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Jackson State Tigers
1. Sweetness. Jackson's State's most famous graduate is, of course, the great Walter Payton. It is a little known fact that his brother, Eddie Payton, is the head golf coach of the Tigers and has built them into a powerhouse in the golf crazy SWAC....

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
1. The benefits of weed. When the Irish's starting point guard Kyle McAlarney was indefinitely suspended for having pot in the front seat of his car in late December, freshman guard Tory Jackson was immediately thrust into the starting spot. Although he still lacks K-Mac's consistency from behind bo...

The New Buzzsaw Regime Supports Local Business
Richie Anderson, former NFL running back and recently hired as wide receivers coach of the Arizona Cardinals, was finding it difficult to make friends in his new community....

It's Hard Out There For A Coach's Husband
We never imagined that life as the husband of a successful women's college basketball coach could be so stressful, but, you know, the ones that aren't relaxing by sleeping with their players could potentially make life tough on the guys....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NBA Insider Chris Sheridan: Can you use your magical Insider powers to get me a hot dog from the hospitality room? • 2 p.m.. New Mexico's Quincy Black: Did I just pay $39.95 to find out that Black "has good speed, but poor techn...

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is Not To Make A "Pokey" Joke
This, friends, is Pokey Chatman, who, until about 16 hours ago, was one of the most successful young coaches in women's college basketball, leading her LSU Tigers into the NCAA tournament and earning the respect of her peers. Now, though, she's decidedly less than that: Now she's a disgraced former ...

Time To Rev Up The NCAA Tourney Previews Again
Longtime readers — or at least those who have been with us for a year or longer — will remember last year, when we introduced the world's only reader-created NCAA tournament previews. Well, that thing is a mother to put together — essentially, three presumably fascinating facts about all 65 teams in...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Boxer Wladimir Klitschko: How many Rocky IV jokes can one man endure? • 1 p.m. Iowa TE Scott Chandler: How many ice silos did you climb this morning? • 2 p.m. ESPN.com's Greg Garber: Congratulations, you're the new ESPN ombudsm...

'Competitive Wanking' Tag Makes Triumphant Return, And We Couldn't Be Prouder
It was back in August when we brought you the dramatic results of the 2006 Masturbate-A-Thon in London, in which 50 participants raised 500 pounds for charity (chances are you not only remember, but own the home version of the game). Well, British TV filmed a documentary of the event, and Netherland...

Baseball Season Preview: Detroit Tigers
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Who can do more situps, you or Udonis Haslem? • 1 p.m. Tennis with Peter Bodo: Are you the only writer that Ron Borges hasn't "borrowed" from? • 2 p.m. Colorado kicker Mason Crosby: About how far do you thi...

Only A Dog Knows Of The Growing Phanatic Menace
A confession: We are terrified by the Phillie Phanatic. Everything about him creeps us out: That weird tongue thing he shoots out, the googly eyes that we see in our nightmares, the purple (purple!) eyelashes. He's not a monster, he's not cuddly, he's not a being with any recognizable cousins in the...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Will Sosa find a way to actually inject steroids into his bat? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: Did you see UNC's Tyler Hansbrough upside down and on fire on Sunday? • 4 p.m. NCAA MBB w/Doug Gottlieb: A...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA MBB with Andy Katz: Ever take an elbow to the face while rebounding? A knee to the face? Ever get a rebound? • 3 p.m. Notre Dame's Derek Landri: Any regrets at missing by one year the opportunity to annihilate Jimmy Clausen ...

'I Think Tigger Just Clocked Trev Alberts ...'
Hey, kids! From Every Day Should Be Saturday, a roundup of what went on at ESPN: The Weekend at Epcot Center in Florida. Follow along with their handy schedule and map, or just read some of the highlights below!:...

NFL General Managers Make It Rain
The first twenty-four hours of the NFL's free agency period have come and gone. There was a flurry of activity last evening ... let's get ourselves caught up....

Who Wouldn't Want This On Their Mantle?
Because we've fallen into the strange rut about writing about the groin areas of men in our late-day posts of late ... here's another one!...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy League injuries: Ow, my pants! • 1 p.m. Boise State quarterback Jared Zabransky: How come my Playstation NCAA '08 won't run the Statue of Liberty? • 2 p.m. Bracketology with Joe Lunardi: Is it true the upper brackets ar...

Bad Dentist ... Bad, Bad Dentist
This man right here is Larry Rosenthal, and he's a dentist on Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood. He also lives in the building that the late Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his plane into last October. This so bothered him that he's suing the Lidle family for $7 million. Not the city: Lidl...

Pacman Can't Even Remember All His Arrests
Some more fun with Pacman Jones: It appears he is facing charges for obstructing police in Georgia, charges that his Titans bosses didn't even know about....