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If You Want To Throw Down In Fisticuffs, Fine.
White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski plowed into Cubs catcher Michael Barrett at the plate, and Barrett felt that it was an inappropriate touch. He got up, wrapped Pierzynski up in a little hug so they could chat for a quick second, and then he popped him in the face. It was a short right cross that ...
And The Ones Get Sevens...
Screw "About Last Night!" After a night of basketball like that, it can be demoted to the two-spot......
LeBron Goes For It All Tonight
No. 1 email we've received over the last 48 hours: "Hey, asshead, still think LeBron's playoff debut is unremarkable?" (Answer: OK, maybe he's doing all right.)...
Purple In The Morning, Blue In The Afternoon And Orange In The Evening
Soon, millions of people will see us, and they'll all like us. We'll tell them about you, and your father, how good he was to us. Remember? It's a reason to get up in the morning. It's a reason to lose weight ... to fit in the red dress. It's a reason to smile. It makes tomorrow all right. What have...
Roger Gets The Jordan Treatment
You know, it just wouldn't be the Internet without Roger Clemens steroids rumors. It's like they make the place whole....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m.. Rattlers' WR/DB Randy Gatewood: What does nine years in the Arena Football League even feel like? Have you ever wished you could look up between plays and see a cloud? • 2 p.m.. Boxing with Dan Rafael: I say, that man struck th...
It's Playoff Time! Everybody Grab A Ball!
Before we talk about last night's Clippers' win over the Suns, can we just say how disappointed we were that there wasn't a single incident of a grown man wounding the genitals of another grown man?...
Last Call For The Clips
The Cavaliers', uh, somewhat unexpected rattling-off of three consecutive wins over the Pistons has overshadowed what had been the plucky little engine that could of the postseason: The Clippers, who face elimination at the Staples Center tonight against the Suns....
Come Gather Round, Children
Well, this should be awfully entertaining: It's the Terrell Owens Youth Football Camp!...
So That Would Be Why He Has So Many People In His Network
Much big credit to Burnt Orange Nation, which has dug up the recently deleted MySpace page of "troubled" Texas Longhorns running back Ramonce Taylor....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxing historian Bert Sugar: Go to bed old man! • 2 p.m. Chicago Fire's Chris Rolfe: What exactly did Andy Herron do to earn a six-game suspension? • 4 p.m. College hoops with Andy Katz: How many of these games have you played ...
We Are All Stunned
Well. It's little wonder the The NBA Is Back! platitudes are being brought back out there. This is downright fun....
LeBron's Chance To Take Over
Well, for those of you who are just now waking up from that Clippers-Suns epic last night, there's no time to rest, people. Two more games tonight, with the Mavericks trying to finish off the defending champions and, most compellingly, LeBron James and the Cavaliers continuing their unlikely quest...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NHL playoffs w/E.J. Hradek: So, ever long for a job where the average working room temperature rises above 50 degrees? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Love the latest edition, but the chapter about Jesus secretly fatheri...
Wait ... They're Not Still Playing?
Last night's Clippers-Suns game was so intense, so all-inclusive, that we were this close to just live blogging the thing ourselves. (J.E. Skeets did just fine, anyway.) The game ended at 2:18 ET time, which was seven hours ago; a guy who clocked in to work when this game ended still has an hour l...
Chris Kaman And Clippers Ready For World Domination
Little known fact: Clippers center Chris Kaman is not, in fact, actually hurt: That lump on his shoulder is just a normal byproduct of reaching the 25th year of life on his home planet. It's kind of like a birthing pouch, actually; in nine months, a being resembling a cross between Nicko McBrain a...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m.. Boxer Rocky Juarez: OK, so originality isn't your strong suit. Let me guess: Is your dog named Rover? • 2:40 p.m.. IRL's Castroneves, Hornish: It was going to be 2 p.m., but, you know, traffic. • 3 p.m.. Writer and author Chris...
Dolphins Not Liable For Future Damages, So You Know
We don't mean to imply that the Miami Dolphins are covering their tailfeathers a bit with Marcus "New Mexico" Vick, whom they just signed to a free agent contract, but here's what was included in the official press release about the signing....
Somehow ... The Series Is TIED?
As we wait for Mark Cuban to sleep off what is almost certainly an enormous (and well-earned) hangover, we turn our morning attentions to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. (No offense to the Mavericks, of course; we are one step closer to the sublime possibility of David Stern handing the ...
Hey, These Playoffs Are Getting Kind Of Fun
If you're one of those cynical souls who doesn't take Rasheed Wallace's word as gospel, we should be in for quite an intriguing evening of basketball. In the first game, we get to find out if this will be a forgettable early chapter in LeBron James' playoff career or if becomes something unique, spe...