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To Watch Tonight
What to watch before you are sedated, tagged and relocated farther back into the woods ... • NBA: San Antonio at Memphis, Miami at L.A. Lakers. Could this be the episode where Shaq and Kobe finally kiss? [TNT] • College Basketball: Kansas at Missouri, Connecticut at Syracuse, Loyola Marymount at G...

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You awaken in the lower branches of an elm tree, pantsless, beer cans littering the yard below. Don't worry, we'll let you know what you missed ... • AFC Playoffs: Steelers shock Colts, with game ending the way most great ones usually do — with a tackle by the quarterback. • NFC Playoffs: Panthers...

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• Golf: It's a two-man race between David Toms and Chad Campbell at the Sony Open. Golf would be a nice, zenful way for you to wind down this Sunday of football delirium....

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• NFL: Patriots 13, Broncos 27. Yesterday, Tom Brady's life was 4,000 times better than mine. This morning, only 3,872....

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• College Basketball: Pepperdine @ #7 Gonzaga. Because if it wasn't for college basketball, you'd never have the opportunity to say the words "Pepperdine" or "Gonzaga."...

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• NBA: Hawks 95, Knicks 105. Larry Brown gets his 1,000th win, as well as his sixth in a row with the Knicks. Which of those accomplishments was more difficult is open for debate....

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What to watch as the Houston Texans front office plays "rock, paper, scissors" to choose their No. 1 draft pick ... PGA Tour, Sony Open, second round, at Honolulu: Michelle Wie, charging back with a vengeance — only 142 people to pass. Get out of her way! [ESPN]...

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What you missed while Grandpa was spinning another one of his pedantic, homespun, drunken stories ......

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What to watch as you finally come to terms with the notion that Clinton Portis has jumped the couch ... • College Basketball: DePaul at Pittsburgh. It's Throwdown Thursday in the Big East! Which makes absolutely no sense to us!! [ESPN] • PGA Tour, Sony Open, first round, at Honolulu. Want to mess wi...

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What you missed while dozing peacefully at The Phantom of the Opera ... • NBA: Kobe only scores 41 as Lakers lose. • College Basketball: Redick's 27 helps Duke rout Maryland in big ACC ... um, hellooooo ... • NHL: Atlanta beats Nashville in one of them new-fangled shootout dealies....

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What to watch as cows wander into a McDonald's, figure out what's going on and arm themselves for rebellion ... • College Basketball: Indiana at Michigan State; Maryland at Duke. Well, this should be good. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Syracuse at Notre Dame; Texas A&M at Oklahoma State; TCU at New M...

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What you missed while avoiding questions at your confirmation hearing ... • NBA: LeBron's White Crane Style cannot defeat Knicks' Eagle Claw Style in ferocious open combat. • NHL: Thornton's return to Boston ends abruptly — he's ejected. Turns out Sharks didn't need him anyway. • College Basketball:...

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What to watch as a mouse sets fire to your house, and the cat dials 911 ... • College Basketball: Wisconsin at Minnesota; Vanderbilt at Kentucky. Never too soon to study for that big NCAA Tournament test in March. [ESPN] • College Basketball: North Carolina at Virginia Tech. We're always intrigued w...

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What you missed while petting the rug and vacuuming the cat ... • NBA: I'm guarding him? I thought you were guarding him! Kobe hits 45 for fourth straight game as Lakers upend Pacers. • College Basketball: Welcome to the Big East, Cincinnati (sorry for the bruises). • NHL: No-go between the pipes: B...

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A classic love story that has stood the test of time — your ass, and the sofa ... • College Basketball: Cincinnati at Connecticut; Texas at Iowa State; Gonzaga at Santa Clara. NCAA Tournament, here we come! (May not apply to Santa Clara). [ESPN] • NBA: Mavericks at Celtics. What kind of a world is i...

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Your weekend was like a David Lynch movie, only without the midgets. We'll bring you up to speed ... • NFL Playoffs: One Manning down, one to go. Panthers maul hapless Giants; Palmer-less Bengals lose to Steelers. • College Basketball: No. 1 Duke stays unbeaten with win over No. 23 Wake Forest, just...

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• College Basketball: #1 Duke @ #22 Wake Forest. This is actually a game I'd love to see, but my noggin is fried because of the football orgy. I need to sit in the dark and listen to Enya for about six hours. • NHL: Columbus @ Phoenix. Did you know that the Blue Jackets have never ever won in Phoeni...

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• NFL: Jaguars 3, Patriots 28. It was a Tom Kazanski performance for the Patriots last night. It's the way they play, ice cold, no mistakes. They wear you down, you get bored, frustrated—do something stupid and they've got you. • NBA: Jazz 94, Pistons 90. Utah beats Detroit for the second time this ...

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• College Basketball: #9 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's (CA). It's one thing to take on cream puffs like Michigan State, UConn, and Memphis, Zags. Now it's time to see what you can do in the WCC. • NBA: LA Lakers @ LA Clippers. You know, at the end of the year, the # of Lakers wins, and Kwame Brown's free-thr...

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• NBA: Magic 106, Nets 113. Magic forward Grant Hill left the game in the second half after reaggravating his strained groin. "I'm running out of ideas," he said. "I really don't know what to do." I'm sorry, Grant, but it appears that the only thing that could keep you healthy is what's written acro...