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Finally, Jerry Lawler On Your Cell Phone
After what seems an eternity, our two favorite things are now together: Cell phones and the WWE. Cingular Wireless has entered an agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. to launch a mobile Web portal for convienient, one-touch access to all of your favorite pro wrestlers (we have it on goo...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: Can you use your magical Insider powers to get me a hot dog from the hospitality room? • 2 p.m.. New Mexico's Quincy Black: Did I just pay $39.95 to find out that Black "has good speed, but poor techn...
You Have No Idea How Hard It Is Not To Make A "Pokey" Joke
This, friends, is Pokey Chatman, who, until about 16 hours ago, was one of the most successful young coaches in women's college basketball, leading her LSU Tigers into the NCAA tournament and earning the respect of her peers. Now, though, she's decidedly less than that: Now she's a disgraced former ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dancing a series of Irish jigs ... • NHL: Even we know that what Chris Simon did was not nice. • College basketball: Grin and Bear it ... Cal upends UCLA 76-69 in OT in Pac-10 tournament quarterfinals. • NBA: Manu The Moment ... Ginobli leads Spurs to 11th straight win....
Time To Rev Up The NCAA Tourney Previews Again
Longtime readers — or at least those who have been with us for a year or longer — will remember last year, when we introduced the world's only reader-created NCAA tournament previews. Well, that thing is a mother to put together — essentially, three presumably fascinating facts about all 65 teams in...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Boxer Wladimir Klitschko: How many Rocky IV jokes can one man endure? • 1 p.m. Iowa TE Scott Chandler: How many ice silos did you climb this morning? • 2 p.m. ESPN.com's Greg Garber: Congratulations, you're the new ESPN ombudsm...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while admiring the headline of the day ... • College basketball: Syracuse moves on in Big East Tournament, UConn, not so much. • NBA: LeBron Rocks ... James' 41 lead Cavaliers in double OT • Baseball: Ladies and gentlemen, it's Sammy! Sosa homers again as Rangers win....
Curt Schilling Has Something To Say. Really.
If you're like us, you ask yourself one question, every morning: Is there any way we could hear more opinions from Curt Schilling?...
Fun With Ron Artest 911 Calls
If you're the type of person who loves to listen to semi-panicked, mostly confused 911 calls from the wives of professional athletes, boy, are you ever in for a treat this morning....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Who can do more situps, you or Udonis Haslem? • 1 p.m. Tennis with Peter Bodo: Are you the only writer that Ron Borges hasn't "borrowed" from? • 2 p.m. Colorado kicker Mason Crosby: About how far do you thi...
Yes, But How Will It Affect His Friendship With Michael Irvin?
We have quite a bit of history with John Rocker and his PR agent Debi Curzio, but we'll confess — and we're not sure why — we simply never thought to ask either of them about steroids. Maybe it's because we don't care about steroids all that much, or maybe it's just because asking a guy who has been...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while passed out from viewing this photo ... • NBA: Sweet Little Sixteen ... Mavericks rain blows upon Nets, clinch playoffs. • NHL: Attack of the Penguins ... beware a heavily padded man named Sidney ... • College basketball: The Wright Stuff ... Raiders upset Butler 60-55 for Horiz...
In Defense (?) Of Borges
In response to our Ron Borges and the Quote Pool Of Replenishing Nourishment item earlier today, a reporter (and colleague of Borges) writes in to (gently) take us to task, requesting that he/she remain anonymous. A quote:...
A <em>Real</em> Team Would Play A Tripleheader
More proof that our man Ron Zook — ARE YOU INTENSE ENOUGH FOR ZOOK???!!! — is a genius and is a force with which to be reckoned: He's smart enough to schedule games against teams who already have games scheduled that day....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Will Sosa find a way to actually inject steroids into his bat? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Did you see UNC's Tyler Hansbrough upside down and on fire on Sunday? • 4 p.m. NCAA MBB w/Doug Gottlieb: A...
NBA Roundup: Ming Went The Strings Of Our Hearts
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while looking for penguins in Kansas City ... • NBA: It's a Yao Ming after all, it's a Yao Ming after all ... but his return can't stop Cavs vs. Rockets. It's a Yao Ming World ... • Iditarod: And ... we have our first injury. Sled slip on ice and man go boom (we think the dogs planne...
Ron Artest Might Have Sneaked In Some Early-Morning Spousal Battery
You know, you think you know a guy ......
Don't Expect Your Rec League To Adopt These
These, friends, are the future of college basketball uniforms, and that future is: SPANDEX! OK, not quite Spandex, but there's certainly a skin-tight vibe going on for the four teams who will supposedly try out the new duds during their conference championships this week: Ohio State, Syracuse, Flori...
Probably Need More Hops To Do That, Son
This video has made the YouTube rounds for the last week, but it's still a hilarious answer to the question: What happens if, during a dunk contest, the dunker uses a human prop to jump over ... but doesn't quite clear it?...