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Angels Make Final Push Toward Postseason
The Angels have had enough of your everywhere-but-West-Coast bias. They will NOT be ignored, Dan! The only infielder named Rodriguez in the AL playoffs this year will be named Sean, and after Monday's 12-1 victory over the Yankees, their magic number is 2. Rally Monkey drinks your milkshake! As the ...
Introducing The Weekly Buzzsaw Countdown
OK, so this probably won't go over as well as the SSW, but hey, we might as well have some sort of Tuesday NFL Roundup. I would like to say I've come up with some sort of brilliant conceit, some new way of looking at the NFL that had never occurred to humanity, but I don't. I'm just gonna rank the ...
This Vince Young Melt Down Is Getting Uglier...and Scary
It's beginning to look like Young is on the verge of a full-scale collapse. All day long Nashville airwaves exploded with talk of Young's alleged refusal to return to the field after his second interception. Now, things off the field are looking worse. Last night at 12:30 a.m., according to WKRN Ne...
When Jobas Collide: Fake And Real Chamberlains Set For Historic Meeting
So the New York Post is setting up a meeting between our fake Joba Chamberlain — Jersey Shore resident Ryan Ward — and the real Joba on Friday at Yankee Stadium (Joba Chamberlain quote: "I want to know what was going on in his head"). And just like in The Prince and the Pauper, we'll no doubt soon s...
Aaron Rodgers And His Formidable Proboscis Are Warmly Embraced And Introduced To The World
No, it wasn't a spectacular debut, but it at least it temporarily put some of the skepticism about the transition to rest. The most often used adjective to describe Rodgers 18-of-22 178 yard one touchdown performance he also scored on a rushing touchdown) was "efficient." But the Packers at least p...
The Casselification Of America Has Begun
So you thought you were suffering from Tom Brady overload? At least there's only one of him. Meet the Cassels! Matt, of course, you know; he filled in for the mangled Brady on Sunday and led the Patriots to a 17-10 win over the Chiefs. He is set to assault every one of our six senses — especially he...
Morning Blogdome: Some Jim Zorn Fans Are More Excited Than Others
•And every time they score, she'll be "Porny For Zorny": "The offense might not be hot, but that doesn't mean your wardrobe shouldn't be." There is your 2008 Redskins mantra. [DCSportsBog] • Fake Joba Chamberlain, actually a Phillies fan. Of course he is. : Goes on Howard Stern and brags about some ...
The Sad, Curious Case Of Evan Tanner
By all accounts, Evan Tanner was somewhat of a troubled soul. In the midst of a Ultimate Fighting Championship comeback, friends say that they he was struggling with alcohol, and that they had to check on him to make sure that he had food in his refrigerator and that he was taking care of himself. H...
Belichick Seems Happy, Rodgers Goes Leaping And Ditka Goes Crazy
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Monday Night Football (After Dark): Broncos-Raiders
Hope you got all your NFC North love juice out of your system, because now it's time for an AFC West trainwreck with the Denver Broncos and Oakland Raiders. And who shall share this endeavor with us in the ESPN booth? Why, it's three Mikes, all with mikes. Mike & Mike's Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic...
Aaron Rodgers Tries To Make A Fractured Packers Nation Forget About The Past
Brett Favre's debut as a New York Jet proved all the skeptics wrong. Favre came out firing finger-breaking passes, heaving Hail Marys, and jumping around like the little 38-year-old kid that the Jets faithful hoped he'd be. He played, well, just like Brett Favre. In post-game interview featured in t...
To Watch Tonight
Forget about it, Jake. It's Fresno ... • NFL: Minnesota at Green Bay (7 p.m., ET); Denver at Oakland (10:15 p.m., ET). Gonna by a donnybrook. You betcha. [ESPN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, men's singles final, at New York (5 p.m., ET). Federer vs. Davis ... you're getting worked up over this? Is this Europ...
NFL Season Preview: Oakland Raiders
The NFL season has officially started, so it's time to finish the impassioned season previews from various writers, bloggers, diehard fans, cooks, TV personalities, and numerous other walks of life whom consider football the only sport worth watching. Clearly, these previews will be running until, o...
David Hasselhoff Is a Crazy, Wild Arizona Football Fan
Who likes hanging out with his daughter in the student section. With a camera. Really, he does. Allegedly this is because he has at least one daughter attending Arizona. Which makes complete sense. Because everyone who has ever been to college wants their dad or mom to bring a handheld video camera...
Your Live Strong Bracelets Are Back In Style Again
I guess he got bored bouncing along from one Hollywood starlet to another. Either that or Matthew McConaughey just isn't that impressed by him anymore. Armstrong, who will be 37 this month, is set to race for Astana for the 2009 season. His racing schedule would include — drumbeat — the Tour de Fra...
Afternoon Blogdome: Those Aren't Shorts, They're Just Tiny Dress Pants
• Patrick Ewing prefers comfort above all else: It appears Patrick Ewing didn't get the memo about the dress code for Hall of Fame induction. But what are they going to do? Keep him out of it for wearing shorts? [With Leather] • Brett Favre's special football card: Oh, those crazy sports card compan...
Women's Hockey Needs To Adopt A 60-Goal Mercy Rule
Confidence booster for every athlete anywhere in any sport: You may be bad, but you're not as bad as the Bulgarian women's hockey team. In a 2010 Winter Olympic qualification tournament in Latvia on Saturday, Slovakia beat Bulgaria 82-0. I'm not up on my history in that part of the world; what did t...
Fox Sports: They Report, You Decide
Yeah, her character was pretty tough in Sin City, and Kurt Russell really regrets messing with her in Death Proof. But I doubt that Rosario Dawson is up to playing tight end in the NFL. Although I could be wrong, it's more likely that the guys in the Fox Sports production truck just got caught up in...
Tom Brady Out For Season: Knee A Mangled Mess
Bill Belichick is holding his day after press conference right now, grumbling his way through the news that his star quarterback is gone for the season. In actuality, Belichick is acting just like he would had Brady been given a clean bill of health, or any good news, for that matter. He's stoic. He...
Dark Side Of The Locker Room: Stephon Marbury Is Puzzled By My Godlessness
Being a sports reporter is, at times, an absolutely horrible job. Sure you get to watch games, travel and interact with athletes, but there is a horrendous downside. (Which is pretty much everything else.) And this is never more disturbingly clear than when a reporter has their first (or 50th) awful...