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Your Gay Sports News Roundup
Whether it's celebrity deaths or gay sports stories, it seems big news always comes in threes. (That is how the expression goes, yes?) All kinds of gay news this Wednesday afternoon....
Blogdome: Say Goodnight, Braves
• Last night officially marked the end of the Braves "dynasty." [mlbeat] • Introducing ... The Big Ten Channel. We'll absolutely watch this. [The Wizard Of Odds] • It's Diego Maradona's great goal(s), recreated in Nintendo soccer. [The Wade Blogs] • An extremely strange look at what the U.S. World C...
Nothing Like Some Singing Limeys
Say what you will about those Brits, but they sure can freaking sing....
Hirshey: Get It Together, Turniphead
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
The Faces Of Champions
That's right, folks, the wait is over: Antoine Walker, Shandon Anderson and Michael Doleac are finally champions....
Heat Win First-Ever Title, And Even Cuban's Classy About It
Even though their apparently show their loyalty by dressing up like Klan members — even when they're not actually at the arena in which the games are being played, like in this picture — and even though they don't have an owner whose brain is always on the verge of a noisy (and always smart and en...
YWML Suddenly Huge With 13-Year-Olds
Out of the wilderness, from the depths of madness, comes a strange, unlikely hero. He's got spikey hair, a nifty blazer and a T-shirt he holds close to his heart. His day job might seem like it would fall outside your particular spectrum of interest, but don't fret: There's a twinkle there, a tiny g...
And Without Any Further Blowups ... Game 6
Difficult to add much more to everything else that's out there: It's Game 6, the Heat are a game away from winning the NBA Title, Mark Cuban is $250,000 lighter and downright dog-nutty, Dwyane Wade getting his legend on and the referrees looking over their shoulders, making sure no one's got a shi...
Delmon Young ... Still A Dick
For those who might have missed it, Delmon Young, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays phenom who winged his bat at an umpire in April, has finished up his 50- (actually 49-)game suspension. Has he come back all contrite and humbled? Not exactly, says Rays Index in a recap of an interview Young gave MinorLeague...
Leftovers: Anna The Author
• Anna Benson is writing a book. We assume it will be written in deer's blood. [GalleyCat] • Uh, is Jim Otto out of his mind? Actually, yeah: He pretty obviously is. [The Hater Nation] • To buy Dr. J's house ... you have to buy another house? [The 700 Level] • Jack Kemp, still not a soccer fan. [Tow...
The Secret Way To Handicap The World Cup
So as you might have noticed, we've been doing some fun photo montages to preview the World Cup live blogs. And we always run a photo of a couple of fans. Or, as one friend put it, "I am enjoying this trend whereupon 2 countries playing each other are contrasted with a 'hot chick' and a 'doofus.'"...
Maurice Drew Doesn't Hate Your Nerd Ass That Much After All
If case you didn't remember, former UCLA running back (and now Jacksonville Jaguars rookie) Maurice Drew had been implicated in the Los Angeles Denny's incident in which Bears safety Ricky Manning and pals beat up a guy for using a laptop. (We're sure this happens to Cuban all the time.)...
Fewer Than 10,000 Sainted Souls
We're just piling on now, we know. From today's Wall Street Journal:...
Blogdome: Michael Kay's Potty Mouth
• Michael Kay drops a "shit" on unsuspecting listeners. [Off Color Commentator] • Soccer really can make you appreciate American football. [Dave's Football Blog] • It's the official Royals front office blog. What could possibly go wrong? Oh ... the comments. Ouch. [Around The Horn In KC] • What are ...
Jonathan Papelbon's Dramatic Debut
How do you know you've made it, you've crossed from the niche market of athletics into the popular subconsious of local culture? When you start doing terrible, cheapo car commercials, of course!...
Is Mark Cuban Going Insane?
We feel we have to legitimately ask: Is Mark Cuban losing his mind?...
Hirshey: Viva Espana!
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Rather Worthwhile Hockey Game Tonight, We Think
We know we haven't been the most attentive observers of the NHL, like, at all this year, but we think even those involved in the running of the league would have to agree that it appears a wave has crested, and we're all going to need a while until the NHL excites us again. It happens. No one should...
"To The Wing ... To The Center ... Back To The Wing ..."
Those suffering through World Cup fatigue are invited to watch this famous "Simpsons" clip, from when Mexico and Portugal come to Springfield to "decide once and for all which is the greatest on earth!" Many, many big laughs, but our favorite comes at the end, with the different perspectives of the ...
Leftovers: Goodbye, KMOX
• What are the real effects of the Cardinals (and other teams) abandoning their old radio stations? [WSJ.com] • Michael Wilbon looks back at Len Bias, 20 years later. [Washington Post] • Calling bullshit on how Brazil is playing so far. [Sportolysis] • You know, Santonio Holmes is not endearing hims...