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To Watch Tonight...
• NBA: Los Angeles Clippers @ Denver Nuggets. What's better than a Sunday night with Bill Walton? 8:00, ESPN. • College Basketball: Old Spice Classic Final, West Virginia vs. Arkansas. The ladies love the Old Spice. 7:30, ESPN2. • NFL: Philadelphia Eagles @ Indianapolis Colts. They're not saying "bo...
He Can't Even Play For Isiah
It's been a week or two since we checked in with the running joke that is the New York Knicks. As it turns out, it doesn't look like the dream pairing of Stephon Marbury and his "father figure" Isiah Thomas is going to function as seamlessly as we all thought it would. Things reached a low-point l...
Scott Skiles Insists That Sweat Drip Unimpeded Into Your Eyes
Chicago Bulls head coach Scott Skiles, taking a page out of David Stern's playbook, bans players from wearing headbands during games. Ben Wallace, Chicago's prize free agent acquisition, likes to wear a headband during games. Last night, the heated and emotional issue came to a head....
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Wake Forest @ Maryland. The winner of this game could end up in the BCS, which is... just weird. 7:45, ESPN. • College Football: James Madison vs. Youngstown State. It's too damn hot for a penguin to be just walkin' around. 7:30, ESPN2. • College Football: Notre Dame @ USC. It's ...
The Familiar Story Of The Oppressed Crocheting Running Back With The Collapsed Lung
In a November 11th game against San Jose State, Boise State running back Ian Johnson suffered a collapsed lung and cracked ribs. And just in case the young man's spirits weren't low enough, the NCAA decided to stop in and take away his main source of income, which happens to be crocheting hats and s...
Week In Deadspin: See Ya, Larry
• Tony Banks' wife likes to keep him happy. • Gilbert Arenas is a damned genius. • Look out Bobby Bowden: Here comes the eBay! • The Cubs, they spent a lot of money. • Warren Sapp ... poisoned! • David Wright and Jose Reyes, LOOKING HOT! • Bill Simmons made a fantasy basketball trade with Dean Cai...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as all the PS3's blink to life in the middle of the night and begin their pre-programmed, evil deeds ... • College football: Texas A&M at Texas [ABC]; LSU vs. Arkansas, at Little Rock [CBS]; Colorado at Nebraska [ABC]; Oregon at Oregon State [FSN]; Fresno State at Louisiana Tech. Time ...
The View From The Schembechler Cam
Here's some rather amazing timelapse video from the Ohio State-Michigan game last Saturday, via The Wizard Of Odds, that features a Web cam specifically trained on Ohio Stadium and clicking every minute. It begins the night before and runs through the night after....
We <i>Thought</i> That Cook Looked A Lot Like Mike Sherman
Well, at least there's one good thing about playing for the Raiders, says Warren Sapp. When you're 2-8, no one poisons your food. Sapp used our most hallowed food-related holiday to reminisce about the time that, when he played for Tampa Bay, someone tried to take him out like a KGB spy. And he's ...
Six Quarterbacks On Thanksgiving
Though yesterday might not have featured the most thrilling triumvirate of games — two blowouts during the day and a sloppy field-goal laden mess at night — it did give us our yearly Guy To Talk About During Thanksgiving. In the past, it has been Randy Moss, Jerome Bettis, Leon Lett, every year ther...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Fun With Tasers Month continues ... • College men's basketball: Maui Invitational, at Lahaina, Hawaii; fifth-place game; third-place game; final; Preseason NIT, semifinals, at New York, Butler vs. Tennessee and Gonzaga at North Carolina; Great Alaska Shootout, first round, Loyola Ma...
Enjoy Thanksgiving Night Football (Maybe, Probably Not)
The slate of NFL games for Thanksgiving Day, as is often the case, aren't the most exciting, if just because we have to deal with Detroit every year. The Dallas game features the glory of Bruce Gradkowski, so that's not all too inspiring either....
Roger Angell Is Much Better At This Than Just About Everybody Else
One of the genuine pleasures, for us, of being a sports fan, is the yearly wrapup of the baseball postseason by the great Roger Angell in The New Yorker. It's sober, smart, funny and is a yearly reminder that baseball makes the world a better place. We won't lie: When our Cardinals won the World Ser...
Cancel Those Reservations, Ladies
First O.J.'s television interview is canceled, and now this. Remember how Mike Tyson was supposed to be all set to go to work for Heidi Fleiss at her new stud farm in Nevada? Turns out, evidently, that it's not true. And our Wednesday just got a little bit sadder. From ContactMusic.com:...
Gilbert Arenas Appears To Update His Blog Regularly
As True Hoop has pointed out and we feel obliged to remind you of once again, Wizards singular voice of reason Gilbert Arenas has his own blog, and it's every bit as wonderful as you might have suspected it would be. Here's a few selections from the last couple of days:...
The Fast And The Furious
We know that the 49ers are officially back as contenders, because one of their players was arrested on Sunday night on reckless and drunken driving charges. Just hours after the team's win over the Seattle Seahawks, wide receiver Antonio Bryant was taken into custody after his Lamborghini was seen s...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you pay tribute to the master with all kinds of overlapping conversations ... • College football: Bowling Green at Toledo. So is it the Battle for Northwest Ohio, The Glass Bowl or the Fight for the Peace Pipe? We're so confused ... [ESPN2]. • College men's basketball: Maui Invitati...
Bobby Bowden Is All About The Series Of Tubes
Few jokes have as many comedic legs as a good Old People Don't Understand The Interwebs story. They're tough to beat; old people are so DUMB!...
Will No One Ever Appreciate Derek Jeter?
In a considerable surprise, the American League MVP award today was given not to the Face Of Baseball Derek Jeter, but, in fact, Twins first baseman Justin Morneau, who is not the face of baseball and therefore would seem unworthy of the MVP....
It Is Important To Keep Tony Banks Fed
It's important to remember your duties as the wife of an NFL quarterback. You're required to show up at charity functions, look the other way on those road trips, make sure your eye makeup is spackled on and, of course, making sure your fumbling, erratic husband is properly fed. Eventually, they'll ...