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God Finally Tells Athletes To Shut Up Already
From a special column by God in the UK Guardian directed toward athletes who constantly thank him for their success:...
Jiminy Cricket And The NCAA
We're big fans of BlackAthlete.net, mainly for its unique ability to be 65 percent challenging and compelling, and 35 percent bat-shit insane. Today is one of those insane days....
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler. · What? You're putting money on the Reds? That's just crazy enough to work. · "Miss Hathaway, Jethro wants to run a casino ..." · Where have you gone, Derrek Lee, a nation turns its lonely ey...
Baseball Tonight Hijinks
We've become pretty addicted to Fire Joe Morgan, a hideously designed but riotously funny daily rip on ESPN's baseball coverage. Today's rant is on something we noticed as well: The awful, brain-dead banter about the AL Cy Young between analysts John Kruk and Harold Reynolds and anchor Karl Ravec...
The ROCKETS! Red GLARE!
Some kind soul at the unfortunately named SportzAssassin has compiled a great database of terrible singing performances by athletes....
Blogdom's Best: Wait ... Bloggers Are Interviewing People Now?
News And Views From Those Who Still Harbor Lara Croft Fantasies ... · Cardinals blogger gets the real scoop on tonight's rookie starter directly from the source. [Viva El Birdos] · Red Sox fans fretting about their starting rotation. They're so cute sometimes. [Over The Monster] · Cubs season so bad...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... 2 p.m. Pro Football Weekly: How many of your writers have actually ever put on shoulder pads? (Lacrosse doesn't count). 3 p.m. Page 2's Soul of Sports: How can I continue to believe in Intelligent Design when I look at the Kansas City Ro...
Today In MLB Blogs
Most of the blogs here are harmless drivel, but occasionally we trip over one that scares us, quite frankly. In reading Down the Left Field Line; Life, Baseball and Eric Byrnes, we felt kind of the same way we did when seeing Fatal Attractionfor the first time. A little sorry for the rabbit and u...
Gooden's Son Busted For Drugs (Again)
We can't really snicker much about this story, though we suspect a bunch of people who write for newspapers in New York City will be able to muster up the energy. Former Mets star Dwight Gooden had his fair share of trouble with the law, and now it's happening to his son too. Dwight Gooden Jr. was...
We're As Shocked As You!
It hasn't taken new South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier very long to start making people hate him. Two South Carolina players were arrested for stealing electronic equipment and were later kicked off the team. They are now claiming that Spurrier promised them that no charges would be filed because...
Girly Sports Bloggers Now Invading Salon
Hardcore fans of the jokey Minnesota Twins fan site Batgirl and its namesake and muse novelist Anne Ursu enjoy the back-and-forth between the novelist and her sports blog alter ego. The lines crossed this morning on Salon, where Ursu ranted in her cutesy, kinda-literary, baseball's-just-a-game-pe...
Broken Necks Cost You 20 Games
NHL commissioner dwarf Gary Bettman announced yesterday that Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi would be allowed to return to the NHL at the beginning of this season. In case you forgot, Bertuzzi is the guy who brained Colorado forward Steve Moore, attacking him from behind and — literally —...
About Last Night ...
What you missed when the Space Shuttle landed in your pool ... · Yankees' Rivera, who absolutely is not taking steroids and you can bet on that, gets 30th straight save. · Apparently Dolphins' Ricky Williams (5 carries, 8 yards) wasn't ready for some football. · A.J. Foyt OK after attack by swarm of...
Tyson Throws In His Loin Towel
That woman right there, that's Jenna Jameson. She's a porn star. By "porn star," we mean "someone who is paid to have sex with other people while cameras are running." We don't know much about porn — really — but we have always found it, we dunno, a little degrading. Sorry. We're prudes....
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as your Hummer actually burns gas just sitting in the driveway ... · Monday Night Football: Dolphins vs. Bears. It's an exhibition game, which means we're going to see a lot more of QB Ryan Dinwiddie than we'd prefer. · White Sox at Yankees. Costanzna, get me a couple of those calzones...
It's That Time
We try to remain impartial here, some might even say caustic. But we cannot pretend: Madden 2006 comes out tonight. And we will play it. All evening. We shan't apologize for it, either. Nor should you....
Leftovers: We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do
· Gretzky fulfills lifelong dream to coach hockey in the desert. [Alex's Sports Blog] · Westbrook rejoins soap opera that is the Philadelphia Eagles. [Philly Sports Blog] · What's that spell? Jail Time: Cheerleaders foil hit-n-run. [The Bald Heretic] · Jets fought the Law and the Law won. [The Jets ...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler. • Say it ain't so, Edgardo Alfonzo! Cashing in on baseball steroid futures. • This conversion kick brought to you by Kragen Auto Parts. • We knew if we waited long enough, the time would even...
Ryno's Campaign Against Mustache Rides
We had completely forgotten about this, so we give big mad propers — that's Phil Mushnick-approved "street lingo" — to Can't Stop The Bleeding for reminding us: recent Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, according to observers and tons of rumors, once had steroid stud Rafael Palmeiro traded for sleeping...
Blogdom's Best: Look, Bloggers Are Scooping Now!
News And Views From People Wearing Pajamas · Cardinals blog first to break news that top prospect about to join big club. [The Birdwatch] · Watch, as the Cubs fans all commit hari kari instead of Harry Carey. [Bleed Cubbie Blue] · Don't look now, but the Orioles might drop Sidney Ponson, Steve Kline...