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To lead this morning's SN column , I couldn't help but joke about SN's ranking of the best football announcers: Which pair would I want announcing my kids' bar-mitzvahs? (Lundquist and Danielson, naturally.) (Then there is the default life-caster: Gus Johnson, whose enthusiasm could make even ...
NCAA Football
New York Knicks
Ricky Williams
By now you've probably heard about the Playboy.com pictures with one Erin Drewes, nude except for body-paint of the Florida No. 15 jersey, complete with "Tebow" on the back. Drewes, of course, became Internet famous for the false rumor that she was Tim Tebow's girlfriend, after she showed up in ...
NCAA Football
Tim Tebow
This morning was a weird one -- tons to talk about, but not one big lead story to drive the day, like there was after "4th-and-2" earlier this week. That makes this a great moment to offer a quick PSA to be sure to check out TimTeblog.com, if you aren't already. I'm cranking out good posts over ...
NCAA Football
LeBron James
Miami Dolphins
Tim Tebow
I say this as someone whose favorite sport was -- for the first 3/4 of my life -- college basketball, whose career began as a college hoops writer and who once was College Basketball Editor at ESPN.com: College basketball has the most meaningless regular season in sports. That's not a rip -- ...
NCAA Football
Allen Iverson
Charlie Weis
North Carolina Tar Heels
Gonzaga Bulldogs
If I ever enjoy the privilege of publishing a book (you never know!) and I enjoy the privilege on top of that to have it reviewed in the New York Times Book Review (hey, why not?) and I enjoy the privilege on top of that to have the reviewer question one of my arguments (as they surely will!), I ...
Other
I remain so intrigued by yesterday's over-the-top reaction to Belichick from Sunday night. The simplest answer is that it was a big game and a big call -- and it didn't work out. And sports pundits like nothing more than the safety of the second-guess. The next-most simple answer is that the ...
NFL
Bill Belichick
I've got a new theory about the allergic reaction to Bill Belichick's decision-making that exploded all over sports media yesterday. It's the lead of today's SN column and I have another post coming at 11:30 to dig into it. But that was only the biggest story on an otherwise interesting day: ...
NFL
Brandon Jennings
Brady Quinn
Lot of talk this morning about the New York Times profile of Bill Simmons in today's Business section. First of all, I love that it led with a nod to Bill's origins on AOL Digital Cities back in 1998, which is where I first read him. That was kind of the point: Bill had a non-traditional ...
MLB
Bill Simmons
You either recognize that Bill Belichick made the right decision -- regardless of outcome -- or you don't. That's the dividing line this morning. In today's SN column , I couldn't be more clear about it: Belichick made the right call. You can go by the numbers -- which support going for it -- or ...
NFL
Brandon Jennings
Bill Belichick
New England Patriots
I'm going to give TCU a lot of credit for thumping Utah -- it's a more quality win than any Texas will have this season (certainly more than any Texas will finish with). And while I am all about "and-oh" for Florida, you can't ignore that Alabama destroyed Mississippi State in Starkville, where ...
NCAA Football
Southern California Trojans
Go back to my post on Florida's expectations from Friday for the essence of my feelings about yesterday's game -- I think I captured it there. Meanwhile: USC's collapse as a national power this season is THE story of the day -- it's hard not to experience... wait for it... "USChadenfreude." My ...
NBA
Southern California Trojans
Brandon Jennings
Saturday (Very) Quickie found directly below. Cincy's close call should be a nice wake-up call for all the contenders out there, especially with so many playing on the road in trap-ish conditions. Let's get to the picks: 1 Florida over @ South Carolina 2 Alabama over @ Mississippi State 3 ...
NCAA Football
South Carolina Gamecocks
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Boise State Broncos
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Southern California Trojans
CFB Picks and Live-Comment coming later this morning. I really thought that Cincinnati was going to lose . It's unfair, but I'm not sure barely surviving at home against West Virginia is going to help their perception. CBB Openers: Mississippi State -- one of the biggest bandwagon preseason ...
NCAA Basketball
John Wall
Kentucky Wildcats
North Carolina Tar Heels
This week's Yahoo-Tebow column is about expectations . Over the years, I have talked a lot about expectations as one of the cornerstones of fandom. In a way, expectations are everything. High expectations better be met. Not meeting them is the worst outcome for a sports fan. Low expectations? I ...
NCAA Football
Tim Tebow
Florida Gators
Pats-Colts is the regular-season game of the year -- not just in the NFL, but in all of sports. (That's the lead of today's SN column .) That is, if the recent audience figures are any indication. It seems like whenever the Cowboys are on in primetime... or Favre in Green Bay anytime... the NFL ...
NFL
New England Patriots
Utah Jazz
Brett Favre
Green Bay Packers
Dwyane Wade
Sorry for the delay. Hopefully, you've already wandered over to SportingNews.com to see today's column. If not, here you go . The lead? The NFL (mid-)season's biggest debate: Peyton Manning or Drew Brees? But, like that creepy Enterprise car commercial, why choose? I can have the black nightie ...
NFL
Drew Brees
Orlando Magic
Tim Tebow
LeBron James
Peyton Manning
Huffington Post Sports launched today, edited by Whitney Snyder, introduced by Arianna Huffington and it looks like they took my advice. Their contributors list includes the outstanding Dave Zirin, Jeff Ma and Peter Casey -- three folks I ID'ed back in late August as ideal to pitch in to HuffPo ...
MLB
You can keep Kansas. You can have Kentucky (but not Wall!) For the most intriguing story of the college hoops season ( today's SN column lead), I'll take my alma mater, Northwestern. Why? Because they've never been to the NCAA Tournament -- and this year is their best shot ever to do it. NU even ...
NCAA Basketball
Northwestern Wildcats
Kansas Jayhawks
Kentucky Wildcats
Name
Dwyane Wade
So I was inspired this morning by two bits of wishful thinking: First, that LeBron might -- just might -- play for your contender, even if you don't have Knicks-like money to throw at him. If winning -- not just winning, but winning epically -- matters so much to LeBron, then the obvious answer ...
NCAA Football
LeBron James
Charlie Weis
"Team to beat" is a wonderfully elastic concept -- one week, it's the Eagles. The next week, it's the Cowboys. (It's a good lead for today's SN column .) In a sport like pro football, where any individual win or loss is not season-crushing, it's a useful construction. In college football, it's a ...
