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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...
Baseball Season Preview: Florida Marlins
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Introducing Tony Dungy's Least Favorite Sports Mascot
If the March Gayness blog pool at the Malcontent needs a costumed mascot, well, Flamy is available at very reasonable rates. Come to think of it, if he has the time, he could also be a fine representative of Manny Ramirez's grill-hawking efforts, or the next phallic-shaped object for golf's Christie...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Memphis Vs. Texas A&M
Memphis Tigers (32-3) vs. Texas A&M Aggies (27-6). When: Tonight, 7:27 p.m. Where: San Antonio...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS w/Galaxy M Cobi Jones: We hear that Beckham's locker is big enough to house a family of four. True? • 2:30 p.m. HS Naismith winners: Do either of you know who Naismith was? Anything? • 3 p.m. MLB with Page 2's Jim Caple: Did...
How Bud And Company Are Justifying Keeping Games From You
OK, so here's where everything stands with the Major League Baseball / DirectTV / Extra Innings deal from yesterday. Richard Sandomir has the scoop in The New York Times....
By The Time You Read This, Steve Alford May Already Be A Lobo
So to recap, Bobby Knight now in Lubbock, Steve Alford in Albuquerque. We all new that Knight was "going to the hot place," one day, but Alford? ESPN is reporting (and we know how that can turn out) that Alford is leaving Iowa and will become New Mexico's new head basketball coach, possibly by Frida...
NBA Roundup: Down Goes James!
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Even Geniuses Sometimes Forget To Put The Car In Park
So, you've just won your first non-earthquake-related World Series and are on top of the baseball world. You're preparing your team for a mostly unheard of (these days) title repeat. Everyone over the age of 40 thinks you're a genius, and everyone under 40 can't figure out why you still think it's c...
About Last Night
What you missed while filling out your March Madness cricket office pool bracket ... • NBA: Mavs upend Cavs. Eastern Conference surrenders. • College basketball: NIT ... Hot: Air Force. Not: Syracuse. • NHL: Finally, a day in hockey without a single fight or inju ... oh, wait ......
Barbaro Lives On Through Snack Food (But Not In The Way You're Thinking)
Hope, friends, hope! There's hope for those who refuse to believe that Barbaro has hobbled off this mortal coil....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your NCAA Tourney office pool brackets do the only decent thing and commit suicide ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, quarterfinals, Syracuse at Clemson; DePaul at Air Force. A Jedi's power flows from The Force. [ESPN2] • NBA: Dallas at Cleveland. I...
What Joe Lunardi Hath Wrought
It's March, which means that just about every site has to have some sort of bracket competition to find the champion band, hot girl, food item, or whatever. Everything that can be bracketed probably has been, including fish (32 fish: only one can be the toughest), so let's wrap it up here, with thes...