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About Last Night ...
What you missed while building a Lego city, where you are undisputed king ... • NBA Playoffs: Never before have we heard so much about offensive rebounding in the playoffs — Mavericks take 3-1 series lead over Spurs. Oh, and LeBron ... • MLB: Rangers, Millwood make silence hobbling Yankees, 4-2. It'...
Hey, These Playoffs Are Getting Kind Of Fun
If you're one of those cynical souls who doesn't take Rasheed Wallace's word as gospel, we should be in for quite an intriguing evening of basketball. In the first game, we get to find out if this will be a forgettable early chapter in LeBron James' playoff career or if becomes something unique, spe...
Jose Canseco Is Staying Active
Outstanding work by the Los Angeles Times this morning; the paper has tracked down Jose Canseco. The steroidal monster, apparently having struck out as an action film star (we're still waiting for someone to get a hold of his famous karate demo tape and send it to us), is playing in the Los Angele...
Joey Porter, Security Risk
As almost everyone surely remembers from last season's Pittsburgh Steelers postseason run, linebacker Joey Porter is insane. Porter's patented crazy land technique is, to make sure he's appropriately pumped up for whatever endeavor he is about to undertake, concoct some insult or slight that his o...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Baseball with Buster Olney: Robert Stansbury Olney III. How many cardigan sweaters did you tie around your neck through the prep school years? Too many to count, I'll bet. • 3 p.m. NBA with John Hollinger: This whole Clippers th...
About Last Night ...
What you missed after performing acts of Janice ... • NBA Playoffs: We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. Wade's 31 points help Miami to 102-92 win and 3-1 series lead over Nets. • NHL Playoffs: If the Heat doesn't get you, the Hurricanes will. Another New Jersey team goes down, and FEMA d...
About Last Night...
• NBA Playoffs: Spurs 103, Mavericks 104. Writes a tipster, "...everytime they swing by Greg Poppovich in the background it looks like 'Cougar Row.' " Yeah, I noticed the same thing. But you know, I think there's always a lot of peroxide, push-up bras, and caked-on makeup following Gregg Popovich ar...
Game Three To The LeBrons
LeBron James racked up a triple double, and it seemed like all of it came within the last four minutes of the game, as the Cavs finally took a game from the Pistons, 86-77. The stretch run of this one resembled an old NBA Live videogame where you can just take one unstoppable player and dominate. ...
Justin Gatlin Can Haul
By no stretch of the imagination could I be considered a fan of track and field. Sure, every four years, I'll pay it some mind, but other than that, it's a little off the radar. But when a man breaks the world record by running 100 meters in 9.76 seconds, well, that'll grab your attention. Americ...
About Last Night...
• NHL Playoffs: Sharks 3, Oilers 6. It was probably a strange morning for you if you fell asleep in the 2nd period while the Sharks were kicking back with a comfortable 3-1 lead....
A Snub Of Ruthian Proportions
We're not exactly sure what Barry Bonds' home run No. 714 will look like, but one thing is pretty certain. It won't be as much fun as Babe Ruth's No. 714. Ruth hit the final three home runs of his career on the same day — May 25, 1935, for the Boston Braves — one going into the upper deck and one ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chris Sheridan: Rick Sutcliffe is in my backyard tripping over patio furniture and demanding rum. What should I do? • 1 p.m.. Boxing with Dan Rafael: The jock goes on the inside of the shorts, right? • 4 p.m.. Philly Sou...
The Father, The Son And The Half Nelson
We're not sure this directly relates to sports, but it's close enough for government work: We proudly introduce you to the Christian Wrestling Federation. (Thanks to this probably isn't worth your time for the heads up.)...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while keeping it real ... • NHL Playoffs: It's a team named after a crappy movie, whose mascot is better known for selling auto health insurance. But it is also a team in the Western Conference Finals after a 4-1 win over Colorado. Well played, Anaheim. • MLB: Braves treat Willis lik...
The Ballad Of The Bored SI Staffer
We know it goes. You've worked a late night, and your editor — who told this job had all kinds of writing possibilities, that it was Sports Illustrated, before you realized the job was just writing taglines and editing Jenn Sterger's copy — is on your case to do one last photo gallery. You're bleary...
So Much For That Fresh Start!
We're actually pretty big fans of Sports Ilustrated's Tom Verducci — who never gets enough credit (or blame, depending on your perspective) for being out front of this whole steroid story from the get-go — but we feel maybe he's gotten a bit too caught up in it all. He's become such an anti-steroi...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... Noonn Boxer wtih Ricky Hatton: What the ...? The ESPN intern who wrote the chat lineup this morning was clearly hung over. • 2 p.m. Baseball with Gary Gillette: Who are more more obsessively hooked on minutiae: your readers or Star Wars ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while starting an hour late ... • MLB: I'm stuck on you, sweetie pie ... Bonds still at 713 as Cubs beat Giants 8-1. • NBA Playoffs: Oh right, we're bigger than them. Clippers finally get rough, even series with Suns after 122-97 win. • NHL Playoffs: It took three overtimes, but Oile...
Help Wanted In Iowa City
As Illini people, we have no love lost for the Iowa Hawkeyes, but we still have a bit of sympathy for their fans. First came that brutal loss to Northwestern State in the tournament. Another downside to that? It made it less likely that Indiana would come in and swoop the disliked Alford out of Io...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Gary Horton: Pros vs. Joes; your thoughts? Aren't Bill Romanowski and Spike TV made for each other? • Noon: Lunch with Buzzmaster! This sounds more like a desperate, lonely plea than it does a chat title. • 2 p.m. Base...