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Solich Party Photos!
In case you were wondering if Ohio coach Frank Solich's drunk driving arrest incident was an entirely isolated incident, here's some photos of the coach chilling at an Ohio bar with some students, posing, having some fun. Anyone, of course, should feel free to go out and have some drinks. But som...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while assembling the plastic tree (it'll be the merriest Christmas ever!) ... • Killingsworth Softly With His Song: Duke barely survives against Indiana in college hoops. • NBA: Knicks beat Bulls by nine — those 45 free throws they made may have played a role. • NHL: Sharks suffer 10...
Buy Manny's Apartment!
As speculation continues that Manny Ramirez will be long gone from Boston by the end of the season, it's now official that he's selling his condo at the primo Ritz Carlton Penthouse building....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch with binoculars through your neighbors' window when your power goes out ... • College Basketball: Georgia Tech at Michigan State, Duke at Indiana. [ESPN]; Minnesota at Maryland, N.C. State at Iowa. [ESPN2]. Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The challenge is, can you watch all four games? A true f...
Athlete Run-Ins: When This Port-A-Potty's Rockin' ...
Today's final athlete run-in story involves Angels first baseman/outfielder/hustle enthusiasts Darin Erstad keeping his cool in a situation that, we'll confess, we'd have considerable trouble with. It comes from Michael in Nebraska:...
Leftovers: Merry Xma$
• White Sox keep Konerko, only have to pay him $66 million. [Exile In Wrigleyville] • Bonds to play in World Baseball Classic. His own Web site is scooped once again. [Outside The Beltway] • Army-Navy trophy-stealing hijinx. This is so 1950s, we just love it. [SportsBiz] • Dad goes to the restroom d...
Hot Canadian Football Action
Last weekend's CFL Grey Cup might have been an amazing game ... but you should have seen what was going on in the stands! A Vancouver reader who was there writes us:...
"Cold Pizza"'s Real Benefactor
Well, here's something interesting. You know the Unification Church, Rev. Sun Myung Moon's devoted church/money laundering cult (depending on which side you're on)? Well, as it turns out, Atlantic Video — the studio that houses "Cold Pizza," as well as other ESPN Original Entertainment programs — ...
Michael Irvin's Selective Memory
Yesterday, we were wondering when, exactly, ESPN found out about "analyst" Michael Irvin's arrest last week. Well, USA Today's intrepid Michael Hiestand talked to Bristol brass for today's paper, and it turns out, they found out Sunday, two days after the arrest ... but not from Irvin....
Blogdome: The Dazzling Sickness Of Reggie Bush
• If you haven't seen this Reggie Bush high school highlight video yet, you absolutely must. Prepare thyself: Thy pants are about to be wetteth. [Student Of The Game] • What Phillip Fulmer should have sent his season ticket holders. [The Mighty MJD] • The NFL Network finally recognizes its gay fan b...
Buy A Bathroom T-Shirt (Cheerleaders Sold Separately)
If you're still shopping around for holiday presents — and have already bought books that just might change your life — our parental units at Gawker Media have asked us to direct your attention to their Gawker Shop, where you can buy T-shirts with all kinds of goofy logos (none for Deadspin yet, ala...
Blogdom's Best: New England Patriots
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...
College Publishing 101
Ways to bring your community college newspaper — community colleges have newspapers? — some much-needed publicity:...
Athlete Run-Ins: Steve's Sax
Today's first athlete run-in story is so terrifying that we have no choice but not to believe it, though the guy insists it's true. It's about former big leaguer Steve Sax. We present it with little comment, from J.R. in Atlanta....
Kobe Has A Run In His Protective Gear
We share YAYSports!' fascination with Kobe Bryant's tights, or his protective garb, or whatever the hell they are. It appears Kobe's tights — which clearly aren't constricting his ability to shot the ball 40 times a night — are now available for purchase on Nike's Web site for a mere 35 bucks, and...
Yahoo's Fantasy Football Screwed Up. Don't Riot, People!
Most common email we've received this morning: What's up with Yahoo's fantasy football page? For whatever reason, the site is just showing the first names of every player and says they're all on a bye week. We're sure this will be fixed soon, but, honestly, nothing fires sports fans up more than ...
Bruce Weber's Lawn Exploits
Well, we won our bet and we have made our post. It occurs to us that if Illinois can win over Xavier on Saturday, the Illini will likely be in the top 10, and we are less than convinced they belong in the top 10. But that's all technical talk; you can get that from Andy Katz, along with a consider...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m.. The Fantasy Focus: I'm afraid you've bitten off more than you can chew, ESPN fantasy games expert Eric Karabell — I'm in a Fantasy Chessboxing Pool. Try that one on for size, my nerdy little friend. • 1 p.m. NFL Draft Expert M...
Jake Plummer, The New Cher
You had heard all about the (ultimately successful) petition to bring back Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer's moustache, and, if you're like us, you might have thought, hey, as long as he's giving mustache rides to cheerleaders, all is pretty much fine....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while playing "Zathura" ... • College Basketball: Illinois wins at North Carolina to avenge title-game loss. It's all downhill from here. • NBA: McGrady (we refuse to call him T-Mac) scores 25 to help Rockets end seven-game losing streak. • NHL: Lemieux returns, but Flightless Arctic...