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What to watch once you return to your comfortable island home and turn on your ... hey, where'd everything go? ... • College football: Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, at San Diego, Texas A&M vs. California. It's just not the same without Jim Harbaugh in town. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Rutgers at...
Curse Of The 1980s Giants Infield Continues
We are saddened this morning by reports of the death of former San Francisco Giants third baseman Chris Brown. We don't know what's going on with Giants infielders from the 1980s (Jose Uribe died in a car crash on Dec. 8), but Matt Williams, watch your back. Brown, who was Darryl Strawberry's teamma...
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What to watch after that made-for-TV movie about the Crusades starts getting silly ... • College football: Emerald Bowl, Florida State vs. UCLA, at San Francisco. Sounds like fun, except for the storm of Biblical proportions which is currently raging there. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Bradley...
Danny White And Herschel Walker Would Like To Wish You A Belated Merry Christmas
In case you needed a little push to take down the last of those Christmas decorations, this should stomp out your remaining holiday cheer. We offer you the 1986 Dallas Cowboys singing Christmas in Dallas, proving that there were other disasters besides the Challenger Space Shuttle and Iran-Contra th...
Doug Johnson Must Be Some Kind Of Douchebag
With a staggering 39% of the vote, Terrell Owens was the "winner" of an SI.com poll among NFL athletes on the subject of the league's most annoying player. Owens was one of only two players to get into a double digit percentage, the other being Joey Porter with a disappointing 10%....
Spit Shield Purchases Skyrocketing In North Carolina
Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, beloved in many places that are not Seattle, may have given some clues yesterday about his plans for the future. He didn't announce anything, but said he'd have something to say about it next week. If he was going to stay, though, why wait to say it?...
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What to watch while carving roast beast... • College football: Motor City Bowl, Central Michigan vs. Middle Tennessee. Because nothing is more beautiful than Detroit in December. [ESPN] • NHL: Bruins at Blue Jackets. What is this "hockey" you speak of? [VS] • NBA: Rockets at Pacers. Rafer Alston is ...
Tony Romo Cockblocks A Deadspin Commenter
In last month's Deadspin thread discussing the three Thanksgiving NFL games, commenter Wingman said the following:...
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• College Football: Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. Arizona State vs. Hawaii. I wonder if there are teams that purposely shoot for a berth in the Hawaii bowl. "Well, we're 8-1, but if we win out, we might get a better bowl that the Hawaii Bowl... we better just lay down this saturday." 8:00, ESPN. • Movie. Ki...
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• College Football. Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl: Tulsa vs. Utah. Their sponsorship of this bowl game has persuaded me to buy a Bell Helicopter. 8:00, ESPN. • NFL: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Oakland Raiders. If Randy Moss isn't full of the Christmas spirit, no one is. 8:00, NFL Network. • Movie. Na...
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What your dog can watch while you're in the yard chasing squirrels with a rake ... • College football: RL Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Rice vs. Troy. Come see a pair of 7-5 teams fight to the death in air-conditioning. [ESPN2] • NBA: Houston at San Antonio; Washington at Phoenix. You realize that the ...
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What to watch while guarding your pants ... • College football: Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, Brigham Young vs. Oregon. Mormons forced to shield their eyes from glowy new Ducks uniforms. [ESPN] • College men's basketball: Tulsa vs. Oklahoma, at Oklahoma City; Pittsburgh vs. Oklahoma State, at O...
This Guy Is Very Excited About Ken Williams' Offseason Moves
It's a Christmas Miracle! Ladies and gentlemen, we present you with the spiritual brother of our friend Mike Cooper ... meet Ryan Drop....
Yes. It Was, Uh, A Verbal Slip, And In No Way A Glimpse Into A Total Lack Of Football Understanding
If you'll remember yesterday, ESPN "analyst" Desmond Howard made a particularly egregious error during a discussion of the football bowl game he was looking most forward to, claiming it was a California-Texas game that wasn't actually happening. (Cal plays Texas A&M.)...
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What to watch as you come down from the high that was the Poinsettia Bowl ... • College basketball: Memphis at Arizona; LSU at Washington. Big Baby tossing fish in Pioneer Square! Run for your lives! [FSN] • College basketball: Arkansas at Texas. Can the Frank Erwin Special Events Center contain the...
Desmond Howard, Mythical Bowl Expert
We don't mean to be smug about this, we really don't: Live television is awfully difficult, with all the flashing lights and camera cues and clock countdowns, and the possibility that a single screwup will end up pointed out and mocked by little twerps like us. It's hard. We appreciate it....
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What to watch while pretending to understand the Credit Union Bowl ... • College football: San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Northern Illinois vs. TCU, at San Diego. And then he made a left turn through an unlocked gate, and Huskies head coach Joe Novak was never heard from again ... [E...
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What to watch instead of eating rhubarb ... • College men's basketball: Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee, at Nashville. We volunteer for the beer run during this one. [ESPN2] • NFL: Cincinnati at Indianapolis. This will go a long way toward determining who will lose in the second round of the playoffs. ...
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• College Basketball. Southern Illinois @ Indiana. I've always thought that Kelvin Sampson looks like a guy who wears a lot of denim. 8:00, ESPN. • NFL. Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers. NBC's billed it as LJ vs. LT. completely ignoring PR vs. TG, AG vs. TG, and MS vs. HE. 8:15, NBC. • Colleg...
Someone Spit In DeAngelo Hall's Face And It Wasn't Pac-Man Jones
I realize that this isn't breaking any new ground, but man, Terrell Owens is a sensitive guy. DeAngelo Hall, who engages in some friendly trash talk with Terrell Owens on the phone from time to time, did some of that same trash talking to Owens during the Cowboys/Falcons game last night. Owens spi...