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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you iron your socks ... • College basketball: Connecticut at Louisville; Oklahoma at Oklahoma State; Gonzaga at Portland. Hot action in the Chiles Center which, depending on where you live, may not be over until dawn. [ESPN] • College women's basketball: Duke at Tennessee. Forget Hi...
The Truly Important Pick Of The Game
In case you were wondering when it all went wrong for the Patriots yesterday, when it all began to collapse, when the wave crested and receded ... you can take a look at this moment, with 7:18 left in the first half and the Patriots cruising to a 21-3 lead....
Leftovers: Good Luck Booking A Super Bowl XXXXI Room
• In case you were wondering how difficult it is already to get hotel rooms in Miami. [Hotel Chatter] • "Blitz: The League," that video game, is banned in Australia for encouraging steroid use. But they can still play Madden? [GameSpot] • Chase Utley picked a curious time to sign his new contract: T...
In Case You Had Any Doubt, MLB Doesn't Care About You At All
We are not against corporations, inherently; we spend most of our days enjoying products of the Coca-Cola Company and the Philip Morris Corporation, and if they do an excellent job mass-producing consumables that we keep on buying, hey, that's the American way. But as a serious sports fan, there mig...
Scoop Jackson, Multimedia Superstar
In case you missed it last week, The Four Letter Word That Is ESPN announced the creation of a new reality TV program, based largely off the "success" of its "Madden Nation" program. That featured a bunch of dopey guys playing Madden 2007 against each other and, as far as we can remember anyway, had...
When The Hand Of God Is Also A Registered Weapon
At last, the tyranny of Wrestling for Jesus may be over. Those guys will be running for the hills when faced with the might of Karate for Christ, a movement with more than 400,000 members who will turn the other cheek just so often. It is not known whether Jesus used The Crane technique in his teach...
Ron Artest Now 53 Percent More Crazy
We understand that the mohawk is making a comeback — we guess — but now that Ron Artest has one, well, we're not really sure how to handle it. Some have said he looks like Mr. T, but, frankly, in this light, we think Grace Jones is the best parallel. And, in the grand scheme of things, that kind of ...
See? Michael Vick Has Never Smoked Pot, Ever!
At last, the pristine and sacred names of Michael Vick and Ron Mexico can be cleared, no longer to be sullied with such filthy innuendo: It turns out that everybody's favorite HSV Type 2 carrier didn't have marijuana with him on a planet last week after all....
Man, The Cops Just Won't Leave Those Bengals Alone
You know, honestly, we almost feel bad bringing this up, because this is the type of thing Bad Media People do: They see an athlete do something "bad," even an athlete who, like in this case, they'd never heard of beforehand, and just draw large-scale conclusions based on sketchy facts and uninforme...
Blogdome: That Rutgers Budget
• The cost of keeping a winning football program? Everything else. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Nick Saban, now screwing over LSU in recruiting. That fits. [Rumors And Rants] • Some Chicago sports fans remembered the Cubs this weekend. [Baseball Critic] • A Bears fan revels. [Frank The Tank] • While an MTV ...
Hirshey: On The Scene For A Huge Arsenal Triumph
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Parcells Says That'll Be Enough, Thank You
The Dallas Cowboys blog just reported the news: Bill Parcells has retired as coach of the Cowboys....
NBA Roundup: More Fun In The Grand Canyon State
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Live from the Senior Bowl!: The exclamation point stands for fun! (Kill us). • 1 p.m. MLB with Gary Gillette: Are you prepared to say the words "Chase Utley, highest-paid athlete in all the universe?" • 4 p.m. Giants' DE Osi Umen...
NFC Blogdome: Super Bowl Shuffle, V. 2.0
Dispatches from blogdome's front lines following the NFC Championship game ......
Rex Grossman, Like Jim McMahon, But Without The Sunglasses And Headband
We don't mean to imply that Bears fans can get a little crazy in their devotion to their team — they can, but they're usually not mean about it — but this sign, seen at Soldier Field yesterday, seems a bit much. We're amazed this actually stayed up, we really are....
AFC Blogdome: A Colt From The Blue
What they're saying in Blogopolis after Sunday's AFC championship game (predictably, Stampede Blue has wasted no time going to the Karate Kid photos) ......
Peyton Manning, An Image Now In Need Of An Upgrade
A confession to make: We like dynasties. We don't like them because it's fun to watch one team win everything, because it isn't. We like them because they provide clear, distinct rooting interests and fault lines. The Patriots always beat the Colts, Peyton Manning can't figure out the Patriots, one ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while baking cookies in obscene shapes ... • NFL: Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl, because we don't see enough of him on TV as it is. • NFL: Mini-Bears stave off all those New Orleans Super Bowl human interest stories, 39-14. • Golf: Hoffman wins Bob Hope Classic when other leaders ...
Patriots vs. Colts, AFC Championship Game: 4th Quarter
- Not to go all Bill Simmons on you, but what we have here—a one score conference championship game with two of the best quarterbacks in the game—is pretty damn sweet....