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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Ryder Cup with Jason Sobel: Hmm. I guess everyone had to start somewhere, huh? • 2 p.m. MLS with Marcelo Balboa: Rocky's less-famous younger brother. • 4 p.m. Football Scientist KC Joyner: Damn you! Why didn't you warn the Sain...
Hey, Look, The Yankees Are In The Playoffs Again
You know, it really is kind of weird when a team has a big champagne celebration after they've lost a game. We know they've earned it, and we know they've got it coming. But it still seems strange to lose a game, go back to the locker room, turn on the television, see a final score in a game played ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while applying all kinds of things directly to the forehead... • MLB: Geoff Jenkins? What the deuce? ... • NHL: Now Evgeni Malkin is down! We suggest going straight to the regular season while there's still enough players. • Soccer: Argentinian striker scores on Brazilian goalkeeper ...
Darryl Strawberry Can Teach Your Kids A Few Tricks
We know that Darryl Strawberry has made considerable strides toward cleaning up his life in recent years, and for that we applaud him: Not everyone can be Dwight Gooden, after all. But we still find it somewhat, eh, curious by this auction currently up for bid at MLB.com....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while listening to this over and over and over ... • Basketball: Women's world championships, quarterfinal, USA vs. Lithuania, at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Are their cheerleaders at a women's basketball game? Are they men? [NBATV] [FSN] • MLB: Detroit at Chicago White Sox. The Tigers fall out...
Ron Artest Gets His Illini On, Tru Warrior Warier Style
So here's something that took us back a bit: Sacramento Kings guard/forward/madman Ron Artest is apparently on tour right now to support his modestly titled album "My World" — TRU WARIER! — and he's clearly playing the most amped up, crazy venues....
Leftovers: Lamenting The U
• Kind of weird not to have Miami in the top 25, isn't it? [The Sports Oasis] • It's football in the Arctic. [Anchorage Daily News] • We were wondering why NBC's "Football Night In America" left us unfulfilled. [Slate] • Look, ladies, you like football too! [The Female Fan] • It's a song about Xavie...
Boxer Told To Knock It Off With The Smurf Crap
This gentleman is named Arthur Abraham, and he's the IBF middleweight champion, whatever the hell that means anymore. If you're looking at his hat and thinking, "Gee, that kind of looks like a Smurf hat," well, you're right: That's exactly what it is....
In A Way, It's A Step Forward For Isiah
Some good news for Isiah Thomas (seen here having dinner with Dennis Rodman at an Outback Steakhouse): He is actually able to establish a functioning work environment! Who knew?!...
Find Strength Through "Pre-Milk!"
Because we feel like part of our job is to inform you, the blog reader, about all the different ways to artificially maximize your body's potential, we introduce you to the newest big thing in performance enhancement: cow afterbirth!...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Golden State Warriors
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner (no, not that corner; that's curling). We don't know about you, but we've barely had time to miss Ron Artest and Mark Cuban before they're back again. And that's a good thing. So let us celebrate with five tiny tidbits on each team...
Blogdome: No Phillie MVP
• Statistically, not only is Ryan Howard not the NL MVP, he's not even in the top three. Love him on "The Office," though. [Sportszilla] • Help this guy come up with a truly offensive ESPN GameDay sign. [Where Have You Gone, Marge Schott?] • The new Vikings theme song is easy to misinterpret. [10,00...
Oh. So THAT'S A Bung
The big "shocking" report from the BBC about a brewing soccer scandal in Europe has finally aired, and it turns out that the problem is ... bungs!...
No, Stampy! Bad!
As our national men's soccer team looks to be a lost cause, may we suggest throwing all of our support behind our new U.S. elephant polo squad? The World Cup bummed us out, and we now have a chance with a new sport to do it right this time. Why do we think this? Because the U.S. team seems to have a...
He Actually Will Wear A Leather Helmet
Need to be reminded of just how old you really are? Old Falcons kicker Morten Andersen, considered one of the best kickers of all time, last made a Pro Bowl in 1996. The guy was an All-American kicker for Michigan State in 1981....
A-Rod Is Moody, Aloof And Weird. REALLY.
So everyone's all abuzz this morning about Tom Verducci's Sports Illustrated cover story this week, a look the complex organism that is the brain of Alex Rodriguez. We think Verducci is one of the best guys SI has, and the story's well-written enough, we guess, but we don't quite understand what the...
A Sad Update From Iraq
You might remember back in June, when Deadspin reader Tom Knox sent us this picture of his brother Sgt. Adam Knox, of Whitehall, Ohio, spreading the Ohio State love in Iraq....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m.: Baseball with Joe Morgan: Hey, didn't you also sign 300 baseballs with the inscription "Sorry For Being a Bonds Apologist."? • Noon. NBA 2010 with Marc Spears: In the distant future of four years from now, all players will be ...
She Handled It Considerably Better Than McCarver
Julie Donaldson, locker room/sideline reporter for SNY, the Mets station — she is one of the women the station allows to have a brain and a skull — takes part in turning an otherwise perfectly normal division championship celebration into something vaguely different....