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Teewee Wistings, How Womantic
First, the College Football: • 12 noon — Wisconsin at Ohio State [BTN ... sorry, Comcastic Columbus!] • 12 noon — Indiana at Ball State [BTN] • 12 noon — Purdue at Penn State [ESPN] • 12 noon — Iowa at Northwestern [ESPN2] • 12:30 p.m. — Kansas State at Iowa State [Versus] • 2:30 p.m. — Navy at Notr...
What Will Happen at the Next Pants Party?
Aileen Gallagher is filling in as the Cultural Oddsmaker this week. Email her to let her know what you think....
In a way, all of us have an El Guapo to face someday.
For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us...El Guapo is a big dangerous guy who wants to kill us....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as (no end to sentence due to writers' strike) ... • Boxing: Heavyweights, Eddie "Torture" Chambers vs. Calvin "Lou" Brock; lightweights, Josesito "Mario" Lopez vs. Tyrone Harris "Poll", Tacoma, Wash. [Showtime] • College football: Nevada at New Mexico State. The only animals more dang...
Blogdome: Shameless Plugging for Those Kind Enough to Send Me an E-mail
(Ed. note. Hi! Listen kids, I'm actually doing my Daily Examiner duties as well today, but will be done with it shortly so I can devote the rest of the time to you. Things will get better, oh, in about an hour. For now, I'm frantic and trying to do 15 things at once. Be patient. Thank you. Resume re...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy FB with Scott Engel: Is this the New Nerddom? • 1 p.m. MLB with Jayson Stark: Could the Expos be brought back? Because A-Rod would like to play in Montreal. • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Raphael: Best boxing chat anywhere, a...
Good Night, Sweet Prince
• What's Gotten Into Tayshaun Prince? There's only one way to explain the Piston's opener on Thursday: Tayshaun Prince was bitten by something in the woods, and became Teen Wolf. Prince scored a career-high 34 points, and collected 12 rebounds (!), as Detroit beat Miami 91-80 in the season opener fo...
Please Come Grace The Dolphins With Your Star Wattage
This story is from last week, but we somehow missed it, probably because we were so distracted by the Jason Taylor Robot that's intent on enslaving all our women. Turns out, the Dolphins, who are off to somewhat of a slow start, are paying celebrities to come to their games. Well, they're trying to....
Probably The Only Place Left For A-Rod
As we look over Alex Rodriguez's possible free agent destinations, frankly, only one place makes sense: The Toledo Mud Hens. And they're making their push....
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for tonight's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA football with Pat Forde: What does your wife think of all the Pat Forde groupies? • 2 p.m. SportsNation on ESPN Radio: Are you wearing pants? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: Is there shrinkage in hockey?...
This Post Has Bill Belichick's Total Attention
What sort of mutant, steroid-enhanced high school football are they playing in Kansas? The Smith Center High Redmen scored 72 points in the first quarter of Tuesday's game with Plainview, begging the question, what did the Plainview coach tell his team at halftime? "We're changing the defensive alig...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider David Thorpe: What's it like on the inside? Do you have a shank? • 1 p.m. Tennis with Peter Bodo: Is this a Nickelodeon children's show? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Is it hard to drive in Boston these days...
The Only Time Jon Kitna Has Ever Been Naked In Public
We're a little behind on this, but it's awfully amusing, particularly because it's Halloween. Lions quarterback Jon Kitna apparently has a better sense of humor than you might have thought....
Hey, The NBA Season Is Starting!
The NBA season tips off tonight, and we should all take heed: It'll be the last time anybody cares about an NBA regular season game. Enjoy!...
Ricky Williams Will Meditate With You
In case you were wondering how Ricky Williams is keeping himself busy these days, he is of course indulging his true passion. No, not that passion: The other one....
Penn State Fans Aren't Particularly Sportsmanlike
Generally speaking, we enjoy a good harmless scrum among rival fans, but ... this would seem to cross the line considerably. How far past the line? A Michigan blog is appalled by this. And why wouldn't he be? Any normal human would be....
Somewhere, There Are Some Japanese Restaurant Investors Wondering Where They Went Wrong
We like the idea of a major league manager named "Trey." It seems like an oddly informal name for a manager: We imagine them all having grizzled old-guy names, like Whitey, or Miller. But new Royals manager Trey Hillman is fresh off years with the Nippon Ham Fighters, and he's got, like, a new attit...
We Had To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Dallas Cowboys' WR Patrick Crayton: A chat? Wouldn't a note on your locker suffice? • 1:30 p.m. Radio's Colin Cowherd: Are you actually typing your own answers, or are you stealing them from The M Zone? • 2 p.m. TMQ's Gregg East...