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Roll On, Eighteen Wheeler, Roll On
We're actually big fans of the huge semi trucks that college football teams use to transport all their equipment from game-to-game; when we went to the Rutgers-Illinois game this year, we actually waved to the guy driving the Illini truck. Illinois had lost 33-0, and he grouchily nodded back. At lea...
Somebody Was Too Blasted To Pitch In A Meaningless Game
So you remember that whole All-Star game travesty from five years ago — yes, it has been five years now, which is kind of amazing — when they had to call the All-Star Game a tie because everyone was out of pitchers? (That game is the reason the American League has freaking home-field advantage every...
Hirshey: England, Or Israel?
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. NBA Insider John Hollinger: Forget gay. Which players wear toupees? • 3 p.m. Baseball with Jerry Crasnick: Has Sosa discovered a way to cork his body? • 4 p.m.. Indycar drive Dan Wheldon: Do you ever just want to go like, 30 mph...
From A Rote Tourney Comes A Thrilling Final Four
Of all the little traditions of college basketball, our favorite might be the cutting down of the nets. It's something unique to the game of basketball; in other sports, it's the fans who cause the on-field destruction after a victory. (And we're damn good at it too.) We do always worry a little abo...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while grooming your beard ... • College Basketball: Final Four is set; Roy Williams will not be participating. • NBA: Kobe Bryant; slacker. Lakers 115, Warriors 113. • NHL: Simon Says, So Sorry. Rangers 2, Islanders 1....
We've Got Our Four
I asked for a game that would be close at the end, and technically, I didn't really get it. Overtime, as it turned out, was a time for beating some Tarheel ass. Georgetown trailed the entire game, managed to tie it up on a late Jonathan Wallace three, and then Carolina just decided they didn't feel...
Joey Dorsey Still Not In The Running For the Naismith Award
It's only fair, really, to check back in with Memphis's Joey Dorsey, who called out Greg Oden before the Ohio State/Memphis game, and then spent the game treating Oden like Morgan Freeman treated Miss Daisy....
About Last Night...
• Women's College Basketball. Rutgers 53, Duke 52. .1 on the clock, down 1 point, shooting two free throws ... and neither of them even get close to going in. That can't feel good. I'm sorry, Lindsay Harding. • College Hockey. Maine 3, UMass 1. The Black Bears are in the Frozen Four. I am happy for ...
Memphis vs. Ohio State Liveblog, 2nd Half
• We're back underway, and the second half starts just like the first... with Greg Oden abusing Joey Dorsey....
Mock Drafts Are Of No Interest To Joey Dorsey
Memphis forward Joey Dorsey does not share the popular view that Greg Oden is very good at basketball. Dorsey intends to show the world tonight that Greg Oden is, for lack of a better word, his bitch....
About Last Night...
• College Basketball. Florida 65, Butler 57. If Billy Donovan keeps this up, he might be considered for that awesome Kentucky job. • NBA. Lakers 111, Hornets 105. The Hornets were able to hold Kobe to 50. • College Basketball. Georgetown 66, Vanderbilt 65. And the Hoyas travel on....
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who'll Be The Next Women's Coach To Be Ousted For An Inappropriate Relationship?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Baseball Season Preview: Boston Red Sox
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NHL with Scott Burnside: Hey, what if I like a little hockey with my fighting? What do I watch then? • 2 p.m. Sweet 16 with Pat Forde: We're talking about basketball, right? • 3 p.m. ESPN.com's Paul Shirley: Fall Out Boy? Really...
This Is Probably Why We Don't Pay That Much Attention To Cricket
In a story that, shockingly, was the lede story on CNN.com last night, Bob Woolmer, the head coach of the Pakistani cricket team, appears to have been strangled in his hotel room after his team's shocking loss to Ireland in the Cricket World Cup....
Man, These Games Run LATE
Before we delve into last night's games, a legitimate question: Why doesn't the NCAA receive the complaints about the late endings of their most important games the way Major League Baseball does for scheduling the World Series so late? We know that they have to fit in two games, but the Ohio State-...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while saving El Moolah ... • College basketball: NCAA Tourney ... Mighty Oden smites Tennessee's last shot. • NBA: If Kobe Bryant reaches a milestone against the Grizzlies, does it make a sound? • NHL: Poor Opus. DiPietro, Islanders stop Penguins....
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Ohio State Vs. Tennessee
Ohio State Buckeyes (31-3) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (24-10) When: 9:57 p.m. ET Where: San Antonio...
We Think Ninjas Would Make Great Closers, Actually
You might think of Ryan Dempster as the red-bearded "closer" for the Chicago Cubs ... but he knows himself as something so much more. Ryan Dempster ... ninja!...