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A classic love story that has stood the test of time — your ass, and the sofa ... • College Basketball: Cincinnati at Connecticut; Texas at Iowa State; Gonzaga at Santa Clara. NCAA Tournament, here we come! (May not apply to Santa Clara). [ESPN] • NBA: Mavericks at Celtics. What kind of a world is i...

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• College Basketball: #1 Duke @ #22 Wake Forest. This is actually a game I'd love to see, but my noggin is fried because of the football orgy. I need to sit in the dark and listen to Enya for about six hours. • NHL: Columbus @ Phoenix. Did you know that the Blue Jackets have never ever won in Phoeni...

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If, for some reason, the NFL Playoffs aren't your thing......

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• College Basketball: #9 Gonzaga @ St. Mary's (CA). It's one thing to take on cream puffs like Michigan State, UConn, and Memphis, Zags. Now it's time to see what you can do in the WCC. • NBA: LA Lakers @ LA Clippers. You know, at the end of the year, the # of Lakers wins, and Kwame Brown's free-thr...

Illinois Joins The Ranks Of The Defeated
That nasty Iowa defense spent the day sweating Dee Brown into a 2-of-14 performance from field, holding him to just six points and polishing off a 63-48 Iowa victory....

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...