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About Last Night...
What you missed while starting a global lemon wedge scare ... • NBA: Michael Redd just says no to free throws, Spurs win 96-94. • NHL: Everyone duck, here comes Phil Kessel. Bruins top Thrashers in shootout, 3-2. • NASCAR Nationwide Series: Promising up-and-comer Mark Martin wins in Las Vegas....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while hugging David Beckham and making headlines over it... • 8 p.m. — Division II basketball: CIAA championship, Fayettefille State vs. Johnson C. Smith. Sorry, your search for "johnson c. smith" in the Fayetteville State campus directory has returned 0 results. (0.46 seconds) [ESPN C...

About Last Night...
What you missed while ordering a refill of penis reduction pills... • NBA: Where is your Pau now? Blazers defeat Lakers 119-111. • NHL: Former Cardinals outfielder Setoguchi scores winning goal as San Jose beats Detroit 3-2. • MLB: Juan Gonzalez homers off ... Johan Santana? I know it's only spring ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch to avoid hanging out with murderers ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Allan "One-Arm" Green vs. Antwun "The Procrastinator" Echols, at Marksville, La., (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN2] • College basketball: NCAA Division II, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament semifinals at Ch...

About Last Night
What you missed while ... is that a PLEDGE PIN? On your UNIFORM??! ... • NBA: Lakers win 10th straight, but does it count if it was against the Heat? • MLB: Dodgers beat Braves in Torre's debut, causing Alyssa Milano to jump up and down and squeal with delight. Welcome back, baseball. • College bask...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Barack Obama picks up another critical endorsement ... • College basketball: Notre Dame at Louisville (7 p.m., ET); Southern California at Arizona (9 p.m., ET). I'm having a Pac-10gasm. [ESPN] • College basketball: Saint Louis at Saint Joseph's (7 p.m., ET); Michigan State at Wiscon...

Bob Knight And Chris Berman, Together At Last
Bobby Knight has joined the other team. Nope, he's not announcing that he's gay, although I know that's what you were thinking. He's merely becoming what he has loathed most throughout his coaching career: A member of the sports media. Knight will become a studio analyst for ESPN for the NCAA men's ...

The Favre Retirement Snafu Mystery
So, honestly, what in the name of fucking Florio happened today with the Packers.com very brief, yet very public screw-up regarding Brett Favre's retirement? About an hour ago, the Packers PR monkeys fessed up to the whole situation, telling Dennis Dillon at The Sporting News that, "The people who h...

About Last Night
What you missed while taking Will to the airport in a rickshaw ... • College women's basketball: Vivian Stringer joins the 800 Club. Don Imus apologizes out of habit. • NBA: LeBron's milestone doesn't impress the Celtics all that much. • NHL: Not tonight, I have a Paddock ... just wanted to say that...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Dateline's Chris Hansen reads a court transcript ... • College basketball: Kansas at Iowa State (7 p.m., ET); Georgia Tech at Duke (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; West Virginia at DePaul (9 p.m., ET). Blue Devils or Blue Demons? Ah, can't decide! [ESPN2] • NHL: Minnesota at Tampa Bay (7:30 p.m...

About Last Night
What you missed while overdosing on charm ... • College basketball: Yes, we called this, but anyone could see it coming a mile away. Vanderbilt 72, Tennessee 69. • Politics: Newsweek's Howard Fineman likened Tuesday's Democratic debate to an Ali vs. Frazier fight. Hmm, I don't recall Frazier wearing...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch The Day the Earth Stood Still ... • College basketball: Ohio State at Indiana (7 p.m., ET); Tennessee at Vanderbilt (9 p.m., ET). The Bruce Pearl letdown begins now. [ESPN] • Southern Illinois at Bradley. You don't come into Carver Arena talking that stuff. BU! (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. • ...

About Last Night
What you missed while watching the funniest thing that Jimmy Kimmel has ever done ... • NHL: Fearless Forsberg returns to Avalanche, and all it took was $5 mil. Yay! • College basketball: Texas cannot be stopped, by anyone, ever. (May not apply to postseason play). • NFL: Michael Strahan considers r...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as a confused Daisuke Matsuzaka shows up for the first day of spring training ... • College basketball: Marquette at Villanova (7 p.m., ET); Texas at Kansas State (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Gonzaga at Portland (11 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. The NCAA Tournament is close. I can feel it. • College wome...

About Last Night
What you missed while listing all the stuff that white people like ... • NBA: New Kids On The Block ... who are those guys? Cleveland 109, Memphis 89. • College basketball: On Wisconsin ... Badgers relax atop Big Ten standings. • NFL: The Vikings can get into trouble on dry land too....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while wondering whether the stuff on the ice is leaked fluid from a Zamboni, or more blood... • Pretty People and Their Writers: 80th Annual Academy Awards. You bet your sweet ass I'll be making my picks known. [ABC] • NBA: Bulls at Rockets. I'm going out on a limb and taking Houston. ...

About Last Night
What you missed while wondering when SNL's Obama character is going to be funny... • Boxing: Klitschko made Ibragimov his jab eating bitch for 12 rounds. It could have been a bit more entertaining. • NBA: Apparently the Lakers are the best team in Los Angeles. Stupid Clippers. • CBB: Tennessee is th...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while picking In Bruges for Best Use of Little Person in next year's Oscar pool... • Movie: Joe Louis: America's Hero... Betrayed. This biographical documentary should be great. [HBO] • CBB: Tennessee at Memphis, this should be pretty great as well. [ESPN] • Boxing: Wladimir Klitschko ...