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C.C. Is Not A Singles Hitter
After a rough start to the season Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia has found his groove on the mound, and now at the plate as well. The rotund power pitcher didn't like his teammates calling him a singles hitter after last year's round of interleague play, so he stepped into the box in his first at bat of ...
Herzlich Willkommen In Amerika!
Arthur Abraham didn't like the idea of people questioning his controversial hometown victory over Edison Miranda, so two years later he came stateside to make it official. Abraham thrice dropped Miranda, who fell back into his unfortunate habit of dirty fighting to no avail. After the third knockdow...
About Last Night...
What you missed while kissing the oranje goodbye in a most tasteful manner... • MLB: Micah Owens and the Diamondbacks fell 6-1 in Minnesota. You'd think they'd let him bat, but no. • CBB: The Tar Heels survive elimination thanks to another late home run. • Boxing: Chazz Witherspoon was fortunate to...
A Little Music For the Late Night Crowd
Thanks to Awful Announcing for providing video of the worst rap in the history of car commercials (and that's a long list). I would have liked to have been in the room when the ad guys pitched this to Lou and Ozzie. I bet it sounded a lot more like the rap we're used to. Well, the vocabulary at leas...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while trying to forget this little bit of nightmare fuel (I suggest trying some of this stuff)... • CWS: Fresno State vs. UNC, loser goes home (unless Fresno wins). [ESPN] • Olympics: U.S. Olympic Trials, Women's Gymnastics. Try not to stare, it's rude and creepy. [NBC] • Boxing: See b...
A Night Of Boxing
The last time Edison Miranda fought Arthur Abraham the result was a classic, albeit marred by some poor officiating. That night an undefeated Miranda traveled to Germany to face the similarly undefeated champion of Europe. Miranda broke Abraham's jaw in the fifth round, and the blood flowed from th...
Blogdome: Featuring the Final Blog Show
• With a second Mottram relocating to North Carolina Blog Show has come to an end. ♪ I will remember you, will you remember me? ♪ [Mister Irrelevant] ...
Netherlands vs. Russia Extra Time Live Blog
Here we go, two 15 minute periods of overtime action. If the match is still tied after that, it's on to penalties (but let's hope it doesn't come to that). Continue after the jump for live commentary and updates....
Netherlands vs. Russia Second Half Live Blog
The Russians have played the Dutch even on both sides of the pitch through one half of play in Basel. While the score remains scoreless, there's been no shortage of excitement in front of both goals. After the jump enjoy more white chicks flashing signs, and eventually some actual commentary on the...
Olympic Qualifying Is Intense
In case you weren't aware, Olympic qualifying is underway, and the resulting pictures are quite a bit more entertaining than the trials themselves. Continue after the jump for four more faces of agony from yesterday's diving and gymnastics events....
Netherlands vs. Russia: First Half
We're already half way through the first knockout stage of Euro 2008, and we'll be treated to another fantastic match. The Dutch side enters looking all but invincible after some explosive play in the group stage, but the Russians surely won't be rolling over. Well they might, but then Putin would ...
When Jelly Wrestling Gets Ugly
Normally I wouldn't deign to write about such a mindless activity as collegiate jelly wrestling, but this story is way too good to pass up. The Daily Mail (via Unprofessional Foul) comes the story of a Cambridge lass who took a match of jelly wrestling a bit too seriously....
InteractiveGangbang.com Is Surprisingly Esoteric
Thanks to one generous blog reader those looking for some personalized pornography will now be redirected to Fire Joe Morgan. And why would the anonymous party do such a thing? Why to mock Buzz Bissinger of course....
Jennings Could Earn Some Euros
Brandon Jennings is arguably the best incoming freshman in college, that is, if he ever sets foot inside Arizona's Mckale Center. Young Money has told Andy Katz that he if things don't go his way, he's prepared to spend a year playing professionally in Europe before entering the NBA Draft....
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• 1:00 Japanese Sumo Wrestling. All. Fucking. Day. [ESPN Classic] • 2:00 College World Series: Georgia vs. Stanford. [ESPN] • 2:00 NFL's Greatest Games: 1992 AFC Wild Card, Buffalo Bills vs. Houston Oilers. Frank Fucking Reich. [NFL] • 2:00 LPGA Tour Golf: Wegman's LPGA, Third Round. Pressel time. ...
Why Didn't Anyone Try This On Donaghy?
The New Castle County soccer league of Delaware might not be home to the kind of grace and skill we've seen from Euro 2008, but their games sure as hell sound entertaining. Ranord A. "Not Pacman" Jones disagreed with a referee's call, so the player reacted as any of us would, by taking a chunk out ...
Elijah Dukes Is A Bad Bad Man
The Rangers (née Senators) and the Nationals (like the Senators minus Frank Howard) took 14 innings to decide things before Elijah Dukes delivered with his second walk-off hit of the month. Back on June 5th Dukes finally crossed the Mendoza line with four hits, including a 10th inning game-winning h...
They're Still Partying In Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
Turkey entered the knockout stage of Euro 2008 as the biggest underdog in the field, but yesterday they moved through to the semifinals in electrifying fashion. It appeared to be over for the Turks (especially to ESPN's Gamecaster) when Croatia's Ivan Klasnić netted a header to break the scoreless ...
About Last Night
What you missed while marching on Fairfax with your friends from the JDL... • Boxing: Robinson Caruso's man-servant exposed the Butler, a previously undefeated heavyweight fraud. • MLB: The "hottest team in baseball" ran into Edinson Volquez. • CWS: Tim Federowicz was the hero for UNC with a ninth i...