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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....
The Official Deadspin Rocky Balboa Review
We don't know about you, but we have a sneaking suspicion part of our time spent back in Mattoon for the holidays is going to be spent seeing Rocky Balboa. It sure beats, you know, talking to your family....
Keep Her Away From The Stanford Tree!
This virtual lady here is "Crimson Hawk," a comic book/graphic novel heroine who is "the world's sexiest, most powerful, and most frequently defeated, humiliated and ravished superheroine." (Link NSFW.) She's the only known existence of the "Crimson Hawk" name occurring in the popular lexicon, save ...
Blogdome: Some Big Knicks Battles
• The Knicks have lots of great fights. Here are the best ones. [The Serious Tip] • How Barry Zito might be a perfect fit for the Rangers. [Lone Star Ball] • The worst coaching moves of 2006. [Sports Gone South] • Why is it that the Jazz are always on the road before Christmas? [Cornrows] • Minnesot...
Year In Review: July
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...
Please Do Not Reveal The Surprise Ending Of The Asian Games
You know that Indian athlete whom you thought had won the women's silver medal in the 800 meters at the Asian Games? The one you kind of have a crush on? Well, how can we put this delicately? She actually keeps her toilet seat in the locked and upright position. Um, she never saw Steel Magnolias, ...
Hirshey's Holiday Week Off
We are sorry to disappoint, but our main man David Hirshey is taking a week off from his weekly windings on the world of the English Premier League. (That's soccer, in case you forgot.) He sends the following explanation/report:...
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 ...