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ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......

About Last Night
What you missed after hearing "Crank That" one too many times ... • College basketball: The last time Kansas State won at home against Kansas, Matt Leinart had not yet been born. • NFL: No mention of Tom Brady's ankle on Patriots' injury report. Belichick, in fact, denies Brady has an ankle. • NBA: ...

MNF At The Super Bowl
We have made no secret of our enduring love of The Dugout, both in its original incarnation and its current, non-expletive form at AOL Sports. But you think these guys just know baseball? Pshaw....

About Last Night
What you missed while knitting toaster cozies ... • NBA: Both the Nets and Sonics winning on the same day? What's next, a meteor striking the e—... • NHL: The Fisher King ... Senators 5, Islanders 2. • MLB: Andy Pettitte, whistle blower....

About Last Night
What you missed while deciding for whom to vote ... • NBA: Utah 97, San Antonio 91. Mitt Romney declares victory. Rudy Giuliani decides to skip the game. John McCain says that both teams should work together to end their differences. Fred Thompson dozes peacefully. • College basketball: UConn beats ...

About Last Night
What you missed while trying to ignore that letter from Hogwarts ... • NBA: 41 pickup ... No doubt about it, LeBron loves playing the Lakers. • Figure skating: Lysacek edges Weir for U.S. Figure Skating gold. Tiebreaker included a Zamboni race. • MLB: Erik Bedard is a Mariner! Or no, wait ... hmm. W...

About Last Night
What you missed while changing your Facebook status ... a lot ... • NHL: Ovechkin "strikes out" in SuperSkills' breakaway challenge. • NBA: Bzzzzzzz ... Hornets sting Spurs by 24 to take the top spot in the West. • Tennis: Djokovic imitates Djokovic winning the Australian Open....


So, Um, Yeah, About Last Night
What you missed while pissing mediocrity ... • NBA: Kobe's 40 not enough to beat Mavs. 48 would've done the trick though. • Golf: Tiger leads Buick by four-strokes at 12-under. *Silent pump fist* • Tennis: Sex sells ... and wins. Sharapova claims her third Grand Slam title with a 7-5, 6-3 victory ov...

About Last Night
What you missed while driving to a seedy area of town to try and score some Hershey's mints ... • College basketball: Love will find a way. UCLA 80, Oregon 75. • NBA: 15 Strong ... I hope you aren't shocked by the news that the Heat lost again. San Antonio 90, Miami 89. • Tennis: A win so big you ca...

About Last Night
What Dee Mirich missed while furiously writing about 200 angry poems ... • MLB: Barry Bonds asks judge to dismiss perjury charges on the grounds that he didn't understand the questions (laugh track). • College basketball: Five overtimes? Is that all? I once saw Sister Hazel do eight encores. Baylor ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while packing your cat ... • College basketball: Iowa State at Kansas (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Georgia Tech at N.C. State (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. Picture-in-picture, we need you now more than ever. • NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio (9 p.m., ET). Time for the Lakers to begin their annu...

Carlos Mencia Is The NFL's Dane Cook
We have made no secret of our enduring love of The Dugout, both in its original incarnation and its current, non-expletive form at AOL Sports. But you think these guys just know baseball? Pshaw....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while baking ... • College basketball: Kentucky beats No. 3 Tennessee, 72-66. I think this is a fantastic ... upset. This is Kige Ramsey for YouTube Sports. • NHL: The Osgood File ... Red Wings 3, Kings Zip. • MLB: Chuck Knoblauch, you got served!...

Philip Rivers Played On Sunday Without Certain Small Body Parts
Among odds and ends found in the Chargers' locker room while sweeping up on Monday: Philip Rivers' anterior cruciate ligament. Seems that he was playing with only one on Sunday, which is why he seemed extra limber, no doubt. Playing without body parts: That's pretty gutsy....

About Last Night
What you missed while breaking up with the World's Hairiest Man ... • NBA: Miami Dolphins, meet the Miami Heat. Heat, Dolphins. Cavaliers 97, Heat 90. • Tennis: Australian Open ... Henin, Serena, no soup for you. • College basketball: We'll be walkin' in Memphis (walkin' in Memphis) ... step off, No...

About Last Night
What you missed while combing the supermarkets for a can of Surge ... • NFC Championship Game: Amazing Larry! The $&#;$!# ball finally goes straight; Giants beat Packers 23-20 in OT. • AFC Championship Game: Patriots use their vaunted running game to beat Chargers, 21-12. • NBA: The Nets may win in ...

About Last Night
What you missed while watching the best of Tracy Morgan on SNL... • Soccer: The USMNT kisses the Swedes goodbye. More on this game to come in the near future. • NBA: Brandon Roy out-performed Dwight Howard but the Magic got the win over the Blazers. Greg Oden probably looked pretty dapper over on t...

Happy Championship Sunday!
Ladies and gentlemen, start your countdown. We're now just eight hours away from kickoff in the first game of the NFL's Championship Sunday. Things get underway at 3 pm eastern when San Diego will call the toss in Foxborough, and with any luck the game will still be competitive at 3:30. Once that's ...