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About Last Night ...
What you missed while cracking under the pressure in the bottom of the eighth and running out into the night, pantless ... • MLB: National League Championship Series ... it seems like only yesterday, or 1968, that Cardinals played Tigers in a World Series. • College football: Our Tar Heels football ...
Now That's A Pleasant Way To Spend An Evening
It's 3:30 in the morning, and we have just returned from a night of screaming, biting, man hugs and other general insanity with 20 other Cardinals fans in the enemy territory of Manhattan. We are covered in champagne — seriously — and just about as giddy as a human being can be. The Cardinals are in...
The Fight To Lose To Detroit Ends Tonight
This photo is from the 2004 National League Championship Series, in which Jeff Suppan outdueled Roger Clemens — and laid down a perfect squeeze bunt, for good measure — to send the Cardinals to the World Series, where they went to Boston and ... well, we don't remember much after that....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as The Cat In The Hat makes a mockery of your housecleaning efforts ... • MLB: National League Championship Series, Game 7, St. Louis at New York Mets. We'll be hablaing some espanol with Lou Piniella as we watch. [Fox] • College football: North Carolina at Virginia. With 10 losses bet...
A Cards Fan And A Mets Fan Discuss Game 7
You've followed your team every day for six, nearly seven months. You've sweated one-run games in May, stayed up until 2 a.m. for the 14-inning marathon in July, cursed rainouts in August and finally felt some release come September and October. This has been your life — not their life; your life — ...
Leftovers: How They Make The Non-Corked Bats
• Making baseball bats is a more fascinating process than you might believe. [Popular Mechanics] • We're not going to comment just yet on Dr. Z and the supermodel making picks on SI.com. We're not ready. [SI.com] • O.J. Simpson ... "fiction" writer. [With Leather] • Brett Favre is right about the NF...
Game 7, The Weirdest-Case Scenario
We thought our brains had processed every possible scenario for Game 7 tonight, up to and including Preston Wilson being attacked by a mule. But New York Magazine's Sam Anderson — an excellent writer, by the way — has come up with one that we hadn't considered, in Choose Your Own Adventure form....
(Trying To Distract Ourselves From Game 7 ... And Failing)
On the whole, we're not big fans of any of the following three things:...
Tommy Morrison's Confusing Confusion
Far be it from us to deny a guy the opportunity to make a living, and we consider ourselves open-minded ... but we had to say, when there's open debate as to whether or not are HIV-positive, we kind of think maybe you shouldn't be boxing....
Sir, Please Allow Me To Retort
The Bills play the Patriots this weekend, and, just for shits and giggles, we present you this video of a Bills fan from last year who would like everyone to know that, in his opinion, the Bills have a more skilled roster and a better coaching stuff than the Patriots....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Washington Wizards
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Blogdome: Fun With Urns!
• Yep, death products. Gotta love 'em. [The Airing Of Grievances] • A great compilation of coach press conference meltdowns. [FanIQ] • Bear Bryant: Jesus. [Loser With Socks] • Julius Peppers, cleaned up. [Bored At Life] • Jeremy Piven is not popular in Illinois, apparently. [The Big Lead] • A refere...
Jeez, Now They're Giving EVERYBODY Blogs
So, longtime commenters, you've probably been wondering why our old friend Captain Caveman, the nom de plum of Matt Ufford, has been quieter than usual around these parts over the last few weeks....
Up On The Roof
The place: Midvale, Utah. The event: Youth football game: The crime: Terrorism. The weapon: Lawn chair. The date: Well, a couple of days ago, actually....
It's Like ESPN.com, But Without All The Trappings
They haven't made an official announcement on their site yet, but ESPN's big new "Web presence" thing has launched in beta form. It's called MyESPN, and it's pretty much what you'd think it be. In fact, it's pretty much like every other customizable Web program we've ever seen. Pick your favorite te...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA FB with Todd McShay: I thought I had them all, but I guess I missed this Dr. Seuss title. • 2 p.m. MLS with Richard Mulrooney: To think that a soccer player from Creighton who played for the San Jose Clash could one day get ...
If Only He Had A Digital Pint
We've made fun of those video game motion capture things before, seeing as they're mostly photo ops for athletes like J.J. Redick (!!!) to pretend their movements are somehow scientific. Well, the creators of FIFA 07 have appropriately mocked this convention in a series of legitimately amusing ads. ...
All Your NFL Stadiums Are Belong To Us
Apparently, unlike some people, the Associated Press has no problem with what "underground" Web sites report. According to AP — in a Wednesday post on ESPN — an Internet site claimed that seven NFL stadiums will be hit with dirty bombs this weekend....
Playoff Blogdome: NLCS, St. Louis at New York, Game 6
Scanning the blogs following the Mets' 4-2 win over the Cardinals in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series ......
One Communally Pleasant Night At Shea
We're a fatalist, to be sure, but you could kind of tell matters weren't going to go the Cardinals' way last night when the Cardinals had the bases loaded in the first inning and didn't score. The way the series was turning, if Scott Rolen would have gapped one to clear the bases, the Mets might nev...