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About Last Night ...
What you missed while grooming your ocelot ... • MLB: Alex Cintron's three-run homer leads White Sox over Tig ... wait ... Chicago won a game? Seriously? • Tennis: Venus eclipsed by 17-year-old Nicole Vaidisova in hot, girl-on-girl action at the French Open. • Golf: Vaidisova? She's positively ancie...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you try to make bail ... • College softball: NCAA Division I Women's College World Series, Game 2, Northwestern vs. Arizona, at Oklahoma City. Is there a rule that all pitchers must be blonde? Just asking. [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Houston. We have a feeling that most Astros fan...

World Cup Preview: Group F
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group F! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...

Soccer Fun! Just Add Water!
It's two days on, and still we can't find results from Fussballwattmeisterschaft (surely you know that's German for the Mud-Soccer World Championships). It may be due to a far-reaching conspiracy by regular soccer, which wants to hog all publicity for their own World Cup. Or, perhaps, it's because...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: The baseball draft just won't seem real without Berman blurting out the picks before they are officially announced. • 1 p.m. PBA Tour's Kelly Kulick: Is it wrong to love a sport that involves talcum and r...

Victor Conte And The Day The Music Died
In response to our post on BALCO-ape man Victor Conte from yesterday, a reader (actually a caller) points out that not only is Conte a musician, but he was the bass player for Tower of Power for a time in the 1970s ... albeit for only a little more than a year. His brother, Bruce Conte, was the mo...

The Closer: Yankees; Dangerous When Wounded
Notes from a day in baseball:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while teaching your tortoise to use the computer ... • NHL Playoffs: Prehistoric Fossil Fuels lose game, Roloson, possibly series to 'Canes. • MLB: Bonds' 716th homer will have an asterisk; not because of steroids, but because it came against the Marlins. • No soup for you! Wie fails...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch before your pets oust you in a bloodless coup ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. Sit back, relax and watch the game; just as Derek Jeter, Gary Sheffield, etc., will be doing. [ESPN] • College softball: NCAA Division I, World Series, game 1, Northwestern vs. Arizona, at Oklahoma Cit...

World Cup Preview: Group H
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group H! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...

One Flew Over The Broadcast Booth
Monday's nagging question is, where's Mr. Belvedere when you really need him? Absent a fussy English butler to turn away crazies at the door, Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker has been left to his own devices to fend off dedicated fans apparent mental cases like Ann Ladd. The Smoking Gun reports that...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. NBA with Marc Stein: So, on that Nowitzky-Nash man-groping at the end of their last playoff game ... when will my sight return? • Noon. Sports Biz with Darren Rovell: I've never seen you, but I'm totally picturing Darren, the ...

The Closer: The Cubs; Good For What Ails Ya
Notes from a day in baseball:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while bribing the punk kids with a bike ... • French Open: An American in Paris. James Blake ousted, leaving Venus Williams as the last U.S. participant. • MLB: Feliz Navidad. Pedro Feliz wins it in 12th for Giants over Mets. • Motor Sports: The Pros From Dover. Kenseth rallies over ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch if for no other reason than to avoid this. • College Softball: NCAA Division I, World Series, at Oklahoma City. Enough slap hitting, bunting and striking out to last twelve lifetimes. But we kid college softball ... [ESPN2] • Motor sports: NASCAR Nextel Cup, pole qualifying for Neighbo...

World Cup Preview: Group C
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group C! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...

A Rugged Sport From An Untamed Land, With Matching Accessories
Now it's time to check in on the manly sport of rugby, where only the strongest of the strong survive, especially in the violent, brutal wilds of New Zealand, where the weak are usually ground up and fed to crocodiles....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chris Sheridan: Are we as a nation prepared for Nowitzki-mania? Do we know enough German? Do we have enough Hasselhoff CDs? • 1 p.m.. College Baseball w/Will Kimmey: Ping! Go the strings of my heart. • 3 p.m.. Desperados...

The Closer: When Shoes Attack
Notes from a day in baseball:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while rescuing Pete Coors, again, from the mountains ... • The Big Five-O: Mavs' Nowitzki helps put Suns on the brink. • A Mighty Wind: Hurricanes oust Sabres, gain NHL finals. • MLB: Indians' Belliard helps send White Sox packing, 12-8....