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Blogdome: The End Of SBL In DC
• We will very much miss Mr. Mottram 'sSports Bloggers Live. [Mr. Irrelevant] • Lots of great gambling opportunities this playoff weekend. [Rumors And Rants] • Yeah, this is exactly the guy you want on the cover of this year's calendar. [Futon Report] • Who imploded this NFL season? [Rich Kotite Ban...
Hirshey Quickie: On Zidane, Saddam And Hair
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Art Shell Would Like To Know How Much Toner You Think He Should Order
Oh boy, another position for Pete Carroll to consider. Not that there's anything funny about a guy losing his job, but what amused us about the sacking of Art Shell on Thursday was that Al Davis is going to make him stick around and do office work during the final year of his contract next season,...
Get Out To The Poles And Vote!
In the midst of all this "Can we vote for Mark McGwire for the Hall of Fame?" business, we ask with metaphorically raised eyebrow: If an NBA cheerleader has had any work done, should she be allowed to be voted into the All-Star Game? (Just asking. We're not even that curious, actually.)...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL wild card weekend: Another way of saying "Getting the games that suck out of the way in an expedient manner?" • 3 p.m. BCS title game with Dave Curtis: Remind us again why they haven't already played this game? • 4 p.m.. NFL ...
We Still Never Like Calling Him The Big Unit
With the apparent trade of Randy Johnson yesterday back to the Diamondbacks, it becomes clear that something terrifying and disconcerting is happening: The Yankees are continuing to make prudent, measured moves with an eye on the long term. We're through the looking glass, people....
Playoff Pants Party: Seahawks Vs. Cowboys
We didn't talk much about this, but the reason for our trip to Argentina? An attempt to further check out the genealogy of Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. (Turns out he is not, in fact, Argentinian.) It's still pretty amazing that Romo is in the Pro Bowl; if the Cowboys lose this game, he's gonna l...
Can You Have Steeltown Without Cowher?
The platitudes people hand out when a prominent figure retires or dies can become so banal and repetitive that one ultimately finds oneself almost disliking the departed as a backlash; see Slate's Jack Shafer's look at how journalists covered Gerald Ford's death, as one example. But we have to say: ...
NBA Roundup: We Welcome Our Dallas Mavericks Overlords
Notes from Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while launching a mission in your freezer to rescue the frozen peas ... • NHL: After game is tied with two seconds remaining in regulation (sweet), Stars prevail in shootout. • NBA: Elsewhere in OT, Kobe's 42 leads Lakers over Kings. • College basketball: They're not booing, they're ...
SHOTY Final: Chris Berman Vs. Barbaro
Well, while we were gone, the late rush of Barbaro votes came in, and he edged out Carl Monday right after the new year, sending him into the final with, of course, Chris Berman, who has yet to be challenged. We suspect he's in for one now....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the sofa and your ass celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary ... • College basketball: Pittsburgh at Syracuse; Cincinnati at Memphis. They'll be walkin' in Memphis (walkin' in Memphis) ... [ESPN] • College basketball: Arizona at Washington. How much rain would it take to penetrate...
Playoff Pants Party: Colts Vs. Chiefs
Because we're just now back and getting around to previewing these playoff matchups — jeez, we missed the whole playoff picture clearing up; we were gone longer than we realized — we thought we'd toss in one of these playoff previews today so the site isn't run over with them tomorrow....
It's An Amazing Elusive And Powerful Back Who Doesn't Kill Ex-Wives And Waiters
We always found it strange that people were considering anyone other than Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson for the MVP this year; we like Drew Brees as much as anyone — including his mother, of course — but we couldn't imagine not giving it to Tomlinson....
We'd Like To Hear Summerall Broadcasting
This happened in 2006, so it's the very definition of old news, but we're still kind of tickled pink about it, and that's not a euphemism....
The Royal We Is Back, And So Are We
If you were wondering what a man looks like after a 12 1/2-hour flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile, to Toronto to New York City — particularly when his luggage is still in Toronto, presumably being delivered by mounties this evening — this is what he looks like: Haggard, but full...
Tubby Smith's Ineptitude Captured Through Majesty of Song
The delirious, one-track mind of University of Kentucky basketball fan "Katman", author of Tubby Smith bashing blog Dynasty Defenders, has reached a new level of absurdity thanks to this recently released "music" video which aims to spread the word of his deranged gospel via this YouTube masterpiec...
Jim Lampley MADE YOU!
HBO boxing sportscaster Jim Lampley was arrested in San Diego County on charges of "suspicion of domestic violence and other counts" late yesterday afternoon. According to gossip juggernaut TMZ.com, Lampley was arrested at his girlfriend's home and had been under investigation because of previous co...
CBS SportsLine Discovers The Barbaro Message Board
Displaying the same keen journalistic instincts that brought the world Spin on Sports, CBS SportsLine did some real digging over the holidays and discovered that, apparently, some middle-aged women are e-mailing Barbaro....
Take Me Home, Country Load
There isn't a lede in the world that could possibly do this Georgia Tech fan's Gator Bowl experience any justice, so I'll just go right to the recap:...