mjdeadspin-old Page 9 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
To Watch Tonight...
• 7:00, Fox Soccer. Women's Soccer. Canada vs. United States. You're in trouble, Canada. We have Beckham now. • 8:00, VS. NHL Playoffs. Ottawa Senators @ Buffalo Sabres. There's all kinds of Canadian pride on the line tonight. • 8:30, ABC. NBA Playoffs. Phoenix Suns @ San Antonio Spurs. Hopefully, A...
Cooter Continues To Be Plentiful In Tennessee
• Stoned police officer asks 911 operator to confirm that the Red Wings are actually winning, and he is not suffering a hallucination. [freep.com] • Jim Bob Cooter, staying a Vol! [EDSBS] • Rick Reilly, wishing he had a lighter work schedule. [A Pudge is a Sandwich] • Ken Griffey Jr. moves into 6th ...
Michael Vick, Somehow, With Even Less Credibility
The hole that Michael Vick is in keeps getting bigger and bigger, like an infected puncture wound on the muscular neck of a not-quite-ferocious enough pitbull....
Don't Forget To Call Your Pulling Guard Tomorrow
Speaking at the Wisconsin Republican Party convention, Senator Sam Brownback thought he'd use a football analogy to stress the importance of rebuilding families. What he failed to realize, though, is that in Wisconsin, family is not important. Brett Favre is important....
Reading Material To Take Your Mind Off The Dale Earnhardt Jr. Thing
I recently become aware of something called the "NASCAR Library Collection." which sounded intriguing. So, what is it, a collection of books on the history of NASCAR, the sport's impact on society, and in-depth biographies of the sport's most interesting figures?...
Paul Azinger Demands The Protection Of Shrubbery
Because it's been far too long since we checked in with the "official blog of GCSAA's Golf Course Management magazine," let's do so now. They decided to follow Fred Klauk, the head superintendent at Sawgrass, around for the day....
Like Mark Cuban Didn't Have Enough Problems
Donald Trump, in his quest to antagonize every celebrity on the planet, has chosen Mark Cuban as his next target. It is ON:...
Baron Davis Climbs Andrei Kirilenko
If you watch closely, you can see Andrei Kirilenko looking back at Baron Davis afterwards, as if to say, "You know, that really wasn't necessary." Even Adonal Foyle crinkled up his nose in a "Damn that was nasty," kind of a way. When Adonal Foyle acknowledges the nastiness, you know things just got ...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NFL Network. NFL Europa Football. Frankfurt Galazy @ Rhein Fire. 2:00, NBC. PGA Golf. The Players Championship, Third Round. 2:00, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. Michelob Ultra Open, Third Round. 3:00, ABC. IndyCar Racing. Indianapolis 500 Qualifying, Pole Day. 3:30, Fox Soccer. MLS. Chicago Fire @ Toronto...
About Last Night...
• NBA. Golden State 125, Utah 105. In case you were wondering if the people in Golden State still believed, their t-shirts indicated that they do. They lose points for using Thunder Stix last night. Disgraceful. • NHL. Red Wings 2, Ducks 1. The Red Wings are far superior to the Ducks in the area of ...
Poor Mario Got Strung Out On Mushrooms
So a rockin' sports Saturday morphed into a pretty lazy sports Sunday that was redeemed only recently by an excellent Spurs/Suns game that featured over 215 points and several gallons of Steve Nash's blood. The Spurs did hang on to take Game One....
To Watch Tonight...
• 8:00, ESPN. MLB. Phillies @ Giants. Cole Hamels vs. Tim Lincecum. • 9:00, ESPNU. SportsCenterU. 2007 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Selection Show. What lucky ESPN personality drew this plum assignment? • 9:00, NBC. Saturday Night Live in the '90s. Pop Culture Nation. Will Ferrell as Robert Goulet would make...
That's A Really Quiet 48 Percent
Some interesting stuff on ESPN.com today ... ESPN/ABC News polled Americans to see how they felt about Barry Bonds eclipsing Hank Aaron's homerun record. As it turns out, black people don't hate Barry Bonds nearly as much as white people hate Barry Bonds....
LeBron Overcomes The Sniffles
• The Cavs took Game One from the Nets. Vince Carter and Jason Kidd combined to go 9 of 34, and the Nets still lost by just 4. [ESPN] • A nice little tale one person who cared enough to save a horse, and an entire industry that won't. [Foul Balls] • Kim Clijsters is retiring. I don't have anything t...
Roger To The Rescue; Clemens To Be A Yankee Again
With much credit to you crazy commenters, Roger Clemens announced today that he's returning to the Yankees. I wasn't watching the game, I have no idea what happened ... but The Sports Frog is all over it, and I'm just going to quote the Frog's garyclark:...
Congratulations, America, On Not Hating John Amaechi
John Amaechi spoke yesterday to the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest (though, let's be honest, they probably don't have a ton of competition) organization of republicans who support gay rights. Amaechi said he expected the worst when he came out, but was pleasantly surprised at the reacti...
Premiership Title Gift-Wrapped For Manchester United
Manchester United clinched the Premiership title this afternoon, on a day when they were not playing, their head coach was on the golf course, and two other teams tied....
The Houston Rockets Are Buried In Sadness
Tracy McGrady assumed full responsibility for the outcome before Houston's series against Utah, then went out in Game 7 and did the Yeoman's work and still came up short. Then, in the postgame press conference, he couldn't run from the responsibility and ended up walking away in tears (thanks to The...
Not Bad, Oscar
Amazing. A heavily-promoted pay-per-view fight that left the fans standing and cheering at the end, without a great amount of controversy. Hm. They should try that again sometime....
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. MLB. Dodgers @ Braves. 1:00, ESPN. College Softball. Alabama @ Tennessee. 1:00, ABC. NBA. Nets @ Cavs, Game 1. 3:00, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. SemGroup Championship, Final Round. 1:00, ESPNU. College Softball. Radford @ Winthrop. 2:00, NBC. NHL. Buffalo Sabres @ New York Rangers. 3:00, CBS. PGA G...