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According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Len Pasquarelli, the Oakland Raiders are willing to part with cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha in exchange for quarterback Donovan McNabb. Check out these two tweets from Schefter:

ESPN.com’s Len Pasquarelli reports Oakland is willing to part with CB Nnamdi Asomugha in exchange for Donovan McNabb – but Eagles reluctant.

Remember: Asomugha’s contract is a burden…

The Gilbert Arenas(notes) gun saga is nearing its end. Three days after a scathing — that’s right, scathing — sentencing memo detailing Arenas’ conduct was delivered to courts, Arenas has been sentenced.
What’s the damage, Associated Press?
A judge has ordered suspended Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas…

With your NCAA tournament bracket being in the dump after the first weekend, it may be time for us all to rethink this whole “picking your bracket” thing. It’s obvious that picking “favorites” just isn’t working. Even if that favorite has been ranked #1 at some point in the season and their opponent has dudes [...]

I would like to introduce to Sports Jabber, an acquaintance of mine. His name is Rick and he just authored a new Baseball book.
Before I get to the book, I want to give you a little history.
I bumped into Rick, when I took over www.buccoblog.com

Katie Witham, Ohio State reporter for the Big Ten Network, discusses OSU potential with fellow Buckeye expert Paul M. Banks

(PMB) The Buckeyes have been placed into my regional each of the past 3 weekends, so after spending so much quality time with Thad Matta lately, (this following a season covering two Big Ten teams: [...]

What you need to know:

- Erick Dampier was in the starting lineup for the second consecutive game. Oddly enough, Damp only played eight minutes while the loyal employee – Brendan Haywood – was on the court for 35 minutes.
- The Mavs got to the line a mere nine times compared to Portland’s 26 trips.
- Caron Butler broke out of his shooting slump

Dustin Pedroia
left a game earlier this week after taking an awkward landing while diving to stop a Denard Span single. X-rays taken today yesterday came back negative. “I rolled my wrist,” Pedroia said. “I’ll take BP tomorrow and then play the next day. That’s it. I’m good. There’s nothing. It’s more spring training [...]

Chris Kouffman has been following the draft for as long as I can remember. He’s a valued member of FinHeaven.com and is now is part of the team that runs UniversalDraft.com. He’s very knowledgable when it comes to the NFL draft, and his work shows. If you have the time, please take a moment to [...]

Winning has become second nature for Jimmie Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s team. Victory lane celebrations are as familiar as getting up each morning and brushing your teeth, something that you’ve done a million times and could do with your eyes closed.
You don’t think about it, just go through the motions and there’s no [...]

It’s possible that if you’re male sports fan you may be faced with the same problem that I’ve been dealing with lately. Explaining to your wife/girl-friend/significant other how it is possible that male athletes seem incapable of keeping their focus when it comes to committed relationships?
I’m not sure how I became the spokesperson for [...]