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We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: I'm pretty sure Isiah fondled me. Is there a complaint box for that? • 12:30 p.m. Bulls' center Ben Wallace: Who is your wigmaster? • 2 p.m. NCAA football with Jim Donnan: Can Michigan play Notre Dame every...

And Now A Word About Ken Griffey Jr.'s Scrotum
We usually don't need an excuse to visit C. Trent Rosecrans' blog at Cincinnati.com; the chance to gaze at the best-dressed baseball columnist in the land is usually reason enough! But Wednesday's offering is must-reading for everyone, because Ken Griffey Jr. — in his farewell to baseball for this ...

MLB.com Has Hip, Timely Music Connections
A few bewildered thoughts after watching Elton John hanging out with the Atlanta Braves on MLB.com....

That Series Of Tubes Can Be Confusing
When you think of all the technological wizardry NFL coaches have at their dispersal, we wonder sometimes if the next world-changing innovation will spawn from the mind of a Dorito-peppered slouch coach bunkered in his office at 4 a.m., watching game film and suddenly discovering cold fusion. They c...


The Mets Are Cursed, And We Know Why
We think we've found the problem, Mets' fans. The reason for your team's sudden collapse is not Willie Randolph's mismanagement of the bullpen, not a stretch of 10 errors in two games, not poor clutch hitting. It all comes down to your very own Steve Bartman. Yes, it's Matt Murphy's fault....

About Last Night
What you missed while playing full-contact Scrabble ... • College football: Miami bids farewell to Thursday nights at the Orange Bowl by squeezing the pulp out of Texas A&M. • MLB: Brett Tomko is winning games? Seriously? Padres within a half-game of Diamondbacks for NL West lead. • Cycling: Oscar P...

Our Friend Dona Chepa
The competitors that bring us the truest joy, the ones who remind us that sports are human and frail and painful and therefore beautiful, are the ones who lose. Well, not always human and frail....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Aunt Bee makes you eat her pickles ... • College football: Texas A&M at Miami (Fla.). What's the Miami fight song again? [ESPN] • Soccer: MLS, Chicago at Dallas. You heard the ESPN chat, now witness the excitement of a 1-0 game. [ESPN2] • Golf: Nationwide Tour, Albertsons Boise Open...

You Control Everything This Man Does
So here's a sad little story: The guy who serves as the model for motion capture on Madden, Kenny Bell, really wants to be a real life NFL player. He might look like a player, but he isn't, not really. But he wants to be....

How To Stoke An In-State Rivalry
As Peter King can tell you, when you're a public figure, sometimes people poke a little fun at your family (especially if you, you know, talk about them all the time.) But Oklahoma baseball coach Sunny Golloway is probably an innocent bystander here, as much as anyone whose daughter poses in Playboy...

Victims Of Spin Rage: The Forgotten Minority
We revist yesterday's spin rage post for the simple reason that we now have a photo of Mr. Stuart Sugarman, the man who was unceremoniously thrown into a wall — along with his stationary bike — for refusing to stop grunting during his workout in a Manhattan gym. At first I was sympathetic to his pre...

No One Cares About Your Fantasy Team? WRONG, WHORE!
Big Daddy Drew's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo previews the upcoming weekend of the NFL every, well, every Thursday afternoon....

Fevered Aggies
• Be nice to coach Fran. Please. [The 12th Manchild] • What, exactly, constitutes "cheating" in the NFL? [The Sports Law Professor] • Jose Canseco is booted by the ladies. [Cake Rocks The Party] • The Chicago Cubs theme park. [Beachwood Reporter] • One ugly Browns fan. [Clevescene] • The Houston Cou...