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Bobby Knight Unlocks Another Mystery
Bobby Knight sure has been chatty since breaking the all-time NCAA men's win mark. Here's his take on the whole Bill Parcells situation in Dallas. Parcells, a longtime friend of Knight's since their coaching days at Army, resigned earlier this week. The reason? It's all because of Terrell Owens, of ...
Remind Us To Be Careful When We're In Georgia
A rather stunning story on ESPN.com this morning from Wright Thompson: The tale of Genarlow Wilson, a high school football player and honors student who is serving a 10-year sentence for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17. Thanks to the strange — some might say insane ...
Heavens, What About Peyton's Carpometacarpal Joint?
You can tell we're just about to turn the corner and start ratcheting up the Super Bowl XXXXI coverage lunacy when the condition of a man's thumb is receiving Zapruder-level scrutiny. Peyton Manning, who has had a seeming otherworldly ability to avoid injuries throughout his career, is playing all c...
NBA Roundup: Shaq No Longer Gets To Wear Suits During Games
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while being punched in the face by your own attorney in court ... • NHL: Apparently they played this year's All-Star Game without goalies, and still Sidney Crosby couldn't score. • NBA: Shaq returns for Heat, but Pacers somehow didn't get the memo. • College basketball: Come on down ...
It's Some Sort Of All-Star Thing Tonight
If it's 8 p.m. on Versus on a Wednesday night in the middle of Super Bowl week ... well, jeez, it must be time for the NHL All-Star Game! Because of the NHL's shenanigans, we won't be seeing Rory Fitzpatrick, but we will be seeing a bunch of other people you similarly do not know. Excitement!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after a quick run to Wiener Circle for some cheese fries, with extra abuse ... • College men's basketball: North Carolina at Wake Forest [ESPN]; DePaul at Georgetown. Plenty of seats available! Congress actually working these days! Come on down! [ESPN2] • NBA: Houston at San Antonio. C...
Who's The Mysterious Extorted St. Louis Athlete?
The Smoking Gun just posted an amusing report about a St. Louis athlete being extorted for supposedly impregnating some guy's daughter. (Those are usually who are impregnated.) The code name for the player is "P.A."...
Leftovers: Could This Be The End?
• Is "Cold Pizza" going down tomorrow? [The Big Lead] • Some on-the-scene reporting from Dikembe's appearance at the State Of The Union. [ABC News] • Selling one's child for Super Bowl tickets before they're even born. [The Noise Ratio] • Look, they're tasering Dodgers fans. [WJRT] • We can all slee...
Kind Of Looks Like Steve McMichael On A Bender
One of the things we love about the Bears? They have a theme song. It's pretty awesome that a professional sports team has a team song. And it's particularly awesome when it is sung by Bryan Griffin, of the Chicago Lyric Opera....
Deadspin Field Trip: Our Battle With Slash And Bad Moon
Last year around this time, thanks to a promotion for that "Pros Vs. Joes" show on Spike that no one we know watches, we strapped on a helmet and batted against John Rocker. That trip worked out so well for everybody that they asked us if we'd be interested in heading to Grand Central Station in New...
SICK Is A Nice Word For What Bears Fans Are (Yeah!)
As we mentioned on Monday, we were kind of surprised that the little arts & crafts project to the right here was allowed to be displayed during the Saints-Bears game on Sunday; not that we sat up that night fretting about it, but come on. That's a little classless, if you're into the "class" thing, ...
Special Sponsors Post: Aren't You Lucky!
So remember a couple of weeks ago, when we mentioned that you could win Final Four tickets? Well, today is part two of that whole Old Spice sponsor business. Can you answer another trivia question? We never actually see these trivia questions until they're posted on the site ... so we hope this week...
Blogdome: See Ya, Casey
• A look back at the coaching "career" of Dwane Casey. [10,000 Takes] • Anybody come up with a name yet for Anthony and Iverson? [Slushy Gutter] • Here's what it would look like if college football writers covered major world events. [The M Zone] • Man, Martinia Hingis got huge. [The Shooty • What? ...
Your Handy Super Bowl XXXXI Human Interest Guide: The Chicago Bears
The endless loop of Super Bowl XXXXI coverage is about to begin, and we like to consider ourselves the Mainstream Media's Little Helpers. We're about to all be deluged with a flood of human interest stories — we can use that metaphor because the Saints lost — so we thought we'd make it easier on all...
The Trailer Has Cheesy Doodles, Right?
This still is from the upcoming February 2 episode of "General Hospital," in which our man Stephen A. Smith will make a guest appearance. He will play a reporter "covering the hostage crisis at the Metro Court Hotel." Stephen A. is reportedly a lifelong fan of the program....
Hey, Everyone! How Ya Hoofing?
On the day that Barbaro gets another good report card from his vet, we check in with the Barbaro Message Board to find that, well, things are getting just plain weird. And when you're talking about the Barbaro Message Board, that's saying something....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Live from the Senior Bowl!: Is Gruden indicating here what round he thinks that Troy Smith will be taken in the draft? Because if so, that's just cruel. • 2 p.m. NCAAW with Nancy Lieberman: A shirtless Bruce Pearl haunts my drea...
And Watch ... As You All Turn To Stone
Yes, yes, Lane Kiffin is the youngest coach in football (and somehow looks even younger in this photo), but in case you were wondering who's still, and always, in charge in Oakland ... why, it's the gnarled ogre that is Al Davis. Tell 'em Large Marge sent ya!...
The Beginning Of A Fun Reality Show
So here's a fun social experiment: Five Chicago Bears season ticket holders end up with their number called for two Super Bowl tickets. But they all have an equal claim on the tickets. How do they figure it out? the Chicago Tribune's RedEye filmed the negotiations. We're disappointed there were not ...