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Hugh Johnson Project, Update 2
Penn State head coach Joe Paterno was plowed into by one of his own players on the sidelines, and he suffered some kind of a leg injury. It's never a good thing to see an old man hurt, but the upside is that it's inspired some of you....
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 1
South Florida leads Tyler Palko and Pitt 14-3 at the half, behind the strength of two fake punts, and a quarterback named Grothe that might be the best college or professional quarterback in all of Southern Florida. Florida State is hammering Virginia, 17-0 in a battle of two of the many ACC teams t...
ESPNU May Have An Opening For This Guy
Before the Hugh Johnson madness gets underway in a bit, I thought we could go back to last week and revisit a couple of themes from last week: Temple's win over Bowling Green, and inappropriate things said by people in the media. Both are covered by this fellow (at about the 50-second mark, but if y...
We Haven't Had A Drink In A Lotta Years, But Now We're Gonna Have Us A Cold Beer
There's no one knows your life better than a brother that's near your age. He knows who you are and what you are better than anyone on earth. My brother and we said some unforgivable things the last time we met, but we're trying to put that behind us, and this trip is a hard swallow of our pride. We...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NHL with E.J. Hradek: How can I cure my rampaging Penguin Lust? • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Did you ever wear the Nutty Buddy? • 4 p.m. NCAA FB with Todd Blackledge: Would a Louisville-Boise State national title game make y...
Look, An Important Weekday College Football Game!
We don't often get to write about important college football games here — that's usually MJD's job on the weekends — but we have a rare one tonight: A Thursday game between two undefeated teams that could very well decide who plays in the Fiesta Bowl for the BCS "Championship" on January 8. (January...
Stop Shuler Surrenders To The Polls
We have told you before about the noble quest of StopShuler.com, produced by a group of Redskins fans who want to keep their former quarterback — and current Congressional candidate — Heath Shuler from returning to Washington....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA FB with Todd McShay: RUTGERS, BABY! • 1 p.m. Horse racing with Barbaro: OK, we made this one up. But $50 says a bunch of people submit questions anyway. Including Pat Forde. • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Joe Schad: Joe Schad, you ar...
Mota Somehow Finds Way To Fail Drug Test
Yesterday, relief pitcher Guillermo Mota was suspended 50 games for testing positive for steroids, and, as Baseball Musings points out, he at least didn't do the "might have accidentally put the wrong thing in my body" excuse; he manned up and apologized for his mistake. The suspension proves what w...
Free Darko Previews: Amare Stoudemire
We're at the start of the NBA season, with all its drama storylines and sturm und drang and months of madness. To us, part of the beauty of the NBA is that its focus, while ultimately on the team, falls on the individual. The plight of one player becomes an epic tale in the shadow of Jordan; who is ...
Drew Brees Hates The Witch He Has For A Mom
If Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his mother were, you know, speaking to each other, this would make for a rather awkward Thanksgiving. Fortunately, he hates her!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Um ... what? • 2 p.m. NBA with Kiki Vandeweghe: Did Larry Brown ever "flex the real hard juice card" when he coached you at UCLA? • 5 p.m. Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith: This may be the only reason I've seen...
Drew Brees' Mom Probably Won't Be Appearing in Any Soup Ads Anytime Soon
Drew Brees, your New Orleans Saints quarterback, has had a rocky relationship with his mom ever since he refused to sign her as his agent when he came out of Purdue. Unfortunately, things seem to have taken a turn for the worse:...
They Have To Ask: What My Friends Want to Know About Sports
So as soon as I realized was actually going to have to do this fucker, I appealed to friends and relations to basically provide me with content. I asked a collection of sports fans and sports haters alike to appeal to the wisdom of the Deadpsin commenting crowd. (I described you as a bunch of erud...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ......
Great Moments in Sports Journalism: Hell, We'll Give it a Shot
Over at Gawker we run a regular feature called Great Moments in Journalism where readers send in particularly egregious examples of overwriting, poor writing, excessive use of clich , or any other example of journalism gone wrong. We very rarely nominate sports pieces, since most of our readers don'...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for tonight's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. BCS with Brad Edwards: Our latest foray into the Pacific Northwest was not unlike an extended stay at the Overlook Hotel, wouldn't you say? — USC fan. • 2 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Your time is through, Buster. Make your fina...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4
The final Hugh Johnson update of the day is only to tell you that there will be no final Hugh Johnson update of the day. My power was knocked out by a tree that came down in the midst of a freezing rain storm, causing me to lose all your pearls of deviant wisdom. I am really, really sorry about that...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 3
And Bowling Green is the school that gives Temple its first win of the season. Man, I'd hate to be that one Deadspin commenter with the BG avatar. - Suss...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 2
This is a fairly safe afternoon to recover from a hangover. All you need is someone to wake you up in time to watch the World's Largest Cocktail...right, we're not calling it that, but either way, get up by the time Florida v. Georgia is on and tie it on all over again. - C...