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About Last Night ...
What you missed while at least enjoying the last game of the year at Busch Stadium ... • How 'bout that Grossman! • Pujols, Ankiel, some guy named Barden run like madmen. • They found a ton of Chinese steroids. Of all places!...
You'll Be Lucky To See This Post, Ever
• Jay Mariotti, blogger. • Isiah Thomas knows his race relations syntax. • Real or not, these are terrifying. • Bill Simmons' charming fan. • Adeus, Mourinho. • We'd patrol Chris Henry's house too. • MJD's new best friend. • The studly Rob Stone. • How to handle when your team wins behind enemy line...
Happy 80th Birthday To The Swirly Move
Tomorrow, friends, is a great day for a great American; it's Tommy Lasorda's 80th birthday. We revel in the memories....
Eff Her! Let's Get A Sandwich
What's the difference between a golf ball and a G-spot? We'll spend twenty minutes looking for a golf ball!...
Saying Goodbye To RFK Stadium
It's a sad weekend in the world of outdated, monstrous sports buildings: It's the last three baseball games at RFK Stadium in DC....
Back In The GM Business
• Welcome back to baseball, Ed Wade. Can Philly fans boo a skybox? [The 700 Level] • Bill Simmons and Erin Andrews, best pals. [Awful Announcing] • Stop snooping on Gordie Howe. [Orland Kurtenblog] • SI's great story about Mike Coolbaugh. [Bugs And Cranks] • More "love" for Mourinho. [Soccernista] •...
We congratulate Jamie Mottram, baron of all matters AOL Fanhouse, on his new job as Senior Editor of Blogs And Community at Yahoo! Sports. He starts next month. Though sorry, Jamie, but you can't curse there either. The comment section isn't as horrible, though. [Sports Business Daily] (The Big Lead...
The Indians Just Can't Find People To Give Them Money
It's difficult, in a world of Citi Field and the University of Phoenix Stadium, to have much sympathy for a team that's having trouble selling naming rights to their ballpark. But because the Indians have slowly become the Official Postseason Team Of Deadspin, we glance nevertheless....
It's Good To Be Jimmy Johnson
On a lazy Friday afternoon, we present to you, apropos of nothing, a montage of Jimmy Johnson looking ridiculous....
Seemingly, No One Drinks In Wisconsin
Nothing's more fun than college football in the fall. Tailgating, commiserating with friends, cheering on the local team, general camaraderie all around. And, of course, drinking: What's football without a cold brewski or two beforehand. It clears the lungs. Clearly, the folks in Madison understand ...
MLB.com Has Hip, Timely Music Connections
A few bewildered thoughts after watching Elton John hanging out with the Atlanta Braves on MLB.com....
That Series Of Tubes Can Be Confusing
When you think of all the technological wizardry NFL coaches have at their dispersal, we wonder sometimes if the next world-changing innovation will spawn from the mind of a Dorito-peppered slouch coach bunkered in his office at 4 a.m., watching game film and suddenly discovering cold fusion. They c...
Our Friend Dona Chepa
The competitors that bring us the truest joy, the ones who remind us that sports are human and frail and painful and therefore beautiful, are the ones who lose. Well, not always human and frail....
You Control Everything This Man Does
So here's a sad little story: The guy who serves as the model for motion capture on Madden, Kenny Bell, really wants to be a real life NFL player. He might look like a player, but he isn't, not really. But he wants to be....