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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you tell the other Berea boys downtown what you're in for ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Detroit. New York goes for four-game sweep as Leyland increases to eight packs a day. [ESPN] • NBA Playoffs: Western Conference finals, Game 5, Phoenix at Dallas. As long as we know that Mark Cu...
World Cup Preview: Group G
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 G! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Our opera...
Sport We Don't Understand No. 86: Mountaineering
Whenever someone asks us why we have never climbed Mount Everest, we always reply: too crowded. Seems these days as if the last mile to the summit is like a noontime line at Starbucks. But at least we figured that if we ever encountered trouble, there would be plenty of people around to help us ou...
With Nothing Between Sanity And Madness But A Thin Layer of Polyester
In truth, Kellia Ramares is dangerously obsessed. The middle-aged woman from Berkeley, Calif. has an unlikely fixation on Diamondbacks outfielder Eric Byrnes, in a way that prompted us recently to purchase an extra deadbolt for our back door, for no real tangible reason, just because. But as Ramar...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m.. Kansas City Wizards star: Since there's no name here, we assume you had trouble finding one. May we suggest Yura Movsisyan? • 3 p.m.. NHL with Barry Melrose: If I take the Stanley Cup to the movies, do I have to pay for two sea...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while authorities dug for Jimmy Hoffa under your garden shed ... • NBA Playoffs: The moment the Heat lost the Conference Finals to the Pistons. Here's another angle. And another. Sit down! • MLB: Pujols gets 65th RBI to lead Cards over Astros 4-3, as ghost of Hack Wilson begins to ge...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Roddick comes over with a six pack ... • Boxing: Junior lightweights, Manuel Medina vs. Cassius Baloyi, at Airway Heights, Wash. Let the pummeling begin. [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Yankees at Detroit. And, the pummeling continues. Sorry Tigers, we're not going to take you seriously unt...
World Cup Preview: Group A
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 A! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Operators...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Rob Neyer: Statistics, you can prove who has the best on base percentage among left-handed hitters in the National League since 1912, but can you fix a broken heart? • Noon. NFL with Gary Horton: Does Merlin Olsen know...
The King Is Dead, Long Live The King
Zack Hample has insulted us once too often. You remember Hample, the Dead End Kid who claims to have collected more than 2,000 baseballs at major league parks. In a recent post over at his blog, The Baseball Collector, Hample mocks Deadspin in a most egregious and insulting manner concerning Barry...
The Closer: The Curse Of Junipero Serra
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching Jesus rise again ... • NBA Playoffs: May we all just pause a moment to quietly admire the concept of 10-for-13 shooting? Ah, thanks, Leandro Barbosa. Suns even series with Mavs 2-2. • MLB: Giambi's homer in the 11th leads Yankees to 11-6 win over Tigers, as we get thro...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize that some people's faces were not made for high-definition TV (we're talking about you, Pete Postlethwaite) ... • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Cleveland. How sweet is it to be Jim Thome right about now? [ESPN] • NBA Playoffs: Conference finals, Game 4, Dallas at Phoenix. If...
World Cup Preview: Group D
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 D! If you have any thoughts on a particular group, send them to [email protected]. Operators...
Ruth Extends Middle Finger From Great Beyond
Remember when Barry Bonds was hit in the melon by a foul ball during batting practice, and some said that it was Babe Ruth reaching out to smite him from that big whorehouse in the sky? Giants radio announcer Dave Flemming laughed that one off, but he's not laughing now. Flemming was in the midst ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m.. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Thanks for convincing me to pick up Cubs pitcher Jae Kuk Ryu (ERA 27.00). Here is a computer virus. • 1 p.m.. NBA with Marc Stein: Is it wrong to be rooting for a Heat vs. Suns finals, just for the head...
The Closer: Amazin' Dave's Greatest Hits
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while at the library ... • NBA Playoffs: Heat go up 3-1 on Pistons, and we still don't know if they're a verb or a noun. • MLB: Wood gets first win in 10 months as Cubs top Reds 7-3. Repeat: The Curse of the Woodman is over. • Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins French opener, eclipsing Guille...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you sort through your fan mail ... • NBA Playoffs: Western Conference finals, Game 2, Phoenix at Dallas. "Win Or Gome Home!" But, um, the Mavericks already are home. [TNT] • NHL Playoffs: Eastern Conference finals, Game 4, Carolina at Buffalo. Welcome to the Sabres' website. Notice ...