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America's NBA Team: NOOCH!
Even though we still hadn't quite gotten used to not calling them the Charlotte Hornets anyway, the New Orleans Hornets have now officially changed their name again....
Just A Bunch Of Nerds, Debating Nerdom
We're big fans of Fire Joe Morgan's weekly deconstructions of ESPN analyst Joe Morgan's chats on ESPN.com — even if the chats of late, in the words of Fire Joe Morgan itself, have had "entirely un-Morgan-like reason and coherence" — and, to have some fun themselves, the folks at St. Louis Cardinals ...
Could Bonds Be The New Karl Rove?
We'd never thought about this before — mainly because politics scares and confuses us — but in a weird way, this kind of makes perfect sense: Barry Bonds is the Karl Rove of sports. Think about it. Bonds sticks to his guns no matter how ridiculous his position; he says he's going to do something, ...
And So It Begins ...
Prepare for the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments: The Yankees have passed the Red Sox in the American League East. With only 11 games left to go — and an ominous three-game set at Fenway to end the season — we have yet another chapter of Yankees-Red Sox drama. Please do not accuse of East...
About Last Night ...
You entered Harrah's Reno at noon and security deposited you outside on the lawn sometime around 3 a.m. Here's what you missed ... • MLB: Yankees beat Orioles to pry first place from Boston's withered, dead hands. • MLB: Bonds homers again in frenzied race against the arrival of that congressional s...
We're Assuming Lou Pinella Stayed Home
What happens when you put actor Charlie Sheen, professional assbag Rob Dibble and a plethora of porn stars in a room together? Oh, did we mention the year was 1990? You can probably guess: It's a Big Red Orgy! According to Dibble in FHM magazine, notorious baseball fan Sheen "entertained" that Red...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as Domino's names a new pizza in your honor ... • Bowling Green at Boise State. Broncos' 25-game home winning streak in serious peril, as is your marriage if you plan on watching football from Wednesday through Sunday. [ESPN 2] • MLB: Texas at LA Angels: Los Angeles trying to stay atop...
Yard Work Takes No Prisoners
We're not sure what they're putting in the water over there at Yard Work world headquarters today, but they've been murdering us all afternoon. Murdering us with COMEDY!...
Leftovers: Foot In Mouth Edition
• Julian Peterson guarantees 49ers win over Cowboys. Of course, that's with the spread. [49ers News] • The China Syndrome: Serena Williams blames knee injury for loss. [Pro Tennis Fan] • It's official: Soccer fans are freaking insane. [CNN] • Somewhere, the Indian from The Village People is crying: ...
Flashback: Rob Neyer's Dark Days Of Amazon
All this talk about Amazon reader reviews got us to remembering one of our favorite ESPN.com snafus: Rob Neyer's infamous angry Amazon review. If you've forgotten, or if you never knew, Neyer — whose uncomfortably confessional book Feeding The Green Monster proved once and for all that stat guys sho...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • All those circling vultures can't be wrong: Vikings' Mike Tice surges into the lead in the first-coach-to-be-fired derby. This is getting exciting. • Ah, just what we needed: a reason fo...
Who Says Football Has Gay Undertones?
Ever wonder what goes on in the big pile of men that fall on a fumble in the NFL? (We're looking at you, Esera Tuaolo.) The St. Petersburg Times digs deep down to find out the truth about "football's underworld."...
The ABA Will Play You Anywhere, Anytime
We love the ABA. In case you weren't sure they were still around, the ABA is a fledgling pro hoops league, with 50 scattered teams with names like the Bellingham Slam, the Northeast Pennsylvania Breakers and, our favorite, the Reigning Knights of Georgia. The league is scrappy, goofy and even uses...
Blogdom's Best: Cincinnati Reds
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 b...
A-Rod Takes His Swings
So far, we've revealed that Cubs 2B Todd Walker is a strip club hound and that Braves closer Kyle Farnsworth likes him some booze. For the final of the three On the DL items revealed this week, we unveil the biggest name yet. First, the item:...
Combing Through Simmons Reviews
We are about a week and a half away from the release of Bill Simmons' Now I Can Die In Peace — that's an appended title; Bill can't even resist a lengthy footnote in his book's name — and most of the big periodical reviews aren't out yet. (Our Nexis isn't working right, so we can't check the publish...
The English Patient
Far be it from us to get all Alistair Cooke on you — we make mistakes too, after all — but it's time something was said. The English language is not a toy, and spell-check was invented for a reason. Yes, we're referring to you, MLB Blogs. And specifically to you, Matthew's Nation. A recent post: ...
Blogdome: This Is What It Sounds Like When Fish Cry
• Marlins bloggers officially throwing in the towel. [Fish Stripes] • Success turning Southern Cal football fans into as big a weirdos as Southern college football fans. [Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer] • What is happening with the English Premier League? [Off Wing Opinion] • Looks like every baseball ...
The NFL's Phantom $5 Million
From a reader, about our inabilities to give money to the NFL Katrina Relief telethon:...
Showing Love For Texas Tech (And Yourself)
Great, great link from The Mighty MJD this morning: At Texas Tech, whenever the Red Raiders do something great during a football game, a certain student fan is supposed to ring a bell on the sideline like a madman. We're not sure why ringing a bell gets fans excited, but we don't understand lots o...