l Page 7937 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NHL with Scott Burnside: Hey, what if I like a little hockey with my fighting? What do I watch then? • 2 p.m. Sweet 16 with Pat Forde: We're talking about basketball, right? • 3 p.m. ESPN.com's Paul Shirley: Fall Out Boy? Really...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Florida Vs. Butler
Florida Gators (31-5) vs. Butler Bulldogs (29-6) When: 7:10 p.m. ET Where: St. Louis...

This Is Probably Why We Don't Pay That Much Attention To Cricket
In a story that, shockingly, was the lede story on CNN.com last night, Bob Woolmer, the head coach of the Pakistani cricket team, appears to have been strangled in his hotel room after his team's shocking loss to Ireland in the Cricket World Cup....

NBA Roundup: Fun After Fifty Club
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

Man, These Games Run LATE
Before we delve into last night's games, a legitimate question: Why doesn't the NCAA receive the complaints about the late endings of their most important games the way Major League Baseball does for scheduling the World Series so late? We know that they have to fit in two games, but the Ohio State-...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while saving El Moolah ... • College basketball: NCAA Tourney ... Mighty Oden smites Tennessee's last shot. • NBA: If Kobe Bryant reaches a milestone against the Grizzlies, does it make a sound? • NHL: Poor Opus. DiPietro, Islanders stop Penguins....

Time To Spark This Puppy Up Again
OK, these games are actually tipping back off tonight; SIU-Kansas kicks us off, and we'll be on far into the night. We've said just about everything that can be said about this business, so now we just pass the mic to you through tonight's games. Our fingers are still crossed for a Jayhawks bench co...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you replace your Duke slippers with North Carolina slippers ... • Arena Football: Colorado at Philadelphia. We saw a possession once where no one scored. [ESPN2] • College basketball: NCAA Division I tournament, South Regional and West Regional semifinals. We would have died at the ...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Southern Illinois
Kansas Jayhawks (32-4) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (29-6) When: 7:10 p.m. ET Where: San Jose...

Leftovers: He's Got NBA Written All Over Him
• Josh McRoberts, going pro. [Fox Sports] • We can't get enough of Gilbert, we really can't. [NBA.com] • Bill Cowher is going to be on a reality show. [Mondesi's House] • Goodbye, lesbian hating lady. [Go PSU Sports] • What Tecmo Bowl can tell you about life. [Claynation] • Explaining the Matt Schau...

Get Independent With ESPN!
The Tribeca Film Festival in New York City is a yearly event that shows a few experimental films and a lot of big premieres of "arty" Hollywood productions. And this year, they've got a special guest: ESPN!...

Joey Porter Might Have Gotten Himself Whupped
So you know how Joey Porter supposedly leveled Levi Jones during a fight in Vegas? Well, some more details on the fight have come out, and it's beginning to look like Joey didn't get the best of the exchange....

Look, It's A Survey! Wee!
Sometimes the Gawker folks ask us to give you surveys....

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Ohio State Vs. Tennessee
Ohio State Buckeyes (31-3) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (24-10) When: 9:57 p.m. ET Where: San Antonio...

ESPN Would Like You To Inform Them On "Cool"
So, you want to make money on the Web? And do you love sports? Guess what, kids: You can be a a general, editor, Weblogs at ESPN.com!...

Lexington's Long National Nightmare Now Over
This just in: We'll try not to go all Politico / John Edwards on you here — for the record, we love that site, occasional big error aside — but we've received word from a TV station in Louisville and from another source that Kentucky fans desperate to rid themselves of Tubby Smith have had their wis...

Hoot, There It Is
Look, you may say this has nothing to do with sports, but we don't care. Sometimes a story transcends compartmentalization ... You do not come into the owl's house talkin' trash!...

We Think Ninjas Would Make Great Closers, Actually
You might think of Ryan Dempster as the red-bearded "closer" for the Chicago Cubs ... but he knows himself as something so much more. Ryan Dempster ... ninja!...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: UCLA Vs. Pittsburgh
UCLA Bruins (27-5) vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (29-6) When: 9:40 p.m. ET Where: San Jose...

Blogdome: Hartford Bound?
• Could there be an NHL team back in Hartford? [Too Much Sports] • Here's the person who told on Pokey. [Leave The Man Alone] • Remembering the stars of NCAA's past. [Yellow Chair Sports] • The Rangers play golf cart COPS. [Cactus Tracks] • The people who made Pac-Man can't be happy about Pac Man Jo...