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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. ...

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....

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...

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...

To Watch Tonight...
• 2006 National Step Competition, Men's and Women's Championship. I feel a woo comin' on, cuz. 8:00, ESPN2. • College Basketball: Iowa @ Drake. Iowa state basketball supremacy is on the line, but not really. 8:00, ESPNU. • NFL: Dallas Cowboys @ Atlanta Falcons. Two of the 15 or so teams that are sti...

About Last Night...
• NHL: Penguins 7, Islanders 4. Sidney Crosby and Mark Recchi both had a goal and three assists, Ryan Malone had a had trick, and Crosby's the only name mentioned in the headline. Someone should kick his ass. • College Basketball: Oregon 100, Eastern Washington 74. Every Oregon starter finished in d...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you play Trivial Pursuit with the Bubble Boy ... • College football: Division I-AA championship game, Appalachian State vs. Massachusetts, at Chattanooga, Tenn. For one day at least, we're all Mountaineers. [ESPN2] • NBA: Philadelphia at Dallas; Houston at Los Angeles Lakers. 76ers ...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while being unmercifully pelted by potatoes ... • NFL: Let the Holmgren death watch begin ... 49ers beat Seahawks as NFC West takes another step toward an 8-8 champion. • NHL: It's brother against brother as Rangers prevail over Stars, 5-3. • NBA: Time out to set up a final shot? Pff...

The Seahawks Can Actually Win This Sullen Division
After a loss to the Buzzsaw last week that could generously be called "dispiriting," the Seattle Seahawks faithful are beginning to lose hope, openly referring to last season as a fluke. (We are more optimistic about their chances, but we know nothing.)...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after a hard day of throwing potted plants at Santa ... • College women's volleyball: Division I tournament, semifinals, at Omaha, UCLA vs. Nebraska. Why such tight shorts are required we have no idea, but we aren't complaining. [ESPN2] • NBA: Orlando at Charlotte; San Antonio at New O...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering if anyone physically balances their checkbook anymore ... • NBA: The Los Angeles Lakers Experience Featuring Vladimir Radmanovic doesn't put on a very good show in Dallas. • NHL: We are all just pawns in Sidney Crosby's game. • College basketball: Cincinnati Bearcats ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while saying goodbye to Peter Boyle ... • NBA: Phoenix at Miami; L.A. Lakers at Dallas. Kind of waiting until the last minute to make your move, eh Pat Riley? [ESPN] • College basketball: Xavier at Cincinnati. We call it Fifth Third Arena at Shoemaker Center to confuse the terrorists. ...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while punching out Pauly Shore, kind of ... • NHL: Senators' Ray Emery will turn back every puck ... but will he also turn back your love? • NBA: Lakers forget there are four quarters in a game, but still beat Rockets. Bad news for Odom, though. • College basketball: Antanas Kavaliau...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as an Ewok knocks on your door to ask for directions ... • NHL: Buffalo at New Jersey. Later, the Hunting for the Holidays guys stumble into the middle of the Barbeque Championships, with tragic, yet delicious results. [Versus] • NBA: Lakers at Rockets. Several lucky fans will win chun...

A Night For Loud Bears Fans And Silent Rams Ones
We spent a year and a half of our lives in St. Louis and went to two NFL games. The first was in 1998, when Tony Banks was the quarterback. You can imagine what happened then. The second time was in 1999, when Kurt Warner threw five touchdown passes on our 24th birthday to smash the then-vexing San ...

About Last Night ..
What you missed while dodging Nicole Richie on the freeway ... • NFL: Apparently there was some confusion amongst fans as to where the Bears-Rams game was being played. • NBA: Here come the Suns, and I say, it's all right. • NHL: Evgeni Malkin leads Penguins toward world domination....

It's Rex Grossman's World, And We Are Just Satellites
We might make the argument that the most compelling figure in the NFL right now is Chicago Bears quarterback Rex Grossman. This is a guy who, at times — that is to say, during times that weren't in the last month-plus — has looked like a legitimate NFL quarterback, a guy who is a leader, as they say...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you gas up the Batmobile, at a cost of $812 ... • NFL: Chicago at St. Louis. Since he's been doing those Levitra commercials, the term "mini Ditka" takes on a whole new, frightening meaning. [ESPN] • NHL: Pittsburgh at Washington. Forgive us if we're kind of sick of penguins at t...