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Maybe Gerry Cooney Can Be His Backup Dancer
Following in the literal footsteps of Evander Holyfield, former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes — whose very entertaining "official site" can be found here — will appear on VH-1's "But Can They Sing?", a "reality" show where "celebrities" attempt to sing on camera for a stoned, directionless aud...
Angels Fans Frothing At The Mouth For Eddings
(Caution: Not actual poll. Attempts to vote will prove ultimately frustrating.)...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Larry Bowa: ESPN has scheduled a 20-city tour for you and columnist Bill Conlin, and you have to travel the whole thing in the same car. Ha — just kidding, come down from the light fixture. • 1 p.m. Midnight Madness Mara...
Todd Zeile, 21st Century Man
Now, we're not saying anything about those lingering rumors about former Mets manager Bobby Valentine helping him deal with some "issues" involving a popular veteran journeyman player who Bill Simmons might call being a "bi-curious guy," or his recent career as a producer of terrible teen movies o...
Sanders Gets To The Ball, Then Explodes
Thoughts, Perceptions and Gripes from a series-tying 4-1 Astros victory over the Cardinals in the NLCS last night:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dusting the top of the Chrysler Building (damn court-ordered community service) ... • NLCS, Game 2: Oswalt, Astros even series with Cards at 1-all — but you knew that, because it was the only game on last night. • NHL: Rangers end losing streak, led by Swedish rookie (there's a...
Reminding You Once Again: The NLCS Is On
We didn't think we were doing a very good job of hiding this, but some of you still wondered, so we'll make it as plainly obvious as we possibly can: We are rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals. As you might have guessed from the Reggie Miller corn maze item earlier today, we are from America's Hea...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as squirrels make a mockery of your lawn-care efforts ... • College FB: Clemson at N.C. State. Because football in the South isn't a religion — it's more important than that. [ESPN] • NLCS, Game 2: Houston at St. Louis. Look, these aren't big market teams so everyone please tune in, ev...
He Doesn't Waste Any Time, Does He?
Three days after his team was eliminated from the American League playoffs, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is all dressed and ready to start his winter vacation....
Leftovers: Orel Report
• A's may be talking to Hershiser about manager position. Then again, it could all just be an episode of "Punk'd." [Athletics Nation] • Harding-Kerrigan saga becomes an opera. But then, it always was. [Media Relations] • LeBron hospitalized with muscle pain in, as Woody Allen would say, his chestal ...
Dan Dickau Loses A Potential Best Pal
The kids over at Yay!Sports have this fun game they've decided to play with chats with NBA players on NBA.com: They ask them : "Freestyle a bit for us and I'll be your best friend." (The bit is derived from an actual question to LeBron James in an AOL chat; apparently the joke made him "LOL" so ha...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • A tiger almost ate half of Siegfried and Roy, but the Clemson version is your friend this week. • These hokey sports bets between mayors stopped being fun about three decades ago, didn't...
Wait, Aren't The YANKEES The Sign Of The Beast?
Excellent find from David Pinto at Baseball Musings (which we wholeheartedly endorse as THE site to read for great live updates and commentary during night playoff games; his post today comparing the Doug Eddings incident and computer pattern recognition is fantastic): Apparently an employee of To...
In Defense Of Joe Pa's Views Of Lesbians
(Honestly, we love that we get to write headlines like that.)...
The Great Reggie Miller Corn Maze
Like any good Midwesterners, we've spent more than our fair share of time in corn mazes. For those of you who didn't spent their formative years surrounded by combines and grain elevators, a corn maze is exactly that; an entire cornfield formed into a giant maze, with checkpoints, dead-ends, exits...
Blogdom's Best: Boston Red Sox
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blo...
The Dirty Sheets Of South Bend
People are so excited about the USC-Notre Dame game this weekend that even travel arrangements are making the news. The fine folks at HotelChatter have taken a look at one of the worst hotels near Touchdown Jesus you could possibly find, the Knight's Inn South Bend, where one guest checked into th...
Blogdome: Big Fun With The Vikings
• Best line yet about the Vikings sex boat story: "Fred Smoot once said that 75% of the earth is covered by water, and the rest is covered by Smoot. Now, he's apparently branching out spread the Smoot over water, too." [The Mighty MJD] • It's time for George Steinbrenner to go, like, RIGHT NOW. [Bla...
Well, We Suppose It Was Inevitable
This morning, ESPN2's "Cold Pizza" featured several mock "battles" between the "actors" from the Medieval Times "restaurant" chain. Afterwards, sports "analysts" Skip Bayless and Woody Paige gave them all hugs. And that's all we have to say about that....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Alan Grant: I know you like to inject race into every subject you discuss on Page 2, but really, a lack of dark towels in the ESPN men's room? • 1 p.m. FSU's Booker & Washington: What a coincidence that you both were f...