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110. Get A Job, Punk.
We saw your last fight, Shawrelle. Spent so much time face down, we thought the canvas had titties....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL w/Marty Schottenheimer: Which puts more pressure on your skull ... being replaced by Norv Turner, or the other way around? • 1 p.m. PBA bowler Chris Barnes: Hey, aren't you the kid from Bad News Bears? • 1 p.m. NASCAR with Da...

NBA Roundup: DJ Was Always A Cut Above
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

Matt Millen Laughs At The Pain He Causes You
You know, we're starting to think that the only things that would survive a nuclear holocaust would be cockroaches, Kevin Federline and Matt Millen. And at least the cockroaches would feel kind of guilty about it....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Was there a single freakin' thing that actually stayed in Vegas? • 1 p.m. Page 2 columnist D.J. Gallo: We're not saying it's looking bleak over at Page 2, but didn't Mr. Lumbergh just take your red stapler? • ...

Ghosts Closing In On Pacman Jones
So our pal Pacman Jones is still having some trouble with that whole strip club shooting in Las Vegas over the weekend. In fact, he appears to be smack in the middle of everything....

Moon Over Mormon Country
Here's the word from the official USC ice hockey site, which was on the scene as the Trojans ended their season with a 6-4 loss in the ACHA playoffs to BYU this past weekend:...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Football draft expert Mel Kiper: They may have removed them on the site, but may I still make the little quote marks with my fingers when I say the word "expert" in that sentence? • 3 p.m. College football with Beano Cook: Can y...

NBA Roundup: OK, Your Stylish Dunks Don't Earn You Extra Points Anymore
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Any way we could move the season up a week or two? • 2 p.m. NHL w/The Mag's EJ Hradek: Oh, it's "The Mag" now, is it? Can we just stop right here and nip this in the bud? • 4 p.m. Pro Football Weekly: Why...

A Strip Club Incident That Might NOT Have Featured Pac Man Jones
You know, it almost seems natural: When there's a triple shooting in Las Vegas at a strip joint called Minxx Gentleman's Club, you tend to just assume Pac Man Jones was involved. (Or Stephen Jackson. Maybe Olin Kruetz.) Jones says, though, that rumors saying that he had something to do with it are f...

Hey, Ronaldinho, Why The Long Face?
This is pretty much what you think it is: A "full-size" sculpture of Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho ... as a regal white horse. It's currently up for bid on eBay, and the price is right too: Only $25,000! (With $2,500 more to ship.)...

The Bunnies Are Not To Be Dunked On, Nate Robinson
I called Nate Robinson "annoying" earlier, but I may have been hasty in my judgment. From the Las Vegas Review Journal, via The FanHouse, comes this report of a dunk that Nate had planned for last night's contest....

Roger Clemens... Blah Blah Blah
I suppose this is newsworthy enough to check in on. I originally thought it wasn't, but most news outlets seem to be treating it as such, so what the hell. Yesterday, Roger Clemens said there was an 80% chance that he was retired for good. But then, he also said this:...

If Jesus Came Back And Saw What's Going On In His Name, He'd Never Stop Throwing Up
A week ago we bought a rifle ... we went to the store, and we bought a rifle! We were gonna, you know, if they told us we had a tumor, we were gonna kill ourselves. The only thing that might have have stopped us is that our parents would be devastated. So, you know, we would have had to shoot them a...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: If you were really an Insider, couldn't you have warned us that Hardaway was insane? • 1:30 p.m. NASCAR with David Newton: All those who have said "This sport isn't rocket science" have now been proven...

No More "Conversation" On Page 2
As many of you noticed yesterday, our friends at ESPN.com have discontinued ESPN Conversation on its Page 2 columns. They're calling it the end of the "Beta" testing, though we're not sure how much sense that makes: Why would you test something on the most easily-commented upon stories just to push ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Um, one last thing Chad. What are your thoughts on gay players in the NBA? • 1 p.m. MLB reporter Tim Kurkjian: Is this the week that pitchers, catchers, and leather-clad women in bars report for spring trainin...

Trying To Understand The Illini Car Crash
Now that Illini center Brian Carlwell's condition after Monday's accident in a car driven by teammate Jamar Smith has been upgraded to "fair," we think it's probably OK to look at some of the more bizarre aspects to the crash....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Author John Amaechi: Do these shoes go with this shirt? Also, which NBA owners do you suspect are gay? • 2 p.m. Boxer Paulie Malignaggi: Isn't the title HBO After Dark a little ironic for a boxer? Also, and let me get this strai...