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Yeah, Your Mother. Seriously, Your Mother
We do love a good athlete-journalist feud — considering it's rare that either species acknowledges the other as an actual human being enough to hate them — but there's something special about the bizarre "fight" between Chicago Tribune writer Eric Zorn and Chicago-born speedskater Shani Davis....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon: NCAA FB with Todd McShay: We still say that this title sounds like a Nickelodeon sitcom. • 1 p.m. NFL with Keith Kidd: Can I take issue with ESPN's 'Top 10 Toughest Players in the NFL' list, even though I have no plans to read it...

Embrace Me, My Sweet Inflatable You
The competitive sex doll rafting community is still reeling over Tuesday's shocking conclusion to the Bubba Bobble Challenge Sex Doll Races tournament near St. Petersburg. We briefly touched on this yesterday, but we want our readers to know that we are going to stay with this story, and all of it...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m: Baseball with Joe Morgan: When your chat is 45 minutes, and you arrive 30 minutes late, it's like having an extra day off! • 1 p.m. Football with Mel Kiper: Fantasy Football Rule No. 28: No one is less fun to participate in ...

Deadspin HOF Nominee: Clinton Portis
Before he was co-opted by The NFL Network and Daniel Snyder's presumably slave-waged garmentmakers, Redskins running back Clinton Portis consistently provided us immeasurable entertainment pretty much every Thursday for two months....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. The Buzzmaster! No ... seeing you just reminds me of Dan Shanoff leaving. Go away! (Sob). • Noon Baseball with Rob Neyer: How many times have AL left-handed batters struck out on a Tuesday this season, huh, smart guy? ... Oh. •...

Palmer Looks Strangely Fine And Normal
We're not sure what we were expecting out of Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer last night, but, all told, we would have been less surprised to see his leg fall off than what he actually did. Anytime we had seen Palmer talk, he appeared hesistant and nervous about stepping back on a field after his k...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA with John Hollinger: Where were you when I was betting my paycheck on the Phoenix Suns? • Noon NFL with Scouts, Inc.: Where were you when I became a 49er fan? • 4 p.m. Argent Mortgage Indy winner: We think it's Marco Andret...

Tiger Wins In An Un-Tigerly Fashion
The man wins even when he isn't trying to win. Tiger was shaky down the stretch (!), holding a three-stroke lead with six holes to play, and ending up in a playoff with Stewart Cink. Four holes later, Tiger Woods was the WGC-Bridgestone champion....

Sometimes, Newer Really Is Better
I guess if we can ask that Wiffle Ball be put on television, that we have to go along with the Vintage Base Ball Federation. Jim Bouton, former major league pitcher and author of Ball Four, is starting up a league that simulates the way baseball was played in the 1800s, from the uniforms to the equi...

The Lastings Milledge Ho-Down
We've had several people ask us this morning: Hey, how about those Cardinals? Actually, a few variations on the them, a 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould type of thing....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. USC DE Lawrence Jackson: Wasn't this headline unnecessarily harsh? • 3 p.m. Fantasy FB Injury Report: Terrell Owens re-injured his hamstring, and I'm not feeling so hot myself. • 3 p.m. Cal DB Daymeion Hughes: Hey, did you hear ...

What Tiger Will Be Up To In Five Years
We don't get into Tiger Woods much around — except to make fun of his facial expressions — mainly because Tiger Woods is, by both design and nature, an intensely boring, robotic character. He wins, and he wins again, and he breaks into a recognizable human emotion every couple of years. This is not ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1:15 p.m. Actor Mark Wahlberg: Of all the people in the history of ESPN chats, you are the least likely to be on time. • 4 p.m. Football scientist KC Joyner: You're mad, doctor! You'll never be abe to put a normal brain into Terrell Ow...

PTI's Devilish Podcast
Ever wonder what "Pardon The Interruption" would sound like if it were hosted by Satan? (Please leave your Dan LeBatard jokes at the door ... if at all possible, anyway.)...

Drew Henson, Man Of Many Ugly Hats
Has there ever been an athlete more consistently overconsidered, for such an extended period of time, as Drew Henson? The guy has been all potential, zero performance; he's Ryan Leaf, except he did it in two sports ... and he wasn't very good in college either....

NFL Season Preview: Cincinnati Bengals
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: Would you come speak at my Fire Joe Morgan seminar? • 2:30 p.m. Former Eagle Vince Papale: I would have logged on sooner, but your wife cut me off in traffic and I ended up in a ditch. • 4 p.m. NFL wit...

The Closer: Markakis For President
Notes from a day in baseball:...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon College FB with Ivan Maisel: Who has longer, deeper, more fulfilling naps: Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno? • 2 p.m. Boxer Alfonso Gomez: Will we someday remember your strange, violent sport the same way that we remember the film Roll...