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Dwight Howard doesn't have anything on the cat featured on today's Weird Web Stories. Check it out below!
Today on "SportsNation," Colin and Michelle will debate if the Cavaliers should be worried about LeBron James' right elbow.
Then, on the Movie Game, we'll find out what percentage of SportsNation thinks the Lakers are scarier than Freddy Krueger. All that, plus you rank the best offseason acquisitions in the NFL, video of the Hamster Olympics, one of the best baseball plays of the season, and Matthew Berry unveils his Top 5 fantasy running backs heading into this season.
We air on ESPN2 today at 4 p.m. ET.
Note: Broadcast voting results are as of this afternoon (ET).
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Should the Cavaliers be worried about LeBron's right elbow?
The Cavaliers clinched their opening-round series against the Bulls on Tuesday night. LeBron James, however, left the court holding his arm in obvious pain.
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What should Dwyane Wade do: Stay in Miami or leave town?
Miami's season ended Tuesday night with a Game 5 loss to the Celtics in the opening round. After the game, much of the focus was on Dwyane Wade's future.
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Do NFL teams have the right to ask anything they want of draft prospects?
According to Yahoo! Sports, Dez Bryant was asked by Dolphins' G.M. Jeff Ireland if his mother was a prostitute. Bryant responded that she was not, and admitted he was angered by the question. Ireland has since apologized to Bryant.
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When will you focus exclusively on Tiger's golf game?
"But the time is coming, and perhaps soon, when the focus shifts almost exclusively to his game." -- AP's Doug Ferguson on Tiger Woods' future.
What is "SportsNation" TV, and how do you make your voice heard? Read about the new ESPN show that features fan opinions with calls, tweets, polls, rankers and more.
Baseball Tonight will collect the best Web Gems from around the Major Leagues each night and give you the chance to vote for your favorite. The top vote-getter each night receives five points in the overall standings, second place four points, on down to one point for fifth place. At the end of the season, the player with the most points will be declared the 2010 Web Gem champion!
Watch the highlights below and cast your vote!
- Vote: Which team will win Game 7 and which team are you rooting for?
- Rank 'Em: What does your Hart ballot look like? | Vezina, Norris and more?
The odds are with us, right? We've already had the lousy Game 7 -- and the Coyotes left no doubt about making sure their debacle at home against the Red Wings would snag that distinction. So surely, tonight's tilt in the (non-Canadian) national capital will provide the drama we've come to know and love from devisive playoff hockey games. Right? Pretty please? Just don't make us watch the Bucks and Hawks, that's all we ask.
In ESPN fantasy leagues this season, Ovechkin was the overall No. 1 pick in traditional drafts and went for an average of $72 (American, we assume) in auction drafts. Halak didn't register, putting him behind the likes of Ondrej Pavelec and Scott Clemmensen. But coming off 90 saves in the last two games, would you trade Halak for Ovechkin tonight?
Brian (Virginia Beach)
Who wins game 7 tonight Capitals or the hot Habs?
E.J. Hradek
I still have to stay with Washington. They did get 54 shots on goal the other night. They will be on home ice. They've lost two games at home in this series, so it might not be that big of an advantage. They need to take the day-to-day with this group and try to catch their breath a little bit. Now is the time for calm and cool leadership. Bruce Boudreau, who's done outstanding with that team over the years, seems too on edge. That kind of stuff on the bench can impact the players in a negative way. I'm looking forward to it. It would be a monumental upset if Montreal can pull it off. In the Ovechkin era of playoff hockey, of their series that have gone seven games, they've won one and lost two. Full transcript
Sometimes we all need a little extra space to vent. ESPN profiles give fans space to post their own blog entries and go toe-to-toe with commenters.
- Goldbrick4: The Raiders are about to release JaMarcus Russell? It's about time. The draft is an imprecise science, but some saw this coming.
- BRavens10: A blogger claims to offer a glance at the Ravens' draft. We cry foul. You can't take in Terrence Cody in a single glance.
- DoubleDV: Colorado, Kansas and Kansas State in the Pac-10? Texas and Oklahoma in the SEC? Cats and dogs living together? Is this really the future of college football?
- Nor_Cal_Shark: The Seahawks and Raiders are only one step away from becoming serious contenders? To borrow from Neil Armstrong, that's one giant leap.
Read more fan posts. Or respond by signing in or creating a profile, and start blogging.
- Rank 'Em: What are the worst franchises in professional sports at the moment?
- SportsNation flashback: We've been here before with the woeful Pittsburgh Pirates
Tuesday night in Reading, Pa., Stephen Strasburg cruised through five innings against the home team without allowing a hit. In four starts with Double-A Harrisburg, he has a 0.52 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 17.1 innings. All of which raises at least one question. At least on nights when Strasburg pitches, is Harrisburg the second-best baseball team in Pennsylvania?
It's not even May, and, well, the Pirates are right where you would expect them to be. And at least one fan has had enough of this dysfunctional relationship. After shelling out money to MLB to be able to watch his favorite team from afar, blogger swysz2730 wants a refund from the man in charge.
"I'm not even going to ask that you make changes, because I know you won't. I'm not going to continue to cry about this situation, because I fully expect that, for the rest of my life, I will never see another winning season from the Pirates. All I want is my money back for this year's MLB.TV subscription."
Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, we will go inside the ring when boxing trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. stops by to chat about Saturday's Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight.
