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The NFC East Is One Big Hugfest
Kevin Boss, Amani Toomer, and Steve Smith (pictured receiving love from Brandon Jacobs) have been the recipients of Eli Manning's three touchdown passes as we head from afternoon to evening at the Meadowlands. It hasn't been all good for the media's new favorite Manning, he's tossed an interception ...
LeBron's New Shoes Are Apparently an Aphrodisiac
So, Nike has released the latest ad for LeBron James's line of shoes, and it features Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussy Cat Dolls. If you're the kind of person who has always longed for a hoops-based soft core porn movie, today's your lucky day, partner. ...
Vikes Put an End to the Texans' Winning Ways
• Minnesota @ Houston: Purple Jesus and the Vikings (4-4) beat the Texans 31-28, stopping Houston's winning streak cold at three. Peterson rumbled for 139 yards and reached the house once. • Packers at Titans: The game is final (19-16 for the Titans), but we have one final dispatch from Reader Mark...
Afternoon Blogdome: Yeah, But What About the Texas Tech Women?
• Win-win: Following the football team's big victory over the Longhorns, it's time to take a good, long look at the females of Texas Tech. [Gunaxin] • Hey, it's better than getting repeatedly torched: "After watching the Nuggets lose to the Lakers for the eighth straight time last night, I'm convinc...
Bironas Keeps The Titans Undefeated, Almost Blows It
• The Packers and the Titans got physical in the day's biggest matchup. Rob Bironas missed a makeable game winning field goal to send the game into overtime. He got the chance to redeem himself with a game winning shot to end it. The Titans are still without a loss. Damn. • Old man Favre took a beat...
ESPN Jerks Bill Simmons Around, Yet Again
If you're a regular reader of ESPN.com, you probably noticed that Bill Simmons's NFL picks column didn't hit the web this past Friday. Well, according to the Sports Fella, ESPN elected not to publish it. The tension between Simmons and his employer, ESPN, has been well documented and the latest bit...
Bringing Rexy Back
• Lions at Bears: With Daunte Culpepper metaphorically breathing down his neck, Dan Orlovsky has responded, and has the Lions thinking about winning their first game of the season in Chicago. And now, enter the one and only Sex Cannon (who just hooked up with Rashied Davis for a TD). ...
Darchinyan Lives Up to His Promise, KO's Mijares
In a busy night of boxing, it was Vic Darchinyan who stole the spotlight. Not everybody believed Darchinyan's assertion that he'd knock out Christian Mijares, one of the world's top fighters, but in the ninth round he did just that. ...
Crappy Teams Forget They're Crappy
This could be the week that time forgot. Jobs are on the line and crappy teams all over the league are forgetting that they are, well, crappy. • Keith Bulluck, the Titans leading tackler was taken into the locker room with a rib injury. Bullock wears the radio helmet for Tennessee so coach Jeff Fish...
And1 Trades Kicks For Kicks With MMA
As the marketing monstrosity that is MMA continues it is attracting sponsors who want to break out of their one sport reputations. Enter AND1, basketball gear company and newest sponsor of the bloody sport. The company has announced its partnership with MMA fighter Nate Quarry. ...
Daunte Comes to Detroit, Steven Jackson Blogs
• Daunte has come out of a very short retirement, and agreed to a two-year deal with the Detroit Lions. Though the Lions aren't confirming anything at this point, the contract should be signed tomorrow. This will surely turn around their season. • When the division-leading Bills (5-2) host the Jets...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• NFL: NY Jets @ Buffalo, 1:00pm, [CBS] • NFL: Baltimore @ Cleveland, 1:00p.m. [CBS] • NFL: Green Bay @ Tennessee, 1:00p.m. [FOX] • NFL: Houston @ Minnesota, 1:00p.m. [CBS] • NFL: Arizona @ St. Louis, 1:00p.m. [FOX] • Running: ING New York City Marathon, 3 p.m. [NBC] (same-day tape) • College women...
Morning Blogdome: If Only Soccer Was Really Like This
• Men with balls is the new black: I have no idea whether this is fake or not, but at least it's more entertaining than most real soccer. [VOOT] • Yao wish he was a little bit taller: If only Yao Ming was 7'7" and not 7'6", this dunk might have looked a little different. But alas, he was an inch sho...
College Football Recap: Gator Bite
• Florida (49) - Georgia (10): The Gators laid a beatdown on rival Georgia, stomping the Bulldogs to the tune of 49-10. Florida remembered how Georgia celebrated their first score in last season's 42-30 win, and were all too happy to exact revenge. Florida coach Urban Meyer even called two timeouts...
NBA Closer: James Posey Puts the Clamps on LeBron
• Good thing Boston didn't keep that Posey guy; he's useless: The Hornets' big free-agent acquisition from this past summer shut down LeBron James at crunch time, and hit an enormous three to seal the victory for New Orleans. Posey's teammate, Chris Paul, had a typically brilliant game - 24 points,...
Texas Tech Has Arrived
The crowd in Lubbock, Texas had reason to rush the field not once, but twice last night. A last second TD pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree capped off an amazing comeback win for the no. 7 Red Raiders against the country's top ranked team. After Colt McCoy gave the Longhorns a 33-32 lead...
Spurs do Everyone a Favor, The Big Four Are Back In Place
Good God, you go and get drunk on Halloween and by the time you remember where you are you realize that Chelsea is back on top of the table thanks to Tottenham's humbling of Liverpool. In fact the entire big four of the English Premier League now sit in the top four positions for the first time this...
Pants-Gate: Mike Singletary WILL Find Out Who Snitched
An investigation is underway in San Fransisco, and no man, woman, or child is safe from its reaches. No sir; not for as long as Mike Singletary is around. The Niners' new coach is determined to find out who told the press about his rather hilarious motivational tactics, which have brought shame and...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while thinking up an even more awesome Halloween costume for next year ... • CFB: Washington at Southern California, 6:30 p.m. [FSN] • CFB: Tennessee at South Carolina, 7 p.m. [ESPN2] • CFB: Texas at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. [ABC] • CFB: Nebraska at Oklahoma, 8 p.m. [ESPN] • NBA: Cleveland ...
Hugh 4: High-Fives All Around
Well folks, you did it. We put out the call for action, and you did not disappoint. (Unlike Georgia and Florida State, who are currently getting smacked around. End obligatory update.) In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the cry of joy from the young Iowan boy. And the gasp of horror escap...