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We Hope You Like Joe Morgan
Bad news for those who are driven to murderous rage by the voice of ESPN analyst Joe Morgan: ESPN and Major League Baseball have extended their broacast agreement through 2013. Sunday Night Baseball with Morgan and Jon "Hey, Don't Look At Me, I Don't Know What The Hell He's Talking About Either" M...
Blogdom's Best: Detroit Tigers
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...
What We've All Been Waiting For: Sports Blind Items
We have no idea whether this site is bull or not — that it just launched yesterday makes us a tad suspicious, we'll admit — but, honestly, who cares: Someone has launched a blog that's only blind items about athletes. If it's real, if it's not real, it's a blind item! Like anybody believes them an...
Marvel: No Road Rage Here
Earlier, we reported — as much as we "report" anything — that ESPN.com "executive editor" John Marvel had left/been forced out of ESPN after an incident in the ESPN parking lot. Marvel apparently has his Finger On The Pulse Of The Sports World, because he saw the item and wanted to clarify some ma...
Today In MLB Blogs
Zack Hample is quite insane, of that we're certain. He has close to 3,000 baseballs in his house, from 40 different ballparks. So obsessed is he that he's even posted a map of Costa Rica on his site, with arrows pointing to the exact site of the Rawlings baseball factory. We know he's planned his ...
Blogdome: The NCAA Can Screw Up Anything
• If there's a way to rectify a wrong by screwing over a student-athlete, rest assured that the NCAA will find it. [The Sports Frog] • Some excuses Rafael Palmeiro didn't come up with. [Zulkey] • It's bad enough that the Mets have collapsed. But do fans have to watch Jose Offerman too? Come on, that...
You Fought The Law, And Shaq Won
By now, you've surely heard all about Heat center Shaquille O'Neal's assistance in apprehending a man who threw a beer bottle at two gay men in Miami on Sunday morning. We salute Shaq's continued effort to rid the world of crime and corruption; by our count, he has now taken out potential child mo...
Jerry Rice Refuses To Go Gently
We're actually starting to feel kind of bad for Jerry Rice. The guy's very possibly the best player in NFL history and, now that he has been kicked off three teams and has an opportunity to retire gracefully, he's still desperate to play some more. When asked on the CBS pregame show last Sunday wh...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: I'm not sure about my kid's birthdays, but I know Ashley Lelie's career total of receptions of 20 yards or more. My question is: Should I get rid of the kids? • 2 p.m. MLB with Baseball America: This is ...
You Hate To See That
We really can't add much to this story other than to just let the facts speak for themselves, so here goes. A soccer player in Germany was kicked in the groin during a game and tore an inch-and-a-half long cut down his penis. It's impressive that he didn't, you know, start screaming like Hades had...
When Baseball Is Like A Trip To The Dentist
From the fine folks who gave you the South Park version of every player on the Cincinnati Reds comes today's gem, motivational posters for every major league baseball team. Half the teams can be found on Joel Luckhaupt's Reds (And Blues) blog, with the other half on Red Hot Mama's site, including ...
ESPN's Commodore 64 Not Working Today
We're fairly certain it has nothing to do with executive editor John Marvel's firing, but it's safe to say that the massive problems ESPN.com has been having with its fantasy site aren't exactly making people flock from Yahoo's game. Half an hour ago, the fantasy site was still down, with the foll...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while waiting in line to watch a movie about penguins waiting in line ... • MLB: Bonds singles, walks twice as Giants come within five of Padres, so naturally he takes today off. • MLB: Yankees foolishly use up the rest of their September offense in 20-hit, 17-3 splurge. • Champions ...
Executive Editor Bounced From ESPN.com
Do you know this man? His name is John Marvel, and he was vice president and executive editor of ESPN.com until very, very recently. But now the Bristol folks have canned him/asked him to resign, and a reliable tipster tells us it's because of what they're calling a "road rage incident in the ESPN...
Mark Cuban Would Rather You Not Count His Fans
Everybody's favorite punctuation-resistant NBA owner Mark Cuban has had a busy offseason, hollering at New York Times reporters, apologizing for cutting Michael Finley and remembering the exact moment he stopped being one of us and became dirty, grimy rich....
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as aggressive Jehovah's Witnesses surround the house and lob in The Watchtower ... • MLB: Yankees at Devil Rays. Tampa Bay only 24 1/2 games out, and Yanks might as well be. • MLS: D.C. United at Dallas. Because domestic soccer is your life (sad, really). • MLB: Pirates at Cardinals. C...
Leftovers: Road Rage Edition
• NASCAR's Truex fined for flipping off other drivers. Well, sure, those cars don't have horns. [The Diecast Dude] • God's fantasy football team now complete: Former kicker Toni Fritsch dies. [SF Gate] • Eleven words you never thought you'd see today in this order: Six women plead guilty to boozy co...
The Wrong Way To Prepare For Your First Game
Well, that's just great timing. Fresh off the first time in three years of backing up Priest Holmes that he has ever been able to show himself off — he had the best game of his career Sunday — Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has gotten himself in trouble with the law again. According to the Kans...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discriminating speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • It's never too late to jump onto the Notre Dame bandwagon*. • European bookmakers, the NFL and you. • Meet Tom Ziller, the Alan Greenspan of Sacramento Kings wagering. * May not app...
Blogdome: Stay Angry, San Diego
• Has a first place team ever been more unhappy and less fun to watch then the San Diego Padres? [Gas Lamp Ball] • A rare black umpire died. Did anyone notice? [BlackAthlete] • It might comes as a surprise to people outside of New York — or even, we'll admit, us — but Mark Messier wasn't nearly as p...