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About Last Night...
• Film: Codebreakers. You know, I think Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Taran Noah Smith might've been carrying Zachery Ty Bryan all those years on Home Improvement. My favorite part was when he called someone an "a-hole." • College basketball: Nevada 56, UCLA 67. UCLA gets the W, despite Nick Fazekas go...
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While I was trying to figure out a way to not feel like Carson Daly to Will's Conan O'Brien......
About Last Night ...
What you missed when raccoons locked you in the cellar ... • College Basketball: UConn avoids repeat of last season's embarrassing upset (and by the way, you still owe us $20 on that one) by beating UMass 78-60. • NHL: Dissension reigns as Flightless Sea Fowl lose sixth straight, 5-0 to Minnesota. •...
"Really, Really Need Tickets"
If you've been on eBay at all, you know how expensive Rose Bowl tickets are getting. (They're running about $1,000-$1,200 a piece.)...
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What you missed while reading a book (don't let it happen again) ... • College Basketball: No. 1 Duke prepares for No. 2 Texas by beating Penn 72-59. You prepare by eating three helpings of nachos. • NBA: Suns beat Warriors for eighth straight win, a fact that would have slipped under your radar we'...
Keeping The Streets Safe From Waltons
Of all the celebrities who showed up at the USC-UCLA game last weekend, it must have been easy to miss Luke Walton, Lakers bit player and son of Big Bill Walton. But not for long. As reported by USC's From The Sidelines blog, the younger Walton was booted off the sidelines last weekend for not ha...
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What you missed while Googling yourself ... • College Basketball: Michigan State gives Dan Shaughnessy something to complain about today. (Actually: It was Bob Ryan.) • NBA: Jamal Crawford returns to hometown, helps Knicks beat SuperSonics. Well, his usefulness is at an end. • NHL: The Power of One:...
Get Your Defunct T-Shirts
We're not much for handicapping — or, for that matter, the Heisman Trophy in general, which lost most of its charm for us when they moved it from the Downtown Athletic Club after September 11 — but we have to say that if you're looking for a potential collector's item, you musn't look much farther...
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What you missed while wrapping Christmas pres ... hey, where's the cat? • Monday Night Football: Seahawks stomp Eagles 42-0. If this is parity, we'd like to see the alternative. • NBA: Brand's 37 points lead first-place Clippers over Heat. Yes, we said "first-place Clippers." We know. Odd. Now let's...
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What you missed while proposing ... • NFL: Giants beat Cowboys 17-10, unrealistically rasing your expectations once again. • NBA: Kobe clinches win with free throws as Lakers beat adorably named Bobcats. • College Basketball: It's in the hole! Dockery's 40-foot heave cleans Virginia Tech's clock....
Athlete Run-Ins: Messing With Cade
Today's first athlete run-in story comes to us just in time for the big UCLA-USC game this weekend (which would have been 10 times cooler had UCLA not gotten killed by Arizona earlier this year) and involves everybody's favorite Bears draft bust, Cade McNown. The teller is Joe Lederer from Long Be...
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What you missed while watching Dave and Oprah make out ... • NBA: Kobe fouls out, Lakers still beat Jazz in OT. There's a new sheriff in town. Say it with us: Sasha Vujacic. • College Basketball: Nick Fazekas leads Nevada over Kansas. The sentence you thought you might go your whole life without rea...
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What you missed while assembling the plastic tree (it'll be the merriest Christmas ever!) ... • Killingsworth Softly With His Song: Duke barely survives against Indiana in college hoops. • NBA: Knicks beat Bulls by nine — those 45 free throws they made may have played a role. • NHL: Sharks suffer 10...
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What you missed while playing "Zathura" ... • College Basketball: Illinois wins at North Carolina to avenge title-game loss. It's all downhill from here. • NBA: McGrady (we refuse to call him T-Mac) scores 25 to help Rockets end seven-game losing streak. • NHL: Lemieux returns, but Flightless Arctic...
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What you missed while playing with the brand new sonogram you bought ... • NFL: Colts trample Steelers 26-7 to go 11-0, setting up everyone for ultimate disappointment at some point in the near future. • NBA: Nuggets lose to Nets, Carmelo injured — is there really a reason to go on? • NHL: Jimmy How...
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What you missed while writing your Kill Bill death list ... • NFL: Seahawks beat Giants in thrilling field goal display. • NBA: Lakers lose to Nets in OT. But Kobe gets his touches, and that's all that really matters, right? • NHL: Modin's two power-play goals lead Lightning over Flightless Sea Crea...
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What you missed while being stabbed to pieces by the Roman senate ... • NFL: Dayne's run helps Broncos beat Cowboys in OT. Wait, Ron Dayne? Wow. • NBA: Ron Artest, on his best behavior, leads Pacers over Cavaliers. We're sure that will last. What could go wrong? • NHL: Rangers beat Thrashers, cannot...
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What you missed while seriously considering naming your child "Seven Costanza." It's not a name, it's a number. • Cavaliers win eighth straight, then beg fans to please stop calling the "Cavs." • Even though we still think it's weird to imagine an event that would precipitate a team from Carolina pl...
Student Athletes Rule!
From the Angry College Professors department comes an email forwarded to us from the land of the USC Trojans. Fullback Mike Brittingham, a former walk-on with only one catch this year (though, assuredly, a lot of blocks), apparently missed a conference with one of his professors in October because...
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What you missed while perfecting your deep fried turkey recipe ... • NFL: Vikings find offense, beat Packers, will resume losing next week. • College Basketball: Iowa unfairly plays defense to beat No. 7 Kentucky. • NBA: Spurs hold off Kings, which is no huge accomplishment when you think about it....