ti Page 2011 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
They Have A Love For Nick Saban That I Can't Comprehend
Fifty-one thousand is a lot of people to show up to a college football scrimmage, and before yesterday, that was the all-time Alabama record. But you add the magnetic appeal of Nick Saban to the mix ... and all the sudden, 51,000 seems paltry. Nasty Nick drew over 92,000 people to his first spring g...
Say Goodbye To The Purity Of Uno
I guess it had to go big-time sooner or later. At least they all seem like more pleasant people than Mike Matusow....
Cultural Oddsmaker: What Will Charlie Manuel Do Next?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Pacman, Mario Both Deeply Apologize, Sort Of
It's a morning of apologies around the world of the NFL. First off, our main man Pac Man Jones took out a full page ad in The Tennessean saying, you know, sorry about that whole suspension thing....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Football scientist KC Joyner: Could we go over those Kyle Orton blood alcohol numbers again? • Page 2's Bill Simmons: I have composed a list of movies you haven't mentioned lately. Shall I reveal them in song? • Auburn guard Ben Grubbs...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Football draft expert Mel Kiper: Can anyone be called an expert when the Jets and Raiders are involved? Discuss. • 2 p.m. MLS w/Crew's Andy Herron: Soccer or crew? Make up your mind. • 3 p.m. NHL w/analyst Barry Melrose: Defrost...
From Bengals Linebacker To 15-Year-Old Boy
With all the rigmarole surrounding today's Cincinnati Bengals, it's vital to remember that Bengals of the past weren't necessarily princes either. Or, more to the point, their wives are still out there, causing some trouble, sleeping with 15-year-olds. (Via Pro Football Talk.)...
How Virginia Tech Touched Our Little World Here
As you've surely noticed, we haven't gone into the Virginia Tech horrors too much around these parts; we felt we had nothing we could possibly add to something so unfathomable. But there are still ways the tragedy has touched our little world over here....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Joey Crawford just pushed my grandma! Nana! • 3 p.m. Contender's Freddy Curiel: Does Sly share any of his "special medication?" • 4 p.m. AFL with Scouts' Gary Horton: I have much the talent with the nerf fo...
Just A Day Of Being Gored On The Beach
Via Sportivo, we present you a good old-fashioned bull goring video. It's tough to get enough of these....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. MLB with Joe Morgan: Hey, who threw that pizza at Joe? • 1 p.m. College hoops recruiting: Buckeyes need a big man. Anybody? • 1:45 p.m. NBA Commssioner David Stern: Mr. Stern will tolerate no fighting during this chat. Got i...
Begin Preparing For The Vince Young Injury
ESPN Video Games had him at 12-1 odds, but Nashville City Paper is reporting that Vince Young will be on the cover of Madden 2008. This is awful news for Titans fans, of course, who have had enough experience with the Madden Curse — Eddie George was Patient Zero of this little game — to be awfully w...
Buy Bill Cowher's Junk!
One of the many reasons it's good to be a famous sports figure: When you want to clear out your house of a bunch of useless, outdated junk, you can slap a "As Owned By ..." sticker on it, say it's for charity and look like a great guy, rather than just tossing everything out to the street corner and...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Wore your size 42 underwear yesterday, eh Buster? • 3 p.m. Fantasy baseball focus: Can you name the beat writer for a major daily — not naming names — whose wife divorced him because he was too focused on ...
Ryan Gomes Is Aware Of The Celtics Priorities
On Friday night, the Boston Celtics clinched the league's 2nd-worst record (congratulations!) by losing 104-102 to the not-quite-as-lowly Milwaukee Bucks. Forward Ryan Gomes had 13 points in 24 minutes through three quarters, and then sat out the fourth. With thanks to CelticsBlog.com and Tom Ziller...
Tim Duncan Has Been Ejected For Being Amused
NBA ref Joey Crawford must've woken up this morning under the mistaken impression that Tim Duncan was Rasheed Wallace. Crawford gave Duncan one technical as Duncan questioned a call while sitting on the bench....
Remembering what Jackie Robinson meant, and who he was
As we prepare for Jackie Robinson Day in baseball on Sunday — the Cardinals, among other teams, are considering having every player wear No. 42, which gives us the unique opportunity of seeing David Eckstein and Brad Thompson pay tribute to Jackie — we thought we would provide our own tribute to a g...
Cultural Oddsmaker: What will the Beijing Olympic Committee Suggest Banning Next?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Tigers' CF Curtis Granderson: Hiding Leyland's Marlboros ... fun, or just plain dangerous? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Scoop Jackson: Do I have to be an Insider to use the ESPN restroom? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with David Newton: Can you run down ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Insider Chad Ford: If you answer 100 questions, do all readers get a free Big Mac? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Bomani Jones: I vow that this will be your only question that does not mention the name Imus ... doh! • 2 p.m. MLS with...