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Introducing Tony Dungy's Least Favorite Sports Mascot
If the March Gayness blog pool at the Malcontent needs a costumed mascot, well, Flamy is available at very reasonable rates. Come to think of it, if he has the time, he could also be a fine representative of Manny Ramirez's grill-hawking efforts, or the next phallic-shaped object for golf's Christie...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Memphis Vs. Texas A&M
Memphis Tigers (32-3) vs. Texas A&M Aggies (27-6). When: Tonight, 7:27 p.m. Where: San Antonio...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS w/Galaxy M Cobi Jones: We hear that Beckham's locker is big enough to house a family of four. True? • 2:30 p.m. HS Naismith winners: Do either of you know who Naismith was? Anything? • 3 p.m. MLB with Page 2's Jim Caple: Did...
Cool Guys, Hanging With The Cool Guys From The Band
Well, if you're going to pick two random athletes who would show up at a Nickelback concert, it's tough to say we're surprised it would be these two....
Baseball Season Preview: Oakland A's
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....
Land Of The Giants
One would think that a team with four seven-footers in the starting lineup wouldn't need a last-second shot to win. But this is the American Basketball Association, where the official rules more resemble Calvinball than anything. Why didn't someone inform us earlier that, in their finale against the...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Pirates' reliever Josh Sharpless ... just a crazy dream, or will he someday be mine? • 2 p.m. NCAA WBB with Nancy Lieberman: Is a woman's heart not unlike a 1-3-1 halfcourt trap? • 4 p.m. AFL with Scouts...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: David Wells' new nemesis: The big Kool-Aid pitcher? • 2 p.m. Pride's Bernie Mac: Well, that's it, America; I'm in a swimming movie. Pray for me. • 4 p.m. NCAA MBB w/Doug Gottlieb: Well, that Mr. Gottlieb ...
And Then The Woodpeckers Arrived, And Suddenly It Was All Over
It's the story you've heard so many times before: Your local university wants to expand its athletic facilities, but construction is thwarted because there are naked people living in the trees. Cal's plan to cut down a grove of oak trees on campus to build a $125 million athletic training center has...
We'd Recommend Not Playing Blackjack With Joey Porter
When you put Joey Porter in the same room with a Cincinnati Bengal, in Las Vegas, no less, this is probably destined to happen...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAAW with Graham Hays: All right, brackets where Maryland and Notre Dame are still alive! • 2 p.m. NCAAMBB with Andy Katz: It's just a chat; is the Tyler Hansbrough mask really necessary? • 4 p.m. ESPN host Stuart Scott: They're...
Baseball Season Preview: Washington Nationals
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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA Tournament Day 2!: Who thought we'd get through Day 1 without Andy Katz getting his tie caught in the press room fax machine? • 1 p.m. NFL draft w/ Todd McShay: Why is your mock draft making fun of my shirt? • 3:30 p.m. Blaz...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon-6 p.m. NCAA Tournament Day 1!: It's only 11 a.m. and my brackets are a smoking crater. Is there no justice!? • 2 p.m. MLS with Dallas' Kenny Cooper: Can soccer in the U.S. survive without proper hooligans? • 4 p.m. Football scient...
That's Not Quite What Pete Said, Actually
With all the hullabaloo around Pete Rose's "admission" yesterday that he "bet on the Reds every night" — a story so overblown that even Katie Couric was talking about it, chatting with beer pong specialist Armen Keteyian — Keith Olbermann, who did the Rose interview along with Dan Patrick on ESPN Ra...
NCAA Pants Party: Florida Vs. Jackson State
Florida Gators (29-5) vs. Jackson State Tigers (21-13) When: Friday Where: New Orleans...
We Don't Have To Use "Mr." On Second Reference
As you might know, we occasionally write for places other than our little baby Deadspin, but this week, we're taking on way too much work. In addition to running matters over here as usual, we will be writing a daily column for TimesSelect, the paid-content arm of The New York Times. We're not reall...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: NBA on a Kobe witchhunt? Well, he did turn me into a newt. (I got better). • 2 p.m. NBA Live, Bring it Home: Listen, if it's not home by now, it ain't comin' back. • 3 p.m. Page 2's Bomani Jones: Lookit me,...
NCAA Pants Party: Virginia Tech Vs. Illinois
Virginia Tech Hokies (20-11) vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (23-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Columbus...
John McCain Is Conservative With His Brackets
We're not going to make any political statements on the presidential race — not only do we not do that here, but jeez, it's still a year and a half until the election — but we will say this: Of all the candidates in both parties, we suspect John McCain would be the most fun to watch the NCAA tournam...