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We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:45 a.m. Actor David Koechner: Since he was in that movie, are Anchorman quotes permitted now? • Noon. 75 Years Of SEC Football: Ken Burns, you've done it again! • 1 p.m. MLB with Jayson Stark: Hello, Baxter? Baxter, is that you? Bar...
Doc Rivers Likes The Fresh Influx Of Talent
As you can see, Doc Rivers is excited to be coaching Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen this year. Very excited....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you enjoy a light snack ... • College football: Florida State at Wake Forest. There aren't enough college mascots wearing top hats in my opinion. [ESPN] • MLB: National League Championship Series, Colorado at Arizona, Game 1. Wait, the NLCS plus Bon Jovi? Where have you been all my ...
It's Scary Down There In Baton Rouge
Last weekend, the genius that is Orson Swindle at Every Day Should Be Saturday attended the Florida-LSU game in Baton Rouge. We've never been to an SEC football game, but, man, do we want to now. We've never heard a better description of the madness of college football Saturday in the South than thi...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS with FC Toronto Chivas USA midfielder Jesse Marsch: The Red Patch Boys have taken over my home and are eating my food. Could you ask them to leave? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: I injured myself trying to pronounce "Keith...
Who Is The Homeliest NFL Cheerleader Of Them All?
So a site called The Daily Redundancy claims to have crunched the data from several "top 10 hottest NFL cheerleader " polls and figured out — through the process of elimination — who the 10 homeliest cheerleaders are. They have listed them here, with photos. For the record, we find none of them home...
Ron Zook, Illinois And Our Spinning Brains
We have resisted as long as we can: We now, to finish our day, talk about the Illini. And what better way to do so than through the restless guns of Ron Zook....
ESPN Will Dig Up Your Lifeless Body
A man named Michael Bynum is writing a book about George Gipp, and as part of his research ... he had Gipp's body dug up. (We did not put this level of devotion into our book. Sorry.) As part of their Best College Football Players Of All Time series, an ESPN crew was there for the exhuming. That did...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Chris Mortensen: Actually someone just called a timeout seconds before this chat began. Start over! • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: My team sucks, and I'm pretty sure that Isiah Thomas just fondled me. • 1 p.m. Tennis w...
Joe Torre, Hanging Around, Wondering What's Up
Wouldn't it be strange if, after all the fuss of the last few days, if the Yankees decided to keep Joe Torre after all? It certainly would signify, publicly, at last, that George Steinbrenner is finally being considered the doddering old man he is, and that his rantings are being treated with the se...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB Insider Rob Neyer: Let's see how you look in this Yankees' cap, Rob. Hmm. Can you come in for an interview on Friday? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Intake infraction? Yeah, I've been fined for that as well. • 3 p.m. Fant...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a/m. MLB with Goose Gossage: What are you sitting around here for? Torre wants you suited up and at the park by noon. • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Bob Davie: USC is No. 7? So should Stanford be No. 6? • 3 p.m. Jim Jones Jr.: If you're l...
They Should See His Swatch Collection
I think we can all agree that OJ has regained his status as a constant source of entertainment. The former running back/pitchman/double-murderer is back in the news this weekend after thanks to his latest controversy, a phony Rolex. Someone in the Goldman camp noticed that the Juice was sporting a w...
Hugh II: The Nedessey Continues... Part 1
We're reaching halftime in the early games and the instant messages are really starting to pile up, this means it's time for your first dose of the Hugh! Illinois and North Carolina are winning big over Wisconsin and and Miami respectively and everybody's a bit freaked out. Let's all just take a big...
They Call Them the Red Devils Because They're Evil
The story of the day out of the Premier League comes from Manchester where the mighty Red Devils took over the top spot on the table with a 4-0 dismantling of Wigan Athletic. Granted, it's a slow day in England, where just two games were played due to midweek European competitions. All of Manchester...
Raise Your Hands If You're the Boom King
One night, two games, and two walk off hits. Frankly I think we deserved this, these playoff games are longer than Drew's Jambaroo. Manny Ramirez answered my prayers (not for a Red Sox win, just for the sweet release of sleep) and ended the long night with a thrilling walk-off homer to break the 3-3...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you make your child's Halloween costume ... • MLB: American League Division Series, Game 2, New York Yankees at Cleveland; ALDS, Game 2, Los Angeles Angels at Boston. Get ready for a flood of kids named Asdrubal. [TBS] • College football: Utah at Louisville. Mmmmm, Papa John's Cardi...