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To Watch Tonight...
• College Hockey. NCAA Tournament, Final. It's Michigan State vs. Boston College, but I'm not ruling out Florida finding a way to win the national title. 7:00, ESPN. • College Softball. Arizona State @ Arizona. That girl with the ponytail is primed for a breakout year. 10:00, ESPN2. • Toronto FC @ C...

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What to watch as Pluto petitions Bud Selig for reinstatement to the Solar System ... • Boxing: Cruiserweights, Matt Godfrey vs. Felix Cora Jr., at Uncasville, Conn. [ESPN2]; Heavyweights, Travis Walker vs. George Garcia; heavyweights, Raphael Butler vs. Art Binkowski, at Minneapolis. Uncasville is a...

Cultural Oddsmaker: Who's the Next Minor League Mascot to Get All Dirty?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

The Big Lead: Still Down. Thanks, Schrutebag.
If you have attempted to access The Big Lead over the last 24 hours, the attractive image above — good Lord, those rectangles are ENORMOUS ... and they're headed straight for us! — is all you've been able to see. It's pretty, but it ain't that pretty....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory tries again ... • Auto racing: Formula One, practice for Malaysian Grand Prix, at Kuala Lumpur. If you plan to watch this, well, here's to you. [Speed Channel] • College hockey: NCAA Division I Frozen Four at St. Louis, Maine vs. Michigan State; North D...

This Hurts Us More Than It Hurts You, Colin
As some of you might be unfortunate enough to know, the man pictured here is Colin Cowherd, who has a show on ESPN Radio. Like many sports radio hosts across this great land, he relies greatly on blogs to find himself some free, juicy content. (And, of course, acting as if he just came up with it on...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you are menaced by giant squid ... • Major League Baseball: New York Mets at St. Louis. Seriously, kids: Braden Looper is starting tonight! [ESPN2] • NBA: Chicago at Detroit; Sacramento at Denver. Kings' Magical Misery Tour gets underway. [ESPN] • Soccer: UEFA Champions League, quar...

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What to watch as you suddenly notice that it smells like the Lord in here ... • College women's basketball: NCAA tournament, championship game, Rutgers vs. Tennessee, at Cleveland. Ah, now for the main event. [ESPN] • NHL: Buffalo at Pittsburgh. Blades of Glory. [Versus] • Soccer: UEFA Champions Lea...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after being gnawed by wombats ... • College men's basketball: NCAA tournament, championship game, Florida vs. Ohio State at Atlanta. We have the strangest feeling of deja vu ... is Troy Smith on the premises? [CBS] • Major League Baseball: Baltimore at Minnesota; Texas at Los Angeles A...

He Has Risen, And Is Demanding Oats
You know, we mocked the Barbaro message boarders when they claimed that Big Boss Horse was appearing to them from the afterlife. Yeah, we had a good laugh over that. But then a reader got to looking closely at our Jesus bowling post from last week, and made a startling discovery. Just look at the im...

To Watch Tonight...
• MLB Baseball. New York Mets @ St. Louis Cardinals. Welcome back, Nice to see you again, Joe Morgan. 8:00, ESPN2. • Professional Wrestling. Wrestlemania XXIII. If you shave Donald Trump's head, do you have to take the toupee off first? 7:00, Pay Per View. • Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tourname...

The Final Four Open Thread
I'm afraid I won't be with you for tonight's basketball festivities — I decided to try actually watching a game without a keyboard in front of me. I don't know what that's going to be like, but I've heard it's wild....

To Watch Tonight...
• Movie. The Rookie. Dennis Quaid was born to play old athletes. 8:00, ABC. • College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Ohio State vs. Florida. Where Dennis Quaid stars in the role of Greg Oden. 6:07, CBS. • College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Florida vs. UCLA. Half of the nation will have night terrors...

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What to watch after a couple of drinks, a nice steak and a parking lot beatdown at O'Charley's ... • Boxing: Mary Jo Sanders vs. Valerie Mahfood, for IBA women's middleweight title, from Detroit. C-c-c-ca-ca-ca catfight! [ESPN2] • Baseball: Chicago Cubs vs. Seattle, exhibition, at Las Vegas. Just tr...

Cultural Oddsmaker: What'll Be The Next Disgusting Act During A Sporting Event?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Grover from Sesame Street discovers a cancer cure ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, championship game, West Virginia vs. Clemson at New York. Or, the play-in game to face the Niagara in the NCAA Tournament. [ESPN] • NBA: Detroit at Chicago; Phoenix...

Your AL Central "Preview"
Everyone says it's the toughest division in baseball, but we think it's just the mostly hotly contested: You could pretty much interchange any of those top four teams and not sounds like a fool. But those Royals ......

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while your dog eats steak and truffles ... • NBA: Houston at Los Angeles Clippers. One day the Clippers will be good, and all people will travel to appointments with personal rocket jet packs. [ESPN] • Prep basketball: McDonald's All-American Game, at Louisville. Welcome to the creepie...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you find out "Galaxy Quest" has been canceled ... • College men's basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, semifinals at New York, West Virginia vs. Mississippi State; Clemson vs. Air Force. What, we can't call it the Final Four? [ESPN2] • College women's basketball...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after the tarpon wins it all ... • Arena football: Dallas at Orlando. Football and air conditioning; made for each other. [ESPN] • College women's basketball: NCAA tournament, Greensboro Regional final, Arizona State vs. Rutgers; Fresno Regional final, Connecticut vs. LSU. Ah, anything...