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About Last Night ...
What you missed while monitoring bidding on the Lisa Nowak NASA astronaut diaper ... • College basketball: Gonzaga's problems mushroom mount, as Santa Clara ends the 'Zags' 50-game home win streak. • NHL: Keith Primeau leads Flyers past Red Wings. Wait, um ... what? • NBA: Pistons beat Clippers for ...

Why West Virginia Is So Good At Home
Just to make sure we end your day on as lowbrow a point as we can possibly muster, here's the reason UCLA lost to West Virginia on Saturday. This guy. Let this be a lesson for all of you: Do not come into this guy's house and expect to escape alive....

The Celtics Fan Suicide Watch
So the Celtics have lost 18 in a row, and if they don't sneak out a win at home Wednesday against the Bucks, a West Coast road trip might very well inspire them to break the record for all-time losing streaks. We thought we'd check in and see how the Celtics blogs are holding up....

What Kind Of Bet Would The Pink Taco Make?
When mayors make their yearly dopey bets on certain sports series — "If the Colts win, you'll give us your deep dish pizza, and if your Bears win, we'll give you some dreary dead-end manufacturing jobs!" — it's silly, but kind of cute, in a "white people in suits trading beans" type of way. But when...

Welcome To Las Vegas, NBA Stars! Enjoy!
We are just a wee few days away from the NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, or, as we like to call it, "Caligula." The city of Las Vegas is all geared up, and while there's still plenty of talk about whether or not this means there will ultimately be a team in Vegas, we prefer to stick to the point:...

Hirshey: Thierry Henry Makes It Difficult To Keep Up Decorum
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA MBB with Andy Katz: Will this be the episode where Andy says those fateful words: "Duke on the bubble?" Stay tuned! • 3 p.m. NCAAW bracketology: After drawing the brackets on top of the cake with the tube of frosting, place ...

NBA Roundup: Celtics Finally Win! (Just Kidding, They Lost As Usual)
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night
What you missed while mourning the death of Hank Bauer ... • NBA: Wolves hand Celtics' 18th straight loss ... let's see Jimmy Fallon in a movie about this. • College basketball: Wholesale panic in Krzyzewskiville as Duke loses fourth straight, to Maryland, 72-60. • NHL: You cannot stop Henrik Zetter...

The Eye Of The Tiger Will Save A Serbian Village
Zitiste is a small Serbian town with a population just over 3,000. I guess the village is only mentioned in the news when they're hit with floods, and they're getting tired of it. To counteract this, they're spending money on not some sort of drainage or irrigation system, but... a big Rocky statue....

About Last Night...
• College Basketball: Gonzaga 60, Sant Mary's 49. You're gonna be doin' a lot of doobie-rollin' when you're livin' in a VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER. • NFL: Pro Bowl. AFC 31, NFC 28. See? Nate Kaeding is clutch. • College Basketball: (1) Florida 64, (18) Kentucky 61. The Wildcats were 3-for-22 from three-p...

And To Think That In Some Countries, These Dogs Are Eaten
The Temple Owls aren't having much of a year, so Bill Cosby's got some time on his hands. And what better way to fill that time than becoming a dog show person? The Cos has an entry in the upcoming Westminster Dog Show ... not just any entry, but a favorite to win. Bill Cosby is the anti-Ron Artest....

About Last Night...
• NBA: Cavs 103, Heat 79. LeBron with 29, Wade with 27 ... Miami's roleplaying center with the funny name had 14. • NBA: Magic 106, Spurs 104. Dwight Howard finishes the rare inbounds, buzzer-beating alley-oop ... J.J. Redick with a career high 16. • College Basketball: Lipscomb 70, Belmont 60. Come...

Baseball Players Hitting Each Other With Chairs
For those of you who pay attention to such matters, TNA wrestling is having some sort of pay-per-view event this weekend that will feature "Team Pierzynski" vs. "Team Eckstein." That's A.J. Pierzynski and David Eckstein, two people who have never been in our kitchen. In this "promo" clip, Pierzynski...

Albert Pujols Knows Who Wrote The Star-Spangled Banner
A few years ago, Red Sox dingbat Manny Ramirez garnered some rare positive press for becoming an American citizen and carrying an American flag through the outfield. Wednesday, Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols became an American citizen by acing his citizenship test, scoring a perfect 100 perce...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Recruiting with Craig Haubert: Honey, why is Reggie Bush peeking into our son's bedroom window? • 2 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: The top bracket has collapsed! My God, it's all crumbling! Run for your lives! • 4 p.m. NFL ...

NBA Stars Handling Amaechi News With Typical Grace And Aplomb
As the ESPN blitz ramps up for all John Amaechi, all the time over the next week, they've been helpfully compiling current athlete and coach reactions to Amaechi's "revelation." As you might suspect, most players have been coached to say, "Hey, no problem, all good, I just want to win," but, inevita...

NBA Roundup: Gearing Up For Playoff Run
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while putting on your pantyhose ... • NHL: Pick me last, huh? Colorado's Karlis Skrastins gets the last laugh. Avs get Thrashed, however. • College women's basketball: What is the men's basketball you speak of? Duke beats North Carolina. • NBA: Rise of the Pistons ... Detroit 93, LA ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA Insider Chad Ford: Are three members of the same NBA team who go looking for fights officially considered a gang? • 2 p.m. Boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley: Are you the only person to have lost two times to a guy named Winky? • 2:3...