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Leftovers: Barbaro Will Outlive Us All
• Well, look who's a finalist for SI's Sportsman Of The Year. [Bloodhorse] • A grand history of the middle finger. [Zubaz Pants] • So, is Cleveland every going to get a pro football team? [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The Devil Rays might play some games in Orlando. Hey, it can't hurt. [Baseball Musings]...
You Cannot Hide From Lance Armstrong
Far be it from us to insinuate that Lance Armstrong is still in the heads of the French cycling establishment, but now they're accusing him of breaking into their email....
You, Too, Can Vote For Rory
As is made plain and obvious around here every day, we don't have the most fundamental understanding of hockey. We love hockey, particularly in person, but with everything that has went on the last few years, it's difficult to keep up. We know, we apologize and we're trying....
The OTHER Japanese Pitching Prize
In a much lower-profile — for the Yankees, anyway — announcement yesterday, the Yankees have won the bidding rights to Kei Igawa, a lefthanded pitcher in Japan, for the apparently bargain-rate discount of $26 million....
Frank Beamer's All-American Ballot
In case you had any doubt left — though we don't know how you could have — that a ballot in the hands of college football coaches is a dangerous thing, here's the All-American ballot from Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer....
Blogdome: Awwwwwww ....
• Some NBA superstars' baby pictures. Larry Bird really does look like a serial killer. [Sportable] • The French racist soccer fan thing finally blew up last week. [Soccernista] • Is Brady Quinn the most overrated player in college football history? [Rumors And Rants] • Where the heck did this Greiv...
Vancouver Ready To Welcome More Weird-Ass Olympic Events
We had a crazy dream last night. The IOC was making up Winter Olympic sports, and approving them in their meeting in Kuwait City. Yeah we know, off the wall. But ... huh? You're kidding. Skicross?...
We Hope They Turn Out Overweight And Lethargic
To celebrate his new big-ass contract for the Dodgers — and the inevitable shredding of some sort of tender tendon that will result — Nomar Garciaparra has found a fertile place in Mia Hamm that his seed might find purchase....
Welcome To The Romo Bandwagon Express, With No Stops Until Jan. 20
With Steve Silverman's love note to Tony Romo on MSNBC this morning, let the worship of the Dallas quarterback officially begin. Not that it started with Silverman by any means — Madden has been giving Romo verbal backrubs for more than a month now. But we're just wondering if America is ready for t...
Justin Gatlin Finds A Sport That Doesn't Mind That He Uses Steroids
When your fourth wide receiver is a guy named David Anderson, it's probably not a bad idea for you to explore all possible options, but the Houston Texans are taking it to a (not really all that) new level....
The Case Against Brunch Mavens Coaching NFL Teams
You know, it turns out that seeking out your top offensive minds from Idahoans accustomed to making waffles and pouring orange juice down the gullets of nostalgia-seeking tourists isn't the best way to run a football team....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Bonds to Padres? Piazza to Athletics? Manny to Giants? The Yankees paid $26 million for what? It's %$&*^# hard to focus! • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: I'm wearing a headband as I type this, and it's not...
NBA Roundup: Much Ado About Headwear
Notes on Tuesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
That Smudge On Your Floor? That's The Big Ten
You know, new Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson isn't known as a disciplinarian in the way that Bob Knight is, but, jeez, he sure does make his players do some pretty publicly humiliating things to their teammates when they lose on national television, doesn't he?...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while inventing the Opti-Grab ... • NHL: Pronger returns to Edmonton, gets booed, Ducks win in OT. Sounds like fun to us. • College basketball: Greivis Bodily Injury ... Led by Greivis Vasquez, Maryland ends Illinois' 51-game non-conference home winning streak. • NBA: Who's Crying No...
Time For The Big Ten To Lose Again
Well, you know the college basketball season is officially upon us with the ritualistic beatdown of the Big Ten at the hands of the ACC starts showing up on ESPN. With the precursor of N.C. State trouncing previously undefeated Michigan already pushing the ACC into a 1-0 lead last night, the ACC is ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you try some pickup blind soccer with your friends ... • College basketball: Maryland at Illinois; Indiana at Duke. We're TiVoing for added pause-play Kelvin Sampson goodness. [ESPN] • College basketball: Florida State at Wisconsin; Miami (Fla.) at Northwestern. When your state is i...
Sometimes, We Just Learn A Bit Too Much
We know, we're soulless ironists, not connected to the problems of the everyday world, except to mock them. We accept your scorn, and we probably deserve it....
Leftovers: Senator Cheerleader
• Trent Lott, GO TEAM. [ClayNation] • One must be wary of when St. Louis sports radio jockeys attack. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • Etan Thomas has a new column for SLAM Online ... and a poem! [SLAM Online] • Hey, you can win the chance to watch a game with Freddie Mitchell. Careful: He'll steal your ...
You Can't Use Your Hands OR Your Eyes
In the grand tradition of Beep Baseball, With Leather brings us the blind soccer World Cup, which we are immediately dispatching David Hirshey to cover....