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To Watch Tonight
What to watch after experiencing the joy and wonder of the holiday season ... • College basketball: Wake Forest at Iowa. Or as they call it there, a caucus. [ESPN2] • NFL: Miami at Pittsburgh. This would be something, it if were 1974. [ESPN] • NHL: Buffalo at Washington. Welcome to the Verizon Cente...
We've Been Punk'd By The Chargers
This story is a couple of days old, but by now you may know that the hippopotamus-in-the-swimming-pool story was a fake. Chargers' assistant coach Steve Crosby — who claimed that a hippo ended up in the pool at his Escondido home during the recent wildfires — admitted that the made up the story "to ...
About Last Night
What you missed while listening to the "I'm Not There" soundtrack ... • NFL: Patriots 31, Eagles 28. Among the highlights; Al Michaels calling it "a dogfight." Everyone in Vick's cellblock got a kick out of that one. • College basketball: A nice win over Arizona to salve the Jayhawks' football wound...
TV's Good For Ya, Pop
• In progress — CFB: Miami at Boston College [ESPN] • In progress — CFB: Virginia Tech at Virginia [ESPN2] • 12:40 — Vegas Vacation [TBS] • 1:00 — NBA: Bulls at Knicks [WGN] • 1:00 — Golf: Skins Game [ABC] • 1:30 — CFB: Tennessee at Kentucky [CBS] • 2:00 — CFB: Grambling St. vs. Southern [NBC] • 2:0...
Even Jets Fans Are Asking Her Not To Take It Off
Of all the European soccer promotions ever seen, this is by far the most interesting. By which I mean, you may have my eyes now. I have a donor card, so please make sure they go to a worthy recipient, like an NBA ref....
To Watch Tonight
What others are watching as you fly over Kansas ... hey, there's Mangino! ... • College basketball: Maui Invitational, at Lahaina, Hawaii: championship game, Duke vs. Marquette. I love a championship game where the coaches can wear shorts. [ESPN] • College basketball: Preseason NIT, semifinals, at N...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you ruminate over who would win a fight between Anton Chigurh and Kaiser Soze ... • College football: Middle Tennessee at Troy. Yes, I believe it was Homer who wrote of the war between the Trojans and the Blue Raiders. [ESPN2] • College basketball: Maui Invitational, semifinals, Mar...
Andrea Kremer Hearts Tom Brady
It's a few days old now, but, OK, judging from this "interview" from Sunday, it's only a matter of time before Andrea Kremer, Gisele and Tom are all on the Dr. Phil show hashing this out. Such shameless flirting has not been witnessed since Churchill got Roosevelt to agree to the lend-lease program...
About Last Night
What you missed while watching your stuffed bear get really REALLY excited that Christmas is near ... • NFL: Cleveland beats Baltimore 33- ... no wait, the officials are calling the teams back to the field yet again. This should be over by Tuesday. • Can anyone stop those rampaging Lakers? LA 106, C...
Nothing Is Over Until We Decide It Is! Yah, That's a Good One.
• 12:00 — MLS: Houston vs. New England for the MLS Cup [ABC] • 12:30 — Movie: Animal House [USA ] (ed. note: :( ) • 1:00 — NFL: Local breakdown of FOX's early games [FOX] • 1:00 or 4:00 — NFL: Local breakdown of CBS games [CBS] • 3:00 — LPGA: ADT Championship, Final Round [NBC] • 3:30 — Movie: Under...
Television! Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover
• 12:00 — La Liga: Real Madrid vs. Mallorca [Gol TV] • 12:00 — CFB: Ohio State at Michigan [ABC] • 12:00 — CFB: Northwestern at Illinois [ESPN] • 12:45 — Movie: Election [Showtime] • 1:00 — Euro 2008 Qualifying: Israel vs. Russia [FCS] • 2:30 — "CFB": Duke at Notre Dame [NBC] • 3:00 — Classic Boxing...
Did you know that Hugh V was the Duke of Burgundy? Well maybe if you'd gone to Duke you would have. In other news, Duke fans are actually going to be pissed if they lose to Notre Dame today. Wait, does Duke have football fans? Are you one of them and would you care to comment? Well here's your chanc...
About Last Night
What you missed while cooking up a batch of delicious Jesuscakes ... • NBA: Dwyane Wade is back ... just in time to watch Miami lose to Seattle at home. Sonics 104, Heat 95. • College basketball: This would have been a great upset. Oh well. North Carolina 72, Davidson 68. • NHL: No 500th win for you...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after rooting for the Puck Ewes ... • College football: Toledo at Ball State. Showdown at Scheumann Stadium. [ESPN2] • College basketball: NIT Season Tip-Off, regional final, at Syracuse, N.Y.; NIT Season Tip-Off, regional final, at Columbus, Ohio. College basketball is officially here...
Play Sports, Drink Beer
If a serial killer broke into my apartment while I was sleeping in the nude, and I only had enough time to either throw on pair of jeans OR put on some running shoes, I would pick the running shoes every time. Yup. I feel much more vulnerable barefoot than when I'm actually naked. Shoes give me powe...
Mourning Your Grandmother Is Fineable Offense For Vikings
When we first heard that Minnesota Vikings wide receiver was being docked a game's pay for missing a game for his grandmother's funeral, we figured there had to be a catch. He had a history of skipping practice. He was generally an attitude problem. His grandmother was a Fascist. Something. But nope...
MLB.com Says, "We Break It, You Buy It"
We remember being quite excited a couple years back when MLB.com started offering classic games for download. The notion of buying an old Cardinals World Series game that we could have forever, to watch whenever we'd like. Thanks, MLB! Of course, forever isn't exactly forever, not with the fine folk...
Welcome To The Fukudome
As the baseball offseason enters its sixth day, it's already time to begin looking at our latest Japanese imports. In this case, it's another Hideki Matsui-type player, Kosuke Fukudome. Pronunciation could get a little dangerous. It's either co-SOO-kay FOO-coo-DOUGH-may or kuh-SUCK-ee FUCK-a-DOME....