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It Rains Because Jack Nicklaus Hates Leatherlips
It's raining at Muirfield Village this week, site of the PGA's Memorial Tournament. Yesterday's rain delay lasted over six hours, in fact, and a lot of players had to get out early this morning and finish the second round. It's rained 21 times in 31 years at The Memorial. Wow, that seems like a lo...
Reggie Jackson And Those Vultures
We have to say, if this site — or the Internet, for that matter — had existed during Reggie Jackson's heyday as a player, we think maybe 30 percent of the posts would have been about him. As a Hall of Fame player, he was fascinating, but now that he's retired, he's becoming one of our favorite cra...
NFL Playoff Roundup: Riiiiipppppp!
• Honestly, we know this was covered all weekend, but man, that Carson Palmer thing was the worst playoff moment we can remember. We think Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals have it tough; Bengals fans finally get in the playoffs, and two plays in, their Pro Bowl QB tears an ACL and MCL. (Quest...
Playoff Pants Party: Jaguars Vs. Patriots
This is the late game tomorrow night, which means, if you plan your day correctly, you should be properly hammered enough by halftime to confuse that dude in the corner with some ex-girlfriend who did you wrong. (Or, for female and non-traditional male readers, uh ... OK, we're not sure what the ...
Stu Jackson, Straight Up Gangster
We remember covering the Illinois basketball team back in the early '90s, when Stu Jackson was coaching the Wisconsin Badgers. We never found Stu all that talented a coach, but mostly, we were struck by how bland and vanilla he was. For a guy who had once coached the Knicks, we were expecting some...
Scoop Jackson's Look Back
True Hoop takes on something that we've been kind of eager to sink our teeth into anyway this morning: Scoop Jackson's "Year In Review" column on ESPN Page 2. Jackson has always confused us a bit; his position as Black Columnist at ESPN has, in our opinion, allowed him to get away with continued s...
The AFC Wildcard Picture
Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, San Diego and Kansas City are all still slugging it out for the two wildcart spots in the AFC. Only two of them are going to make it, which is kind of a shame since each of them, with the possible exception of Jacksonville, are probably better than all but one team in the...
Oddjack Takes Its Final Bow
It is with much sadness that we point you to the very last day of Oddjack, our beloved brother site that's ceasing operations today. Obviously, not enough people were checking out Oddjack, and that, we're afraid, was your loss: We've never been big gamblers but found our friend A.J. Daulerio's sit...
Seeing Oddjack Off In Style
As some of you might have heard, our trusty, pathological brother Oddjack announced yesterday that it was taking its ball and going home on December 2. This saddens us — as you've surely noticed, we're big fans of the site — but we know editor A.J. Daulerio will be back haunting the halls of the I...
Oddjack's Monday Night Football Roundup
As endlessly repeated around these parts, we don't gamble on sports, if just because we get stressed out enough watching games without having our wallets riding on them. But nights like tonight, when there's only one game on, and it's kind of a lousy one, we understand. Oddjack has your lines and ro...
Today in Oddjack
Oddjack editor A.J. Daulerio is off for a few days, but the folks filling in are doing just fine ... • Penn State's gonna win. No, Michigan State! We're so confused. • Your Wesley Snipes vs. Joe Rogan betting primer. • Fun in the Beehive State, plus seven other groovy college picks. You're welcome....
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • The kids at Covers get you ready for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Stop fidgeting and pay attention this time. • Reading the sports obits for fun and profit. • An answer to the immorta...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: We've noticed that, since Halloween, they've stopped using your column as ESPN Insider exclusive content. In fact, after the first graph, the copy reads: "Want to read the rest of this article? Go ahead, it...
Today in Oddjack
Oddjack is on our good side today, because they're getting us fired up for college basketball. • Everything you might possibly need to know about trends and stats for the upcoming college basketball season. • If you can figure out who is actually playing, you could be on tonight's Eagles-Cowboys gam...
Today in Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Your only chance to care about Boise State has come around again for the year. Don't miss out. • We've never used "Here's my money" and "L.A. Clippers to win" in the same sentence before...
Tyson Most Likely Celeb Who Can't Read
Ever wonder which celebrity is actually illiterate? Sure, we all have. But BetUS.com actually lays the odds and makes Mike Tyson (of course) the favorite at 2/1. It's all documented over at Oddjack, our sister site with the slight gambling problem (think Edward Norton in Rounders). Among others o...
Manning's Cute Little Cheerleader Problem
As you might have noticed, sometimes we like to make fun of Peyton Manning's (heavily) rumored sexual orientation from time to time. But our degenerate gambler brother at Oddjack has a strange little scoop that implies Peyton likes to hang out with cheerleaders of his own. From former Indianapolis...
Today in Oddjack
A good weekend of football picks, and check back later with Oddjack to see whom your money should be on for tonight's Colts-Patriots wingding. • Death to Terrell Owens! Death! • Don't expect Edgerrin James to run for many yards tonight. • Wait, girls like online poker? That certainly changes one's p...
Today in Oddjack
The weekend's football picks won't be up at Oddjack for another hour, but there's plenty to keep yourself busy until then. • Weird looking New Yorker writer is all kinds of help in NBA betting. • Ray Allen and Bruce Bowen are totally getting in a fight, you just know it. • Your daily line on weird t...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Page 2's Scoop Jackson: Please describe your last actual scoop — and while we're waiting for you to come up with that thought, we'll observe a moment of silence for the dearly departed Page 3. • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: B...