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Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Athletics
We re less than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. College Hoops with Rece Davis: It's March 9 — how can I already be eliminated from my NCAA Basketball pool? • 2 p.m. NFL Labor with Rick Spielman: Aren't you the one who said "There may or may not be NFL football in 2007, but I ...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a.m. Page 2's Scoop Jackson: It occurs to us that former President Andrew Jackson has broken as many "scoops" as you have lately. • 12:30 p.m. Cleveland Cavaliers' Donyell Marshall: Does LeBron get mad when you use his ermine rob...

Gilbert Arenas Can't Stop Shooting
Via Mr. Irrelevant, we present this picture of Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas, who had a rather nuts battle with Boston's Paul Pierce last night. (Pierce hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer.)...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. ESPN anchor Mike Greenberg: Do the words "ESPN" and "anchor" conjure images of Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow, like they do for me? • 2 p.m. Jim Caple on Kirby Puckett: Two hours isn't enough. We could talk about him for we...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. The Buzzmaster: Face it, you're floundering by yourself — you need another sidekick. How does this sound: The Buzzmaster and Dyna Girl. • 1 p.m. MLB with Tino Martinez: If we could ask a serious question, what do you think of C...

Tiger vs. Phil. Without The Phil.
They were tied heading into the weekend at the Ford Championship at Doral, and they played together on Saturday. And, as has become traditional in such situations, it didn't work out that well for Phil. Since teeing it up on Saturday morning against Tiger, Tiger's only ahead by 8 strokes....

College Basketball Games Worthy Of Just One Network
Observe as I attempt to do this without using the b-word that rhymes with "stubble."...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. College Hoops Report Card: Let's make our student-athletes feel at home. "Mr. Blutarski ... zero point zero." • 1 p.m. Mid-Majors with Kyle Whelliston: Bally, you demented little runt — if I catch you looking up my girlfriend's...

Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Reds
We re just more than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. We re not sure how this is gonna work, but if you have suggested oddities on y...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA draft with Chad Ford: While the rest of the teams will be drafting live, we hear that the Knicks' choices will be on a seven-second delay. Your thoughts? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: So what's the NHL's policy with Olympi...

A Few Yards Of Felt, A Lifetime Of Nightmares
Hey kids, want this fella at your next birthday party or family get-together? It's Screech, the loveable mascot for the Washington Nationals. Screech won't harm you! Come back — fleeing headlong through heavy traffic like that is dangerous! Hey, it's Screech ... don't cry! ......

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Multi-Sports Fantasy Focus: You dare to mock my biathlon office pool? You will pay for that — and pay dearly. • Noon: NFL with Chris Mortensen: There's nothing better than a nice pro football chat in early March. Perhaps we can...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. MLB Fantasy Focus: I don't care what the title of this chat says, my fantasy has and always will focus on a slumber party pillow fight between Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie. • 11 a.m. NBA with Marc Stein: Do you think that the...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. The Buzzmaster: Is there anything more pathetic than a guy in his 40s who still attends keggers? • Noon. NFL Draft with Jeremy Green: As long as we're on the subject, let's discuss your Wonderlic score, big guy. • 1 p.m. MLB wi...

Today In College Hoops...
UConn just put their thing down against Villanova this afternoon, winning by a score of 89-75 and avenging their earlier loss to the Wildcats. This is probably as much talent as is possible to put on one college basketball floor at one time this year. UConn's talent, however, is much taller....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 3 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: Can you use your powers to find the lost whippet? • 3:30 p.m. Crush QB John Dutton. My Arena League Championship Game party was a big dud, and I blame you. • 4 p.m. Paul Shirley's So-Called Career:...

Ali G Hooks You Up
If you're like us, you had only one thought as Sasha Cohen was accepting her figure skating silver medal on Thursday: How would Ali G describe it? Check out Ali G's possible take on Cohen's silver at The Sports Pulse — which includes the line: "Me is not into batty boy bruvers so Johnny Weir stop ...

Intimate Fantasies About ... Aw, Jeez, HER?
Inspired by a look back at Tonya Harding's career a couple of days ago, a reader, who must be the sports fan equivalent of a cutter, did some research into Tonya and found something so disturbing that pointing it out to you makes us feel like we might be a bad person....

Hello, Nova Scotia!
G'day, eh. Just because you worship curling and your island will be the last place on earth to feel the effects of global warming, it's no reason for us to ignore you. So wake up, Nova Scotia, find your mittens, fire up the wood-burning stove and enjoy a special Atlantic Time Zone edition of About L...