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Somewhere Out There, There's An Elephant With Your Name On It
A few commenters mentioned this yesterday, and we think it's a fair question: When is it OK to laugh? The guy we wrote about who plummeted 75 feet off a cliff in his golf cart was, after all, a real person, with a family and pets and an active Netflix account. But the first thing we thought of when ...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 9:15 a.m. ESPN host Stuart Scott: Hey Stu, could you holla at a playa if you're about to take the last danish? • 11 a.m. FMLB w/Tristan Cockcroft: We have no idea what this is. Some form of board game? • 1 p.m. Page 2's LZ Granderson: ...
We Still Can't Find The Name Kaka In the Bible
Would it surprise you to learn that right now we are wearing the exact same shirt as our friend, Kaka, above? In addition to the gift of spiritual peace and salvation, we will be quickly returned to Jesus if we are ever lost or stolen. So we have that going for us....
Is This The End Of Curt Schilling?
Notes on a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while, as an old R.E.M. fan, getting obsessed with this site ... • MLB: Oliver! Perez denies Braves extra gruel yet again, leading Mets to 3-0 win. • NFL: Keyshawn Johnson retires to work on ESPN catchphrases. • MLB: It's Magglio Ordonez time! Tigers snap Angels' six-game win streak....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as all the clocks slowly begin to melt ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. This one decides the series! Let's go! (Shotgun!). [ESPN] • MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta [TBS]; Chicago Cubs as San Diego. Considering the weather, the Cubs just may stay. [WGN] • Boxing: Women's, junior wel...
The Real Tragedy Is That My Cell Phone Was In There
Well, if your golf cart has to plunge off of a gigantic cliff with you in it, we suppose it might as well be in Fallbrook, Calif....
Andrew Walter Will Hear Your Confession Now
We're a bit late on this, but alas:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chattters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Is it ironic that people are more interested in the lottery than in the actual games? • 2 p.m.. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Is that a resin bag in your pants or are you just glad to see me? • 4 p.m.. AF...
Do Not Panic, Boston. Red Sox Have Resumed Control
Notes on a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while decorating your tree fort ... • NBA: If the Spurs keep playing this well, they may sell out a game. San Antonio 105, Jazz 96. • MLB: Griffey's 573rd career homer can't stop the tempest that is the Washington Nationals. • NHL: Daffy is going nuts, Donald is passed out in a corne...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while hiding from the flying robot police ... • MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta. The most humid rivalry in sports. [TBS] • NBA: Draft lottery, at Secaucus, N.J.; Western Conference finals, Utah at San Antonio, Game 2. You know which one you care about watching more. [ESPN] • NHL: Western...
You Dissed Kenny! You Bastards!
The "political" blog Newsbusters has been watching SportsCenter lately, and the folks there are calling shenanigans on tanned, nimble-footed ESPN personality Kenny Mayne. The site puts it thusly:...
Ken Griffey Jr. Should Be A Billionaire By Now
A sun-splashed Saturday afternoon, on a Little League Field somewhere in America:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:15 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: How about, just once, cooking with Joe Morgan? • 1:30 p.m. SC Special, Draft Lottery: We assume this is the NBA Draft, because the alternative is too scary to contemplate. • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while fighting right down to the last jibe ... • NBA: June rapidly approaches, and we still have four teams left ... Pistons take Game 1 over Cavaliers, 79-76. • MLB: Wang, Rodriguez lead Yankees to 6-2 win ov ... wait, what? Yankees beat Red Sox? • MLB: How long will it take for the...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch WATCHING JOHN RAMBO... • AFL: New Orleans at Philadelphia. Much, much better than the lawnmower races. [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. Some sort of rivalry exists, we read somewhere. [ESPN] • NBA: Eastern Conference finals, Cleveland at Detroit, Game 1. This just in: LeBron ...
Italy Is Gaining On Us? Inconceivable!
One thing we know about yacht racing: When you change your dock-out song and still lose, it was not meant to be. For the first time in 24 years, there will be no U.S. team in the Louis Vuitton Cup final. Luna Rossa of Italy beat the Americans to clinch the best-of-nine semifinals, 5-1. Yes, we have ...
Fun With Ambidexterity: It's Pat!
A while back we told you about Creighton's Pat Venditte, whose main claim to fame — besides being a college junior who looks like he's 12 — is that he can pitch with both hands. OK, perhaps not that impressive when you put him next to the Amazing Rubber Boy, but we have trouble picking up a fork lef...