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Proving Once Again: Best-Selling Authors Are Morons
The book Freakonomics has become a mammoth bestseller, with its askew looks on just about every measure of economic analysis. As would have to inevitably happen, one of those askew looks ended up landing on baseball, specifically Michael Lewis' own bestseller Moneyball and the Oakland A's. Author St...
Who's The Worst ESPN Personality Of Them All?
The folks at BravesBeat are making the world a better place. They have created an official 64-man tournament bracket to decide who exactly the most loathsome ESPN personality is. It's a doozy of a bracket: No. 1 seeds include Stephen A. Smith, Chris Berman, Stuart Scott and Dick Vitale. (No. 2 see...
Schilling's Late Night At The ESPYs
There are all kinds of reasons to not get enough rest before a baseball game in which you are required to perform. Maybe you had a crying baby who woke up at inconvenient hours. Perhaps you're jetlagged from an overnighter to Colombia. It's possible that you just, lo, spent a little too much time ...
At Least He Hasn't Shown Up At Training Camp Yet
New Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones is a bit of a mystery to many NFLers; he has almost unnatural physical gifts, but no one is sure he will make the transition to the pro game. Fortunately, for only $350, you can answer the question about one section of his physical gifts: What's hi...
Oprah Winfrey, The New Lombardi
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson is notorious for being talented, brash and way-too-loud-mouthed. Kind of like Oprah! OK, not really, but Johnson confesses that the real point of his football career is to figure out a way to make it on Oprah's show. Johnson says:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while setting up the world's longest line of dominos ... oops. · Armstrong can now drink a margarita out of a different Tour de France trophy every day of the week. · Busch wins Pennsylvania 500, Wallace second after stopping for a family of ducks. · Ben Crane shoots 69 to win US Ban...
Leftovers: NHL, Players Hold Hands, Make Love
NHL players, owners officially engage in hot makeup sex. [NHL.com] You are not a Jedi yet: Creamer stomping Wei at LPGA Evian Masters. [Hawaii Channel] Selig to make ruling on Rogers, then duck quickly. [MLB.com] Dean Wormer gives Royals pitcher 10-day suspension. [Kansas City Star]...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as the Oompa Loompas do your household chores ... Dodgers at Mets. Jeff Weaver vs. Victor Zambrano for all the marb ... for, ah, third place in their respective divisions. PGA U.S. Bank Championships: "Gambling is illegal at Bushwood Sir, and I never slice. ... Damn!" Foot Fetish: NE R...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... · Fantasyland: It's that time of year again, when guys like Lamont Jordan make your heart go pitter-pat. · If you can't belly up to the paramutual window with a wad of bills and a dream, w...
Blogdom's Best: Mets Fans Change Their Minds
News and Views From A Girlfriend-Less Existance ... · After famously throwing in the towel just two weeks ago, Mets fans are now convinced the World Series is in their grasp. So cute, those Mets fans. [Fear And Faith In Flushing] · You can marry off Portland's Darius Miles, but come on, he's still D...
Players Just Don't Care About Their Balls Anymore
We may have mentioned this before, but back when we were young, untalented, jittery baseball players, we refused to wear a cup. We had a complicated explanation involving positioning and playing catcher, and, in retrospect, it doesn't make much sense. But apparently we're not alone. Slate reports...
Today In MLB Blogs
One thing about Tommy Lasorda: He's not afraid to tackle the tough issues. Have steroids tainted the record book? Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame? What of the Kenny Rogers incident? These are issues that will, um, have to be addressed at another time. Right now Tommy wants to remind us that...
Simmons Impersonators Getting Downright Creepy
The folks at Yard Work are getting so good at impersonating ESPN columnists that, honestly, you just can't tell the difference anymore....
Hockey Owners Salivate Over 17-Year-Old
This afternoon, several sweaty men with mullets will be gripping their computer screens, looking at pictures of teenagers and trying to fight down their somewhat swelling erections. Sounds like any other afternoon in Canada? Well, pretty much, but today is the Sidney Crosby lottery. Crosby, who is 1...
The Great Waxen Jay Mariotti
The dapper dude that is Chicago Sun-Times columnist and ESPN windbag Jay Mariotti did a tour of duty on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" this week, and renowned blog fool The Sports Frog had a most trenchant observation:...
Human Hamster Races. Yep
From the fine folks at Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer comes the concept of human hamster races at Wake Forest....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... · Noon. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: So does Mrs. Crasnick have to sign up for a free trial to get the Insider, if you know what I mean? · 1 p.m. NBA with Ric Bucher. ESPN the Magazine ... quality sports journalism, or glossy placemat? · 4 p...
Smith's Terror Begins In Less Than Two Weeks
We are but nine days away from the launch of NBA "analyst" Stephen A. Smith's "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith," the new live-studio chat show, or, as we like to call it, "What The Hell Is Wrong With The Treble On This Television?" Smith, whose wide-eyed stare straight into the camera makes u...
Bonds Still Giving Away All His Scoops
To remind you: At the beginning of the season, San Francisco roid monster Barry Bonds said that his true fans would ignore what they read in the bastard media and trust only the updates he gave on BarryBonds.com....