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We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:05 p.m. Cardinals QB Matt Leinart: If you start off this chat by demanding a trade from the Buzzsaw, we will drive over there and write you a rather strongly worded letter. • 1 p.m. College WS with Will Kimmey: Wait a minute, are yo...
About Last Night
What you missed while shooting a brisk 110 holes of golf ... • NBA: The San Antonio Spurs' fourth world title in nine seasons, as told to Fyodor Dostoyevsky. • MLB: The tempest that is the Chicago Cubs. • Tennis: After further review, Roddick advances in London....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as about 300 dogs bark and claw at your back door, for some reason. Could it be your shorts? • MLB: Atlanta at Minnesota. And then he calls me a jerk and says the last guy who thought he was a jerk was dead now. So I don't say nothin' and he says, 'What do ya think about that?' So I sa...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: Quick! Throw everything out of Quicken Loans Arena that isn't nailed down! We've got to lighten the load if we're going to clear those power lines in Game 4! • 2 p.m. MLS: Not enough interest for an actual pla...
Your U.S. Open Preview, If You're Into That Sort Of Thing
The U.S. Open, held this year in Oakmont, Pennsylvania (just outside Pittsburgh), begins tomorrow. Last year's winner was Geoff Oglivy, and though everyone always assumes Tiger Woods wins everything he hasn't actually brought home a U.S. Open trophy since 2002. (If you're still counting, he's still ...
An End Of An Era In Coney Island?
Longtime readers know of our fascination with competitive eating and, specifically, Takeru Kobayashi, who is the closest thing to a Babe Ruth that we've had in any competition in 80 years. (You know, since Babe Ruth.) Not only did he destroy all hot dog eating records, he legitimized — well, "legiti...
John Daly Wants To Make It Clear His Wife Beats Him
Someone asked us the other day: "Why do people care so much about John Daly? He never even wins tournaments. He's not that good." The answer to our question was simple: John Daly is the world's only interesting golfer....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. U.S, Open with Jason Sobel: Ow, my nibblick! • 2 p.m. TENNIS Mag's Peter Bodo: If you lowered the net a couple of inches, wouldn't that raise TV ratings? • 3 p.m. NCAA football with Beano Cook: How many times have you told someo...
Chris Henry Is Just Making Up Offenses Now
OK. Are you sitting down? We feel like you should be sitting down. It's probably for the best if you're sitting down. Take a deep breath. Have a brandy. You ready? Cool. Here goes....
Just Another Day At Comerica Park For Justin Verlander
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Jeff Reed Is The Most Fun Kicker Of All Time
You might remember our little Christmas Eve present for you last year: Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed taking a picture of him nearly nude in the mirror....
Corporate Advertising: The Glue That Holds Our Fragile Republic Together
OK, can we look past the fact, just for a moment, that the advertising firm of Wieden & Kennedy abused a beloved Beatles tune in one of their ads, and that their main client uses preteen Vietnamese sweatshop workers to make tennis shorts? It's their birthday; can't we just focus on the good times? T...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. FMLB with Nate Ravitz: I'm pretty set in the outfield but I'm weak up the middle (please kill me). • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Is it unusual for Danica Patrick to just walk up and start pummeling you for no reason? Becau...
One Way For Retired Players To Bring In Some Income
Remember when Scottie Pippen was considering making a comeback toward the end of the NBA regular season? One of the hot rumors was that he was coming back not because he wanted to win a title, but because a serious of bad investments had placed him in dire need of some cash....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NFL with Scouts' Ken Moll: So how about Duante Culpepper quarterbacking the Falcons this season? • 2 p.m. Hall of Famer Jim Palmer: Your infamous underwear ad has scarred two generations, and many generations to come. Regrets? •...
We Congratulate The Spurs On Their Fourth Title
Well, it's certainly starting to look like we're all witnesses to Tim Duncan methodically steamrolling to his fourth NBA title. (That would tie him with Shaq, by the way.) What was most distressing about the Spurs' 103-92 Game 2 win over the Cavaliers last night was that it was over so early; the ou...
Apparently, We Are All NOT Witnesses
The TV ratings are in, and Game 1 of the 2007 NBA Finals was the... (all together now):...
Your Daily Michael Vick Update(s)
You know it has reached a bad place when there is so much going on you have to put all the new updates in bullet form......
The Substitute Has Arrived
Good morning! Dan Shanoff here. (First things first: I cannot dunk, obviously. That photo to the right was taken on a 7-foot rim, and even then I needed a boost.)...
About Last Night...
What you missed while wondering whether John Daly's wife used a steak knife from the wedding registry ... • MLB: Yankees win 4th straight as the circus Roger Clemens comes to town. • NFL: Consummate team-player Daunte Culpepper won't let the Dolphins trade him. • Golf: Michelle Wie makes the cut (ba...