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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....
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What you missed while trying to determine which one is Heckle and which is Jeckle ... • Arena League foo ... er, we mean, NFL: Colts go 10-0 after 45-37 win over Bengals. • NBA: Kobe scores 43, but forgets to play defense as Bulls beat Lakers. • NHL: Bruins lose sixth straight, meaning it's time to ...
Athlete Run-Ins: Matt Leinart's Surprise
These athlete stories, we have to say, they're really getting pretty fun, aren't they? After this morning's Andy Roddick story, we present a story about USC quarterback and co-ed depantser Matt Leinart ... AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE. From Los Angeles' John Bishop:...
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What you missed while waiting in line for the new Harry Potter movie ... • NBA: Horry's 3-pointer leads Spurs over Rockets. Now you may go on with your day. • College Basketball: Syracuse beats Texas Tech 81-46, Knight gnaws off own left hand at the wrist. • NHL: Martin St. Louis' surprise return le...
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What you missed while making elaborate plans to beat the urinalysis ... • NBA: Kobe's 42 lead Jackson's Lakers over Brown's Knicks (yes, those are their official team names now). • NBA: Not to be outdone, Iverson scores 42 as 76ers win sixth straight. • NHL: Flames beat Red Wings for eighth straight...
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You stayed up until the wee hours. But the dance, Maria, now she is over ... • Detroit Pistons win to go 7-0: All hail Flip Saunders, unchallenged coaching God. • NHL: Ducks trade Federov to Blue Jackets, sending the earth wobbling into a new orbit. • College Basketball: Temple's John Chaney gets 50...
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What you missed while taking your kids to the movies to see animated chickens ... • NFL: Cowboys rally to down Eagles in fourth quarter. We're gonna keep our distance from Eagles fans this morning, just to be safe. • Your eventual NCAA Basketball Tournament Pool bracket, Day One: Duke handles Boston...
Shoot At Anything That Moves!
We don't mean to get too red-state, blue-stateish on you, but you wouldn't help but notice the lede stories on ESPN Outdoors' Web site today....
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What you missed while having a tea party in your tree fort with your mom ... • NFL: Manning, Colts stay undefeated after carving up Texans. • NBA: LeBron youngest ever to 4,000 points as Cavaliers beat Magic. • NASCAR: Kyle Busch wins Checker Auto Parts 500, brother watches on TV from jail....
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What you missed while sparkin' with Betty Lou behind the barn during the hoe-down ... • NBA: Pistons beat Suns to remain undefeated, annoying Larry Brown no end. • Tagliabue to Los Angeles: 'The NFL will return!' Dramatic and all, but the long-stemmed pipe made him look ridiculous. • NHL: Sullivan's...
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What you missed while writing the biography of the guy who wrote your autobiography, which, we suppose, would be you ... • NBA: Timberwolves stop Kobe's scoring streak, beat Lakers, win our hearts. • College FB: West Virginia crushes Cincinnati into fine powder. • NHL: Hurricanes win eighth straight...