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Say Goodnight, Harold
In a world where a failed general manager can make a perfectly good living on television pretending to be a successful general manager, we supposed there just isn't much room for a failed second baseman....
It's Carl Monday Night At The Ballpark
As you know, we're big fans of minor league baseball, particularly the odd promotions they put together from time-to-time. (We still think our favorite is the time a team gave away free vasectomies on Father's Day.) And a couple of weeks ago, we pointed you to the Dunedin Blue Jays' professional w...
How To Ruin Fantasy Football
It is just us, or is everyone pumping fantasy football a couple of weeks too early this year? Both Sports Illustrated and ESPN: The Magazine have already come out with their fantasy season previews — SI's included a cover photo of a guy who might not actually play for his team next year — even thoug...
Leftovers: Ty Law? TY LAW
• Ty Law, heading to Kansas City. [New York Times] • Not his fault, but we still blame Bill Simmons for this. [Detroit Free Press] • Some solid Brett Myers signage. [The 700 Level] • The true importance of the signing bonus. [I Want To Be A Sports Agent] • Wait ... everything is quiet in Eagles' cam...
At Least It's Not "Life Is An Open Road To Me"
After the Roberto Clemente backlash of this morning, we're wary of going this direction ... but hell, somebody's gotta do it....
Hello, FSN Southwest!
In case anybody out there was wondering who our favorite Fox Sports Net affiliate is ... why, it's Fox Sports Southwest, now that you mention it!...
Sklar Brothers Lightly Jab Back At Simmons
We've been having some fun with the Sklar brothers of late, but it does appear that this feud we've finally discovered between them and Bill Simmons has been going on for a while. Well, perhaps "feud" is the wrong word. But it has definitely become heated, as heated as anything can become in the o...
Blogdome: See Ya, Sal
• A sad day: Phillies say goodbye to Sal Fasano. [Blinq] • Rather comprehensive look at the Bulls' offseason. [Indignant Online] • Another great Willie McGee tribute site. [Area 51] • Making some sense of the Pacers-Mavericks trade. [Jello Is Jiggling] • That's some WAY north high school football. [...
Apparently, Lance Likes It In The Rear Too
For all the talk last week about the supposed "offensiveness" of Lance Armstrong's joke at the ESPYs about Jake Gyllenhaal "liking it in the rear," many have noticed that the non-doping Tour de France dominator and the guy who looks like Spider-Man but isn't have been hanging out a bunch of late. ...
On Your Marks ... Get Set ... Shuffle!
On Friday, we told you about Extreme Day, a horse racing promotional event that featured skateboarding, clockwise (backwards) racing and, our favorite, jockey races. (Complete with gates!)...
Emmitt Smith Encourages You To Keep Looking At Him
We didn't actually watch it, and we don't have video or anything, but apparently the Miss Universe contest was on NBC last night. The only real interesting thing about beauty contests — other than, "Will one of them fall down? Please?" — is the celebrity judges, and last night's battle had some do...
Stephen A. Fesses Up
Well, there's finally some closure in the whole Stephen A. Smith/Dusty Baker/Cubs blogs/hey-how'd-WE-get-involved-in-this? situation from last week. If you'll recall, Cubs manager Dusty Baker cancelled his appearance on "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" because a staffer encouraged people to b...
Finally, YouTube Of Monday-Cooper, Part II
We know, it's a week-and-a-half old now, but we never did get a hold of YouTube of the gripping finale of the Carl Monday-Mike Cooper saga, and it has been nagging us, since we this whole thing started from YouTube anyway....
Week In Review: Goatriders, Tornadoes And Carl Monday's Goodbye
• The brilliant (and somehow underrated) final chapter in the Carl Monday-Mike Cooper odyssey. • Jimmy Johnson ... TOPLESS! • Keep your wives away from Bill Belichick! • Curt Schilling, man of the online people! • You can absolutely not go wrong with a Bob Knight instructional video outtake. • No ...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Insane in the Membrane
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of email....
Leftovers: The Rainman Reigns
• Shawn Kemp arrested for marijuana possession. You think you know a guy. [Houston 2 News] • Big glitch in PSP version of NCAA Football 2007. [PSP Fanboy] • Shea Hillenbrand would like to tell you something. [The Phat Phree] • Mark Schlereth, philosophizer. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]...
Tiger Woods, Back To Normal
As Tiger Woods soars to the top of the British Open leaderboard, doing what he can to re-establish his dominance of the sport, we are pleased to see that he has still not learned how to avoid the awkward high-five. That's just simply Tiger being Tiger....
Short People In Riding Pants Running
Because nothing amuses us like jockeys, here's a neat — if not necessarily new — promotion they're trying at Calder Race Course this weekend: A jockey race! Because nothing's more compelling that five-foot-tall guys sprinting....
Sir ... Do We Get To Win This Time?
Deadspin, John J. Born 7-6-47 in Bowie, Ariz.. Of Indian-German descent: That's a hell of a combination. Joined the army 8-6-64. Accepted special forces, specialization: light weapon, medic, helicopter and language qualified. 59 confirmed kills. Two Silver Stars, four Bronze, four Purple Hearts. Dis...
Ben Roethlisberger, Pure Country
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, fresh off his apparent facial reconstruction that has somehow made him much more normal looking (and vaguely lobotomized) than he did before his motorcycle accident, is going to appear in a country music video. That in itself is no big deal. It's...