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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFL draft with Todd McShay: Will Al Davis choose a wide receiver with his top pick? Does the Pope wear white after Labor Day? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Jemele Hill: How does Hruby land that choice cricket beat? • 3 p.m. Golf with Jason S...
Curt Schilling Accused Of Being Self-Aggrandizing. Really.
We're not sure it matters, ultimately, whether or not Curt Schilling, as Gary Thorne famously (and obliviously) claimed last evening, actually painted blood on his sock in the 2004 World Series. We don't think he did, and his performance was rather amazing either way, but Schilling has always seemed...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:30 p.m. Ex-soccer player Mia Hamm: After the twins, is the family motto "no more, Nomar?" • 1 p.m. NHL playoffs with Scott Burnside: What exotic loco weed is Mike Celzic sprinkling into his breakfast cereal? • 3 p.m. Boxing historia...
The Orioles Get Their Mike Cooper And Carl Monday On
So the Orioles — yes, the Orioles — are off to a blistering start in the American League East, and the explanation can not be found in Leo Mazzone or Erik Bedard. It's in the mustache!...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. College hoops recruiting: What does a person have to do to get his name in the chat description, John Carroll? • 2 p.m. MLB w/Page 2's Jonah Keri: Is there anything more boring than numbers? Perhaps that little space between the...
OK, Get Up, Walk It Off
We don't mean to imply that maybe four-year-olds shouldn't be on the field during college football scrimmages ... but yipes....
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Steve Phillips: Even George Costanza was never fired by the Mets. • 3 p.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: You can have my wife, but ask me to trade Ryan Garko and you're dead. Got it? • 4 p.m. Mid-Majors with Kyle Whellist...
Alex Rodriguez Trying To Steal Jeter's Boyfriends
So everyone's all in love with A-Rod again, considering he's the only thing keeping the frayed Yankees even competitive right now — the Yankees are under .500! Head for the hills! — and he's smacking the ball around every stadium like he just knows it's April. But he's not just trying to help himsel...
They Have A Love For Nick Saban That I Can't Comprehend
Fifty-one thousand is a lot of people to show up to a college football scrimmage, and before yesterday, that was the all-time Alabama record. But you add the magnetic appeal of Nick Saban to the mix ... and all the sudden, 51,000 seems paltry. Nasty Nick drew over 92,000 people to his first spring g...
Say Goodbye To The Purity Of Uno
I guess it had to go big-time sooner or later. At least they all seem like more pleasant people than Mike Matusow....
Cultural Oddsmaker: What Will Charlie Manuel Do Next?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Pacman, Mario Both Deeply Apologize, Sort Of
It's a morning of apologies around the world of the NFL. First off, our main man Pac Man Jones took out a full page ad in The Tennessean saying, you know, sorry about that whole suspension thing....
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Football scientist KC Joyner: Could we go over those Kyle Orton blood alcohol numbers again? • Page 2's Bill Simmons: I have composed a list of movies you haven't mentioned lately. Shall I reveal them in song? • Auburn guard Ben Grubbs...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Football draft expert Mel Kiper: Can anyone be called an expert when the Jets and Raiders are involved? Discuss. • 2 p.m. MLS w/Crew's Andy Herron: Soccer or crew? Make up your mind. • 3 p.m. NHL w/analyst Barry Melrose: Defrost...
From Bengals Linebacker To 15-Year-Old Boy
With all the rigmarole surrounding today's Cincinnati Bengals, it's vital to remember that Bengals of the past weren't necessarily princes either. Or, more to the point, their wives are still out there, causing some trouble, sleeping with 15-year-olds. (Via Pro Football Talk.)...
How Virginia Tech Touched Our Little World Here
As you've surely noticed, we haven't gone into the Virginia Tech horrors too much around these parts; we felt we had nothing we could possibly add to something so unfathomable. But there are still ways the tragedy has touched our little world over here....
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Joey Crawford just pushed my grandma! Nana! • 3 p.m. Contender's Freddy Curiel: Does Sly share any of his "special medication?" • 4 p.m. AFL with Scouts' Gary Horton: I have much the talent with the nerf fo...
Just A Day Of Being Gored On The Beach
Via Sportivo, we present you a good old-fashioned bull goring video. It's tough to get enough of these....
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. MLB with Joe Morgan: Hey, who threw that pizza at Joe? • 1 p.m. College hoops recruiting: Buckeyes need a big man. Anybody? • 1:45 p.m. NBA Commssioner David Stern: Mr. Stern will tolerate no fighting during this chat. Got i...