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About Last Night ...
What we missed while the bomb squad opened our Christmas card from Barbaro ... • NFL: Well, that was fun. Colts remove their name from Super Bowl candidacy. • World Cup Ski: Bode Miller sails to easy vict ... uh oh. • World Cup Golf: Germany rules the world!...

To Watch Tonight...
• NFL. New Orleans Saints @ Dallas Cowboys. As far as the people of Dallas are concerned, Tony Romo is a Saint. 8:15, NBC. • College Basketball: LSU vs. Texas. Kevin Durant and Big Baby Davis... this will do just fine, thank you. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie. White Men Can't Jump. Why don't we take all these...

About Last Night...
• College Football: Troy Smith puts himself in OJ's neighborhood, winning the Heisman with the 2nd-largest margin of victory ever. Darren McFadden 2nd, Brady Quinn 3rd. • NBA: Knicks 115, Bucks 107. That "Eddy! Eddy!" chant from the Garden crowd was not sarcastic. Curry finished with 36 points. • NB...

To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: 2006 Heisman Trophy Presentation. My prediction? Dwyane Wade. 8:00, ESPN. • Ali Rap. Well, it does beat a Stuart Scott poetry jam. 9:00, ESPN. • Rodeo: Wrangler National Finals, Championship. I told you... call me Bronco. 9:00, ESPN2....

About Last Night...
• NBA. Timberwolves 110, Jazz 103. Kevin Garnett: 31 points, 14 boards, and 1 heartfelt plea for the Wolves to trade for Allen Iversion, which will make Kevin McHale look like a jackass if he can't pull it off. • NHL. Devils 2, Flyers 0. Marty Brodeur's shutout ties him with someone on the all-time ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after five of Santa's scrappiest elves destroy your rec league basketball team ... • College football: NCAA Division I-AA semifinal, Massachusetts at Montana. The Griz do not fear your single-shot muzzle-loading weapons. [ESPN2] • NBA: Washington at Philadelphia; Miami at Denver. Guess...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while applying cologne to your ... well, just see No. 10 ... • NFL: Willie Parker sets Steelers rushing mark in win over Browns in the least-TiVoed game of the season so far. • NBA: Pow! Pistons surprise Mavericks in Dallas. • NHL: Shootout! Henrik Lundqvist, you're our hero....

Well, It's Not That Big A Deal If You Miss This One
This, it's safe to say, is not one of those night when we're banging our head against the wall for not having the NFL Network. (We're far more concerned about missing the Rutgers bowl game.) The Steelers and the Browns, two teams long since removed from the playoff picture, go head to head tonight, ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Wile E. Coyote just gives up and spends the day in bed ... • College football: College Football Awards Show, at Orlando. Unless this is hosted by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, we are unlikely to tune in. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Alabama at Notre Dame. Feel The Catholicism....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while finally agreeing to disconnect the feeding tube from Michigan's national title hopes ... • NHL: It seems strange to say "Oilers and Hurricanes" and "rematch of Stanley Cup finals" in the same sentence, but there you have it. • College basketball: Bobby Knight will soon be maste...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after a hard day of dodging cricket balls ... • College men's basketball: Holy Cross at Duke; Memphis at Tennessee. Cameron Crazies claim that therapy has now made them sane, productive members of society. May one of them show you to your seat? [ESPN2] • NBA: Philadelphia at Chicago. M...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching a wiener dog chase a bear ... • NBA: "No thanks, I think I'll pass ..." Nash dishes 20 assists as Suns drop Kings. • NHL: Red Wings ruin Brett Hull Night the only way they know how. • College basketball: LSU stops Texas A&M ... and, let the Big Baby hype officially beg...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the cops cite your frat house for too little noise (sad, really) ... • College men's basketball: Jimmy V Classic, at New York: Oklahoma State vs. Syracuse; Louisville vs. Arizona. We always like to lead up to the Jimmy V Classic by re-reading the book Personal Fouls. [ESPN] • NHL: C...

Jeff Garcia Cannot Be Destroyed By A Mortal Man
From our experience, when Jeff Garcia is making this motion, and he's about to chuck it long and downfield, something bad is about to happen. We mean, it's Jeff Garcia! The last few years, his main purpose has been to be the target of Terrell Owens' sublimated man-on-man urges....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering in the doctor's office if your cell plan includes "ass waiting" ... • NFL: Happy Feet ... Eagles' Jeff Garcia scrambles past Panthers. • NBA: The Streak is dead ... Mavericks cannot withstand the power of Agent Zero's wrath. • NHL: Marty Turco laughs at your feeble sc...

Amazingly, This Is Actually An Important NFC Game
As insane as it might be to contemplate, the Philadelphia Eagles, a team that seemingly hasn't won in months, a team that is legitimately trying to figure out if they're going to start Jeff Garcia or A.J. Feeley, a team that its fans can't even muster up enough enthusiasm to hate properly ... this t...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while pimping out your sofa ... • College men's basketball: Southern California at Kansas. It's the only thing happening in Kansas tonight. [ESPN2] • NFL: Carolina at Philadelphia. Jeff Garcia or A.J. Feely? (That sound you heard was assistants pulling Andy Reid's head out of the oven....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while falling asleep in line to buy tickets to Happy Feet ... • NFL: When kickers ruled the earth ... Seahawks, Titans, Cowboys win in final seconds on long field goals. God, we hate Hobbits. • NHL: Kozlov hogs all the shots as Islanders beat Rangers 4-3. • NBA: Hawks win in the Rose...

To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: BCS Selection Show. It's sort of infuriating that this exists. But I'll probably watch it. 8:00, Fox. • NFL: Seattle Seahawks @ Denver Broncos. Your turn, Jay Cutler. 8:15, NBC. • Women's College Basketball: Tennessee @ North Carolina. Well, that one girl can do this. 8:00, ESPN....

About Last Night...
• College Football: Florida 38, Arkansas 28. The Gators are now going to need the human voters to work miracles. • College Football: West Virginia 41, Rutgers 39. And Rutgers has still never won in Morgantown. More on this in a bit... • College Basketball: (10) Duke 61, (23) Georgetown 52. Greg Paul...