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Blogdome: Screwing Tiger Town
• One fan isn't happy about the Tigers raising their ticket prices so high for the playoffs. [Mickey Tettleton Memorial Overpass] • Tim Duncan hates music. [The Basketball Jones] • B.J. Upton should make all his plays from his ass. [Rays Index] • Carmelo Anthony can do anything in the basketball Wor...

NFL Season Preview: San Francisco 49ers
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people paintin...

A Board Meeting With LT
Can you imagine being in a corporate conference room with Lawrence Taylor? Wouldn't that have to make your week? If it happened on a Monday, we'd coast around our cubicle with a happy, dancing, spritely air ... Lawrence Taylor was here! In our conference room! Fucking shit up!...

Baxter Receives Amazingly Quick Justice
You know, we are no experts in the ever-turning wheels of justice ... but man, this Lonny Baxter thing got settled fast, didn't it?...

PTI's Devilish Podcast
Ever wonder what "Pardon The Interruption" would sound like if it were hosted by Satan? (Please leave your Dan LeBatard jokes at the door ... if at all possible, anyway.)...

The Wrong Way To Impersonate A Blue Jay
Last night, after the A's victory over the Blue Jays, a fan ran on the field. This will happen from time to time, of course, particularly at the end of a game, after a few Molsons. But see, this fan, he had a special trick in mind: He would be wearing a Blue Jays jersey....

Len Pasquarelli Has Had Enough Of Your Silliness
We'd like to thank the folks at Pro Football Talk for finding this clip of ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli appearing on Charlotte sports talk radio, on something called the "Penner and Mac Show." (Honestly, nobody in sports radio has ever been called by their full name; we're still waiting for "The Humbe...

Drew Henson, Man Of Many Ugly Hats
Has there ever been an athlete more consistently overconsidered, for such an extended period of time, as Drew Henson? The guy has been all potential, zero performance; he's Ryan Leaf, except he did it in two sports ... and he wasn't very good in college either....

NFL Season Preview: Cincinnati Bengals
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...

Leftovers: So Solich Wasn't Date Raped After All
• Sorry, Solich: Judge says his "I was GHB'd" defense doesn't fly. [Athens Messenger] • Wait, how come nobody cares about THIS horse? [Fox Sports] • The Tigers aren't shy about bumping up their ticket prices, are they? [Detroit News Online] • Cedric Benson is not particularly popular among his teamm...

People Actually Lamer Than Stuart Scott Rip On Stuart Scott
The toolsheds pictured here are members of a "band" called Something To Ponder, and they, uh, do some sort of funk rap folk music, the type of thing that we listen to and ponder, oh, the end of civilization. But that could just be us....

Willie McGinest, Logic Monolith
This picture of new Cleveland Browns defensive end Willie McGinest — by the way, did you realize where Browns training camp was? Berea! — shows him wearing No. 55, the number he has worn since he played for USC more than a decade ago....

We Don't Know How Hootie Didn't Sneak In This Video
We couldn't decide which dopey fan cheer song we were going to go with today: This brand new Reds one or the above Dolphins video from the early '90s. We decided to go with the Dolphins one, if just because we figured we'd look bitter and/or scared if we just focused on the Reds....

Blogdome: Carlos' Mole, Man
• Seriously, can't someone do something about Carlos Beltran's mole? [MetsMole] • That didn't take long: Fire Minnesota's coach! [The National Anthem Before A Cubs Game] • Tracking just how much Madden has evolved. [ArmchairGM] • We love it when GMs blame the players they brought in. [Seattlest] • W...

NFL Season Preview: Indianapolis Colts
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...

The ULTIMATE Electrolyte Power Boost!
It has been a while since we have played any organized competitive athletics, so we're a little behind on all the latest innovations in the world of sports beverages meant to quench thirst and replenish, uh, fluids or something....

Rogue Agent Actually Much Worse Than Thought
Remember when we told you about David Frost, that creepy former "agent" who held undue influence over young hockey players, including St. Louis Blues player Mike Danton, who later tried to have him killed?...

Hacking Bernie
We recognize that, unless you're Curt Schilling, it can be pretty difficult for a Major League Baseball player to keep up with this Internet usage on the road. And when someone has a site of their own to manage, it can be doubly difficult....

Clinton Spends His One Night A Year With His Brother At Shea
We didn't notice this from our seat about three miles overhead, but former President Bill Clinton was at Shea Stadium last night, saying the fact that the Cardinals were the visiting team was at least part of the reason he came by....

It's Always Better To Stay On The Couch
Ugh. Remind us why we go to games in person again?...