...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after being flabbergasted that MLB and DirectTV actually went through with it ... • College basketball: Big East Conference, quarterfinals, at New York, Louisville vs. West Virginia; Pittsburgh vs. Marquette. Does it seem to you that the Padre and the Indian here are working at cross p...
Man, Those 23 Loyal Fans Are Gonna Be Confused Now
So, if you take away a show's staff, and its location, and its format, and, lastly, its name, is it even the same show anymore? And isn't that a good thing?...
Leftovers: Off To Baltimore, Sir
• Willis McGahee ... traded! [ESPN] • Former Phillie John Vukovich has died. [Fortress Of Pillows] • A fun John Rocker story. [UmpBump] • It's extremely difficult to find spring training stats sometimes. [Mop Up Duty] • An interview with our favorite college basketball blog. [FanIQ] • We're with you...
Find Those Committee Members, Stat!
Man, we're only three days away from Selection Sunday. It came up on us so fast! As we obsess over Bracketology and RPI and conference tournaments, we are reminded that the brackets will not just pop up from the nether on Sunday. Somewhere in Indianapolis, there's a group of old men sitting around a...
Change The Alert Level To Blinding White
When you're talking major terrorist targets in our vast world of sport, you need to remember to remain constantly vigilant and to trust no one. And, if you're in danger, just bushwalk your way through the snow on out of there....
It's Almost As If He Had Poor Role Models
So, remember William Ligue Jr., the maniac who jumped Royals coach Tom Gamboa for no apparent reason about five years ago? Well — and you're not gonna believe this — apparently he might not have been the best influence on his son, who was sitting next to him that night....
Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture Starring Rob Schneider And David Spade
Well, some elementary school or junior high was lucky enough to land Jesus as its soccer coach, although by the looks of this handsome mural, He has his work cut out for him. Ah well, the first day of practice is usually a feeling-out process for everyone, we're told. We'd also like to thank young D...
Blogdome: Previewing The Big Ten Tourney
• OK, if this isn't what happened when Jamar Smith got back to his apartment after his car accident, it's what should have happened. [Ladies ...] • Wait, what team do you root for again? [Loser With Socks] • NFL contract guarantees are going up considerably. [I Want To Be A Sports Agent] • The NFL s...
Baseball Season Preview: San Francisco Giants
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Not A Gift You'd Give To A Tigers Pitcher
So, you're a huge fan of your team, so much so that you'd like to spend eternity in their warm embrace, but you also insist that you be cremated at death, so as not to attract worms, Jay Mariotti and other underground dwellers. That is to say, This is not an option....
Berman: It Is Useless To Resist
Via Sports by Brooks comes further proof that, although nature and common sense would seem to dictate otherwise, our nation's women are helpless before the visage of Berman. We sincerely believe that he can point at a woman any time he wishes — like James Earl Jones in Conan the Barbarian — and she ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Boxer Wladimir Klitschko: How many Rocky IV jokes can one man endure? • 1 p.m. Iowa TE Scott Chandler: How many ice silos did you climb this morning? • 2 p.m. ESPN.com's Greg Garber: Congratulations, you're the new ESPN ombudsm...