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When Bat Boys Attack
If you were to believe television broadcasts, every fan who runs on the field is violently tackled, beaten or otherwise pummeled. Networks won't show a guy who's just running around, but they love to see him hammered. Hence, last night's Boston-Minnesota game, when a bat boy wallops a sliding fan an...
Blogdome: What Does It Mean To "Rise" In The Draft?
• An outstanding breakdown of what an NBA Draft's "risers and sliders" really means. [Celtics Blog] • The bidding process for the Larry O'Brien trophy. [The Basketball Jones] • Is it possible to have baseball without heroes? [Sportszilla] • How is the NHL like Cameron from "Ferris Bueller?" [Out Of ...
Fan Anger, In Still Life
An eagle-eyed reader — that is to say, by "eagle-eyed," we mean to say "actually watching hockey" — pointed out this angry fan directly after Edmonton's sudden death goal to win Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals last night over Carolina....
Chris Henry Keeps Himself Busy
Getting arrested once during an offseason is a mistake. Getting arrested twice labels you a troublemaker. Three times, you're officially an epidemic. But when you're arrested for the fourth time in six months ... aw, now you're just showing off....
Hirshey: Oh, Germany Won. GREAT.
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Spend Your Fourth With Us!
We apologize for our lingering tech problems today, but all should be resolved now. Sorry. We're going to try to make it up to you; we're gonna give you that long-awaited opportunity to punch us in the face....
The Kids, They Like The Golf
We've been trying to fire ourselves up for tomorrow's U.S. Open — the amount of morale-pumping required to maintain a face-painting level of excitement for televised golf is sometimes more than we can muster — but we just can't quite regurgitate the same Tiger vs. Phil stories. Sorry. We don't have ...
Leftovers: Page Six Blows Our Mind
• Paris Hilton did a striptease for Eli Manning? What? [Page Six] • Those Red Sox, they sure do love their dog poop. [Boston Herald] • Dr. Z runs through forgotten injured quarterbacks from days past. [SI.com] • Wrigley Field ... wireless! [The 700 Level] • Anybody looking for some live World Cup au...
Get Away From Carl Monday, Voyeurs!
Well, if you're not quote ready to let go of Carl Monday's investigative brilliance, it appears Carl Monday himself is. On his "blog" over the weekend, Carl cordially requested we let the library report go. He says "response to the reports has practically short-circuited our blog" and blames the upr...
Something Funny In Turkey
Completely bizarre story out of Turkey, a place where most bizarre stories all end up anyway....
Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
Many have said the reason YouTube — and its recent competitor Veoh — has become so popular is because you can watch clips of varying length and entertainment value. But the reason reason is, obviously, that people can point cameras at themselves and do incredibly stupid things....
Blogdome: Big Ben's Next Manuever?
• How Big Ben could turn himself into an ultimate anti-hero. [Hard 7] • Definitely not a good few months for Polo in Durham. [The Realests] • Look, they're video blogging from the World Cup! [Goal.com] • The Los Angeles Coliseum is not exactly opening its arms for the NFL. Well, it doesn't have arms...
Does Redick Have Bigger Worries Than The DUI?
This image, put together lovingly by our friends at Bad Idea Blue Jeans, pretty much sums up reaction to Day 2 of the JJ Redick story: Yep, it's still unbridled glee, all around....
Hirshey: Brazil Stays Mostly Sheathed
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Did The Heat Really Make This A Series?
After staying up too late watching basketball, we woke up this morning ready to survey the NBA world's presumed newfound excitement over the NBA Finals, which showed some signs of life last evening. But that's not what we found....
Dwyane Wade: Kind Of Fun To Watch
This mighty pretty Getty Images photo, taken during one of Dwyane Wade's many free throws tonight, pretty much sums up everything we just saw: Everywhere we looked, there was Dwyane Wade, and there was Dwayne Wade only....
Is This It For Shaq, Wade And Riley?
Well, if you're not too busy waving David Hasselhoff masks like a maniac, you should certainly be intrigued by tonight's NBA Finals Game 3. The Heat obviously have to win, and the game is perhaps as important to Shaquille O'Neal's legacy as it is to Pat Riley and the rest of the Heat. Even Dwyane ...
Revisiting The Day's Top Story ... Redick!
So, drinking and driving causes thousands of deaths a year, is extremely dangerous, completely irresponsible and potentially destructive. Drunken driving costs lives, and therefore isn't funny. OK? We're covered here, yes? Good....
Leftovers: Waste Management
• Who would have thought a team called the Trashers would be mobbed up? [NewsTimesLive] • Albert Belle denied bail, going to stay in jail until stalking trial begins. [Arizona Republic] • We really do kind of need PowerPoint presentations to preview college football, actually. [Every Day Should Be S...
Hey, We Can All Agree To Hate Soccer TOGETHER!
In this time of international turmoil and global conflict, it is good to know that there are issues that we can all come together on. President Bush says he never saw a soccer ball as a kid, and now a Saudi cleric says soccer is against Allah....