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To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you are beaten savagely by your Verizon network ... • College men's basketball: Michigan State at Michigan; Florida at Tennessee. As long as all the coaches remain clothed, everything's gonna be juuust fine ... [ESPN] • NHL: Dallas at Tampa Bay. Stars vs. Lightning would be bette...

Ready For Some Good, Old-Fashioned College Basketball Nightmare Fuel?
Note to Bruce Pearl: There's such a thing as overselling an event, as may be the case tonight when Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt is supposed to appear at the men's game against No. 5 Florida and "do something special." Pearl (personal motto: Dignity, Always Dignity), the Tennessee m...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while writing your will on your grounded Jet Blue flight ... • NHL: Holiday For Vowels ... Keith Tkachuk, Alexei Zhitnik debut for Thrashers in 3-2 win over Bruins. • NBA: Kobe, Lakers call out hoarsely: "We're not dead yet!" • College basketball: Jolly Olly Orange ... Syracuse upend...

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What to watch while roasting AJ Daulerio. (More on this tomorrow.) ... • College basketball: Georgetown at Syracuse; Kansas at Oklahoma. Fun and laughs as your four-year-old points at Boeheim and yells "I found Waldo!" [ESPN] • College women's basketball: Connecticut at Rutgers. Pretty, smart, and c...

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What you missed while getting together with your buddies to produce silhouettes of all your favorite movies ... • College basketball: Ohio State clinches Big Ten with win over Wisconsin; Florida observes with interest. • NBA: For those who consider it a rivalry, please note: Nets 101, Knicks 92. • N...

To Watch Tonight...
• NBA. Sacramento Kings @ Indiana Pacers. There might even be a few guys left in Indiana who Ron Artest will recognize. 8:00, ESPN. • The 79th Annual Academy Awards. Best Supporting Actor: Sean Salisbury, Benchwarmers. 8:30, ABC. • Drag Racing. NHRA Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals, Final Eliminati...

Sure, Coach, I'll Take Some
University of Central Florida basketball head coach has some to give, and he doesn't quite know who to share it with. So he asks. And then, oh, does he give it out....

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• NBA. San Antonio 102, Seattle 71. 11 Top 25 teams outscored the Sonics yesterday, and they all did it in 8 fewer minutes. • NHL. Ottawa 6, Buffalo 5. Just two fights? Come on, where's your commitment? • College Basketball. Michigan State 66, Indiana 58. Drew Neitzel does his best work after halfti...

To Watch Tonight...
• NASCAR. Busch Series. Stater Brothers 300. Or, as they say in NASCAR... three-hunderrd. 7:30, ESPN2. • College Hockey. Clarkson @ Quinnipiac. Do all hockey games have huge brawls like that one the other night? If they do, I might watch this. 8:00, ESPNU. • Indiana @ Michigan State. I think all the...

About Last Night...
• College Basketball: St. Peter's 54, Iona 52. ESPNU doesn't have nearly enough games between teams that have records of 5-23 and 2-26. • NBA: Nets 109, Kings 96. 22 points, 13 board, and 10 assists isn't bad for a guy with a cracked rib. Of course, Jason Kidd's been in worse pain this year. • WGC A...

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What to watch as your dog is in the next room downloading Lassie porn ... • Boxing: Heavyweights, Kelvin Davis vs. Darnell Wilson, at Scranton, Pa. Hey, why does the Rocky statue have a needle in it's ass? [ESPN2] • Cycling: Amgen Tour of California, stage 5, at Solvang. What the hell, let's all pul...

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What you missed while giving the cat a perm ... • NBA: Mavericks ascending ... Heat, sans Wade, fall to Dallas 112-100. • Golf: Tiger's got them right where he wants them (insert evil laugh). • College basketball: We have a Conference USA champion, folks. Memphis 99, Rice 63....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after flying monkeys remove your stuffing and kidnap Dorothy ... • Cycling: Tour of California, stage 4, Seaside to San Luis Obispo, Calif. It's a pleasant afternoon here on the coast, as the riders are ... ah! Seagulls! Pecking my eyes! [Versus] • College basketball: Rice at Memphis; ...

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What you missed as Socrates scores possibly the most important goal of his career ... • NBA: Jacked up ... Phil Jackson's first six-game losing streak, as Jarrett Jack leads Portland over LA 112-108. • College basketball: UConn work it out, UConn work it ooouuutttt ... Calhoun's milestone win import...

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What to watch while pondering the top 10 movie guns of all time ... • College men's basketball: Boston College at Virginia Tech [ESPN]; Texas A&M at Oklahoma State [ESPN]; St. John's at Louisville. You study your huge NCAA Tournament wall bracket with the intensity of Patton in Sicily. [ESPN2] • Cyc...

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What you missed while tending your four-legged duck ... • NBA: Oh fellas ... Steve Nash is back ... • College basketball: Well, that didn't last long. No. 1 Wisconsin knocked off by Michigan State. • NHL: Ice capades ... Senators give Murray 600th coaching win....

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What to watch as you realize that Kurt Cobain WOULD HAVE BEEN 40 YEARS OLD TODAY ... • College basketball: Wisconsin at Michigan State; LSU at Kentucky [ESPN] ; DePaul at Notre Dame. Oh guide this free throw, sweet baby Jesus, and also help me smite mine enemies. [ESPN2] • NBA: Denver at San Antonio...

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What you missed while shaving your head ... • NHL: Point Break ... Islanders take significant win over Penguins. • College basketball: Mario "Superintendent" Chalmers leads Kansas over Kansas State, 71-62. • Tennis: Venus creaks to first-round win in Memphis International....

To Watch Tonight
What The Hoff won't be watching tonight ... • College basketball: Villanova at Marquette; Kansas at Kansas State. The flattest matchup in all of college hoops. [ESPN] • Women's basketball: Tennessee at LSU. This may be the one where some of the players kiss. [ESPN2] • Cycling: Tour of California, St...

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What you missed while cancelling plans for April 14, 2036 ... • NBA: Wayne Newton and Kobe Bryant top Siegfried and Roy 153-132 in All-Star Game. • NASCAR: By virtue of his being the only car not upside down and on fire, Kevin Harvick wins Daytona 500. • College basketball: ASU beats No. 22 USC for ...