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Masters Morning Mayhem
Golf was on at 8 a.m. this morning, which was a pretty good way to ensure that I wouldn't be watching it. But I missed some compelling action, it seems....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Before we begin, please go into the bathroom and fill this. Thanks. • Noon. NBA with Ric Bucher: A San Francisco-based writer for a national audience? What a stupid concept. • 2 p.m. Boxing Promotor Don...
Tiger Woods Successfully Completes High Five
As we congratulate Tiger Woods for finally figuring out the correct way to slap another man's hand with his own, we take a look at the Masters, which, for all its bluster and Carlyle Group vibe, is the one golf tournament we look forward to every year, even if it's just because it reminds us that ev...
Chicago Baseball Executives Vs. Jay Mariotti (And The People Vs. Both Of Them)
Sometimes, a story comes along with absolutely no rooting interest, no good guys at all, that you end up hoping everyone will end up in a Reservoir Dogs-esque Mexcian standoff, guns aimed at each other's heads, all pulling the trigger....
Power To The Peepl
Reaction continues to pour in on yesterday's spelling bee post (OK, we got one note, which was attached to a rock and thrown through our window). Toward the end of the post we noted that there are actually people who protest in front of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.; folks ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS star Alecko Eskandarian: Oh, like you had to put "MLS star" in front of this name? Isn't that like putting "Golf star" in front of Tiger Woods? • 3 p.m. Baseball author Nate Silver: Hit me with some obscure statistics, you g...
Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
As always, it's amazing what you can find on YouTube....
When Words Collide
It was the mother of all spelling bees; the 1971 Chiefs-Dolphins of word competition. In case you were for some reason watching basketball on Saturday, two young contestants in the Treasure State Spelling Bee in Billings, Mont., slugged it out for four and a half hours — 25 rounds — before a champ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1:30 p.m. NBA with Chris Broussard: When is Ron Artest going to drop the charade and stuff someone into a garbage can? (I have April 10 in my office pool.) • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: I've noticed that in the New Testament ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. ESPN Radio's Mike Greenberg: Oh, we see! You are the prissy one, and Mike Golic is the slob! And from this comes the humorous situations! • 4 p.m. Phoenix Suns' Eddie House: Duke and UConn in the finals, Eddie? How'd that pool w...
Opening Day Television Snafus
So, opening day! You took the day off of work so you could stay home and take in all the first-day action. First up, Mets-Nationals ... "Baseball Tonight" is ending, so here we go! ... ESPN News? What?...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Orioles
Baseball is here! Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're previewing the season by going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. Today: The Baltimore Orioles....
It's Opening Day. Commence Wistful Laments For Days Of Yore
It's one of everyone's favorite days of the year: The day when George Will pulls a hamstring trying to come up with synonyms for "grass," "sunshine" and "purity." It's opening day! The first game of the day is at that baseball mecca Shea Stadium, with the Mets hosting the Washington Nationals. First...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Frozen Four marathon!: I love college hockey! (this will be only slightly more popular than the recent Matlock marathon). • 1 p.m. WNCAA championship with Charlie Creme: I won the golden ticket! Now where are the Oompa Loompas?...
One Depressing Sports Weekend
We don't mean to overstate this, but Saturday was a disappointing an evening for college basketball as we can remember. It's not just that George Mason lost to Florida, or even that they lost so convincingly. Their legend had been secured simply by making it to Indianapolis at all; any mid-major w...
The Value Of College Athletes
Ever wonder how much money an individual player was worth to a university? So did Robert Brown, a professor at Cal State-San Marcos who has spent 15 years studying the value of college athletes. He put together a formula to estimate how much members of last year's North Carolina and Illinois baske...
Tapeworms Overcome Glen Davis; UCLA And Florida To Meet Monday Night
Every commercial CBS takes prolongs the agony. And CBS certainly isn't shy about the commercial breaks this year....
Bruins vs. Tigers, 5:58 Second Half
Garrett Temple buys a pump fake and ends up kneeing someone in the head. That was exciting....
Bruins vs. Tigers, 13:07 Second Half
Glen Davis starts the half by missing a couple of short ones, and UCLA has pushed the lead to 19. This evening... has been disappointing....