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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....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1:30 p.m. Texas DB Aaron Ross: More of in Texas: Books or longhorn hood ornaments? • 2 p.m. NHL with Scott Burnside: My sweater is pulled over my head, my brother is pummeling me and we're banging things with sticks. In other words, we...
Shoeless Joe Can Be Yours On Ebay
Sports Review Magazine points out an auction that's just anachronistic enough to drive us slightly nuts this morning; you can buy a Shoeless Joe Jackson game-used bat on eBay....
NBA Roundup: Upon Further Review, Cornbread Maxwell Is Sorry
Notes on Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Pacman Jones' Family, They Just Don't Understand
You know, it's one thing when a drug dealer is concerned about your personal safety. But jeez, when your family is this concerned about you, jeez, it's all over....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:30 p.m. Nebraska DE Adam Carriker: Tell us some of those inspiring Illinois Benedictine College Eagles football stories that coach Callahan used to tell you, please? • 1 p.m. Page 2's Patrick Hruby: We would like to hear more about ...
Sports Illustrated Apologizes For All The Diarrhea
If the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition didn't have enough problems already — sorry, guys, it's not 1985 anymore; you have no idea how much more access we have to naked people now — it appears now they've got another issue: When you think of the SI swimsuit edition, you just have to think of Hepa...
Luis Castillo Is Protective Of His Anus
Last week, Twins second baseman Luis Castillo was scheduled to receive his yearly physical from team doctors. But he kept wanting to delay it, much to the confusion of team officials. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire helpfully explained....