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More Women's World Cup Fever
• USA! USA! USA! [Rizzo Sports] • There have been plenty of teams more overhyped than this year's Michigan team. [The Angry T] • Them Chiefs is naked! [Arrowhead Addict] • We've been enjoying the early morning Women's World Cup, but nothing's been more fun than Euro qualifying. [The Beautiful Game] ...
Please Don't Burn Down Our Big House
According to an email from one former Michigan player to a group of Michigan alumni, the alums are planning a little pump-er-upper tomorrow for the Irish game....
Pam Ward Is Not Listening To Her Producer
We actually don't think Pam Ward is a bad broadcaster — not at all, actually — but this clip, from her broadcast of the Michigan State-UAB game, seems to imply that she might be deaf....
Up Close And Personal With Ned
We're just about 27 hours away from the monstrous battle between Miami and Florida International, and the return of Ned....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Are you currently wearing pants? If not, are they at least within arm's reach? • 2 p.m. PWBA's Carolyn Dorin-Ballard: Your bowling shirt says "Carolyn," but your eyes say "take me." • 2-4 p.m. Scouts on N...
Oden, The Day After
Portland might be the place where indie rockers go to die, but it's certainly a very sad place still today, in the wake of Greg Oden's devastating medical diagnosis....
Belichick Is So Grounded It's Not Even Funny
• Michael Wilbon says the punishment is not nearly enough. [MSNBC]...
One Awkward Rosh Hashanah In New England
Via Hashmarks, here's a story of the High Holidays that comes at the worst time for Patriots owner Robert Kraft....
Larry Johnson's Bewildering Denial
So, what do we know about Chiefs running back Larry Johnson? He's probably a little overworked, he went through a nasty contract battle in the offseason and he's best pals with Jay-Z. So when we listen to his the big alleged Larry Johnson anti-Chiefs rant that's all the rage this morning, we are bew...
Here Comes The Hurt Again
Alternate headline: Everybody Hurts (Sometime). If there's such a thing as momentum in sports — as if games are a rolling wheel of cheese and players are stumbling down a grassy English hill — then the Yankees just lost it on the eve of their most important series of the season. A.J. Burnett pitched...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while editing special effects into your wedding video ... • MLB: Dodgers make their portly, drunken run at the NL wild card. • Golf: Tim Clark proves that practice is overrated. • College football: Hope you've got Steve Slaton in your NCAA fantasy pool. West Virginia 31, Maryland 14....
Greg Oden's Ancient Knee Goes Into The Shop
We find the fact that Greg Oden is going to miss the entire 2007-08 season very depressing news, and boy, doesn't that make us unique. The worst part about it, as anyone who has read his blog at Yardbarker, he's a likable, upfront guy for whom it's difficult not to root for....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after doing the Fish Slapping Dance at Pike's Place Market ... • College football: West Virginia at Maryland. Finally, a game Michigan won't lose. [ESPN] • Soccer: MLS, Los Angeles at Chivas USA. Hey, we still have Edson Buddle! Come on out! [ESPN2] • WNBA: Finals, Game 4, Detroit at P...
Is It Wrong To Do It With An Opposing Team's Fan?
To this day, our favorite ESPN commercial remains the one where the male Ohio State fan and the female Michigan fans make out with each other. There's something primal about our reaction to it; it seems grotesque, somehow, like cousins French kissing, or a dog doing it with a sheep. Sleeping with yo...
Today In Illict Drug Use
We were awfully relieved to wake up this morning — the worst part about doing the site on the West Coast is that we still have to get out of bed as if we were still on the East Coast; our wakeup call was 4:30 this morning — and pick up our Seattle Times. We love local papers; they're awfully excited...
He Might Get More Votes Than Mike Gravel
You've been blinded by the breathtaking brilliance of Digger Phelps on ESPN for years. Somehow, in the vast barren nation of banality, Phelps has been a beacon of hope and brilliance. So much so that, sheesh, we should elect him President!...