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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Wore your size 42 underwear yesterday, eh Buster? • 3 p.m. Fantasy baseball focus: Can you name the beat writer for a major daily — not naming names — whose wife divorced him because he was too focused on ...
Marlon Wayans And Jeff Kent Remember Jackie Robinson
You know, nothing says Honoring Jackie Robinson than making his wife pose for an incredibly awkward photo with Bud Selig. (As if there are any other kind with that guy.) Seriously, this guy is the commissioner of Major League Baseball, and every photo of him makes him look like Professor Frink....
USC Will Be The Most Popular Basketball Team Among Nickelodeon Viewers
High school basketball phenom O.J. Mayo is most likely going to USC for one year and then bouncing to the NBA, and everyone thinks it's because that's what O.J. Mayo wants to do. Not so. Mayo's leaving after one year because he's afraid to suffer the indignity of losing his starting job to the artis...
Remembering what Jackie Robinson meant, and who he was
As we prepare for Jackie Robinson Day in baseball on Sunday — the Cardinals, among other teams, are considering having every player wear No. 42, which gives us the unique opportunity of seeing David Eckstein and Brad Thompson pay tribute to Jackie — we thought we would provide our own tribute to a g...
To Get The Benefit Of It, Honey, You Really Need To Be Sitting In Our Seat
You didn't say we shouldn't do that ever again; you said we ain't ever gonna do that again. You said not only are we never gonna play ship's mast again, you also said if you ever do what you're trying to do now, to not only refuse, but that we had permission to physically restrain your ass if necess...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Tigers' CF Curtis Granderson: Hiding Leyland's Marlboros ... fun, or just plain dangerous? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Scoop Jackson: Do I have to be an Insider to use the ESPN restroom? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with David Newton: Can you run down ...
Cleveland's Wacky Home Game In Milwaukee
As you know, thanks to all the freaking snow in Cleveland, the Indians "hosted" the Angels in Milwaukee yesterday, and Indians fans Mistake By The Lake were there. It was a bizarre afternoon all around, with the scoreboard showing Cleveland news headlines, a misplaced sausage race and, most amusingl...
Look Where The Twins Are Gonna Be Playing
Randball and the folks at The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has posted sketches of the new Minnesota Twins stadium that supposed to open in 2010. As you may have read, a retractable roof would add an extra $100 million to the $522 million stadium cost, so they're not doing one. Which, if you look at this...
Razorbacks Fans Are Terrifying
So you know the crazed Razorbacks message board fan who went through the impressive measure of FOIAing coach Houston Nutt's cellphone records, discovering that he had been text-messaging a local female reporter? Well, his quest to rid Arkansas of Nutt is not over; as you can see in this video, he's ...
Odalis Perez Has A Uniquely Hittable Pitch
Longtime readers will be well aware of our affection for Royals pitcher Odalis Perez, the only guy brave enough to admit that he could give two craps about charity and helping out kids, and only wants to get his. To remind, from last year:...
Wild Times In Fayetteville
So you know last week, when all that information about Arkansas coach Houston Nutt came out thanks to a resourceful fan? Well, even though national media has been strangely loathe to report on it — "Only WE can file federal FOIAs!" — the news has apparently made it back to the Nutt home, because Dia...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Insider Chad Ford: If you answer 100 questions, do all readers get a free Big Mac? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Bomani Jones: I vow that this will be your only question that does not mention the name Imus ... doh! • 2 p.m. MLS with...
NBA Roundup: Pistons Sign Off On Another Title
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Football draft expert Mel Kiper: Who needs draft predictions with Berman blurting out the results ages before they're announced? • 1:30 p.m. Boxer Shane Mosley: Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone's nickname was Sug...
Time To Remind Everyone Of The Clemens Steroid Business Again
As we prepare for the annual Somebody Ask Roger Clemens To The Prom sweepstakes, Seth Mnookin reminds everyone that Clemens is pretty much as tied to steroid rumors as Barry Bonds is....
Pac Man Jones Will Take A Year Off
This might ultimately be for the betterment of the league, but man, it's gonna make 2007 considerably less fun around here....
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy baseball focus: Once Indians catcher Kelly Shoppach breaks into the starting lineup. you shall feel my wrath! • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Should a pit crew have a team dance? • 4 p.m. Tennis with Sam Querrey: Why...
NBA Roundup: Golden Opportunity
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Mind if I call you Bob? • 3 p.m. After Jackie author Carl Fussman: Will you be promoting this on Imus in the Morning? • 4 p.m. Page 2's Patrick Hruby: No, I have no idea why the Pulitzer Committee is ignor...
NBA Roundup: LA Confidential
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basektball Association ......