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"It Broke My Heart. Literally."
You know how crazy that Steelers-Colts game was on Sunday, how it was such an insane rush, exhilarating, exhausting, so exciting that it made you think you were gonna have a heart attack?...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: My fantasy now involves Peyton Manning, a chain saw and a leather mask. • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: How many times during halftime do you think David Stern called their respective locker rooms to te...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching your Golden Globes Pool picks go up in flames ... • NBA: Lakers beat Heat as Shaq and Kobe have their Brokeback Mountain moment ... • College Basketball: Our Rashad Anderson Fan Club is looking pretty darned prescient after UConn snaps Syracuse's win streak. • NHL: Gre...
Mo Vaughn, Still Pickin' 'Em Up And Settin' 'Em Down
We always liked former Red Sox first whaleman Mo Vaughn, if just because of his always-refreshing honest about where he spent his spare time: strip clubs. (We'll just say reporters always knew where to find him when they needed a quote.)...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NFC Conference Championship: Come on, it's Panthers vs. Seahawks, people! Won't someone please ask a question? Um, anyone out there? Hello? • 1:30 p.m. Spurs SF Bruce Bowen: As both a good long-range shooter and an excellent d...
NFL Playoff Roundup: One Big Idiot Kicker
• Ordinarily, we come down on the side of kickers, if just because we have much more of a physical resemblance to them than 350-pound ogre lineman. But it's pretty much impossible to feel much sympathy for Colts gakker Mike Vanderjagt, whose missed field goal yesterday was somehow the perfect endi...
About Last Night ...
You awaken in the lower branches of an elm tree, pantsless, beer cans littering the yard below. Don't worry, we'll let you know what you missed ... • AFC Playoffs: Steelers shock Colts, with game ending the way most great ones usually do — with a tackle by the quarterback. • NFC Playoffs: Panthers...
Steelers vs. Colts - 3rd Quarter
• Ah, it's the annual Punt, Pass, and Kick competition at halftime, but Dick Enberg is going to make me wait until the start of the 4th quarter to find out who won. DAMN you, Dick Enberg. I have $400 on David Giroux to win the 8-year-old division....
Steelers vs. Colts - 2nd Quarter
• Nick Harper update: The knee he injured was not the knee that the wife sliced up, which I guess is good news....
Steelers vs. Colts - 1st Quarter
• Nick Harper is indeed in the line-up, a direct condemnation of Danielle Harper's stabbing skills. So, if you were a trash-talking opposing defensive back, would you go there? I'd go there....
About Last Night...
• NFL: Patriots 13, Broncos 27. Yesterday, Tom Brady's life was 4,000 times better than mine. This morning, only 3,872....
Today In The Premiership...
• Arsenal 7-0 Middlesbrough. Holy Lord. 7-0? Did they let Arsenal use their hands? Man, there's real chance that Arsenal outscores the Chicago Bears this weekend. In fact, Thierry Henry might outscore the Bears himself, as he scored three of the seven....
Anyone See Glory Road?
I considered going to check it out, but I was a little hesitant. Nothing against Jerry Bruckheimer, but I don't feel like giving up $8 to see him tackle any serious issues of culture, because I doubt it's going anywhere beyond the standard Hollywood "let's just make sure we all feel warm and fuzzy...
About Last Night...
• NBA: Hawks 95, Knicks 105. Larry Brown gets his 1,000th win, as well as his sixth in a row with the Knicks. Which of those accomplishments was more difficult is open for debate....
Ah, the Joys of Baseball Trade Rumors
We're admittedly a little tingly about this rumored Abreu-for-Manny-for-Miggy scuttlebutt that's been tossed around, oh, the last couple months. As a Philly fan, it'd be easy to see the town completely embracing Ramirez. Granted, they'll get on him about that whole "hustle" thing, but the same com...
We Have to Ask...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... · 1 p.m. Tennis with Pam Shriver: How did the greatest women's tennis player end up married to the worst James Bond? · 1 p.m. Mid-Majors with Kyle Whelliston: Back again, eh Bally? To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I s...
I Like It When You Call Me Big...Pansy?
Red Sox bohemoth David Ortiz appears to be enjoying his black catsuit and mothball ensemble a little too much. Ortiz is this year's cover boy for the MLB '06 video game. He also enjoys late night strolls along the beach, pottery class and snuggling next to the fireplace....
About Last Night...
What you missed while Grandpa was spinning another one of his pedantic, homespun, drunken stories ......
Do Not Taunt West Virginia Fans
We always feel bad for college journalists who stumble across shitstorms; when we worked for our college newspaper, we just wanted to type a bit and then get out in time to drink until dawn. We wanted no trouble....