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Beijing Does Not Lend Itself To Getting Stinky On One's Hangdown
Numbers are in from Beijing that paint this Olympiad's cadre of athletes as a prudish lot. I suppose it's one thing to compete in that communist land without taking any sort of stance on human rights, Darfur, or the environment. But that's clearly their prerogative, and one that we can generally und...
A Dream Start For Chelsea, A Draw For Manchester
Big Phil Scolari's first Premier League match at the helm of Chelsea was pretty much perfect. The Blues began their campaign to reclaim the the league title with a 4-0 thrashing of Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge. Harry Redknapp's side was under constant pressure from Chelsea's reworked midfield, and...
Suggestions For Your One-Day Olympic Detox
Listed in order of start time: 12 PM Little League World Series: Pool play. I want this entire pool scrubbed, sterilized and disinfected! ESPN Classic, noon; ESPN2, 1 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; ABC, 3:30 p.m. 1 PM MLB: Chicago Cubs at Florida. Quick, what rhymes with Florida? WGN. 2 PM Golf: Nationwid...
This Could Be It For Tom Glavine
Tom Glavine is out for the season. Dude tore up some ligaments in his elbow and says he won't come back if he has to get that ligament completely replaced. The 42-year-old went back to the Braves, turning down more money from the Mets to play where he had kept his offseason home. But he hasn't play...
Outstanding Acheivers In Beijing Not Named Michael Phelps
• I really can't stand to watch gymnastics more than once every four years. It's agonizing. There's such a clear disadvantage in starting some routines first, as Shawn Johnson did in the floor exercise, only to be overtaken by Romania's Sandra Izbasa, who went last. It was Johnson's third silver me...
May-Treanor And Walsh Are Like A Shark Riding On An Elephant's Back, Trampling And Eating Everything They See
Beach volleyball speaks to me about the innovative nature of America. Here we have a spinoff sport, where two people are doing the same work originally done by six, and doing it on arguably the slowest surface one could find in any sport. And the juggernaut that is Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh ...
Favre Throws TD Pass For Jets, But Redskins Won't Get Off His Lawn
Brett Favre worked with the Jets' first team offense in his preseason game against Washington last night. He completed 5 of 6 passes, including a 4-yard touchdown pass to Dustin Keller. Brett played for two offensive series before watching his new team lose to the Redskins, 13-10. ...
Phelps Achieves Perfection With a Little Help From His Friends
Michael Phelps has just made history by eclipsing Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics with a win in the 4x100 medley relay in Beijing. Phelps maintained a small lead swimming the butterfly in the race's third leg and once again it was Jason Lezak holding off the opposition ...
New Jet City: The Brett Favre Redux Starts Tonight
Whether you love Brett Favre or hate him, he's the Michael Phelps of the NFL right now. That is to say, amidst clusters of other storylines and intrigue, he is the one guy everyone is watching. And while Favre's progress won't be as tangible as winning a gold medal or not, that will only add to the ...
Leitch Would Love Punt Returner Chris Carr
Chris Carr played three years with the Raiders before heading to Tennessee for a chance to makethe Titans' club as a special-teamer. He even had two punt returns in an exhibition game against his former team last night. But that's not why we care. No, we care because among Carr's other varied inter...
Apparently We Can't Have Football Camp Without Broomstick Rape
I hate to be the guy that laughs every time some poor high school kid gets violated by some other kid or group of kids that think, "Hey, if I could stick something in this kid's ass, why, that would just be fantastic!" Where's the logic? It's not that these things are suddenly happening out of nowhe...
PED Testing In London Will Scare The Crap Out Of Everyone...Or So They Hope
Looking for some cutting-edge ways to improve athletic performance without failing a drug test? Aren't we all! With failed PED tests expected to be at a record high for these Beijing Games, testers aren't exactly resting on their laurels. They're trying to find ways to test for the next generation o...
Blogger Suffers Ddos Attack After Criticizing Mark Spitz
• Larry Brown Sports is a good read and makes a fine addition to any RSS reader. So imagine our surprise when his site suffered a Ddos attack as a result of his criticism of Mark Spitz. Maybe it had nothing to do with Spitz himself, but I can't really be blaming this one on the Germans [Larry Brown ...
Those Chinese Certainly Know How To Conduct A Job Search
It's been both enjoyable and sad to see some of the stories coming out of Beijing. It's been seemingly one unpleasant discovery after another, between the poor girl who was deemed unpretty enough to sing the Chinese national anthem and the faux ethnic kids around the flag during opening ceremonies. ...
Peyton Manning Finds One More Thing To Endorse
You'd think Peyton Manning would be happy with his Super Bowl ring, numerous lavish endorsement deals, and the adulation of Hindi children everywhere. Not so. Now he wants to win a gold medal, and has prepared a pitch for the unwashed masses. We're unwashed because he's never endorsed soap, you see....
Welcome to England, Monsieur Nasri
The English Premier League's new season is officially underway, and newcomer Samir Nasri has already made his mark with Arsenal. The dynamic young Frenchman scored the Gunners lone goal in this morning's (lunchtime over there) first match against newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. Arsenal dominat...
Margarito Questions De La Hoya's Machismo
By the grace of God it doesn't appear that Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will be able to settle on financial terms for a proposed fight. This means that the door has re-opened (albeit by a crack) for the possibility of a real farewell fight against Antonio Margartio. Of course it should come ...
USA Basketball Beat Spain By 37 With Perimeter Shooting, Superior Apparel
The United States' And 1 Mix Tape Tour quest for their first gold medal in basketball in eight years claimed another victim this morning. America shot 12-of-25 from behind the freaking arc as Spain was blown out, 119-82. Eight Americans scored in double-digits as Spain was held to just 39 percent sh...
Little League World Series, Presented By Boston Market, Or So We Wish
Listed in order of start time...Little League World Series: Pool play. Players will not be permitted on the field within one hour of their last meal. ESPN, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; ABC, 3:30 p.m. Tennis: ATP Tour, Legg Mason Classic, semifinals. They still play tennis while the Olympics a...