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Vote For Rory Campaign Proving Frighteningly Successful
So ... Rory. Rory Fitzpatrick, the write-in candidate for the NHL All-Star Game that has become a Web cause celebre, is moving up the charts. How much? He's currently No. 2 among Western Conference Defensemen, ahead of Nikolas Lidstrom and just behind Scott Niedermayer. That would put him in the sta...
Time To Cart Off 2006
Yes, it's beginning to smell like a new year, which means that we have our minds on only one thing: Our favorite stretcher-related video clips of 2006. Here they are in no particular order, although we have to say that No. 3 has a special place in our heart, because you just can't fake that kind of ...
Deadspin SHOTY Tournament: Chris Berman Vs. Harold Reynolds
All right, here we are: It's time for the Final Four. We have our ESPN side of the bracket, and then our Masturbator Locator Vs. Horse side of the bracket. All four candidates are worthy. It's time for some tough decisions, people....
That's A Nice, Uh, Sweater Vest, Coach
In one of those little moments that make life with high definition television so much better than life before high definition television, an eagle-eyed reader caught a split-second incident last night, fleeting, that shows just how much the Indianapolis Colts staff loves Tony Dungy....
Blogdome: BCS High School FOREVAH!
• How each bowl is like a kid you went to high school with. [Rich Kotite Banged Your Mom] • Looking at Jemele Hill's work so far. (Confession: She's growing on us.) [The Fan's Attic] • Mardy Collins has all kinds of history with this goon business. [Berg At Bat] • Looking at the REAL college footbal...
Year In Review: August
We're reviewing each month of the past year leading up to New Years Day. We call it, imaginatively, "Year In Review." We're digging through our archives pretty well, but if you think we should definitely feature something for the last year that we might overlook, email us at [email protected] with s...
Jim Harbaugh Is Back In Town
Collegiate sports in the San Francisco Bay Area are — how shall we phrase it? — a little less intense than in other localities. For instance, if Auburn ever goes 1-11, expect that coach to show up at the next tailgate as the guest of honor, i.e., revolving slowly on a spit. But in Palo Alto, there w...
A Little Hoops Slip 'N Slide
Far be it from us to deign to understand what it takes to schedule a sporting event, but we would like to suggest that, in the future, basketball games continue to be played indoors....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: That convoy of Brinks trucks headed toward Florida and Arizona must mean that spring training can't be that far away. • 1 p.m.. NFL with Matt Williamson: Can any good come of it when someone names you Tan...
But He Means That In The Nicest Possible Way
We thought that we were pretty much up to speed on the brawl at Madison Square Garden and its aftermath, but now we're still a little confused. Is Isiah Thomas a "jerk," a "jackass" or an "asshole?" Our lines are still open, call in and cast your vote now! Nuggets coach George Karl left the question...
At The Garden With Deron, Stephon And The Cabal
So it figures: We go see our first (and likely only) Knicks game of the year, and not only is it their most "exciting" victory of the year, but it's a one that, the day after, even Knicks fans don't really care about. The Knicks had a rare stud game from Stephon Marbury — and by "rare," we mean "we ...
NBA Roundup: Free The Denver Three!
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Peyton Manning Does Brief Alpha Dog Impression
See, this is what we were talking about. Going into last night's Monday Night game, the Bengals were the team with the defense that was playing well at the right time, the Colts were collapsing (because Tony Dungy isn't "tough" enough, or something) and the entire AFC was topsy-turvy, if you don't m...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while helping Skeletor find the true meaning of Christmas ... • NFL: Manning, Colts beat the Mean Machine, er, Bengals 34-16. • NBA: Now we've just gone Through the Looking Glass for sure. Knicks beat Jazz at buzzer. • NHL: Ducks keep rollin' ... not even Flames can stop 'em....
The Last Worthy MNF Game, We Suspect
In what should be an awfully fun and hopefully high-scoring Monday night game, the Indianapolis Colts and the Cincinnati Bengals, teams going in the ole "opposite directions" storyline. This being the NFL, everyone will forget the storylines once, you know, they actually play a game....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of eating rhubarb ... • College men's basketball: Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee, at Nashville. We volunteer for the beer run during this one. [ESPN2] • NFL: Cincinnati at Indianapolis. This will go a long way toward determining who will lose in the second round of the playoffs. ...
Witnessing The Isiah Carnage In Person
We're a little afraid to admit this publicly, if just we're afraid Isiah Thomas will send Mardy Collins to knock us to the floor or something, but in the wake of the big brawl at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, we are heading to our first (and hopefully) last Knicks game of the year tonight. The ...
Leftovers: Backup Got Ran Over By A Mascot
• Remember when Adrian McPherson was ran over by a mascot earlier this year? Here's the full complaint. [The Smoking Gun] • Good thing sports sections don't require the ethics of the other sections of the paper. [SethMnookin.com] • Bobby Valentine loves him some Dice-K. [Umpbump] • It's a video trib...
Last Call For All SHOTY Voting
Tomorrow, the finals of the Sportshuman Of The Year tournament begin, and there's still some rather tight matchups. The semifinals themselves will run throughout the holiday season, and we'll continue with the finals on January 4, when we come back from vacation (which we'll also get into later this...
You Can Never Get Rid Of Matt Millen. Ever.
Sometimes big fan movements make a difference, changing the course of sports through a considerable mix of gumption and volume, like with the Rory Fitzpatrick NHL All-Star balloting, which still has a chance to send him into the starting lineup....