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About Last Night ...
What you missed while rockin' in the free world ... • MLB: Posada decides to carry Yankees for awhile longer, gets key hit in 4-3 win over Rangers. • NBA Playoffs: Attention Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea. The Cavs have won in Detroit. We repeat, the Cavs have won! Please hold all bet...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as literature hooligans invade your book signing and a melee breaks out ... • MLB: New York Mets at St. Louis. Cardinals fans repeat the line we've heard on the X-Files so many times: "Mulder! I need your help!"[ESPN] • NBA playoffs: Conference semifinals, Game 5, Cleveland at Detroit;...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Cote d'Ivoire
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Ivory Coast! And for World Cup preview...
There's A Pretty Big Soccer Match Today, We Hear
We don't pretend to be Experts on soccer, but we do know one thing: When guys in masks threaten to shoot off your foot if you don't give them tickets, it's probably a pretty big match. Spain's Barcelona and England's Arsenal are scheduled to meet today in Paris (have met? We can't figure out this ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NHL playoffs w/E.J. Hradek: So, ever long for a job where the average working room temperature rises above 50 degrees? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Love the latest edition, but the chapter about Jesus secretly fatheri...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while braiding your sister's hair ... • NBA Playoffs: Here Come The Suns, And I Say, It's Alright. Marion's 36x20 lead Phoenix in 2OT, put Clippers on the brink. • MLB: Kazmir, 22, youngest AL pitcher to six wins since Vida Blue in '71; Devil Rays beat White Sox 10-7. • Tennis: Marti...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after your citizens storm the Lego Bastille, and throw you into Lego prison ... • NBA Playoffs: Conference semifinals, Game 5, New Jersey at Miami; Game 5, Los Angeles Clippers at Phoenix. How ironic that the Nets' final moments will be shown on the network that gives us the series Wit...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Japan
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Japan! And for World Cup previews that...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m.. Boxer Rocky Juarez: OK, so originality isn't your strong suit. Let me guess: Is your dog named Rover? • 2:40 p.m.. IRL's Castroneves, Hornish: It was going to be 2 p.m., but, you know, traffic. • 3 p.m.. Writer and author Chris...
If Barry Bonds Falls In The Forest, Does He Make A Sound?
The photo at left kind of tells the whole story about public reaction to Barry Bonds these days. You have the guy on the left screaming insults, the guy on the right applauding politely, the guy with the camera phone snapping a dark, crappy picture for posterity, and the guy in the front row, far ...
The Closer: Fate, Thy Name Is Josh Beckett
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while building a Lego city, where you are undisputed king ... • NBA Playoffs: Never before have we heard so much about offensive rebounding in the playoffs — Mavericks take 3-1 series lead over Spurs. Oh, and LeBron ... • MLB: Rangers, Millwood make silence hobbling Yankees, 4-2. It'...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the cast of "Lost" discover that they are really the cast of "Lord of the Flies," just older ... • MLB: Boston at Baltimore. Do they give the cast of "The Wire" free tickets? [ESPN] • MLB: San Francisco at Houston. Hey, the circus is in town! Come see A .217 hitter get an intentiona...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: France
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: France! And for World Cup previews tha...
Color Us Impressed
As we mentioned earlier, Randy Johnson hasn't been pitching well lately. But just to drive that point home, he's now in the record books for a feat that is unlikely to be broken soon; most hits given up with a pink bat. The Yankees played Oakland on Sunday, and of the eight hitters Johnson faced i...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Baseball with Buster Olney: Robert Stansbury Olney III. How many cardigan sweaters did you tie around your neck through the prep school years? Too many to count, I'll bet. • 3 p.m. NBA with John Hollinger: This whole Clippers th...
The Closer: We're Up 7-3; What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed after performing acts of Janice ... • NBA Playoffs: We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. Wade's 31 points help Miami to 102-92 win and 3-1 series lead over Nets. • NHL Playoffs: If the Heat doesn't get you, the Hurricanes will. Another New Jersey team goes down, and FEMA d...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your dog joins the Unification Church ... • Boxing: Super featherweights, Edner Cherry vs. Monty Meza-Clay, at Tampa [ESPN]; Welterweights, Luis Collazo vs. Ricky Hatton, at Boston. Doesn't a welterweight trump a featherweight? Hold on, which is heavier again? [HBO] • NBA Playoffs: ...