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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. Samuel L. Jackson: Have you had ENOUGH of these mother###### snakes on this mother###### plane? That's gotta be one charmin' mother###### pig. OK, Samuel L. Jackson lines not from Snakes on a Plane or Pulp Fiction. Go! • Noon....
Boston-Area Little Leaguers Have Strange Allegiances
Wallpole is located about 20 minutes southwest of Boston. So before the game, the team got a pep talk from Curt Schilling, Coco Crisp and Red Sox manager Terry Francona, and Rando's catch was shown on the scoreboard at Fenway Park. All well and good ... but check out the Walpole team introductions, ...
Johan Santana Is Mr. August
This will be your one and only Bert Blyleven update for this season, so pay attention. Blyleven, to my knowledge the only Minnesota Twins starting pitcher to have been born in Zeist, Netherlands, struck out 15 Oakland Athletics on Aug. 1, 1986; a Twins record. Or it was, until Johan Santana struck o...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while learning the New Jersey state song ... • NFL: The best argument yet for dropping preseason games altogether. Giants 13, Ravens 12. • MLB: Valentin's Day ... Javier Valentin's double gives Reds 7-6 win over Brewers. • Golf: Mexico invades Canada, makes off with big shiny trophy....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you are stalked by your Slinky ... • NFL: Preseason, Minnesota at New York Jets. New York is gripped with Jet Fever (don't worry, it'll pass).[Fox] • Little League Baseball: World Series, pool play round, at Williamsport, Pa. Hormones are nature's steroids. [ESPN] • Tennis: ATP, Wes...
Who's A Good Dog? Who Gets A Michael Vick Chew Toy?
Time once again to check in on the world of minor league baseball, with Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Injury report with Stephiana Bell: Ow, my pants! • 1 p.m. MLB senior writer Jayson Stark: Do you answer hypothetical questions about sex? • 4 p.m. NFL with Scouts' Jeremy Green: This chat is what we thought it was!...
Our Only Regret Is That Gary Sheffield Does Not Have A Blog
This just in: Joe Torre is still a racist. He also hates puppies, and Flight of the Conchords. Let's get him! Such would be the cry if Gary Sheffield ran baseball....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while raking the living room ... • MLB: Cardinals, baby! Two-and-a-half games back. • MLB: Carlos Guillen scoffs at your feeble pitches. Tigers 8, Yankees 5. • Tennis: Federer eliminates Roddick ... no, Ferrer beats Roddick, and ... Ferrero loses to ... who did Federer beat? Oh, just...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as mankind prepares for the Potato Wars ... • Baseball: San Francisco at Atlanta. If we could get a Bobby Cox ejection during a Bonds home run, that would save endless time. [TBS] • NFL: Preseason, Miami at Kansas City. Yes, I have Brodie Croyle Fever. Why do you ask? [ESPN] • Tennis: ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation announcers ... • Noon. MLB with Page 2's Jonah Keri: Wow, it's just like Deadspin in here. Except for the words, and the layout, and the pictures. • 3 p.m. Golf with Jason Sobel: Will Tiger's back-to-nature golf course include a petting zoo? • 4 p.m....
There's Madness Behind The Mask
To help celebrate Bobby Cox's record 132nd career ejection (he was tossed again on Wednesday), Sons of Sam Malone compiled the Top 5 Manager Ejections of recent years. It is a fine list, a noble list, and makes me want to crawl on all fours and pretend to lob a grenade. 'But hey,' you may be saying ...
Jobu Come, Take Fear From Bats
Fausto Carmona made sure that the only really compelling race in baseball stayed that way on Wednesday. What, Brewers-Cubs? Yankees-Red Sox? This is me yawning. OK, now this is me going to the fridge for an RC Cola. While I'm gone, reflect on Carmona's career-high 10 strikeouts and his 14th win, the...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while discovering that one of your raccoons has hepatitis ... • Soccer: David Beckham, bitches! • MLB: It ... Is ... ALIVE! Cardinals 3 1/2 out of first. • Tennis: Federer breezes, Nadal says No Mas....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you send your robot squirrel out to take care of the rattlesnake ... • MLB: Detroit at Cleveland [ESPN]; Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs. "He can't hit he can't hit he can't hit, Su-wing batter!" [WGN] • Tennis: ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, early round, at Cincinnati....