Mayweather Jr. (40-0) takes on Mosley (46-5) Saturday from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas live on HBO Pay-Per-View at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. The fight is just Mayweather's second since coming back from his 21-month retirement. He beat Juan Manuel Marquez via decision back in September.
Mayweather Sr., 58, was 29-6-1 as a professional fighter before turning to a career as a trainer. He has had an on-again, off-again relationship with his son, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and once served as Mayweather Jr.'s manager and trainer.
The Mayweathers come from a boxing family. Floyd Sr. is the eldest brother, while younger brother Roger is a former WBC super featherweight and super lightweight champion, while also serving as Floyd Jr.'s trainer. The youngest brother, Jeff, once held the IBO super featherweight title.
Send your questions now and join Mayweather Sr. Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET!
More Special Guests: Previous chats | SportsNation
- More polls: Will Dez Bryant be better than Roy Williams? | Cowboys draft grade?
- More from ESPN Dallas: Calvin Watkins ranks the Cowboys -- Dez Bryant No. 10
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell proved he's willing to hand out discipline to star quarterbacks on equal footing with gridiron grunts, but does stupidity in personal conduct extend to front-office officials and what comes out of their mouths in draft interviews?
If it wasn't quite so absurdly demeaning and out of line, Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland's question to former Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant during a pre-draft interview might seem like something out of a Monty Python movie. But really, there's not a heck of a lot of humor to be found in asking a guy if his mother was a prostitute.
Ireland has since apologized to Bryant, who was selected in the first round by the Cowboys, but is that enough? On Tuesday's "Pardon the Interruption" Michael Wilbon said the question was typical of the "arrogance" shown by NFL entities. But should Goodell step in with at least a slap on the wrist?
trueblue82 (dallas texas)
i think the media's making the off the field issuses about Dez Bryant bigger then they seam hes never been arrested remember randy moss had more off the field issuses then him when he was drafted as a rookie in 1998 and look were hes at in his carrer
ESPN Dallas' Tim MacMahon
Oklahoma State WR coach Gunter Brewer told me that Bryant is a good kid whose heart in the right place, but he needs to be treated like a person, not a piece of meat. Cowboys WR coach Ray Sherman is great at building relationships with his players, so Bryant landed in a good spot. Brewer said Bryant doesn't have character issues. He has "life skills issue," the result of a difficult childhood. He has to grow up. Showing up late to meetings won't work in the NFL. Full transcript
“I give him credit for not swinging at him, but I also would have given him credit for swinging at him if that was what he chose to do.
” -- Founck
“Future draft picks get asked tough questions all the time. Dez Bryant did a good job by just answering. Jeff Ireland job is to ask the tough question to evaluate character, Thats why he gets paid the big bucks. Go Dolphin!
” -- jr91182alonso
- More polls: How many points could LeBron score southpaw? | Cavaliers vs. Celtics?
- Chat: David Thorpe, 12 ET | Land O' Lakers bloggers the Kamenetzky brothers, 1:30 ET
- Rank 'Em: How do you rank the best players in the NBA?
- More from ESPN Chicago: Melissa Isaacson on what's next for Bulls this summer
Just for a second, as LeBron James began to take a left-handed free throw, you thought he was going to pull an Inigo Montoya and tell us he hasn't been right-handed all these years. No? Just us? Fair enough. We still say Shaq wouldl make a good Fezzik.
After leading the Cavaliers to a 96-94 win in Game 5 to finish off the Bulls, LeBron James told fans not to worry about his ailing arm -- worry he created by shooting and missing a free throw with his left hand in the game's closing moments (he hit the previous one with his right hand to put his team up by a comfortable four points).
So was James really just saving his elbow any unnecessary extra torque on the final free throw? Or might it be that King James wanted to make sure he remains the story entering the second round?
Remember how much fun it was to hear about Dwight Freeney's ankle day after day after day leading up to the Super Bowl? Get ready for the sequel.
“If your not worried about it Lebron , why bring so much attention to it by shooting a free throw LEFT HANDED ?
” -- MSDRAD60
“His arm probably isn't even a problem I bet Lebron wants to make the Celtics think they have a shot at beating them just for his own sick pleasure
” -- lehmanator132
Today on "SportsNation," Colin and Michelle will debate which team will win Game 5 tonight between the Lakers and Thunder.
Then, on Multi-Poll Choice, we'll find out what percentage of SportsNation thinks Brian Westbrook would fit in nicely with the St. Louis Rams. All that, plus you rank NFL fantasy rookies, a video of a dog that enjoys surfing and talk-show legend Maury Povich stops by the show and makes some shocking revelations.
We air on ESPN2 today at 4 p.m. ET.
Note: Broadcast voting results are as of this afternoon (ET).
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Which team will win Game 5 tonight: Lakers or Thunder?
After falling behind 2-0 in their opening-round series, the Thunder came storming back at home. The teams now head back to Los Angeles with the series tied at 2.
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What did you think of Ben Roethlisberger's written statement?
On Monday, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger released a statement apologizing to teammates and fans in the wake of his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
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What do you make of the Magic's sweep despite Dwight Howard's play?
The Magic completed a sweep of the Bobcats on Monday. But Dwight Howard continued to struggle, scoring only six points and fouling out of the game.
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PRE GAME
We're back on Thursday. Until then, here's a look at what we learned Wednesday:
- How should the Cavs feel about LeBron's right elbow? Pretty worried.
- What should Dwyane Wade do this offseason? Get outta Miami!
- When will Tiger be an exclusively golf story to you? NEVER!
- Can teams ask draft prospects any questions they want? No, there's a line.
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