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Morning Blogdome: More Gratuitous Mariotti Bashing
• NY Daily News writer, Ralph Vacchiano, unloads on Jay (and Deadspin): "As for Jay Marriotti, allow me to get down in the mud and muck for a second and say he is a loudmouth moron who is very lucky that ESPN has built a platform for know-nothing, say-anything buffoons over the years, so he and guys...
Sometimes It's Good To Walk
So, it's funny, the day I find out I'm (officially) moving away from Philadelphia, back to New York, a day when I'm dutifully counting off personal items and crappy furniture, examining dying plants, and doing all that stuff you do when life doesn't turn out the way it's supposed to, becomes one of ...
Evan Longoria's Busty Friend, Pitt Upsets South Florida And It's Time To Panic Cubs Fans
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....
NLDS Game 2: Dodgers-Cubs
If you're looking for a game that will be interesting for more than two innings, perhaps you've come to the right place. Carlos "Capital Zed" Zambrano and Chad "Nickname Withheld" Billingsley will pitch. Guys like Ryan Theriot and Casey Blake will be hitting and fielding. Nasally-sounding Hall of Fa...
NLDS Game 2: Phillies-Brewers
On the left, it's CC Sabathia. On the right, it's Brett Myers. The Phillies want that delicious 2-0 lead in the NLDS, and the Brewers want to go back to Milwaukee with at least one game dominated by hops and barley. She's jump, she's jump, she's jump, she's in my head. * * *Top 9th 2 ...
Rays Take Game One
Evan Longoria hit two home runs and had three RBIS and James Shields pitched ably as the Tampa Bay Rays won their first ever playoff game, defeating the Chicago White Sox 6-4. Paul Konerko led off the 9th inning with a solo shot, but the White Sox were unable to crawl back and defeat the scrappy Ray...
Now Batting For GiGi Movers...Tony (T.K.) Kornheiser
Here's a hilarious photo submitted form a reader that features everyone's favorite Monday Football Analyst and crab enthusiast, Tony Kornheiser in his younger, flanneled, Doobie Brothers-mustachioed days as a member of the 1974 GiGi Movers softball team located in Long Beach, New York. Kornheiser is...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you wonder what they did with the body ... • MLB: NLDS, Game 2: Milwaukee Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies (6:07 p.m., ET) No one here really cares about this one, right? [TBS] • College Football: Pittsburgh vs. South Florida. (7:30 p.m., ET) Don't these kids ever study? [ESPN] •...
John McCain Seeks Debate "Help" From Fellow Rageaholic
If John McCain seemed a little feisty during his presidential debate with Barack Obama last week, there's a good reason for it. His campaign claims that he began taking an herbal supplement designed to "enhance memory and keep energy levels up" in preparation for the showdown. Makes sense—until you ...
Afternoon Blogdome: A Real Man Doesn't Keep His Date Waiting
• Who do you think pays?: Spies say Alex Rodriguez was praying for rain last weekend in Boston, because he had a hot date to get to—with Tom Brady. Those two crazy kids should be very happy together. [With Leather] • Gee, your bleeding nipples smell terrific!: You know what will help your time at th...
Thursday Night Football Previews: Pitt at South Florida; Oregon State at Utah
Thursday night college football arrives with a televised double-header. ESPN brings us Pittsburgh at South Florida and something called the Versus Network brings us Oregon State at Utah. Like me you have no idea if you have actually have Versus and if demanded on pain of death to give ten guesses a...
NFL Reserves Want To Protect Your Marriage
Some people would argue that the best way to measure the popularity of your cause is by the celebrities who are willing to line up to endorse it. Well, if a backup defensive end for the San Diego Chargers and a current NFL "free agent" aren't enough star power to convince Californians to put a stop ...
Baby Sees First Brewers' Playoff Game, Cries, Spits Up
Award for most hardcore baseball fan, NL Central, goes to Niki O'Connor of Milwaukee. Not only did she walk to Miller Park while nine months pregnant to see the Brewers play the Cubs on the last day of the regular season, but she went into labor during the game, and refused to leave. The fun began w...
Ocho Cinco: Excuse Me, While I Kiss This Star
You've got to give props to Chad Formerly-Johnson, whose talents as a receiver are almost equal to his marketing acumen. Managing once again to somehow keep an 0-4 team in the spotlight, he vowed on Wednesday to score a touchdown and kiss the Dallas star when the Bengals play in Irving on Sunday. Bu...
Your Week 5 Jamboroo, Featuring The Agony Of Last Minute Fantasy Switching And A New Way DirecTV Will F—k You In The Ass
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs, well, every Thursday afternoon during the NFL season. Drew's new book, "Men With Balls," released October 27th and featuring 100% new material, is available for pre-order here. You can email Drew here. Read him during the week at KSK. Th...
Carlos Ruiz Just Can't Get Any Respect
Poor Carlos Ruiz. Sure, the squatty Phillies catcher has been an offensive liability all season, but he was one of the only players to get an actual hit yesterday without the aid of shoddy Brewers' defense. Still, the man affectionately known as "CHOOCH" by his teammates was the victim of an unfortu...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Boston Celtics
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team you might have heard of in the news: The Boston Celtics.When last we saw them: Finished 66-16, best record in the league,...
The Ron Zook Water Skiing Zapruder Film
So The Big Ten Network has this reality show about the Illinois football team called "The Journey." Even though this is a "Hard Knocks" type series — albeit one with decidedly worse production values and dramatically more nondescript players — about my alma mater's football team, I have never seen ...
Angels Still Haunted By Ghosts Of 1986
While the details of Donnie Moore's fateful pitch and tragic suicide have been somewhat overblown over the years, the fact remains that the Angels still seem to have no idea how to beat the Red Sox in the playoffs since that fateful day in 1986. After having won eight of the nine regular-season game...
Lil' Wayne Is Fast Becoming ESPN's Most Popular Blogger
Rapper Lil' Wayne continues to infiltrate the WWL with his blog posts and ESPN's sports nation seems to be embracing him wholeheartedly. The editors seemed reluctant to let him sully their pristine pages with his nonsensical sports jizzle, but now appear to be stuck with him. Wayne unveiled his seco...