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What Will be the Next Sportswriter Confession?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

Communism Was Merely A Red Herring
Monkey brains, although popular in Cantonese cuisine, is not often to be found in Washington D.C....

Misguided Sports Sartorial Decisions
Just Call Me Juice is doing a clever series in which they ask readers to tell the stories of their most embarrassing, rueful jersey purchases. Unsilent Majority keeps the series going with his gruesome tale of buying a Steve Spurrier Redskins jersey (with the number he wore as a player), though we d...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy league injuries: Do Griffey's recent problems count? Ow, my anus! • 11 a.m. Olympian J. Joyner-Kersee: Which make better weapons while riding the St. Louis Metrolink; gold or silver medals? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with David Ne...

Lakers Make It Just Interesting Enough To Ultimately Disappoint
In a way, we kind of agree with what Free Darko wrote in their playoff preview for us: This could end up being the one playoff series in which, if the Lakers lose, Kobe Bryant might get a pass. But he's not gonna be able to pull it off if the Lakers, you know, actually make it close. A four-game swe...

As The Old Joke Goes, She's Out With A Womb
Considering we don't, you know, pay all the collegiate athletes who bring in so much money for their universities, an athletic scholarship is the holy grail, the precious, the one benefit to spending so much time training and sweating. So one can't lose it, lest the whole matter go to waste....

Michael Vick Likes To Watch Dogs Kill Each Other
You know, as his "career" "progresses," we're starting to realize that Michael Vick's whole Ron Mexico imbroglio is among his least offensive incidents. (Because there's nothing offensive about herpes. Nothing!) It appears that Mr. Mexico has been accused of hosting illegal dog fights at an abandone...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL draft with Todd McShay: Will Al Davis choose a wide receiver with his top pick? Does the Pope wear white after Labor Day? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Jemele Hill: How does Hruby land that choice cricket beat? • 3 p.m. Golf with Jason S...

Warriors Were Closer Than You Probably Think They Were
The final score might not have been indicative, but anyone who watched that Dallas-Golden State game last night knows that the Warriors had every opportunity to make this a 2-0 series last night. Something — whether it's pace, or just Avery Johnson being a bad playoff coach — about the Warriors fall...

Seriously, Arkansas Fans Are Insane
We're not sure the true historic nature of what's going on at the University of Arkansas is being adequately appreciated. Basically, a bunch of ticked-off message board fans are doing everything they can to take down the athletic department of their university ... and they're doing a damned good job...

They Just Love The Browns To The Very End
One thing we will never doubt is the intense, eternal devotion of Cleveland Browns "fans." And "eternal" is the key word: Even those about to be executed are woofing it up....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:30 p.m. Ex-soccer player Mia Hamm: After the twins, is the family motto "no more, Nomar?" • 1 p.m. NHL playoffs with Scott Burnside: What exotic loco weed is Mike Celzic sprinkling into his breakfast cereal? • 3 p.m. Boxing historia...

The Royals Can't Even Accept Charity Anymore
Is Torii Hunter about to be banned by Major League Baseball for the next three years? Well, probably not, but he certainly could be....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. College hoops recruiting: What does a person have to do to get his name in the chat description, John Carroll? • 2 p.m. MLB w/Page 2's Jonah Keri: Is there anything more boring than numbers? Perhaps that little space between the...

Fun With Rampant Irresponsible Steroid Speculation!
Rangers "closer" Eric Gagne is hurt again — this time it's his hip — and his impending absence allows everyone, once again, to play the great early-season He's Hurt Because He's Off Steroids Now game. It's fun because we have no idea!...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Steve Phillips: Even George Costanza was never fired by the Mets. • 3 p.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: You can have my wife, but ask me to trade Ryan Garko and you're dead. Got it? • 4 p.m. Mid-Majors with Kyle Whellist...

Someone Has The Mavs' Number
We find it fascinating when, for one reason or another, a less talented team/player finds a way to dominate a more talented opponent. Our favorite example is Barry Bonds and Mike Bielecki. No matter how outstanding Bonds has been — for whatever reason — he never could do anything against Mike Bielec...

Open Thread: Suns Vs. Lakers
Somehow, this manages to be an intriguing series, despite there being really only one possible outcome. It's overwhelmingly likely that the Suns will beat the Lakers, since all those animosity and bad feelings are probably going to go to waste....

Free Darko Playoff Pants Party: Suns Vs. Lakers
Because we feel that no one understands the NBA more like the way we wish we understood the NBA than the gang at Free Darko, we've asked them to write up previews of every playoff series throughout the postseason. It will help us understand what's at stake in each series, what matters, what it means...

Rod Benson Is A Gift That Never Stops Giving
We've discussed the comedic stylings of development league player Rod Benson before, but his newest entry, on what a professional athlete has to go through when they take a drug test, absolutely must be experienced....