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National "Title" Pants Party: Longhorns Vs. Trojans
It so rarely happens that even though we obviously need a playoff, it's pretty much impossible not to get excited about tonight's Rose Bowl BCS "title" game between Southern California and Texas. (We still hope the first quarter goes like this.) Hell, it's so exciting even the President was consi...
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What you missed while laboriously sewing an Iraq-Iran World Cup half-and-half jersey ... • Rascal Scooter Orange Bowl: Penn State finally kicks a FG to beat Florida State in three overtimes. Surprisingly, neither Joe Paterno nor Bobby Bowden die of old age in the process. • College Basketball: Novak...
Blogdom's Best: Hating The USC Trojans
Perhaps nothing says hatred like college athletics. We have witnessed the body painting, we have seen the flaming objects hurled onto the court. Yes, we have seen the pants waving from atop the flag pole. And today, we salute those pants. We believe that college athletics were invented to give stu...
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What you missed after finally waking from a long, long winter's nap ... • Fiesta Bowl: Ohio State prevails over Notre Dame, making God royally pissed. • Sugar Bowl: Steve Slaton had over a hundred yards before your hangover even began subsiding — West Virginia over Georgia. • NBA: Marbury, Knicks up...
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What you missed while pimping your ride (actually, waxing the Volvo) ... • Holiday Bowl: Oklahoma upsets Oregon as another Leaf struggles in San Diego. • College Basketball: UCLA ends six-game losing streak against Stanford. Don't look now, but the Bruins are 11-1. We told you not to look! • NBA: ...
How To Simulate Reggie Bush
Apparently, the Texas Longhorns are having a difficult time finding someone to simulate Reggie Bush on the scout team during practices....
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What you missed while perfecting your mime/ventriloquist act ... • NBA: Grizzlies maul Kobe, beat Lakers 100-99. • NHL: Jagr, Rangers rout Islanders, make world safe for democracy. • College Football: Nebraska beats Michigan in something called the Mastercard Alamo Bowl. Sorry, but the whole concept...
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What you missed while giving the hamster a Viking funeral ... • "What do I have to do?" Carmelo Anthony's 45 points not enough as 76ers beat Nuggets. • Insight Bowl: ASU's 45-40 win over Rutgers sets all kinds of records, draws interest from Arena Football League scouts. • NHL: Osgood's 27 saves lea...
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What you missed due to the fact that the holly turned out to be, sadly, posion oak ... • Turn Out The Lights ... New England clouts Jets in Monday Night Football finale. • NBA: Cleveland Rocks — LeBron helps Cavaliers grab sixth straight win. • NHL: Senators get three power-play goals (is that even ...
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While you were lubing up your chimney to allow Santa easy access......
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What you missed while giving your daughter a felt mouse and driving the cat to soccer practice ... • NBA: LeBron's 37 lead Cavaliers over Bulls, and they're still waiting for the ball to land after his missed dunk. • Las Vegas Bowl: Cal, BYU combine for 917 yards offense, Bears squeak it out 35-28. ...
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What you missed while arranging your state quarters collection, and noticing that someone has absconded with Ohio ... • College Football: UTEP flattened by MAC truck in GMAC Bowl, as Toledo prevails 45-13. • College Basketball: No. 6 Illinois clobbers Missouri for "Braggin' Rights." • NBA: Spurs sen...
Soon, They'll Start Stealing His Chicks
So here's a completely strange story: Apparently USC quarterback Matt Leinart — perhaps you've heard of him — was apparently suspended for the Rose Bowl for, like, an hour....
It's The End Of The Boom Run, And We Don't Feel Fine
As we've written before, though not here, we love the Great Outdoor Games on ESPN: It's pretty much the highlight of baseball's All-Star Weekend for us, definitely more fun than the game. We can never decide which we enjoy more: The fierce rivalry between the Hoeschler sisters in women's log rolli...
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What you missed while filling your Foosball table with water to play Foos-water polo ... • NBA: Mark Cuban shoots TV, Elvis-style, as Kobe lights up Mavericks for 62 points in only three quarters. • NHL: They're not booing; they're saying "Loooouuuuu!": Lamoriello is 1-0 as a head coach as Devils be...
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What you missed while getting in some last-minute spying before the Patriot Act expires ... • Monday Night Football: Ravens rout Packers in Favre farewell tour. • NBA: Billups (pardon us) scores game winner as Pistons drop Grizzlies in double OT. • NHL: Oooh, a shootout! Maxim Afinogenov (say it wit...
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What you missed while building a snowman army and declaring yourself King of Winter ... • We Blame It All On Lil' Ronnie: Chargers end Colts' perfect season, '72 Dolphins get on their Rascal Scooters to meet up and celebrate once again. • College Basketball: Top-ranked Duke clobbers Valparaiso, goes...
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• NFL. Broncos 28, Bills 17. Rod Smith catches an impressive 11 balls for 137 yards. Buffalo counters with an impressive 12 penalties for 82 yards. Advantage, Denver. • NBA. Suns 87, Grizzlies 91. Memphis has six scorers in double figures, handing Phoenix their fourth loss in five games. • Boxing. 7...
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While you were hoping that Santa Claus chose to ignore your behavior last night......
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What You Missed While You Annoyed The Rest Of The Audience By Cheering Against The Ape ... • Apolo Ohno, our most gloriously named athlete, qualifies for Olympics once again in speedskating. • NBA: Finley, Spurs keep Timberwolves at bay, 90-88. • Wisconsin beats Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A fierce rivalry...