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We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: I'm pretty sure Isiah fondled me. Is there a complaint box for that? • 12:30 p.m. Bulls' center Ben Wallace: Who is your wigmaster? • 2 p.m. NCAA football with Jim Donnan: Can Michigan play Notre Dame every...

And Now A Word About Ken Griffey Jr.'s Scrotum
We usually don't need an excuse to visit C. Trent Rosecrans' blog at Cincinnati.com; the chance to gaze at the best-dressed baseball columnist in the land is usually reason enough! But Wednesday's offering is must-reading for everyone, because Ken Griffey Jr. — in his farewell to baseball for this ...

Victims Of Spin Rage: The Forgotten Minority
We revist yesterday's spin rage post for the simple reason that we now have a photo of Mr. Stuart Sugarman, the man who was unceremoniously thrown into a wall — along with his stationary bike — for refusing to stop grunting during his workout in a Manhattan gym. At first I was sympathetic to his pre...


We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Boston College's Matt Ryan: How many Matthew Ryans do you suppose there are in the greater Boston area? I put the over/under at 38,000. • 2 p.m. MLS with FC Dallas' Carlos Ruiz: I thought this league was postponed until Beckham i...

This Will Not Improve Your Curveball, Jewish Or Not
As Jews prepare for their fast come sundown this Friday — it is extremely rude to show up at a Jewish friend's house Friday night and sloppily devour a pizza, so you know — we showcase one of the few pieces of Jewish sports memorabilia you'll find, and certainly the most Judaism-specific....

Chris Henry Probably Isn't Felonious; Just Dumb
We know what suspended Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry was doing on Sunday; he was watching football with our own MJD. And now we know what he doing the rest of the week; accidentally stealing rental cars....

Hey, Jay: You're A Blogger Now
We, the sports fan, are lost amidst the sea of scandalous sports news. We need someone to guide us ... and not just four times a week either! We need immediate, dashed off, from-the-hip, poorly thought out reactionary prattle on the double. And we need it five times a day. Where, friends, do we look...

Rage Against The Machine
This happened a while ago, but hey, whaddya gonna do? Stationary bikes, meant to bring mankind together through the shared experience of pointless effort, have instead become instruments of violence and wanton destruction. Let the record show that the first recorded incident of "spin rage" occurred ...

It's Open Season On Charlie Weis
The Charlie Weis / Notre Dame pile-on continues, gloriously. Some of it is justified, like criticism of how the school has handled the Demetrius Jones situation. (They're making him pay for school at Northern Illinois this year by not releasing him from his scholarship.) And some of it is really jus...

Oscar De La Hoya Is Feeling Even More Pretty Than Usual
We're not sure what the heck was going through Oscar de la Hoya's mind when he posed for these photos, and, frankly, we probably don't want to. There's another after the jump, and you can find the whole sordid spread right here. Yipes....

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Hall of Famer Joe Morgan: Leave Joe Morgan alone! It's just a few factual errors ... he's a human being! (sob!). Leave him alone ... • 1 p.m. NHL with Scott Burnside: Does hockey have a don't ask, don't tell policy? • 2 p.m. Ba...

The Knicks Know How To Handle A Problem
The Isiah Thomas sexual harassment case updates will come earlier today, mainly because we really can't get over just how Cro-Magnon Madison Square Garden appears to be as a place of business. We know a couple of women who work over there ourselves, actually, and we want to tell them to get the hell...

Carr Surely Has Lots To Contribute In This Friendship
We're still a little bewildered by the fact that Russell Crowe was on the sidelines for Michigan's win over Notre Dame on Saturday. We don't understand why he cares so much about American collegiate football, first off, but mostly ... this guy is really friends with Lloyd Carr?...

Introducing The Las Vegas Pants Party
We had a grand time at the Seattle Pants Party this weekend — and we once again thank 950-KJR in Seattle for setting so much up for us — but just because the baseball season is coming to an end doesn't mean that the Pants Parties are over. In fact: Vegas, people....

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy sports with Nate Ravitz: Have you ever been goosed by a quidditch broom? Because it's no fun. • Noon. MLB Insider Rob Neyer: Can the NL Central be canceled due to poor ratings? • 1 p.m. NFL with Scouts' Matt Williamson:...

Tirico Plus Stephen A. Equals Dan Patrick
Like a lot of you, we were secretly rooting for Scott Van Pelt to end up with the ESPN Radio gig to replace Dan Patrick. Even though Van Pelt has had some questionable choices of guests during his occasional fill-ins, the guy's funny and affable enough on the radio, and anybody who quotes "Flight Of...