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• College Basketball: #6 Illinois @ Iowa. Dee Brown continues his Godzilla-like march through the Big Ten, but today, will face a very solid defense. [Big Ten Wonk] • Golf: Mercedes Championships. Stuart Appleby has a one-stroke lead, but I'm not sure who to root for in this one. I kinda hate anyone...
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What to watch while thinking you could beat Maury Povich in arm wrestling, but probably not Connie Chung. • Boxing: Junior middleweights, Joel Julio vs. Robert Kamya; bantamweights, Raul Martinez vs. Andres Ledesma, at Cicero, Ill. Robert "The Doctor" Kamya. Now there's a practical nickname for a gu...
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What to watch as the Joker makes a mockery of justice in Gotham City ... • PGA Tour: Mercedes Championships, first round, at Kapalua, Hawaii. So does the winner get an actual Mercedes? We think he should. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Villanova at Louisville, Michigan State at Illinois, Brigham Young...
Blogdome: Rose Bowl Edition
What they're saying on the Texas and USC blogs, the morning after ... • Burnt Orange Nation. "We're Number One! I embraced total strangers tonight the way I do my own family, and I came very close to crying tears of joy." • IndieWIRE SXSW. "Horns Win! The city of Austin is alive tonight." • Longho...
Rose Bowl: The Morning After
All right, all right, it's the morning after, and we still can't quite believe that game last night. Some more thoughts as we recover:...
Vince Young Becomes A Legend
We just watched one of the most incredible games we've ever seen, and we certainly hope you did too....
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...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your clothes gradually go out of style (except the sneakers) ... • Rose Bowl, Texas vs. Southern California, at Pasadena, Calif. Apparently it's a big game or something. [ABC] • College Basketball: Notre Dame at Pittsburgh. Carl Krauser and the 11-0 Panthers are not to be trifled wi...
Some 1 A.M. Bowl Goodness
We're never reminded more of just how old we're getting than when we watch college freshmen play sports. Penn State kicker Kevin Kelly, we swear, has to be lying on his birth certificate; there's no way he's older than 12. The poor kid finally erased the chances he'd be a Buckner-type goat by fina...
Orange Bowl: A Contrast In Coaches
Everyone's making a huge deal about the coaching legends Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden facing off in the Orange Bowl tonight. They're the two winningest coaches in Division I-A history, and they're both still going strong. It's nice when old people do well....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you poll numbers slip even further ... • FedEx Orange Bowl: Penn State vs. Florida State, at Miami. Finally, a bowl game for which we can justify shirking chores. [ABC] • College Basketball: Oklahoma State at Pepperdine. Yes, our nickname is the Waves, and we look like we're wearing...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Steve Kelley
"Steve Kelley looked at his column. He had only one sentence so far, so he hit the "enter" key and described it. Then he did that for the second sentence, and he was three paragraphs in. Soon, his column-inch target would be met. But not soon enough for Kelley." Our thanks to DMZ at U.S.S.Mari...
Laura Quinn Gives Us A Fiesta Of Pain
Thoughts while watching about three hundred shots of Brady Quinn's sister, Laura, during the Fiesta Bowl last night: 1. We kind of miss that TV show, Xena, Warrior Princess. 2. We thought A.J. Hawk was some sort of famous skateboarder. Apparently we're confused. 3. Brent Musberger is still al...
To Watch Tonight
A smorgasbord of college football involving eight teams you'd never watch, except that it's bowl season ... • Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Minnesota vs. Virginia, at Nashville. Come to think of it, that Andy Griffith Show marathon is starting to look pretty good right now. [ESPN] • Vitalis Sun ...
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What to watch as, somewhere in Vegas, a slot machine is calling your name ... • College Football: Emerald Bowl, Georgia Tech vs. Utah, at San Francisco; Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, Oregon vs. Oklahoma, at San Diego. The glittering jewels of the college bowl season. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Stanfo...
The Trophy Monstrosity
Via TrojanWire and Every Day Should Be Saturday, we present the trophy given to the winner of the Fiesta Bowl this year. That's really it. This isn't actual size, but oh, if it were....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as credit card companies form a perimeter around your house and begin making demands for payment by bullhorn ... • MPC Computers Bowl, Boston College vs. Boise State, at Boise; Alamo Bowl, Michigan vs. Nebraska, at San Antonio. Somehow, "Michigan vs. Nebraska in San Antonio" just doesn...
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What to watch as Tiny Tim reveals he's been faking his disability all along ... • College Basketball: Gonzaga at Memphis. We're big Rodney Carney fans ... oh, by the way, it's pronounced Gon-zay-ga. [ESPN2] • Champs Sports Bowl: Clemson vs. Colorado, at Orlando; Insight Bowl, Arizona State vs. Rutge...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Dan Le Batard
We've never met Dan Le Batard, but this is how we picture him: green makeup, pointy hat, always carries a broom. He's looking into a crystal ball, wherein a typical Miami Herald reader is stuck, motioning helplessly, calling: "Dorothy? Where are you?" Le Batard cackles, and flying monkeys then fil...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Central Florida takes on the Nevada Wolf Pack in their first ever bowl game tonight at the Hawaii Bowl. A year from now, UCF head coach George O'Leary will be telling everyone it was the Orange Bowl. • Poker: Hey, look at this. It's poker on ESPN that you haven't already seen ...