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Stephen A. And The Gang Welcome True Hoop
We'd like to congratulate the great Henry Abbott and True Hoop for their absorption into the ESPN empire. True Hoop is one of our absolute favorite sites, and we have much faith that nothing over there will change, save for occasional references to CHEESY DOODLES....
Please Ignore The Shirtless Gyrating Man
Over at The Fanhouse, The Mighty MJD posted this video of a Seton Hall fan — we think that's Seton Hall — coming up with an inventive and terrifying way to distract a free throw shooter. We think after seeing this, we'd just try to avoid being fouled all together....
Leftovers: He'll Look Good In The Camo Uniforms
• Iraq war vet signs deal with the Padres. [WBRS Sports Blog] • So who gets the Cardinals championship ball: Wainwright, or Molina? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • The 100th Basketball Jones podcast thingy. [The Basketball Jones] • Tracking John Buccigross' verbal tics. [Bugs And Cranks] • In case you c...
Jeremy Piven Wants You To Watch The All-Star Game
You know, when you're trying to promote an All-Star game in Las Vegas, what better way to do than a commercial of Jeremy Piven looking up Vince Carter's shorts?...
Eli Manning Has A Hard Time Meeting Girls
We don't listen to the radio much — we're too busy with Meat Loaf and REO Speedwagon on an endless iPod loop — so we missed this little tidbit from the Opie and Anthony "show." Some guy named Jason Itzler, who used to run the NY Confidential "escort" service, was a guest on the show, and the hosts a...
Nick Swisher Likes To Keep Current On His Periodicals
Oakland A's pitcher outfielder Nick Swisher just doesn't have the time to scour bars for leather-clad women in search of a relationship. So he does his shopping by magazine. According to Sports by Brooks, Swisher spied model Danielle Gamba "in a magazine" recently, saw that she was from the Bay Area...
Blogdome: The Phallus In My Hometown
• Here's what's most famous about the hometown of the new Japanese Devil Rays pitcher. [Gheorghe: The Blog] • Reggie Bush's new lady. [The Big Lead] • Reggie Theus' unusual fan club. [Amachi's Former Playground] • Are they ever going to announce that DirectTV deal? [The Luke Report] • They're testin...
Inside The Awful Illini Car Accident
As most of you have heard by now, two Illinois basketball players — center Brian Carlwell and shooting guard Jamar Smith — were injured in a car accident last night in Champaign. Smith suffered a concussion, but Carlwell is currently listed in critical condition at Carle Foundation Hospital, a hospi...
Dan Hawkins REALLY Wants You To Practice More
Colorado Buffaloes head coach Dan Hawkins was hired because he's not the type of guy to lure his players in with strip clubs and booze, unlike his predecessor. We respect that; nobody wants that for college students....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Annoying baseball minutiae, could we have missed you more? (By the way, you're toast, Neyer.) • 2 p.m. NBA Live Bring it Home: Bring what home? Who are you? Where is Dan Raphael? • 4 p.m. NCAA MBB w Doug ...
Deep, DEEP Inside The Westminster Dog Show
Starting yesterday and concluding today, the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden features the finest athletic specimens at MSG since ... well, since the last Dog Show. We don't consider competitive dog preening a sport, but we do find it funny, and we think Best In Show is one of the funni...
And THAT'S What Carlos Zambrano Thinks
If you are fortunate enough to root for a team that has an intense rivalry, you probably have someone on the opposing team you raise your level of hate for. Red Sox fans have it for Jeter and A-Rod; Patriots fans have it for Peyton Manning; Raiders fans have it for the rest of humanity. As a Cardina...
NBA Roundup: In Praise Of The Pistons
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Schottenheimer Finally Walks The Plank
We'll return to our film, The Road To Dennis Green, after these messages....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while monitoring bidding on the Lisa Nowak NASA astronaut diaper ... • College basketball: Gonzaga's problems mushroom mount, as Santa Clara ends the 'Zags' 50-game home win streak. • NHL: Keith Primeau leads Flyers past Red Wings. Wait, um ... what? • NBA: Pistons beat Clippers for ...
Why West Virginia Is So Good At Home
Just to make sure we end your day on as lowbrow a point as we can possibly muster, here's the reason UCLA lost to West Virginia on Saturday. This guy. Let this be a lesson for all of you: Do not come into this guy's house and expect to escape alive....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your guitar gently weeps ... • College basketball: Louisville at Pittsburgh; Oklahoma State at Texas [ESPN]; Santa Clara at Gonzaga. This game's gonna end really late. Do we have enough weed? [ESPN2] • College women's basketball: Texas at Oklahoma. What is this teamwork and fundamen...
Leftovers: Zook Looks About Right
• If Big Ten football coaches were like South Park characters. [Photobucket • That Dice-K beer commercial? It's causing a little bit of (dumb) trouble. [To The People] • There sure is a lot of drama with the Wizards right now. [No One Appreciates Me ...] • Tracking the Super Bowl, play by play, for ...
The Celtics Fan Suicide Watch
So the Celtics have lost 18 in a row, and if they don't sneak out a win at home Wednesday against the Bucks, a West Coast road trip might very well inspire them to break the record for all-time losing streaks. We thought we'd check in and see how the Celtics blogs are holding up....