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Punting With Pat The Bat
Reaction to yesterday's Four Tiny Tidbits on the Philadelphia Phillies continues to pour in (OK, we've had two e-mails), with one reader recalling his own memories of current Phillies outfielder Pat The Bat Burrell and his childhood nemesis, Tom Brady. Let's go right to the action....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while making damn sure that your morning footwear is secure ... • NHL: Duck Soup — Brunette leads Colorado past Anaheim and into first in the Northwest Division. • Women's College Basketball: Duke beats UConn; a sentence that would have made your men's bracket make sense. • Soccer: A...
Getting Your Kicks
It's a beautiful Saturday here in Manhattan; think we'll take a walk down Delancey Street, and turn onto Eldridge and ... what's this? Dozens of young men camped out on the sidewalk? Sleeping bags and folding chairs ... is there a fourth Star Wars prequel we didn't know about? Another Harry Potter...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Marc Stein: Drawbacks to those new ESPN phones — your head doesn't fit on the screen and your annoying high-pitched voice scares my dog. • 4 p.m. Baseball with Gary Gillette: Your 2006 Baseball Encyclopedia makes a great...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while giving your office pool bracket sheet a viking's funeral ... • NCAA Tournament: Holy crap! Father of the Bill of Rights knocks off UConn in overtime, mercifiully silencing Jim Calhoun's whining. • NBA: Vince Carter — remember him? — leads Nets over Pistons for eighth straight w...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after going out to the lobby to get yourself a treat ... • Boxing: Cruiserweights, Edison Miranda vs. Howard Eastman, at Hollywood, Fla. This weight division always sounded a little perverted to us. [ESPN2] • NCAA Tournament: Regional semifinals, Villanova vs. Boston College, Florida v...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Royals
We re only about a week away from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
Why Your National Radio Host Sucks
OK, there's no such feature, really. But maybe there should be. Our first honored guest could be (drum roll) ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd, who is currently taking broadsides from a variety of directions over his use of a stolen comedy bit on his show on Wednesday. Burnt Orange Nation has been on thi...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. College Hoops with Pat Forde: Gonzaga would have to lose just as my Adam Morrison hairstyle was beginning to catch on. Know a good barber? • 1 p.m. TPC with Golf World: We know your evil agenda, Golf World; to see the entire su...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering if you look like Homer Simpson ... • NCAA Tournament: Reddick 3-of-18 vs. LSU as Duke bows out in regional semis for third time in four years. Somewhere, Dale Brown is smiling. • NBA: Warriors overcome Nowitzki's 51 points to win in Dallas. Wait ... what? • NHL: Thras...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you dream that you're an anonymous salesman stuck in a hotel in California ... • College Basketball: Regional coverage, doubleheader, regional semifinals, Duke vs. LSU and Texas vs. West Virginia at Atlanta and Memphis vs. Bradley and UCLA vs. Gonzaga at Oakland. Hey, when you're pl...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Dodgers
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: It's hard to take a person seriously whose name sounds like he should be wearing SpongeBob underoos. • 2:45 p.m. "Game of Shadows" authors: Hey, how come no one is reporting on all the times that Barry Bon...
The Fall Of The Umpire
Ever since watching the film Rollerball on cable one rainy afternoon, we've been able to think of only one thing; the day that all sports officiating will be taken over by machines. The upside: George Brett doesn't charge you from the dugout like a deranged gibbon. The downside: We would not have ...
Jay Mohr Tackles Stories Others Are Afraid To Touch
We know the weekly feature in which we rip various sportswriters is on hiatus, but we can't let the earth complete one more revolution on its axis without commenting on our friend Jay Mohr, online journalism's answer to Paris Hilton. Call it Why Your Internet Columnist Sucks, and bear with us, ple...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while spelunking in the dark corners of your own mind ... • NBA: Cavs' James hits game-winning shot, surprising even himself. But before you get too excited, it was against the Bobcats. • MLB: Johnny Damon helps Yankees beat Red Sox in spring game, tries to downplay it, but nobody's ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you're confused as to why your copy of Sports Illustrated has a picture of you in it ... • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, quarterfinals, Old Dominion at Hofstra; Missouri State at Louisville. The way we look at it, every NIT game just delays lacrosse season t...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Detroit Tigers
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with B.J. Armstrong: So, your NCAA Tournament office pool bracket with Iowa going all the way; how many tiny pieces is that in right now, and where have they been crammed? • 3 p.m. College hoops w/Howie Schwab: Love you on th...
Save Ferris!
With the start of the baseball regular season just around the corner, we suddenly realized something: the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off turns 20 years old in a couple of months, and we now officially feel old. The film that brought us Matthew Broderick, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey, as well a...