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Very Few Of Those 1.3 Billion Are Good Basketball Players
Team USA got back to their ass-romping ways this morning, beating China by a score of 121-90. Despite the presence of Yao Ming, China's not that good of a team. Really, they're probably the most poorly-equipped team to play the United States; they prefer (an unathletic) man defense, and their guar...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, ESPN. Little League Baseball. Columbus, Ga. vs. Phoenix, Ariz. Famous athletes from Columbus, Georgia: Mack Strong, Frank Thomas, and Tim Hudson. 1:00, TBS. MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Florida Marlins. I'm a Hanley Ramirez fan, and nothing you can say is going to change my mind. 1:00, ESPN2. ATP Ten...
About Last Night...
• NFL Preseason: Cardinals 3, Patriots 30. Matt Leinart completes 4-of-11 for 45 yards in his Cardinals debut, and reminds many of a young Neil Lomax. • Busch Racing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins Carfax 250. Sometimes, in order to win, you have to completely screw Carl Edwards. • Swimming: Aaron Peirsol ...
Luke Donald's Going To Need A Huge Pair Of Balls
I'm going to try to not make this post entirely about Tiger Woods, as tomorrow's golf post will probably be entirely about Tiger Woods. But yeah, Tiger Woods is tied with Luke Donald for the lead of the PGA Championship after 54 holes. Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods....
To Watch Tonight...
• Little League Baseball: Columbia, Mo. vs. Portsmouth, NH. Portsmouth is 93.55% white. 8:00, ESPN. • MLS Soccer: New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew. Because you know you miss Bruce Arena. 7:30, Fox Soccer. • NFL Preseason Football: New York Jets @ Washington Redskins. Clinton Portis hopes someone e...
You Better Get ESPN Mobile Before A Tornado Hits
Got a tip from Jeff in Columbia about an oddly-timed plug for ESPN Mobile during last night's Little League World Series broadcast. Erin Andrews was in the stands during the game between Columbia and Lake Charles, standing among a bunch of Columbia fans, who all seemed to be on their cell phones. ...
This Is Rapidly Becoming Anti-Climactic
The Yankees are in the process of ghetto-stomping the Red Sox again today, probably ensuring victory in the five-game series, and sort of letting the air out of the build-up for the series. The game was tied heading into the top of the 6th, until the Red Sox walked in two runs, and then gave up a ...
LeftoverDome...
• If Jim Durham and Fran Fraschilla seemed distant and deatched in their commentary last night, they were. [Boston Sports Media] • Isiah Rider... come on, man. [SFGate.com] • There is now a Family Circus about the Zidane headbutt. I will now hate Zidane forever. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • Pred...
Today In The Premiership...
Reading 3-2 Middlesbrough. Give it up for Reading, the only team in the Premiership named after a railroad on the Monopoly board. They came back from a 2-0 deficit to win their first Premiership game, 3-2 over Middlesbrough. Boro scored twice in the opening 21 minutes, and it was all Reading from ...
Urine Taints Marion Jones' EPO Sample
The Washington Post is reporting that Marion Jones failed a drug test at the U.S. nationals earlier this year. The test turned up a little erythropoietin, or EPO, as the cool kids call it. If her 'B' sample turns up the same thing, she's looking at a two-year ban. I'll give you a few minutes to reco...
Evander Holyfield Beats Up Insurance Salesman, Will Insist On Fighting Again
Bad news for Evander Holyfield. He won last night, which means his comeback is going to continue. After beating the hell out of Jeremy Bates last night, Holyfield says he wants a Top 10 fighter next....
As Far As Wins Go, That Was Pretty Uncomfortable
It's just the first game, and a win's a win, but I'm not going to do any victory dances when we give up 100 points to Puerto Rico, either. Team USA did win by a score of 111-100, but they never really pulled away, they never dominated for a stretch longer than a couple of minutes, and they never rea...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Yankees @ Red Sox, or Cardinals @ Cubs. I heard the Yankees and Red Sox were playing this weekend. Anyone know anything about that? 1:00, ESPN. Little League Baseball. Columbus, Ga. vs. Staten Island, NY. "That's because it's going to Columbus, Georgia. Not Columbus, Ohio. You see ...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Yankees 14, Red Sox 11. Not a lot of love for Johnny Damon in Boston right now, I'm guessing. • Track and Field: Asafa Powell ties 100m world record. It feels weird to mention something like that and not use the word "steroids." • WNBA: Sparks 72, Storm 84. Lauren Jackson has 22 and 9 for Sea...
Chris Cooley's Pyrrhic Victory
The good news for Redskins TE Chris Cooley in last years game against Dallas is that he busted loose for three touchdowns in a 35-7 victory. The bad news was that in one of Cooley's four fantasy leagues, as noted here in the Washington Post, his fantasy opponent started Cooley against him. Cooley's ...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers. Rivalry game. Let's see if we can make it to the stadium by the 4th inning, Dodgers fans. 8:00, ESPN. • College Basketball: 2006 Duke @ Florida State. The game that made Florida State believe they deserved an NCAA bid. 8:00, ESPNU. • College Footbal...
The Yankees Lack Photoshop Skills
At the Yankees/Angels game on Friday night, the Yankees scoreboard operators apparently had some confusion about Sal Fasano's mustache. Deadspin reader Laura wrote in to tell us that on the screens below the mezzanine, Fasano was pictured with a mustache. But on the big Diamond Vision screen, he had...
LeftoverDome...
• Miguel Tejada's finger and where it ranks among the other great Orioles debacles of all-time. [The Wade Blogs] • Scout.com breaks down all of the rule changes for the upcoming NFL season. [Scout.com] • A post combining Roger Ebert and the Washington Redskins cheerleaders. [I Dislike Your Favorite ...
A Plea For Televised Wiffle Ball
Clay Travis at CBS Sportsline's SpiN on Sports has a serious passion for Wiffle Ball. He suggests, nay, outright demands that Wiffle Ball be televised. It is an udderly ridiculous notion, and yet, I'd kind of like to see it happen....
Eleven Championships And Tremendous Savings On Your Long Distance Bill
From J.E. Skeets and The Basketball Jones comes this tremendous video of a 1973 Bill Russell commercial in which he attempts to save you money on your long distance bill....