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Bill Walton Drinks Alone
For random encounters with drunk athletes and/or celebrities, this could be the most promising weekend of all-time. Enrico Campitelli of The 700 Level is in one of the bloggers in Vegas this weekend, and last night, he ran into Bill Walton. Hammered, and all by his lonesome....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you face the ultimate Inconvenient Truth: warm beer ... • Boxing: Middleweights, Verno Phillips vs. Eddie Sanchez, at Las Vegas [ESPN2]; Super middleweights, Andre Dirrell vs. Kenny Kost; heavyweights, Tony Thompson vs. Timor Ibragimov, at Los Angeles [FSN]; Champion Mike Oliver vs....
Leftovers: Sure, Pippen's Coming Back, Totally
• Scottie Pippen coming back? Yeah, right. [Chicago Tribune] • Man, the rigors of racing have really taken a toll on Jeff Gordon. [Book Of Scrap] • They're having some trouble with emails in Arkansas. [Whole Hog Sports] • Fun with an old "This Week In Baseball." [ScatchBomb]...
Cultural Oddsmaker: How Will Tim Hardaway Impact the NBA All-Star Game?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Joumana Kidd Goes Nuclear On Jason
So, you know how the whole New Jersey Nets brass was concerned about how ugly the Jason Kidd-Joumana Kidd divorce proceedings might get? Well, The Smoking Gun has Joumana's countersuit to Jason's suit against her, and, holy cow, this thing really escalated fast. It's a huge document, so we're just g...
Dice-K Has Some Spring Training Work To Do
Red Sox Monster brings up something that has to give Red Sox fans considerable pause: When he showed up at spring training this week, new Boston pitching savior Daisuke Matsuzaka appeared to be, oh, a little chubbier than one might have expected....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you relax with an ice chest full of beer while wearing an astronaut diaper ... • College basketball: Providence at Notre Dame [ESPN]; Massachusetts at Fordham. Shall Rose Hill Gym not be rocked tonight? [ESPN2] • College basketball: UCLA at Arizona State; Oregon State at Stanford. I...
Leftovers: Backyard Oilers
• This guy REALLY likes the Edmonton Oilers. [Pulled My Groin] • Sam Smith, not a friend of the blogs. [With Leather] • Help find Les Straker! [Find Les Straker] • When OutSports did its 10 most likely gay NBAers in 2001 ... Tim Hardaway was on the list! [Sports By Brooks]...
NBA Roundup: Celtics Win! (Not A Joke This Time)
Notes from Wednesday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
Tim Hardaway Wants Only Straight Men To See His Penis
So, by now, everyone has heard former NBA point guard Tim Hardaway's comments on the Dan LeBatard show yesterday, but just in case you're up for some caveman rhetoric — he'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa — here's the full audio of the interview....
What You See After You Hang Out With The Gonzaga Basketball Team
From the Things We Don't Understand file, we end your day with this entirely random video that features Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and "Saved By The Bell"'s Mr. Belding playing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" with "metal" "band" Metal Skool....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you find out that you can FINALLY enlist ... • College basketball: Ohio State at Penn State; Duke at Boston College. Eagles can drive a stake through the heart once and for all. [ESPN] • College basketball: Maryland at N.C. State [ESPN2]; Utah at Air Force. Big fun in the Mountain W...
Trying To Understand The Illini Car Crash
Now that Illini center Brian Carlwell's condition after Monday's accident in a car driven by teammate Jamar Smith has been upgraded to "fair," we think it's probably OK to look at some of the more bizarre aspects to the crash....
Leftovers: Those Trippin' Zags
• Anything that gets the word "shrooms" on the front page of ESPN is fine with us. [ESPN] • Gilbert Arenas on Lebron James: "He doesn't want the final shot." [DC Sports Bog] • Wrapping up the reaction to John Amaechi. [Edge Of Sports] • The Denver Nuggets are all about the love. [Denver Post]...
Hey, How Come All We Got Was A Team Ghana Keychain?
German hospitals are reporting a huge upsurge in maternity reservations for the month of April, which happens to be nine months after the 2006 World Cup was hosted in that country. Give us a minute while we figure out what's going on....
Pre-Order Your Barbaro Books Now!
We are less than two weeks away from the release of the most-anticipated literary venture into the mind of a horse since Seabiscuit, or at least Sex And The City. It's Barbaro: A Nation's Love Affair, which, fortunately, is only a metaphorical love affair....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as anti-terror dolphins work to keep our shorelines safe ... • College basketball: Kentucky at Tennessee; Michigan at Michigan State. Hey you fans, no rough horseplay! [ESPN] • College basketball: Texas Tech at Texas A&M. Coach Knight, is it OK if I skip tonight's game to attend my lit...
Leftovers: He'll Look Good In The Camo Uniforms
• Iraq war vet signs deal with the Padres. [WBRS Sports Blog] • So who gets the Cardinals championship ball: Wainwright, or Molina? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • The 100th Basketball Jones podcast thingy. [The Basketball Jones] • Tracking John Buccigross' verbal tics. [Bugs And Cranks] • In case you c...
Deep, DEEP Inside The Westminster Dog Show
Starting yesterday and concluding today, the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden features the finest athletic specimens at MSG since ... well, since the last Dog Show. We don't consider competitive dog preening a sport, but we do find it funny, and we think Best In Show is one of the funni...
NBA Roundup: In Praise Of The Pistons
Notes on Monday's games in the National Basketball Association ......