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This Is Probably Not A Good Idea, But ...
So you know the Super Bowl? Big game, Bears-Colts, this Sunday, Billy Joel's gonna be there? Yeah, that one. Well, in a move we'll probably end up regretting, we have accepted an invitation to do the live blog of the game for CBS Sportsline. We decided to do this because the Super Bowl is on CBS, an...
Leftovers: Blogs Make The World Happy
• You know what makes the Super Bowl better? BLOGS! [Jewcy] • A history of Mark Cuban's fines. [Shmula] • The exclusive Barbaro interview from heaven. [Rivalfish] • Conan O'Brien against Serena Williams in Wii tennis. [YouTube]...
Daulerio At Superbowl XLI: The Mustache Will Not Be Going to Maxim Tonight
Deadspin "correspondent" AJ Daulerio is filing dispatches from the Super Bowl all week. This is the final entry of the week, though he might be back this weekend and will definitely be back Monday....
Super Bowl Pants Party: Bears Vs. Colts
You know, this football season has been so much fun that we really are sad to see it end. But, alas, it has to, and there's an actual game Sunday, if you can believe it. Will we have another year of mocking Peyton Manning for choking? Because we'd almost be sad if we couldn't do that anymore. Awfull...
Come On, Ask Him About Chad Pennington
When one of the editors of Kissing Suzy Kolber has his picture taken next to a clearly thrilled Joe Namath ... well, that gets itself its own posts. Sometimes worlds collide a bit too much around these parts....
Negro Bowl I: History Is History
As you might have heard from a media outlet or two, this is a historic Super Bowl because it features two African American head coaches for the first time....
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who Will Knock Off the Mustache?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Non Movie Quote Sponsors Post
For the first time in more than a year, we have no movie quotes for you in the sponsors post this week, mainly because it would get too cluttered and confusing. (We were going to choose something obscure, independent and weird, so it's probably for the best.) Instead, there's another sponsor poll we...
Sorry Nick, We're Just 'Not Feelin' It'
Hot quarterback prospect Robert Marve of Plant High School (Tampa, Fla.) isn't going to Alabama after all. Such is the magical allure of new Tide head coach Nick Saban, who played host to Marve's recruiting visit recently and obviously told one of his folksy, down-home coon-ass stories that everyone...
Blogdome: Chicken Scratches
• It's true: Some athletes really can't sign their name. [PopJocks] • Why should everyone be waiting around for Roger Clemens? [Signal To Noise] • Don't feel so bad, Iona. There are others. [Gheorghe: The Blog] • How AJ Daulerio beat Duke. [Just Call Me Juice] • Fun with players' MySpace photos! [Ro...
The NFL Babelfish Translation
Because it has more people than New Jersey — and THAT'S a lot of people — China has garnered the attention of major sports league; you gotta expand somewhere. The NFL is doing everything it can to gain traction there, but it's important that your consumers understand, you know, what the heck is goin...
Well, Thanks For Checking In, Gunslinger
On the last weekday before the Super Bowl, you can definitely count on one thing: Brett Favre making sure everyone's talking about him....
Ted Johnson Would Like You To Remind Him Where He Put His Keys ... And His Pants
Wasn't it just a couple of years ago that Bill Belichick was God? Lose a couple of big games, and it all begins to crumble. Former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson said on Thursday that Belichick forced him to practice with a concussion, causing him to, um, to ... what was it were were talking about?...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: Wouldn't it be funny if a big fight broke out during the All-Star Game, and Stern was forced to suspend everyone? • 2 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain int...
Lil Ronnie Is Back, So STEP OFF, PUNK!
The Colts have rolled out an October Surprise, and it's a big one; raise the roof, people, for the return of Lil Ronnie! Or as he is now known on the south side of Naptown, "RonD." The then phat rappin' 12-year-old Swayzed from the scene after last winter's monster hit Super Bowl Bound, which told o...
Another Reason To Host A Super Bowl Party
Thousands of businesses count Super Bowl week as one of their busiest, most successful of the year — including us, frankly — the time when they bring in enough consumers to make up for other times of the year....
Andy Reid's Rugrats Are Terror Behind The Wheel
Lost in all the Super Bowl business this week — and by that, we mean a bunch of people in faded Hawaiian shirts walking around convention centers looking bored — has been some rather wild news coming out about Eagles coach Andy Reid's sons. Sounds like they have some issues with their transportation...
NBA Roundup: Carmelo Anthony's One-Day Vacation
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while building a tiny Foreign Legion outpost in the kitty litter ... • NHL: March of the Penguins ... Malkin leads shootout win for Pittsburgh. • NBA: LeBron and his sprained big toe not enough to stop Wade, Heat • College basketball: Affalo! Bruins get revenge over Ducks....
The Day ESPN.com Stood Still
Seriously, everyone: What we witnessed today was one of the most amazing Web "uprisings" we can imagine. We suspect there will be quite a few "all right, maybe we should rethink how we do this" meetings in Bristol tomorrow, and it's entirely thanks to you. We didn't even have to prod you; it was a b...