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Louie DePalma Would Be Proud
Our friends over at MLB Blogs aren't really good for much — Tommy Lasorda's blog offers no real insight on the recent Dodgers signings (aside from a photo of Lasorda standing next to Nomar Garciaparra), and Mark Tremonti had nothing to say on the Johnny Damon situation, even though the two are ne...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Rob Neyer: One day, when robots rule the earth and mankind's need for creative thought is nothing but a distant notion, your books will be considered our greatest literature. • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Loved the ...
Portis Now Getting Costume From Garage Sales
Just for the record, yesterday Redskins running back Clinton Portis wore a old leather football helmet, pigtails and Groucho Marx glasses. He called himself "Inspector Two Two." We have no idea what any of this means anymore. At this point, he's just cleaning out the neighbor's closet. In the fin...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while giving your daughter a felt mouse and driving the cat to soccer practice ... • NBA: LeBron's 37 lead Cavaliers over Bulls, and they're still waiting for the ball to land after his missed dunk. • Las Vegas Bowl: Cal, BYU combine for 917 yards offense, Bears squeak it out 35-28. ...
Ricky Davis, Man Of Mystery
The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has an entertaining story today about athletes using fake names on the road. They have a fun anecodte about Drew Gooden, but the real fun comes with the sidebar, which lists the fake names some players have used. Some highlights:...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as life marches by outside (wish they'd keep the noise down) ... • College Football: Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl, Brigham Young vs. California. Let the fine lads at Sam Boyd Stadium rock you. [ESPN] • College Basketball: Tennessee at Oklahoma State; West Virginia at Oklahoma. Vol...
Leftovers: More Fun With Chemicals
• Lawton apologizes for steroid use while with Yankees. [USA Today Sports Weekly] • For whom does the ringing in your ears toll? It tolls for thee: A month after concussion, Jets' Chebret calls it quits. [Manassy Watch] • Maradona arrested for using hands at airport. (Actually, for arguing). [MSNBC]...
Year In Review: August
The year is almost over. All the magazines are doing year-in-review type stuff, so we figured, why should we be any different? Therefore, for the next 12 days, we will be looking back on each month on the calendar, pointing out the weird/important/amusing stuffs that happened that month. Deadspin ...
Well, They're Handling This Well
In case you were wondering how Red Sox fans are dealing with Johnny Damon's exodus to the Yankees ......
The Kids, They Love Woody Paige
Did you know that ESPN dog food eater Woody Paige is a huge hit with the college kids? Did you know that he's the sensation that's sweeping the nation? Did you know that he can't walk anywhere on the streets of New York City without being mobbed by adoring fans? You didn't know that? Really? Well,...
Blogdome: Green Bay Howls
• If Allen Ginsberg were a Packers fan, this is what he might say. [Nietzsche or Nitschke?] • More from the wonderful slow-dancing world of Kobe Bryant and Jannero Pargo. [J.E. Skeets] • The teams of the AFC, in terms of their odd '90s music equivalents. [Double Viking] (not Fred Smoot's site) • Aw,...
Blogdom's Best: Hating The Browns
We've been poring over so many NFL hater blogs lately that we're beginning to feel like Mr. Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life," or worse yet, Al Davis. We long to examine other areas of hate, preferably ones which do not include 350-pound persons who could hurt us. So after today, we will shift g...
A Chesnning Boat Trip
This is cheap, but come on, who cares, you know? We just can't resist a good Chesnning story....
Athlete Run-In: Marcus Fizer's Lack Of Ones
We know we said we were gonna take some time off from the athlete run-ins, but it's the Thursday before Christmas, the wireless here is spotty (but the coffee's surprisingly good) and we want to get home early so we can be made fun of by our uncles for our hair. So here's a bonus athlete run-in st...
Free Crap From The Bowl Games
Our weekend-comrade-in-arms The Mighty MJD — he'll be updating here all day on Christmas Eve, because he's that damned devoted — has dug up some fascinating info: A rundown of the swag bags bowl games are giving out to their players....
John Rocker's Fans "Write" In
The day before yesterday — we think some call it Tuesday — we mentioned, in our wrap-up of the month of June, that Long Island Ducks pitcher John Rocker was released on June 27....
Tony Dungy's Son Dead Of Apparent Suicide
In an absolutely horrible, tragic story, James Dungy, the son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, has been found dead in a Florida apartment building....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:45 p.m. Detroit Pistons G Carlos Arroyo: I am the only person I know who has all 57 Carlos Arroyo wallpapers, which I downloaded from your website. Also, I have 34 cats, many of them named Skippy. • 2 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: OK...
End Of Days For Quin Snyder
Well, OK, we're back in brittle, frighteningly cold South Central Illinois right now — where, unlike, New York, we at least didn't have to walk to work — and we watched that Illini destruction of Missouri last night. It was so brutal that we took less joy in the victory than sympathy for Missouri,...
Johnny Damon Is Still Gone
Just to be mean, the New York Post ran this photo illustration on its back page today, and we officially enter Day 2 of the Johnny Damon to the Yankees story: Acceptance. Red Sox fans are having trouble with the move, including one saying, "enjoy your corporate haircut, Johnny: You're dead to me."...