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Leftovers: Sure, Pippen's Coming Back, Totally
• Scottie Pippen coming back? Yeah, right. [Chicago Tribune] • Man, the rigors of racing have really taken a toll on Jeff Gordon. [Book Of Scrap] • They're having some trouble with emails in Arkansas. [Whole Hog Sports] • Fun with an old "This Week In Baseball." [ScatchBomb]...
ESPN Doesn't Want You To Know About The Five Young Women They Just Told You About
The Smoking Gun continues its public document assault on the sporting world today, releasing an ESPN motion calling for "a protective order" in its ongoing legal battle with Reynolds. What's that mean? It means that it doesn't want its next filing to the court to go public. They're bathing it in the...
Give 'Em Hell, Sun Devils!
If you've ever spent significant time watching Pacific-10 Conference basketball, you'd most likely be surprised that there has never been a team that has finished winless in that conference: Not even the Ben Lindsey-coached Arizona Wildcats of 1982-83, which went 4-24 overall (they won two conferenc...
That Tim Hardaway Memorabilia Is Going Fast
We've been browsing around for reaction to the Tim Hardaway comments from Wednesday, and the first thing that struck us is the absence of same from a lot of the NBA blogs. We're not sure why. A few, however, are speaking out. Here's a sample....
Could We Be In Danger Of Losing Michael Irvin?
The New York Post, which is never ever wrong, tosses out some potentially fun Michael Irvin/ESPN gossip this morning....
Cultural Oddsmaker: How Will Tim Hardaway Impact the NBA All-Star Game?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
If Jesus Came Back And Saw What's Going On In His Name, He'd Never Stop Throwing Up
A week ago we bought a rifle ... we went to the store, and we bought a rifle! We were gonna, you know, if they told us we had a tumor, we were gonna kill ourselves. The only thing that might have have stopped us is that our parents would be devastated. So, you know, we would have had to shoot them a...
Joumana Kidd Goes Nuclear On Jason
So, you know how the whole New Jersey Nets brass was concerned about how ugly the Jason Kidd-Joumana Kidd divorce proceedings might get? Well, The Smoking Gun has Joumana's countersuit to Jason's suit against her, and, holy cow, this thing really escalated fast. It's a huge document, so we're just g...
Blogdome: Trimming Costs At Safeco
• The Seattle Mariners have one pen. [Seattlest] • Who are the five worst players in the NBA? [That's On Point] • The Hawks broadcaster is less than impressed with Rafael Araujo. [Lion In Oil] • Wait ... NOW Barry Zito's changing his entire throwing motion? [Goat Riders Of The Apocalypse] • When fan...
Dice-K Has Some Spring Training Work To Do
Red Sox Monster brings up something that has to give Red Sox fans considerable pause: When he showed up at spring training this week, new Boston pitching savior Daisuke Matsuzaka appeared to be, oh, a little chubbier than one might have expected....
Jay Mariotti Is Devoted To The Art Of Prose
So the other night, in a dark cold lonely room, Jay Mariotti sat alone, doing a little math. He realized that he was required to deliver a certain number of columns by the end of April and, lo, he had already put together the requisite amount. Therefore, even though the next three months include the...
Mike Golic Suffering From Peter Pan Salmonella
So here's something bizarre and sad. You know that salmonella outbreak that has been tied to Peter Pan peanut butter? (And, to a lesser extend, Wal-Mart's "Great Value" house brand?) It hasn't caused any deaths yet, but almost 300 people in 39 states have fallen ill from it....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: If you were really an Insider, couldn't you have warned us that Hardaway was insane? • 1:30 p.m. NASCAR with David Newton: All those who have said "This sport isn't rocket science" have now been proven...
What Set Tim Hardaway Off
Yesterday, "Jim Rome Is Burning" showed the famous clip of Tim Hardaway throwing a television monitor onto the court. Our special investigative skills of video editing have uncovered why drew his ire. We should have all seen this coming back then....
No More "Conversation" On Page 2
As many of you noticed yesterday, our friends at ESPN.com have discontinued ESPN Conversation on its Page 2 columns. They're calling it the end of the "Beta" testing, though we're not sure how much sense that makes: Why would you test something on the most easily-commented upon stories just to push ...
NBA Roundup: You Win This Round, LeBron
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Champaign's Long National Nightmare Is Over
As an old lifer at the Daily Illini, no story was less fun to talk about than Chief Illiniwek. We once had our own personal take on the embattled "symbol" of the University of Illinois, but we don't even remember what it was anymore: It was talked about every day, in the most banal and "emotional" t...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while training your sea monkeys ... • NHL: Colorado's Sakic gets magic No. 600 (without help from Victor Conte). • NBA: No, the correct answer was "LeBron." All those who said Kobe do not win a cookie. Cavaliers 114, Lakers 108. • College basketball: Use The Force, Lute ... USC sweep...
Jon Lieber Has A Big-Ass Truck
We'd like to note that Phillies pitcher Jon Lieber is a real man with a real man's truck....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you relax with an ice chest full of beer while wearing an astronaut diaper ... • College basketball: Providence at Notre Dame [ESPN]; Massachusetts at Fordham. Shall Rose Hill Gym not be rocked tonight? [ESPN2] • College basketball: UCLA at Arizona State; Oregon State at Stanford. I...