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This Is All Salieri's Fault
• If you're going to cover the Tom Izzo beat you better be able to box out. [FanIQ] • Who hasn't been wondering what Wally Backman's up to? [Enjoy the Enjoyment] • Detroit Lions linebacker Ernie Sims isn't scared of getting hit in the jewels. Mike Sellers, you know what to do. [Andy's Blog] • The To...

Hugh II: The Nedessey Continues... Part 1
We're reaching halftime in the early games and the instant messages are really starting to pile up, this means it's time for your first dose of the Hugh! Illinois and North Carolina are winning big over Wisconsin and and Miami respectively and everybody's a bit freaked out. Let's all just take a big...

Bets O' the Week
Gambling and amateur athletics go together like college girls and booze, here are this weeks college football gambling tips... I'm not going to lie to you, I don't know dick. I'm about as familiar with these games as I was with the Haftorah portion at my Bar Mitzvah, and that shit was two-thirds gib...

LeBron James Has Cursed the Yankees
Last night the Indians drove a nail into the coffin that has become the Yankees season. It took Cleveland every bit of 11 innings to take a 2-0 series lead, but Travis Hafner's bases-loadedtwo-out walk-off single finally put them on top 2-1. Fausto Carmona was the real hero for the Tribe. He pitched...

About Last Night
What you missed while beginning to regret the return of Lyla Garrity... • MLB: Pronk delivers the winner extras. Is it possible that the Yankees have been cursed? Yes it is, more on this later. • CFB: Beating Louisville is the new black. Will will (awk-ward) now dress exclusively in Beating Louisvil...

ALDS Game 2 Live Blog: Indians Vs. Yankees
Kind of a big game tonight for the Yanks; will it all destruct? It's Fausto Carmona for the Indians and Andy Pettitte for the Yankees. And your live blogger once again is the great Matt Sussman, who did an awfully bangup job yesterday. Enjoy his comedic stylings after the jump....

Sometimes A Bowler Just Has To Face The Music
We don't puke when we drink. We puke when we don't....

Pizza Hut Wants To Be Friends With Roy Williams
You might remember that Lions wide receiver Roy Williams hates to tip pizza delivery guys. Well, it turns out, the president of Pizza Hut has taken notice, and he's offering Williams a job....

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: What is it again that I should be doing right now? Oh yeah, watching TBS. • 1 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Why men hit each other? What is bell? Help, me tangled in fat ropes! • 3 p.m. Injury report with ...

Yankees Lose! Ack! (Oh, And The Indians Were There Too)
We talked about this in our Times column this morning, but we repeat it here: Nobody handles losing worse than a Yankees fan. That's not meant to be a criticism; we wish we expected our teams to win more than we do. It's no fun, sometimes, waiting for the piano to land on your head....

ALDS Game 1 Live Blog: Indians Vs. Yankees
The Phillies-Rockies series is half (or more) over, and the Yankees still haven't played. If they hadn't lost their spot as MLB's Prime Time Team to the Red Sox, we'd be waiting even longer. But here they are, facing an Indians team that's been underrated all season. It's C.C. Sabathia for the Indi...

The Mascots Are Attacking The Cheerleaders
We're not sure what possessed Freddie Falcon to smash a birthday cake into the face of an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader … but we don't get the impression she was particularly happy about it....


We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. MLB with Scouts' Keith Law: It should have been the Mets down 1-0 to the Rockies, damn it. • 2 p.m. MLS with Toronto D Jim Brennan: Is there anything that will get more hits than a Canadian soccer chat? • 3 p.m. Fantasy sports w...

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: But the real question becomes; who will now sex Mutombo? • 2 p.m. NFL blogger Matt Mosley: Are you a real blogger if you know Berman's cell phone number? • 3 p.m. College football with Beano Cook: Yes, it's...

Playoff Pants Party: Indians Vs. Yankees
We are faced, today, with the same dilemma that Liz Lemon wrestled with on "30 Rock:" Cleveland or New York? The question has vexed generations far wiser than ours....


Steve Nash, Immortalized
Our obsession with corn is well documented, which is why this cornfield image of Steve Nash made us so happy....

Where My Team Stands: Cleveland Indians
If we've learned anything about Octobers the last few years, it's that the month tests, stretches and hones every aspect of loyalty fandom....