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Today In MLB Blogs
Today's quiz: Which has more long-range potential — any recent Jason Alexander sitcom pilot, or The Roid Room, the latest entry over at MLB Blogs? The young Republicans over at MLB Blogs must love their latest tenant. While Tommy Lasorda is saluting himself over on their flagship blog, Roid Room ...
Indians Gay Porn Reliever Sent Down (Again)
A sad day in Cleveland: reliever Kazahito Tadano has been sent down to the minor leagues. Who's Tadano, you ask? Oh, how quickly you forget: Tadano is the Japanese player who had to apologize to his Indians teammates for making a gay porn film back in Japan. (That's him in the screen shot above....
Hopefully They Don't Change Logos Sometime Before, Oh, Eternity
From the great sports fan behavior chroniclers at Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer comes the tale of James Henry Smith. He is — or, was, rather — "one of the biggest Steelers fans in the universe," say his friends. As if to prove it, he was buried in his recliner, all decked up in his Steelers garb. Ho...
New Yorkers Saved Invasion Of Thousands Of Dopers
Sometime before we woke up this morning, what everyone already knew but was pretending not to became official: New York City is not hosting the 2012 Olympics. London, fresh off its fascination with American sports, will host the Games, which officially kills "dentistry"'s chances of making it as a...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while transferring all your "White Shadow" episodes from VHS to DVD ... · Boston's Manny Ramirez just loves to show off with the bases loaded. · Horry, Spurs reach accord. Can world peace be far behind? · Healthy at last, Josh Beckett leads Marlins to ... no wait, he's hurt again....
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as Tom Cruise goes totally mental on some other channel ... · Mets at Nationals: Not our idea of a good time, but you go ahead and knock yourself out. · ESPN Chronicles: Bobby Knight. Parental Discretion Advised. · WNBA: Phoenix and San Antonio actually move around and set some picks....
We Are Shocked To Find Gambling In This Establishment
What you're missing on Oddjack, the site for the both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... · The midway point of the fantasy baseball season, when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of Zach Duke. · Hit me! Heavyweight wagering concerns on middleweight title fight. · Tour de La...
Leftovers: Jesus Shuttlesworth Stays Put
· Because you crave NBA news in July: Ray Allen, Sonics agree to terms. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] · Hitting it through the dragon's mouth is a bitch: China launching its own pro golf tour. [The Divot] · I Am Furious (Yellow): Lance Armstrong finally claims Tour de France yellow jersey. [TDFBlog R...
British People Are So Cute
The UK Observer, a London newspaper that writes about soccer a lot and mentions Jean-Luc Godard whenever it has the opportunity, has noticed something from up on high that tickles its fancy: American sports. Yep: The Brits are fascinated with American sports — much like they're fascinated with Ame...
New Yorkers Scratch And Claw In Final Minutes
At the ungodly hour of 5 a.m. ET tomorrow, the International Olympics Committee — motto: "We will not be undersold!" — will announce the winner of the 2012 Olympic bid. The competitors are Paris (the favorite, for some reason), London, Moscow, Madrid and New York City. Despite pretty overwhelming...
Today In MLB Blogs
Occasionally we like to take a scenic carriage ride through MLB Blogs to soak in the landscape:...
Blogdom's Best: There's Crying In Seattle
· Yeah, you know, it is kind of weird when an athlete just starts crying when he gets cut or traded. [The Sports Frog] · Red Sox media, fans, various pet guppies all about to crucify closer Keith Foulke. [Boston Sports Media] · A's general manager Billy Beane preaches some more to the choir at A's f...
Dorks At NHL.com Look For An End To Their Torture
We figured it was time to check in and see what the nerds at NHL.com were up to. When we last checked in on those guys, in the wake of any actual hockey news, the young turks at NHL.com who have somehow held onto their job for the last 16 months have been playing an imaginary hockey tournament usi...
There Is No Slumming For Rickey!
From the always amazing (and always anonymous) satirical site Yard Work, a diary entry from Rickey Henderson's tour with the San Diego Surf Dawgs....
Blind Item: Which Current President Used To Have Too Much Of The Bubbly?
Remember a couple of years ago, when Mets catcher Mike Piazza called a press conference to let everyone know he wasn't gay? Anybody remember why he had to do that? Because the New York Post's Page Six ran a blind item. It said:...
NFL Stars Enjoy Playing With Themselves And Other NFL Stars
We are just more than a month away from the release of Madden 06, the EA Sports game that's slowly becoming just about as much fun as the actual NFL. At a release party for the game in Manhattan last week, various NFL players tried it out. Selected highlights:...
The Return Of Barry Bonds
After almost a month away from us, elusively beefy Giants outfielder Barry Bonds has finally given back to his fans on his online journal. Touted as the way Bonds could communicate with his real fans without that bastard media bothering him, Barry hadn't had much to say to us for a while; the site...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... 10 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Ever hear of an entire team going down in a fantasy plane crash in the mountains, and resorting to fantasy cannibalism? Yep, happened to me. 11 a.m. MLB with Rob Neyer: I've just been beaten up by Kenny Ro...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while running down the street with your hair on fire and a sparkler stuck in your ass ... · Sprocket Man: Lance Armstrong sitting pretty after fourth stage of Tour de France. · Astros' Biggio passes a defenseless dead guy on all-time hit list. · Japanese man eats 49 hot dogs, and sad...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as ... hey! Vladimir Putin stole the remote! · Operation Desert Snore: Giants at Diamondbacks. · Golf: Ask your doctor if the Cialis Western Open is right for you. · Trey Bien! WNBA Sacramento Monarchs at New York Liberty....