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Not Exactly Thrilling NFL Action
We are always hesitant to grouse and grumble about the low excitement level of a particular NFL game and use it as an opportunity to make some larger statement about the game itself; one of the more random things about sports is that sometimes an individual game will just stink, and it's no reflecti...
Look, It's Football On Monday! At Night!
If you're the type of entirely hypothetical person whose fantasy team has degraded to the point that Steve Gradkowski is your starting quarterback — see that? We got our Kornheiser on right there — you might be particularly fired up for tonight's Monday Night Football game between the Tampa Bay Bucc...
The Joy Of The 2006 Skins
This video, captured yesterday, pretty sums up everything you need to know about the Washington Redskins' season so far. Careful, kids; you might need those brains someday. Though probably not....
Leftovers: Inside The New T.O. Tome
• It's a galley review of Terrell Owens' new book. [28 Days] • Lots of new bells and whistles at the new A's stadium. [FynalCut] • A self-indulgent link for us, but we don't mind if you don't: An Illini season preview. [Frank The Tank] • So, could Rutgers really pull this off? [Choke Artist]...
Welcome To Boston, Matsuzaka (Maybe)
Tonight, about 8 p.m. Eastern, Japanese non-gyroball thrower Daisuke Matsuzaka could announce which team has won the bid to win the rights to bid for his services. The whole situation has been tinged with rumors of malfeasance in the bidding process, but the clubhouse leaders at this point: The Bo...
Devotion To The Buckeye Lego Cause
In case you weren't thrilled enough about this Saturday's Ohio State-Michigan, No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup, we present you with an Ohio State fan who has expressed his devotion to the cause in the best way possible: Through Legos....
The Greatest YWML Reference Of All Time (So Far)
So, Saturday morning, we woke up, full of enthusiasm for a beautiful New York City afternoon, and we checked our email. There were, strangely, 211 new email messages; that's a lot for a weekend. We weren't sure what we'd missed; did Carl Monday do a story on Fred Smoot or something?...
Blogdome: Watch Yo Mouth, Pete
• Pete Carroll: Vulgarian. [The Wizard Of Odds] • You know, Mario Williams is starting to look like a No. 1 pick. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Does it really matter who the UNC football coach is? [Bored At Life] • Some Yankees fans will miss Gary Sheffield a bit. [Yankees Chick] • What a disastrous game for...
You Need Sunglasses To Watch This Team Play
College basketball is slowly tipping off, with a bunch of high-profile schools taking turns writing a check to places like Savannah State and Florida A&M and letting the backups get some work in while cruising to uninspired 25-point victories. (Our Illini begin this process tonight against old nemes...
Hirshey: Who Doesn't Love Some Dynamo?
David Hirshey writes regularly about soccer for Deadspin....
Nothing Says Old-Fashioned Like "Citifield"
This, friends, is the new stadium for the New York Mets, still out in Flushing and expected to open in 2009. It is designed, like most stadiums are these days, as a throwback to the old-timey fields of the '50s, with smidgens of Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds mixed in with, you know, big skybox...
Any Room At The Inn For Rutgers?
The new BCS Standings are out, and it's a happy day for those of us who realize that Rutgers is the only huge story left — outside of Saturday's Ohio State-Michigan game, that is — that's really worth firing one's self up about. The Scarlet Knights are No. 6 in the new BCS poll, which is actually ...
NFL Roundup: Strange Thoughts In East Rutherford
News And Notes From Week 10 in the NFL....
Week In Review: Rutgers Now, Rutgers Forever
• The Sportshuman Of The Year Tournament has begun! • JERSEY! • That's some wide receiver ass. • Everywhere you look, there's Ned. • If Dan Patrick isn't talking to you, he's a dick! • Chris, who let Christian Slater in here? • Hey, watch the dreads! • Drew Tate ... CLEVER! • To steal Drew's line, "...
It Should Also Help With Crowd Impulse Control
Apparently, they've been running low on sperm in England, not just in general, but at the sperm banks. So, to make sure that any perspective sperm recipients receive the goods from the most intelligent, calm, rational donors possible, sperm banks are considering setting up shop right outside Premi...
Leftovers: Zook The Conqueror
• The Illini get the top wide receiver in the country? Really? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • What's the big deal if Michael Jordan isn't around Charlotte? [SI.com] • Craig Biggio, back in Houston, where he belongs. [Baseball Musings] • How screwed up is instant replay in college football? [Yahoo Sport...
Own Pac-Man's Car!
As anyone who has dealt with the difficult nature of car salesmen, you sometimes just don't know whom to trust. Fortunately, there's one place you know you can find a good deal on all your automobile needs: Buying cars that were once owned by troubled NFL players and have now been repossessed and ...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Wild Night At Rutgers
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Cue The Sun!
We've become bored with watching actors give us phony emotions. We are tired of pyrotechnics and special effects. While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there's nothing fake about Truman himself. No scripts, no cue cards. It isn't always Shakespeare, but it's genuine. It's a ...
Blogdome: That Fibbing Candiotti
• Tom Candiotti? Full of hot gas. [Gelf] • A David Stern rule mashup. [Teapot Dome Scandal] • If Rasheed Wallace can't yell at the refs, he'll yell at the fans. [Need4Sheed] • The Pirates should screw over the Yankees in the bidding for Matsuzaka. [The Potash Experience] • Hey, Notre Dame ain't so b...