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Is The Jemele Hill Salary Figure Wrong?
The arrival of Jemele Hill to Page 2 has been surrounded with discussion, mostly because of her apparent salary, reported by The Big Lead as $400,000 over two years....
Dwight Howard, Enjoying His Youthful Years
You know how we know that the Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard is just starting to break the ceiling of NBA stardom? He's hanging out with porn stars. Specifically, amply bosomed former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey, who tells the story of meeting Howard in a Luke Is Back, apparently a well-read...
Who's Sorry Now? Pac-10 Football Edition
This week on Who's Sorry Now? we're proud to present the rare Double Apology. USC football coach Pete Carroll dips his bucket into the Well of Regret not once, but twice for comments he made during the Trojans' win over Oregon on Saturday. The ODucks Blog is less than impressed, however:...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Inspired By Lemmy
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Excuse Us, You Did Say Your Clock Was Correct?
The mechanism is ... Oh James, James ... will you make love to me all the time in England? Day and night. Go on about the mechanism....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Ivy League
Thought we were done previewing things? How could you think that, with your NCAA Basketball Tournament office pool a mere five months away? You've got to start studying now if you want to earn that down payment for a high-def TV. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please send contributions to tips@dead...
Blogdome: Hey, Look, Islanders!
• Anybody notice that the Islanders are playing good hockey? [Popjocks] • Back comes Haynesworth! Watch your heads! [Get Untracked] • Look, Big Ten porn names! [Extrapolater] • Manny should probably just stay in Boston. It makes sense. [SethMnookin.com] • We mustn't forget out Grey Cup coverage. [Or...
Meet The Commenting Intern
After an exhaustive search of a rather ridiculously impressive cast of candidates — almost everyone who applied was way overqualified for the job, and it killed us not to just hire everybody — we are proud to report that we have selected our intern....
Meow Meow Meow Meow
Every Day Should Be Saturday, whose daily brilliance might be what we'll miss most about college football once it's gone, directs us to this clip from last night's West Virginia-Pittsburgh game, in which quarterback Pat White does his best impersonation of Halle Berry in Catwoman. It's one thing to ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 3 p.m. Mid-majors w/Kyle Whelliston: You know, we've never seen a Mrs. Bally. Is there something you two need to tell us? • 3 p.m. OSU-Michigan with Mark Snyder: Well, that about covers every player, coach and broadcaster from each tea...
Schembechler Dead at 77
Some scary news out of Detroit: Former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler is listed in critical condition after collapsing with an undisclosed ailment this morning. Radio stations in the area have reported that Schembechler had just filmed a game promo for a local ABC affiliate when he collapsed....
Valenti's Great Leap Forward
You might remember the great, mad meltdown of Michigan State Spartans broadcaster Mike Valenti after his team lost to Notre Dame earlier this year. Well, The Wizard Of Odds has found a YouTube of Valenti's demented rant set to music and Spartans football "highlights." Not only is it wonderful to rev...
Joe Namath Regrets Nothing!
So Joe Namath, heretofore known as The Guy Who Tries To Ruin A Perfectly Brilliant Moment With Talk Of Drinking "Problems," is out promoting his new book, "Namath," and during his "60 Minutes" interview this Sunday, he discusses the incident that, if nothing else, launched Kissing Suzy Kolber and ...
Five Little Words That Started It All
As every schoolchild knows by heart, Nov. 19, 2004 was the date of the Malice in the Palace NBA brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers. That of course is the fight in which the Pacers' Ron Artest went into the stands to tangle with fans, one of whom he thought had thrown a beverage a...
NBA Roundup: Philadelphia Freedom
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while testing how hot a Toaster Strudel can get until it ignites ... • College football: Mountaineers beat Panthers in 99th Backyard Brawl • NBA: Rampaging Warriors clobber Kings 117-105. • NHL: Call of the Wild ... Minnesota beats Nashville in shooutout, 7-6....
Just Two More Days Until Mayhem Reigns
Time to wrap up today with a little game you might have heard about. We were scooped dramatically by ESPN on the Dead Schembechlers, but we will still try to keep up....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Lil' Ronnie burns down the Steak n Shake ... • College football: West Virginia at Pittsburgh. Panthers Nation picks up the slack for the struggling Steelers. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, semifinals, at New York; Maryland vs. St. John's, Michiga...
The Way You Tuck Your Shirt ...
Fascinating column in the New York Daily News from Mitch Lawrence today, discussing some of the extreme measures David Stern and the NBA are undertaking to make sure all the new behavioral rules and dress codes are being adhered to. It's an eye opener. Our favorite part:...
Leftovers: Yeah, That'll Get You A Red Card
• This is not the type of sex type you'd expect from your soccer players. Or maybe you would. [With Leather] • The savior of online gambling could be ... Antigua? [Slate] • A-Rod has thought it over, and he had decided he's OK with staying in New York and making $25 million. [ESPN] • Derek Jeter is ...