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The New New Mexico?
Perhaps the quarterback position at Virginia Tech is merely cursed....
Kendra Davis' Alternate Reality
Last night, Kendra Davis, wife of NBA forward Antonio Davis, attempted to clear her "name" on CNBC's "The Big Picture With Donny Deutsch" in her first public comments since the incident in Chicago where her husband ran in the stands to "protect" her....
Leftovers: Hey, We Weren't So Bad
• You know, the U.S. Olympic team didn't do that much worse than everyone thinks. [Gelf] • Eric Gagne pulls a Greinke and leaves camp for "personal reasons." [Baseball Musings] • After 60 years, beloved Kansas broadcaster retires. (And he has more hair than Bill Self too!) [KUSports.com] • Steve McN...
The Sex Boat Story Will Never Go Away. Awesome.
Is it possible to ever get tired of the Vikings sex boat story? We think it's not. We're pretty sure, actually....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Reds
We re just more than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. We re not sure how this is gonna work, but if you have suggested oddities on y...
Just Another Way To Celebrate A Duke Loss
All kinds of glee around college basketball this morning, because ding dong, Duke has lost. We always notice a bit of a buzz around this here Web world the morning after a Duke loss; the sun's a little brighter, the grass is a little greener, so on....
Leftovers: Manny's Finally Here
• Oh, if only we could make such news just by showing up for work. (Late, we might add.) [Sawxblog] • Al Leiter and Gary Majewski replace Billy Wagner and C.C. Sabathia on the U.S. World Baseball Classic team. Awesome. [The Steveohville Speakeasy] • The old Agassi, the one with the perm mullet, he'd...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Blue Jays
We're just more than a month from Opening Day, so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. We're not sure how this is gonna work, but if you have suggested oddities on y...
Coach K: iPod Spokesperson
For those of you gearing up for the UNC-Duke game this weekend, we present you with ... a cartoon!...
Wolverines Get In On The Rap Game
In the tradition of Miami's Seventh Floor Crew, three Michigan football players — Jerome Jackson, Tyrone Jordan and Landon Smith — have recorded a supposedly derogatory song called "Measly Penny", in which the players take turns denigrating a woman who apparently has caused them collective pain. (...
Leftovers: Villanova Blue
• Curtis Sumpter to miss rest of the season for Villanova. [Big East Basketball] • Don't expect Eric Moulds back in Buffalo next year. [Buffalo's Best Blog] • Apparently, Scoop Jackson gets to write a yearbook entry every year at ESPN. Maybe it's in his contract. [ESPN] • You think Destiny Frankenst...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Peter Vecsey
Forgive the analogy, but it occurred to us that a Peter Vecsey column is a lot like going hunting with Dick Cheney. If you're loud and obnoxious enough to scare the little critters out of hiding and keep loudly blasting away, you're bound to hit something eventually. And those innocent people who ...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Giants
We're just more than a month from Opening Day, so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. We're not sure how this is gonna work, but if you have suggested oddities on y...
Leftovers: Impeach (Reggie) Bush
• Texans considering trading first overall pick. Think anyone will take Carr along with it? [MSN Sports Filter] • Seventeen new members heading to Cooperstown, including the first woman. [Baseball Hall Of Fame] • Honestly, we think Kenny Williams could probably take Big Frank in a fight. [South Side...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Devil Rays
We'll, we're just more than a month from Opening Day, so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. We're not sure how this is gonna work, but if you have suggested odditi...
Setting The Vince Young Record Straight
All the buzz yesterday at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis — because when something's buzzing in Indianapolis, it can be heard everywhere — involved a supposed score of "6" by Texas quarterback Vince Young on his Wonderlic test. (To wit, realizing that the pen they give is to be written with, and n...
Vince Young, Meet David Beckham
Here's international soccer superstar David Beckham on helping his son Brooklyn (?) with his homework....
Leftovers...
• Unhappy with the way the company was treating him, Gilbert Arenas partially blocked out the adidas logo on his shoes at the All-Star game. Later, he found out they were planning to give him his own signature shoe. Oopsie. [Dan's Take]...
Today In College Hoops...
UConn just put their thing down against Villanova this afternoon, winning by a score of 89-75 and avenging their earlier loss to the Wildcats. This is probably as much talent as is possible to put on one college basketball floor at one time this year. UConn's talent, however, is much taller....
That Looks Like It Hurts
Those of you who woke up with a little bit of a hangover this morning can be thankful for at least one thing: You aren't Fernando Vargas. Look at that eye, man. That is disgusting. Who'd he fight, Deebo? I think that growth just scored an 11 on the Wonderlic....