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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you celebrate the 100th anniversary of the teabag ... • Boxing: Cruiserweights, Ola Afolabi vs. Francisco Palacios, at Scranton, Pa., (9 p.m., ET). Although this fight may have been scratched. [ESPN2] • Golf: U.S. Open Championship, second round, at La Jolla, Calif., (5 p.m., ET). I...
Tony Bruno Needs A Job, Wants A Job, But Is Still Looking For Job
If you or your "client" would like to be included in an upcoming "Interviews Of A Lifetime" please contact me or Deadspin HQ....
Rock Out With Your Box Out
ESPN once again begins its summer programming guaranteed to annoy and alienate most of its viewers, though this time instead of "Who's Now-ing" people into a self-mutilating rage, they'll induce copious amounts of ear blood. Awful Announcing points us to the latest in silly synergistic promotional a...
Marshawn Lynch Can Never Be Accused Of Not Keeping Things Real
Marshawn Lynch has had a tough off-season, with that whole hit-and-run allegation hanging over his head, it's surprising he's yet to give some of his fans the updates on his Yardbarker blog. (Possible working titles: "Gettin' Ready 4 'Da Clink", "WASSUP WIT DAT LADY RUNNIN' INTO MA' WHIP")....
So, Is Vegetarianism Really Hurting Prince Fielder?
Much has been made out of Prince Fielder's vegetarianism, and whether or not it actually affects his performance on the field. Reporter Pete Croatto investigated the story....
How To Lead All The Polls In Style
They may have shut down his baseball team logo site, but mark my words, the Barack Obama throwback basketball jersey is here to stay. Made by the folks at Neighborhoodies, now you can recreate "Barry O'Bomber's" hoops career at Punahou of Hawaii in your own local gym. Or, just wear it casually whil...
Are We Gonna Die? Because We Wrote This?
Hello? Is the bathroom on this level working? A dog inside the building! Go! Shoo! Why you're not a dog at all. My god, this is like a moment from a horror movie. This is precisely the moment where the mutation or beast will attempt to kill an unlikable side character. But, in stories where there ha...
Canada Would Like You To Keep Your NFL To Yourself, Thank You
This handsome, strapping young gentleperson is Canadian Senator James Campbell. He's for the legalization of marijuana — obviously; come on, look at him! — and is known as a bit of a nationalist. How much so? He says the NFL should be banned from Canada because it threatens the CFL....
Steelers In The Stars
• The Myron Cope asteroid. [Pittsburgh Sports And Mini Ponies] • Putting those great Braves pitchers in context. [East Coast Bias] • Which conferences favor which candidate? [The Meaningful Collateral] • Bryan Bullington, remaining busy. [Bugs And Cranks] • J.D. Drew, back in 1997 again. [The Smittb...
Mike Tyson's Rub Out
Mike Tyson is one of those rare breeds who, whatever kind of trouble they get into or bizarre allegation they have thrown at them, it's never surprising. (Ed. Note: Doesn't Simmons have a theory about this?) The latest one proves it; any other famous person on the planet accused of financing a hit...
Milton Bradley Has Got His Eye On YOU, Pal
So here's the text of what Royals' TV broadcaster Jim Ryan Lefebvre said that so totally pissed off Milton Bradley on Wednesday. Bradley, you may recall, heard the comments on the radio in the clubhouse following Wednesday's game, and sprinted up four levels at Kauffman Stadium to dismember "introdu...
Media Approval Ratings: Jeff Van Gundy
We are pretty sure that most of you would agree that Jeff Van Gundy is an unlikely excellent NBA analyst. We're sure he would have never imagined that's the way his career would go. He's just coachy enough to be a TV preener....
Lenny Dykstra, Still Pretending To Understand Stocks
By now, despite what The New Yorker and Bernard Goldberg would like you to think, we generally understand that everybody knows Lenny Dykstra is not actually some kind of financial genius. Apparently not, though: a Forbes magazine investigation has revealed that Dykstra doesn't even make his own stoc...
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
Croatians Party Like Rock Stars
I am your main man if you're looking for trouble I'll take no lip 'cause no ones tougher than me If I kicked your face you'd soon be seeing double Hey little girl, keep your hands off me 'cause I'm a rocker – Thin Lizzy, ‘The Rocker’...
So What's With All The Grand Slams All Of A Sudden?
So how come all the fat pitches with the bases loaded the past few days? Hideki Matsui celebrated his 34th birthday with a grand slam on Thursday to lead the Yankees over the Athletics 4-1; helping Andy Pettitte move into a tie for fourth place on the team career wins list....
Marcus Vick Eager To Take Spotlight Back From His Brother
Has it really been a year-and-a-half since a Marcus Vick update? That can't be right! Anyway, our friend "New" Mexico has found himself in some trouble this morning: He was arrested and charged with a DUI....
Kobe Bryant, Experienced Drinker
Of all the weird, vaguely insane things that Kobe Bryant has done in his weird, vaguely insane life — this is still our favorite — the most public and quietly strange might have been his claim at his press conference last night that he would go home and “whine about it tonight ... lot of wine ... lo...
Truly Epical Failurosity
The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who almost feels sorry for the Lakers after last night's debacle. Okay, not really. When he's not dancing his little victory jig, he can be found thanking Sturla for the graphic at Basketbawful. Enjoy!...
About Last Night
What you missed while being reminded once again that you don't mess with the Zohan ... • NBA: That's what you get for turning off the game in the third quarter. Celtics take 3-1 series lead over Lakers. • Golf: You can all just eat Kevin Streelman's U.S. Open dust, suckers! • NHL: All your Lester B....