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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Caps' LW Alexander Ovechkin: Do you suppose we can get them to turn off The Ovechcam before you hit the shower? • 2 p.m. NBA Insider John Hollinger: If you were really the NBA Insider, wouldn't you be sporting a couple of Carmel...
This Might Be Why They Wear Those Difficult-To-Take-Off Bodysuits
Because we don't quite provide everything you might need to feed your international skiing jones, you might not necessarily have heard of Silvan Zurbriggen, a Swiss skiier who is in Italy for a big slalom event. He was keeping himself busy, apparently; he was arrested for masturbating outdoors in fr...
Who's Sorry Now? NBA Edition
No sooner had the new TV been taken out of its box over at the new Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center in Baltimore than the kids got an eyeful of their hero throwing haymakers at various members of the New York Knicks during their wild brawl on Saturday. One has to wonder what Carmelo would ha...
NBA Roundup: Agent Zero Has License To Kill
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
NFL Roundup: Ohio State's Gonna Get The No. 5 Seed
News And Notes From Week 15 In The NFL ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while working a late shift at the banana stand ... • NBA: From Zero to 60 in 64 minutes ... • NFL: LT goes off again; Chargers consider the single wing. • NHL: Rangers suffer Knick-like 6-1 loss to Devils....
It Never Rains Might Rain In Southern California
The Chiefs take the field tonight with heavy hearts; team owner Lamar Hunt having passed away earlier in the week. I don't know if Lamar gets to control such things wherever he is, but the San Diego forecast calls for high winds and a chance for rain. That probably benefits the Chiefs and their po...
NFL Week Fifteen, Update #4
• Eagles 36, Giants 22. There are still over 2:00 to play, but an Eli Manning tipped ball was intercepted by the Eagles and taken to the house. That should do it, but the way things have gone in this game, though, I wouldn't rule anything out. I'll be happy to see it end, though, as I'm getting tire...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball. Southern Illinois @ Indiana. I've always thought that Kelvin Sampson looks like a guy who wears a lot of denim. 8:00, ESPN. • NFL. Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers. NBC's billed it as LJ vs. LT. completely ignoring PR vs. TG, AG vs. TG, and MS vs. HE. 8:15, NBC. • Colleg...
The Ryan Leaf Movie Will Probably Be Just Like "Brian's Song"
What you just saw was the trailer for Leaf: An Almost True Story. I read the article at Football Outsiders three times to convince myself that this wasn't a joke. But it's not. Leaf: An Almost True Story is happening sometime next year....
NFL Week Fifteen, Update #3
• Broncos 16, Cardinals 10. Jay Cutler's winning the battle of the white first-round quarterbacks, quite handily. Cutler's 13-of-17 for 160 yards and a touchdown, while Leinart is 4-of-10 for 30 yards and an interception. The Cardinals have kept themselves in the game, however, by returning a Tatum ...
UMass Students Find A Reason To Riot
In the wake of UMass's lost to Appalachian State in the Division 1-AA football championship game, 60 police officers in riot gear were called to the UMass campus to control a riot of some kind. There were reports of fires, smashing windows, throwing rocks, and throwing beers. Eleven people were ar...
LeftoverDome...
• Will someone please get Dick Vermeil a goddamn lozenge? [Scott's Shots] • In praise of the Minnesota Star-Tribune columnists. [I Dislike The Favorite Team] • Five reasons why Tank Johnson needs a bodyguard. [Critical Sports Blog] • The Greatest Show on... well, that sign seems unnecessary. [Philad...
NFL Week Fifteen, Update #2
• Bears 31, Buccaneers 17. Rex Grossman's had his second straight better-than-decent game against a pretty bad team. Of course, it was hard not to look good against the Gradkowski/Rattay combination that the Bucs trotted out there. I don't know if Bruce Gradkwoski was hurt, injured, or kidnapped by ...
Someone Spit In DeAngelo Hall's Face And It Wasn't Pac-Man Jones
I realize that this isn't breaking any new ground, but man, Terrell Owens is a sensitive guy. DeAngelo Hall, who engages in some friendly trash talk with Terrell Owens on the phone from time to time, did some of that same trash talking to Owens during the Cowboys/Falcons game last night. Owens spi...
NFL Week Fifteen, Update #1
• Pittsburgh 17, Carolina 0. The Steelers have picked a pretty good time to start playing decent football. They're all over the Panthers right now, taking a 17-3 lead into the half. Willie Parker has 72 yards rushing, Ben Roethlisberger has a rushing touchdown, and the Panthers have been held to 8 y...
The College Hoops Compendium: Indiana Belongs To Butler
• (7) Wisconsin 89, (2) Pitt 75. Alando Tucker had his way with the once-thought formidable Pittsburgh interior, with 32 points and 10 boards. Brian Butch was masculine, too, with 27 and 11. Pitt was never really in the game in the second half as Wisconsin pushed its record to 11-1 and Pitt showed...
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Today's NFL Scoreboard......
About Last Night...
• NFL: Cowboys 38, Falcons 28. It seems strange that Morten Andersen is the NFL's all-time best scorer. It's like Dan Dickau holding the same record in the NBA. • College Basketball: Texas Tech 71, Arkansas 56. Bob Knight's now just one win away from Dean Smith's record. Bob Knight still doesn't car...
Carmelo Anthony Sticks and Moves... Really, Really Far Away
Well, it was about time. Over 20 games into the NBA season, there hadn't been a single bench-clearing melee. People were about to start thinking that the NBA had gone soft. Think again, fools....