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Man, If These Guys Can't Get Tickets, No One Can
More Ohio State-Michigan fun: How big is the game this Saturday? Jeez, not even Nickelback can get tickets....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Western Athletic Conference
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 wash away the shameful taste of your finish in last year's Oscar pool . So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please s...
Blogdome: This Movie, Man, It Makes No Sense!
• You what's full of crap? The Mighty Ducks. [Because I Didn't Want To Go To Grad School ...] • Who are the worst teams in college football? [The Wizard Of Odds] • Careful with the Japanese cracks, Boston. [We Love Daisuke] • Should Trevor Hoffman have won the NL Cy Young? [And Here Come The Pretzel...
Kobe Bryant's Slightly More Frivolous Lawsuit
The words "Kobe Bryant Lawsuit" is enough to make tongues wag — or, uh, other things do, er, other things — but the most recent Bryant lawsuit doesn't involve Aspen hotel rooms or inappropriately tossed T-shirts; instead, a Memphis Grizzlies fan — proof of their existence! — has slapped Bryant with ...
Ghostin' All The Way To Fremont
Ghostriding. For those of you too white — unlike us; we're totally down, totally, totally, absolutely — to be familiar with the practice, ghostriding "involves the driver and/or passengers of any given vehicle exiting while it is still rolling and dancing beside it or on the hood or roof." We've nev...
You Know What? We Prefer Orton And His Jack
Because we haven't had any fun Athlete Doing What Most Of Us Do All The Time But It's Still Amusing To See Because It's Funny When The Public Relations Bubble Is Burst And They Look Like Normal Human Beings pictures for a while, we present you this shot of San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy, down...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Boxer Brian Viloria: Hey, want a Hawaiian Punch? Sure! • 2:30 p.m. Twins' C Joe Mauer: OK, Joe, would you mind sitting over in the corner with bracketologist Joe Lunardi and NFL draft guy Steve Muench? • 4 p.m. OSU-Mich. w/A. Ch...
Yes, You Could Call Him A Flutie Flake
First of all, the term "unhinged Texas Longhorn fan" seems somewhat redundant to us. But let's proceed, if a day late and a dollar short:...
OJ Simpson's Traveling Roadshow
Sure. We suppose there could be reason to believe that OJ Simpson's supposed "If I Did It, Here's How" confession book that comes out in a couple of weeks — full on with Fox interview where OJ apparently goes into full hypothetical bloody detail — is anything other than yet another OJ infomercial wh...
The Madness Of Matsuzaka
As Baseball Prospectus' Joe Sheehan has been warning us, and Yahoo's Jeff Passan echoes, the baseball contracts you're going to see this winter will blow your mind; teams are ready to spend like crazy. But, still: Our jaws are still dropped that the Boston Red Sox are paying $51.1 million just for t...
NBA Roundup: The Hyperextended Heat
Notes from Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering what the next "Free Willy" sequel will be like ... • NHL: Red Wings win ninth straight, threaten world domination ... • NBA: Are you ready for the Golden State Warrior Experience? The Raptors were not. • College basketball: Gator bait ... Top-ranked Florida beats Nort...
Buffy's Sleeper Hold
We'd like to formally offer a crisp salute to Every Day Should Be Saturday for discovering the above video, which involves a slight skirmish before the Virginia Military-The Citadel football game last week. It's not every day that a cheerleader puts a cadet in a headlock, but every day it happens is...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your significant other produces two tickets to The Boston Celtics Dancers On Ice ... • College football: Ball State at Toledo. Any predictions this time, Letterman? [ESPN2] • College basketball: Preseason NIT, regional final, at Indianapolis [ESPN]; CBE Classic, regional final, at L...
Today In The Upcoming Bloodbath
Well, if it's Tuesday, it must be time for an update on The Game To End All Games, the No. 1 vs. No. 2 Ohio State-Michigan sluggaroo this Saturday. We remain incredibly fond of this matchup and aren't particularly worried about it being "overhyped," as they say, because anyone in danger of fatigue c...
Leftovers: Back To "Work" For GMs
• This is pretty much what life as a baseball general manager is like. [Metsquire] • Yeah. The NFL is getting "tough" on steroids. [Washington Post] • In case you forgot just how silly the Cameron Crazies are. [Joe Sports Fan] • Sometimes, when someone scratches your back, you scratch theirs: We ful...
You Know, Bonds Is Gonna Look Like This In A Few Years
We don't mean to be crude here, but heavens to Betsy: This woman is going to live on in our nightmares....
You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A First Impression
When you're a rookie heading into the cauldron that is the NFL, particularly when you might be replacing a future Hall of Famer, it's important to make as strong an impression as possible....
Deadspin SHOTY Tournament: Ben Roethlisberger Vs. Joe Mikulik
All right, after what appears to be an easy victory for Matt Leinart last week, fellow losing-team quarterback Ben Roethlisberger enters the fray this week in the Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year Tournament. (We're calling it "SHOTY.") He takes on famous freakout minor league manager Joe Mikulik in ...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: Conference USA
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 crush your enemies into paste. So who's with me? Let's Gooo! Please send contributions to [email protected]....