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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you translate all of your comments into Klingon ... • College football: Orange Bowl, Virginia Tech vs. Kansas, at Miami (8:15 p.m., ET). Has Mangino ever ingested fruit? [Fox] • Golf: PGA Tour, Mercedes-Benz Championship, first round, at Kapalua, Hawaii (6 p.m., ET). Colt Brennan ha...

The Only Playoff Simulation That Matters
Above is the second half of the Giants-Buccaneers tilt; it's amazing how compelling watching the final seconds turns out to be. We are almost certain that will be more entertaining than the actual game....

Dirk Exorcizes Some Demons
The NBA Closer is written by our Canadian weekend maestro J.E. Skeets. When he's not busy scouring the box scores or wearing skinny ties, he can be heard on The Basketball Jones daily podcast. Enjoy....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you honor Drew Brees, the best quarterback ever ... • College football: Fiesta Bowl, Oklahoma vs. West Virginia, at Glendale, Ariz. (8:15 p.m., ET). Too much excitement to fit on one chip. [Fox] • College basketball: Rutgers at South Florida (7 p.m., ET); Penn State at Northwestern ...

Meet Your Three Pick 'Em Winners
We'd like to take a brief moment to congratulate R. Flemming, L.M. and Adam Hall for finishing first in our Pants Party Pick 'Em Group. They each had 179 points to tie for first out of 1,575 entries...

Witness The Pagentry Of The International Bowl
It can't be easy to promote the International Bowl in Toronto. It's Rutgers vs. Ball State, smack in the middle of a bunch of bowls that actually, you know, matter. (Well, kind of.) How do you sell it? How do you make people want to watch?...

Our On-Site Report From The Ice Bowl
Jack Kukoda is a native of Buffalo, NY and is a writer for the Onion News Network. He lives in New York City now. And he was at the outdoors Sabres-Penguins game yesterday and files this most amusing report....

T.O. Still Loves Him Some Him
From the Dennis Green Memorial trademark-your-own-dopeyness-for-cash file, we present Terrell Owens' newest endeavor....

Mother Nature Snowballs Bettman
Today's NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of The FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer. Enjoy....

Welcome To The System Quarterback Club, Colt
Tiny tidbits and news niblets from the OTHER bowl games yesterday ......

The Rose Bowl In The Twilight Zone
The question we've been discussing with fellow Illini fans over the last 12 hours or so; was it really worth it? Was it worth watching our Illini be absolutely destroyed in the Rose Bowl yesterday? Wouldn't we all have been better off if Illinois had a more competitive, fun, matchup against Florida ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch on your free Green Bay Packers furniture (pending favorable Super Bowl result) ... • College football: Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Kentucky vs. Florida State, at Nashville (4 p.m. ET); Chick-fil-A Bowl, Clemson vs. Auburn, at Atlanta (7:30 p.m., ET). Guests of the Gaylord Hotels Mu...

Wade Phillips' Daughter Belly Dances And Reads Sports Blogs
You might remember, back in February, when MJD told you about Cowboys coach Wade Phillips' most attractive daughter. Well, now she's got an acting career. It seems to be going well....

Brady Is Giving Romo Dating Advice Now?
Apologies in advance for this item. You should know that, if you click on it, there will be a Britney Spears photo, the weekend box office receipts for Alvin and the Chipmunks, and the headline: Jamie Lynn's baby-daddy is a 'lying, cheating dog.' Hey, it's New Year's Eve; who's reading this anyway? ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while enjoying a sweet, sweet batch of diamond fudge ... • NFL: Titans at Colts (8:15 p.m., ET). In Sorgi Cleveland trust. [NBC] • College Football: Alabama vs. Colorado in the Independence Bowl (8:00 p.m., ET). Oh, sorry, the PetroSun Independence Bowl. [ESPN] • Movie: The Bourne Supr...


To Watch Tonight
What to watch while building a castle made entirely of new socks ... • NFL: New England at New York Giants (8:00 p.m., ET). Finally a chance to use that damn picture-in-picture feature. [CBS and NBC] • College Football: Alamo Bowl: Penn State vs. Texas A&M, at San Antonio (8:00 p.m., ET). Yes, yes, ...


To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize that you're a myth and Bigfoot is real ... • Boxing: Heavyweights, Dominic "Fainting Spell" Guinn vs. Robert "The Missouri Migraine" Hawkins, Vancouver, British Columbia (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN2] • College football: Champs Sports Bowl, Boston College vs. Michigan State, Orlan...