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I Think It's Jim Sorgi In The Colt Costume
Bear vs. Colt is an inspired bit of Super Bowl silliness. Every day between now and the Super Bowl, they post a new video with a Bear vs. Colt battle, with a guy in a bear costume going toe to toe in some manner against a guy in a colt costume....
To Watch Tonight...
• NBA. Indiana Pacers @ Detroit Pistons. Mike Dunleavy does not have the same brawl-inducing potential as Ron Artest. 7:00, ESPN. • College Basketball. UCLA @ Stanford. Stanford's Brook Lopez had a triple double last week. That's something. 8:00, FSN. • Women's College Basketball. North Carolina @ M...
A Happy Ending For That EBay Bears Lady
You may recall the attractive Bears fan who attempted to auction herself off on EBay in return for a Super Bowl ticket last week. The bidding went up to 99 bazillion dollars and was then killed by EBay, only for her to try again, and again have the auction pulled....
Filling Your Burning Need For Pageantry
It's so difficult to wait that extra week for the Super Bowl. The promise of spectacular pageantry is on the horizon, but still just out of your reach. Oh, pageantry, you seductive temptress....
To Watch Tonight
• College Basketball: Syracuse @ Louisville. I bet this seemed like a good idea before the season started. 7:00, ESPN. • High School Basketball. Dematha (Md.) vs. Towson Catholic (Md.). Ha ha, you guys have to spend a year in college, ha ha. 9:00, ESPNU. • College Basketball. Michigan State @ Ohio S...
Throw In The Jacket, And We'll Talk
A man on craigslist.com is looking for two Super Bowl tickets... and in turn, he would like to offer you lifetime access to nude Wisconsin girls:...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your approval rating approaches single digits ... • Boxing: Junior middleweights, Richard Gutierrez vs. Teddy Reid, at Uncasville, Conn. Come on down, it's not like you're not going to be in Ucasville anyway. [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: Winter X Games, at Aspen, Colo. Dude, you oversl...
Why You Shouldn't Randomly Promise Tickets To Strangers
When your team makes the Super Bowl, sometimes some promises you've made in the past come back to haunt you. That's what happened to Bears safety Chris Harris, who was on public access earlier this year and found himself in a situation where his mouth was writing checks his ticket stash couldn't cas...
William Perry, Keeping Busy (And Incognito!)
In case you were wondering what William "The Refrigerator" Perry was up to these days, now that the offers to box Manute Bol have dried up, here's one of his main promotional opportunities: Big Camo, "the world's BEST outlet for HARD or IMPOSSIBLE to find BIG and TALL camouflage hunting clothes, acc...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as militant squirrels capture your nuts ... • College men's basketball: Clemson at Duke [ESPN]; UCLA at California; Southern California at Stanford. Yeah, considering the parking situation for that Cal game, we'd suggest leaving the house now. [Fox Sports Net] • College women's basketb...
Welcome To Negro Bowl I!
As you might have heard from a media outlet or two, this is a historic Super Bowl because it features two African American head coaches for the first time. The odds are good that this might be a topic over the next 10 days....
Taking Down The USA, One Touchdown At A Time
Every year, usually more than once a year (whenever there's a major sporting event), some soulless, dumb "research firm" tries to convince us that the office workers of America are somehow skirting their duties serving The Man by paying so much attention to something that might divert them from star...
Bobby Knight Unlocks Another Mystery
Bobby Knight sure has been chatty since breaking the all-time NCAA men's win mark. Here's his take on the whole Bill Parcells situation in Dallas. Parcells, a longtime friend of Knight's since their coaching days at Army, resigned earlier this week. The reason? It's all because of Terrell Owens, of ...
Remind Us To Be Careful When We're In Georgia
A rather stunning story on ESPN.com this morning from Wright Thompson: The tale of Genarlow Wilson, a high school football player and honors student who is serving a 10-year sentence for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17. Thanks to the strange — some might say insane ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after a quick run to Wiener Circle for some cheese fries, with extra abuse ... • College men's basketball: North Carolina at Wake Forest [ESPN]; DePaul at Georgetown. Plenty of seats available! Congress actually working these days! Come on down! [ESPN2] • NBA: Houston at San Antonio. C...
Kind Of Looks Like Steve McMichael On A Bender
One of the things we love about the Bears? They have a theme song. It's pretty awesome that a professional sports team has a team song. And it's particularly awesome when it is sung by Bryan Griffin, of the Chicago Lyric Opera....
Your Handy Super Bowl XXXXI Human Interest Guide: The Chicago Bears
The endless loop of Super Bowl XXXXI coverage is about to begin, and we like to consider ourselves the Mainstream Media's Little Helpers. We're about to all be deluged with a flood of human interest stories — we can use that metaphor because the Saints lost — so we thought we'd make it easier on all...
The Beginning Of A Fun Reality Show
So here's a fun social experiment: Five Chicago Bears season ticket holders end up with their number called for two Super Bowl tickets. But they all have an equal claim on the tickets. How do they figure it out? the Chicago Tribune's RedEye filmed the negotiations. We're disappointed there were not ...
A Handy Guide For Super Bowl XXXXI Reporters
The endless loop of Super Bowl XXXXI coverage is about to begin, and we like to consider ourselves the Mainstream Media's Little Helpers. We're about to all be deluged with a flood of human interest stories — we can use that metaphor because the Saints lost — so we thought we'd make it easier on all...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Bob Newhart convinces Emily to get an HDTV wide screen to watch the Super Bowl ... • College men's basketball: Indiana at Illinois; Alabama at Auburn. If the Illini lose tonight, we give up. [ESPN] • NHL: Exhibition, YoungStars Game and SuperSkills, at Dallas. We feel as if the pre-...