a Page 8209 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
About Last Night ...
What you missed while Dick Cheney entertained us with an hour of televised vetriloquism ... · NBA Draft: Andrew Bogut becomes first to bend down and shake David Stern's sweaty little palm. · Steinbrenner, Damacles have closed-door meeting. · Roenick removes foot from mouth, finds ice skate attached....
To Watch Tonight ...
What To Watch While The Dog And The Cat Are In The Next Room Plotting A Takeover ... · David Stern Presents the NBA Draft. Couldn't Billy Crystal host it just once? · Yankees at Orioles: Joe Torre funeral procession swings through Maryland. · Wimbledon Highlights. You know you want them....
Leftovers: Temper Tantrum Edition
· When Baseball Players Attack: Oliver Perez, Pittsburgh Pirates; Kenny Rogers, Texas Rangers. [ESPN.com] · Law & Order: Beverage Victims Unit. Man pleads not guilty to dousing Giambi. [San Francisco Chronicle] · Flyers' Roenick rips fans of hypothetical pro hockey league. [TSN]...
Bill Simmons Picks His Own Greatest Hits
With tonight's NBA Draft just about five hours away, our main man Bill Simmons clocks in with the50 greatest moments in NBA Draft history. Of course, that's not really what it is; what it really is is a collection of Bill's favorite one-liners from all his draft diaries. One imagines Bill staying...
Blogdom's Best: The Dominance Of Tony LaRussa
News And Views From Men With Bad Hair ... · Since May 27, 2004, the St. Louis Cardinals have been 14 games better than every other team in baseball. Take that, Boston! [Baseball Musings] · It is not a good year to be a sports fan in the San Francisco Bay area. [7th Inning Stretch] · The odd birds at...
Terrance Shaw, Reggie Brown: DOGS!
Today's hot topics on the NFL Wives Yahoo Group:...
NBA Draft Predictions: Trying To Piss In The Dark While Handcuffed
As previously mentioned, the NBA Draft is tonight. This, of course, is a completely random exercise with 30 different variables liable to change their minds for no particular reason at any given moment. But sportswriters get bored, so we present the Deadspin guide to mock drafts by people who don'...
Kurt Warner, Busy Man, Getting Busy
New Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is renowned for his firm Christian values and devotion to family, his wife and God. (Not in that order.) He also, according to an interview with the Arizona Cardinals Web site, can apparently inseminate his wife just by looking at her....
Today In MLB Blogs
If weblogs are the new journalism, then what the hell went awry over at MLB Blogs? You'd think that people paying $4.95 a month for a weblog would be more into it, but alas, there's not much action here. Let's go to the statistics. For the month of June, the first 10 featured sites on MLB Blogs' ...
Luis Alicea Will Pee For You
Former St. Louis Cardinals infielder Luis Alicea is now the manager of the Lowell Spinners, the Class A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Last week, the Spinners were selected for random steroid testing. Alicea says the test wasn't too tough....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... · 11 a.m. MLB With Rob Neyer: Now, don't take this the wrong way, but would you say Bill James is a pitcher and you're a catcher, or vice versa? Because we have a guess. · 2 p.m. NBA Draft With Chad Ford: Hey, so who is new Cavs general ...
Maryland's Great Fake Farters
The Bowie BaySox, the double A minor league affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, are celebrating the birth of our country in the way our dad probably would, if he owned a baseball team: By farting. The BaySox, on July 4, are attempting to break the world record for fake flatulence, handed out whoo...
Brad And Grace
Meet Brad Wackerlin. He lives in Lake of the Hills, Ill., is 33 years old and hey, sorry ladies, he just got married. He is also unnaturally obsessed with former Cubs first baseman Mark Grace. How obsessed? Well, he has 2,000 different Mark Grace baseball cards, runs two Mark Grace Web sites — Ma...
John Rocker's Next Career (Hint: Kip Winger's Involved)
Last night, the Long Island Ducks released former Braves cattlehand John Rocker after Rocker said he needed to "take a step back" from baseball. It is not known if Rocker is going to try to peddle his wares elsewhere, or if he will look for a second career....
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While Chasing The Ice Cream Truck Eight Blocks For A Creamsicle ... · Indians at last give Red Sox fans something to complain about. [Tribe Report] · A day after hiring Ferry, Cavaliers turn down Larry. [LeBron And The Cavs] · Yankees win, pissing off Steinbrenner even more. [Bronx B...
The LaVar Arrington Weekend
A spy sends us this report from an event that Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington and 49ers defender Julian Peterson hosted this last weekend which allegedly involved gunfire:...
To Watch Tonight ...
What To Watch As The Undead Rise Outside And Search For Human Flesh ... · Indians at Red Sox: Antidote to all the bad baseball we've been watching. · Braves at Marlins · Night Court: Wimbledon recap. No John Larroquette....
Left On Base: Wait ... Where's Larry Brown?
· Cavs Catch Ferry: Cleveland has a new GM. [Cleveland Plain-Dealer] · Valentine to Baseball: World Tourney is "insulting." [Associate Press] · Have Gun, Will Travel: Clippers' Wilcox arrested. [USA Today]...
Today In MLB Blogs
OK, here's the thing. Baseballs are plentiful and relatively cheap. So why do people become village idiots when one is batted in their direction? We've seen fathers elbow their young daughters out of the way in order to catch a foul ball at a major league game. We've seen men knocking over the eld...
Blogdom's Best: Since When Do Republicans Care About Baseball? (Wait ...)
News And Views Sent From A Fat Guy Into The Air ... · The GOP is pissy about billionaire George Soros' bid to buy the Washington Nationals. [Can't Stop The Bleeding] · A new blog launches, devoted to Astros stud Craig Biggio and his odd quest to be hit by baseballs. [Plunk Biggio] · Confusion about ...