ti Page 1947 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. "Cheat Wave" with Wayne Drehs: See what we did there? "Cheat" rhymes with "heat," and we put it in quotes to emphasize the cleverness. Thanks for visiting ESPN! • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Ow, my turnbuckle! • 3 p.m. Fantas...
Matt Murphy, Call Your Accountant
That fella who caught Barry Bonds' homer the other night, his name's Matt Murphy and, as you might have heard, he's a Mets fan. He'll be selling the ball, of course; estimates are between $400,000 and $500,000. eBay is even trying to help him out....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Ex-MLB player Dale Murphy: You're not going to backtrack on the Bonds comments, are you? Is this damage control? • 2 p.m. MLS w/D.C. United coach Tom Soehn: Will your sport ever catch on in the U.S. without proper hooligans? • 4...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as tiny woodland creatures help with the housework ... • Boxing: Joe "Not Especially Mean" Green vs. Darryl "Fish Face" Salmon, for the NABA middleweight title, at Hollywood, Fla. [ESPN2] • MLB: Atlanta at New York Mets [ESPN]; Chicago Cubs at Houston. Why must you tease your fans so, ...
Your PGA Championship Preview
The final "Major" "Championship" kicks off this weekend, the PGA Championship. It's at the Southern Hills Country Club, which is in Tulsa, Oklahoma....
Make These Women Carry Your Stuff
The woman in this photo is Lucy Dardiner, one of the specialty caddies from England's Eye Candy Caddies. The concept is what you think it is: Attractive people, carrying your clubs and, we dunno, feeding you grapes or something....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Fantasy FB Hall of Fame: Is this an actual thing, or just a part of Nate Ravich's fevered ramblings? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Make some sense of this Bonds thing, Jim. A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. • 4 p.m...
Barry Blogdome: Asterisk-esque!
What they're saying in Blogopolis about No. 756. We apologize for the use of that word, by the way. At least we didn't say "sphere."...
You Don't Want Tiger Pitching Your Product
Remember that old Tiger Woods Caddyshack commercial for American Express? It was one of Tiger's most likable moments; even Tiger can be funny when he's channeling Bill Murray....
NFL Season Preview: Tennessee Titans
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. MLB Hall of Famer Joe Morgan: The cutoff age of people who don't know who you are is now 33. • 1 p.m. College BB Recruiting: Why is Bobby Knight sleeping in a tent in our yard? • 3 p.m. Red Bull New York F Jozy Altidore: Wai...
Our One Moment Of Grace, Coming From A Guy Who Pees On Teammates
As Barry Bonds goes to finally break the record this weekend, we hark back to the only real revelatory moment of this "chase:" Greg Maddux's performance against Bonds on Friday night....
Lil Romeo, Undersized, Shoot-First Point Guard
We've already shared with you our joy that Michael Jordan's son is going to be playing for our Illini this season. He's not all that good, but he's not costing a scholarship, and it'll make sure his dad impregnates a few co-eds. It'll be fun....
You Threadjackin' It?
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Monday's morning buzz: Wait ... was that a Pop Tart joke? Wow. • Noon. MLB with Steve Phillips: So Steve, what are your thoughts on toaster pastries? • 2 p.m. Page 2's Patrick Hruby: May I take the Page 2 makeup quiz?...
Kige Ramsey: Behind The Laughter
We all know the legend; now it's time to meet the man. In a rare peek behind the scenes of his YouTube broadcasting empire, Kige Ramsey presents viewers with an actual blooper reel (someone added a laugh track, which really wasn't necessary); plus, he gives us an exclusive look at the top of the ve...
Solicit Like A Champion
We know that Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis is infinitely more popular than Tyrone Willingham ever was (even though they have pretty much the same record at the university). But it's possible he was paying too much attention to his gastric bypass surgery than his players' well-being, because one of t...