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Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: C.W. Nevius
And now it's time for a new category: columnists who left sports to write for the living section but still manage to write about sports most of the time. Frankly, we're not sure why C.W. Nevius left the sports pages of the San Francisco Chronicle to begin with, but one day we looked there and he w...

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What to watch as the dog takes itself for a walk ... • College Basketball: Guardians Classic, semifinals, West Virginia vs. Texas, Kentucky vs. Iowa. You just know Steve Alford could step onto the court and hit from the outside at a higher percentage than any of his players. [ESPN2] • College Basket...

Until Next Year, Donovan
The news just broke, if it can be counting as "news" or "breaking:" Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his hernia, a surgery that sounds deeply unpleasant all kinds of thoughts here, not the least of which that by the time McNabb plays again,...

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What to watch as even you start to believe your own bullshit ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Chad Dawson vs. Ian Gardner; junior welterweights, Benjamin Flores vs. Daniel Jimenez, at New Haven, Conn. We're confused — prior to this we've never actually had a reason to watch Showtime. [Showtime] • ...

T.O.'s Last, Desperate Plea
Right now, members of the NFL Players Union (along with Terrell Owens and agent spawn Drew Rosenhaus) are sitting in an conference room in the Airport Marriott outside Philadelphia, arguing with the Eagles to arbitrator Richard Bloch that he should be able to play again this season. As fans, we're...

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What to watch as, outside, clowns continue to pour out of the tiny car ... • College Basketball: 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, semifinal, Wake Forest vs. Florida, at MSG. A foul? He didn't touch him! Come on! [ESPN] • College Basketball: NIT Season Tip-Off, quarterfinals, Memphis at Alabama. It's...

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What to watch while popping greenies ... • College Basketball: NIT Season Tip-Off, quarterfinals, Seton Hall at Duke,/A>. We think we have Pirate Fever — either that or the Bird Flu. [ESPN] • NBA: New York at Los Angeles Lakers. Isn't it funny how Larry Brown and Phil Jackson were once great coaches...

Authors With Pure Hearts: Jere Longman
It has been brought to our attention that, as much as people might like our Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks feature, sometimes it's nice to point out good sportswriting. We agree; we're very friendly people and love great sportswriting as much, if not more, than anyone. Henceforth, we introduce ou...

T.O.'s Suddenly Fluid Finances
Yesterday, we told you about Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens selling his Moorestown, N.J. home for $4.3 million. Well, as some of you pointed out, T.O. apparently is gonna go homeless for a while; he's selling his Atlanta home too. This one, probably because of that insane Georgia real estate m...

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What to watch as your MP3 player finally takes matters into its own hands and deletes all those Kelly Clarkson songs ... • College Basketball: NIT Season Tip-Off, first round, New Mexico State at UCLA. Janou Rubin begins his sixth season with the Bruins, just one behind John Belushi's record of seve...

Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Stephen A. Smith
We're not even going to get into his show on ESPN, which we've well-documented elsewhere. We are here to discuss the many sins of Stephen A. Smith the writer, the columnist. The man absolutely refuses to back up any of his written assertions with sources or facts. A guy who routinely sends in colu...

T.O. Needs Your Spare Change
You'd heard that Terrell Owens' house was for sale, but now you can see it all official-like: T.O's Moorestown, N.J. home, at 40 Landing Court, is right there, with an asking price of a mere $4,399,000. (Strangely enough, we think T.O. could probably use the money right now.)...

The Woe Of The Eagles Fan
There was a moment last night, during the Eagles' season-crushing 21-20 loss to the Cowboys, when you really grasped just how difficult it must be to be an Eagles fan. Ordinarily, we scoff when fans of successful teams complain about their suffering; we root for the Arizona freaking Cardinals, so ...

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What to watch as your clothes slowly go out of style ... • College Basketball: Preseason NIT, first round, Boston University at Duke. Wave your blue and white tubie things. [ESPN2] • MNF: Dallas at Philadelphia. Right now ABC must be loving that decision to suspend T.O. [ABC] • Islanders at Penguins...

NFL Roundup: Down Goes Tice!
• What's funnier than Mike Tice being rolled over and knocked down on the sideline? Nothing, that's what. By the way, we find Tice's dopey sideline celebrations undignified, and Tom Coughlin's constant gyrations of fury incredibly amusing. • Samkon Gado, baby, Samkano Gado. Two touchdowns, one gr...

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What to watch while stuck in the bathroom ... • College FB: Rutgers at Louisville. That's Lou-ville. Card-nils. [ESPN2] • PGA: HSBC Champions, third round, at Shanghai. Hope Tiger doesn't run into these guys. [The Golf Channel] • NBA: L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, Detroit at Portland. Honey, do we ha...

Even Satan Is Saying, "Rosenhaus? Never Met Him."
The Philadelphia Daily News brings up something we pretty much all figured was going to happen: It appears a bunch of Drew Rosenhaus' clients are seriously considering dropping him after his pretty clear botching of the Terrell Owens situation. Rosenhaus signed up most of his clients in the last t...

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What to watch as your eight-year-old son and his agent sign a pro soccer contract in the other room ... • College FB: Boise State at Fresno State. What's the over-under, about 100? [ESPN] • PGA: HSBC Champions, first round, at Shanghai. Tiger Woods getting in some great rounds, plus all his shirts a...

Vote T.O.!
The pictured advertisement is what's currently front and center on TerrellOwens.com, the official Web site of everybody's favorite apologizer....

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What to watch as The Terminator licks his wounds ... • College FB: West Virginia at Cincinnati. Mortly Ivy will stop the Bearcats cold, we predict. Of course, it's quite possible we don't know what we're talking about. [ESPN2] • NBA: Miami at Indiana, Sacramento at Denver. Overindulging at the pro h...