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Another Piece Of the Eli Manning Childhood Puzzle Falls Into Place
The front-and-center photo of the Manning family in 1996 is worth the price of admission. The fact that this particular story is about how a young Eli Manning learned from his mom only sweetens the pot. But that's not all. Heavens, far from it....
Tell Mike To Dip My TV Listings In Water
It's college basketball and college basketball alone day on TV. So if you can't stand hoops without an intricate bracket in hand, your required retro video game playing for the day is NES's StarTropics. It's not quite Legend of Zelda, but ... well, it's not quite Legend of Zelda....
Senator Asks NFL To Recognize Additional Team For Mercury Morris To Taunt
Every current NFL city has at least played in or hosted a Super Bowl, with the exception of ... you guessed it, Cleveland. So I guess there's no reason to discuss them at hahaha I had you going there for a second....
Lakers Fans Are A Figment Of Our Imagination
I don't know if I've ever met a single person who rooted solely for Los Angeles Lakers. In my entire life, not one die-hard Lakers fan. That's astounding. This leads me to believe that Lakers fandom is reserved exclusively for celebrities and basketball analysts. If the layman Lakers supporter does ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed, not including the stop sign by the elementary school crosswalk... • NBA: People Who Mark Off Paths prevail in overtime' against Ridiculously Out Of Style Pants, 94-88. • NHL: Once upon a midnight Drury / Rangers scored goals in a hurry / Over many a quaint and curious five hole of M...
No More Transfers
It's not like the trading deadline in baseball, because player movements in the Premier League actually happened. January 31 was the deadline to bring in new players from other teams, and it was the biggest spending trade window in Premiership history....
Please Do Not Duck Under This Man's Camera
• Yes. Yes. A thousand times yes. • The glamor of Glendale. • Larry Johnson rocks. • Gin Blossoms. • Gilbert Arenas likes the book. (Well, that part about him, anyway.) • Jerramy Stevens is kind of evil. • A blog is the only place you can read Stephen A. • Welcome back, Chris Anderson. • Media Day ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while your car is getting its million-mile checkup ... • Boxing: Featherweights, Monty "The Pacifist" Meza-Clay vs. Eric "My Head Is" Aiken, at Monroeville, Pa., (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN2] • NBA: Utah Jazz at Washington Wizards (8 p.m., ET); New York at Portland (10:30 p.m., ET). The Knick's...
Super Bowl Pants Party: Patriots Vs. Giants
After a week of drivel so repetitive that we were reduced to writing this, we finally land, inevitably, on the game itself. Whew. That took forever....
Enjoy Sports While You Still Can
As frustrated and exhausted as we all might be with the Super Bowl business this week, at least on Sunday there is an actual game. Enjoy it, because after that, it's a long, dead stretch until the NCAA tournament....
Who's Sorry Now? Fat Guy Edition
In possibly the biggest apology in soccer history (until the LA Galaxy gets around to explaining the whole Beckham thing), Diego Maradona has apparently admitted that it was his hand — not God's — that pushed home Argentina's game-turning goal against England in the 1986 World Cup. Of course, the fa...
In Case You Missed It, Duke Is Awesome Again
Don't know if you've noticed, by while you were looking away, Duke became awesome again....
Silly Daddy, Sleeping On Mommy
We hate L.A. All they do is snort coke and talk....
Tom Brady Will Be Well Coiffed On Sunday
The big Super Bowl question concerning Tom Brady isn't "Is he injured?", but rather "Will he have his nails done?" One can bet that the answer is affirmative, as word has leaked that the Patriots' quarterback will have his own hair stylist on hand in Glendale this weekend. They're calling him a barb...
Leave L.T. Alone!
• Will everyone apologize to LaDainian Tomlinson for saying he "couldn't play hurt?" [Rumors And Rants] • Fun with rodeo fellas. [Randball] • Welcome to Super Bowl morning radio. [Flotsam] • It's never fun when college coaches are under fire. [Play Is Under Review] • It's a shame the Cavs can't get ...