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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. College FB w/Barry Switzer: How about a nonsensical, drunken rant just for old time's sake? • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Has PETA yet declared a Jihad on the NBA due to the return of the old ball? (Note: They have. We're just...
Marvin Lewis Is Beginning To Suspect That Something Is Amiss
This is an intervention. Marvin Lewis, your team is out of control. One out of every eight Bengals players is involved in the U.S. judicial system; either in jail, on parole or awaiting trial. We'd really like you to read these pamphlets. There are people who can help....
Reeeeeeeeematchhh!!!!!
It was inevitable, it was preordained, it was destined and placed here only to make us happy and the world a better place: Looks like Miami and Florida International, who have a bit of history, are set to butt heads, crutches and Hell 2 Da Naw once again, next year. It's October 6. It's the Orange...
Deadspin SHOTY Tournament: Jay Mariotti Vs. Harold Reynolds
We return to the SHOTY Tournament, with the final two quarterfinal matchups, today and Thursday. Of all the Elite Eight matchups, we think this might end up the closest. (The first two have been runaways, though you can still vote.) First, a reminder of the bracket....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: Come on Mike Shanahan, all Preston Parsons needs is a chance! • Noon. MLB With Rob Neyer: Oh my God, they're calling him D-Mat. Is it OK if I'm already sick of Daisuke Matsuzaka? • 2 p.m. NHL with Scott ...
Carson Palmer Throws Better Than He Listens
What do you get the multimillionaire quarterback who has everything? That's the question The Dayton Daily News asked Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer, and his answer is a reminder why we are not friends with athletes. Here's what Palmer said he wanted for the holidays (emphasis ours):...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. U.S. Soccer's Bob Bradley: And by the way, spiking Juergen Klinsmann's drink with polonium was NOT cool. • 2 p.m. NBA Insider John Hollinger: Is Allen Iverson in slightly more demand than Barry Bonds? • 2:45 p.m. Matthew McConau...
News About The Bengals That Doesn't Involve Handcuffs
Yesterday started with some bad (though, really, kind of standard) Bengals news, so let's drop in some good Bengals news today. David Pollack, the rookie linebacker who fractured a vertebra during a September game for the Bengals, had his stabilizing halo removed this week....
Nine Ladies Dancing, Eight Bengals Shackled, Seven Swans-A-Swimming...
Desperate to up the total with the new year looming, Bengals cornerback Deltha O'Neal has become the 8th Cincinnati Bengal to be arrested this calendar year. That has to be an NFL record... and now they're just being greedy and trying to put it completely out of reach for anyone else. There are only...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for Friday's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLB meetings with Gary Gillette: Did it really take a "meeting" to determine that no one else was interested in Barry Bonds? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: Where the hell is the Zamboni? Someone check Burger King. • 4 p.m. ES...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NCAA FB with Paul Maguire: Uses more makeup ... Joe Theismann or Brad Nessler? • 2 p.m NCAA FB with Craig James: How do you find time for this with your duties on King of Queens? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: Better sex euph...
Does This Mean No Halftime Show?
And suddenly, "Malice at the Palace" seems so childishly innocent. Several police officers and fans were injured Wednesday during a huge brawl at a Serbian professional basketball game, as rival fans went at it before tipoff. The Serbs; they know how to party....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Tennis with Peter Bodo: Oh, this is a chat? I thought it was some sort of invitation for which I was going to have to invent an excuse to not attend. • 1 p.m. NBA with Bill Walton: Did Luke understand a single thing you were sayi...
Eddie Griffin's Criminal Climax
Because we are nothing if not thorough, digging down so deep into a story that we can't imagine how to get out, doggedly pursuing every subplot until the thread is bare, we return you today to the story of Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin. As you might remember, Mr. Griffin was arrested for crashi...
Michael Irvin, Deconstructed By Science
A new study, one of those studies that old white men who don't get out of the office much put together ostensibly to justify a life in which they will die alone and covered in graham crackers, makes the claim that the feeling of being in "love" exhibits behavioral changes most consistent with psycho...
Jeffrey Maier Wants To Return And Screw Over The Orioles Again
You might remember that Jeffrey Maier, the infamous Yankees fan who might have cost the Orioles a win in the 1996 American League Championship Series, was hoping to be selected in the amateur draft earlier this year. Well, it didn't quite happen the way he wanted, so now, at the Winter Meetings — ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Who seems more unemployable right now, Barry Bonds or O.J. Simpson? • 2 p.m.. College Football with Ivan Maisel: It's never too late in the season for cowbell, wouldn't you agree? • 4 p.m.. MBB with Doug ...
Punching Cops In The Chest? BAD IDEA
Can you believe it has only been a month since a Cincinnati Bengal was arrested? Seriously, it's almost as like they were winning and no one had noticed!...
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Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. BCS expert Brad Edwards: OK, the BCS matchups are set. Now can Rube Goldberg have his computer back? • 3:30 p.m. AFC West w/Jeremy Green: Why do you insist on calling the Broncos "The Jay Cutler Experience Featuring Homer Simpson...
Pac Man Gets His Ride Back
You might remember, about a month ago, when the car belong to Titans defensive back Pac Man Jones went up for a police auction. We wondered then who, in fact, might want a car with the official Pac Man logo stitched into the headrest....