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And We Don't Care About the Old Folks, Talking 'Bout the Old Style Too
Notes on the teams Clare cares about from a day in baseball......
What to Watch This Afternoon
What to watch before you head to Ralphs for some coffee... • 11:30 am — Napoleon Dynamite [Comedy Central] • 12:00 pm — Women's Volleyball: AVP Boston Open [NBC] • 1:00 pm — Futbol Mexicano: UNAM vs. America [Univision] • 1:00 pm — Xerox Classic [Golf Channel] • 1:00 pm — Diamondbacks at Braves [TBS...
About Last Night
What you missed while trying to decide if it's more annoying that your mentor calls you "Newbie" or a litany of girls names... • MLS: Despite Beckham's set ups and Landon Donovan's goal, the LA Galaxy still lost to the NY Red Bulls. Red Bulls 5-4 Galaxy • NFL: Brady Quinn impressed in his first game...
Premier League
Sorry for the late start, but had some problems connecting to the wifi here in downtown Chicago. Man U versus Manchester City is already underway, then Arsenal v Blackburn, and finally the big match of the day, Chelsea Liverpool. I'll try to keep running updates as the matches go on and giving some ...
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Surely you've been waiting with bated breath to find out what Marco Materazzi said to Zinedine Zidane that would provoke the shiny-pated Zidane to headbutt the shit out of him during the World Cup last year. (Who hasn't?) In his soon-to-be-released autobiography, Materazzi reveals the now-infamous l...
What To Watch
• 6:00 pm — Little League World Series: Midwest vs. Southwest [ESPN] • 8:00 pm — Chargers at Rams [CBS] • 9:00 pm — I Me Wed [Lifetime] • 11:15 pm — Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Kansas City Chiefs [HBO] -Metschick...
And Miss, What Does The "P" Stand For Again?
I don't know much about soccer. I'm not going to pretend to know much about soccer. But if the masses want some Prem League recaps, they are going to get some Prem League recaps. I hope it's sufficient....
Cox and Thurman - Average Americans With Disabilities
Cincinnati Bengal Odell Thurman and Tampa Bay Buccaneer Torrie Cox filed discrimination claims yesterday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming that their suspensions due to substance abuse should be overturned in light of their alcoholism....
I can has home run?
It doesn't take a genius to slap some misspelled drop-shadow text on a photo and upload it to the intarwebs for big laughs. The runaway success of sites like I Can Has Cheezburger? and LOLcats.com have spawned imitators and now athletes are getting the LOLcat treatment thanks to Grimey at LOLJocks. ...
Bacon Pants: Junior Division
SOMEBODY wants to be a bacon pants when he grows up: Thanks to a perfectly timed hop at the fence, Walpole, Mass. center fielder Michael Rando earned himself a place in Little League World Series history. With the tying runner at third, and a high, arcing shot to straightaway center field, Rando kep...
Unassisted Triple Plays Are So Easy, Even A Kid Can Make One
-Lady Andrea...
Blogdome
• The guy suing Vick for $63 billion? He's also suing Bonds, Selig, and Hank Aaron's bat. [Epic Carnival] • Ryan Seacrest had a show on ESPN. Yes, you read that right. [The Sports Oasis] • What it will take to break some of baseball's records. [Life In The Cell] • The NFL's version of the Lil' Brown...
Jay Mohr, Brought to You by Massengill
This will mark the third Deadspin post this month about Jay Mohr's new gig, which is QUITE FRANKLY far more attention than he deserves, but golly, this is too good to resist: He's gone and got himself a blog. And it's brimming with treasure:...
I Was There - A Game That Mattered
Anyone who reads Ladies... knows that I am a long suffering Pirates fan, to the point I barely care about baseball anymore. Always the same old saw: we stink, we're always rebuilding, we're always trading away good young players to save on the cap, we decide to spend on Matt Morris. Yesterday, howev...
What To Watch
• 12:00 pm — This Week in Baseball [FOX] • 1:00 pm — NBA Access with Ahmad Rashad [ABC] • 1:00 pm — Wyndham Championship (Golf) [CBS] • 2:00 pm — AST Dew Tour: Vans Invitational [NBC] • 3:00 pm — Little League World Series: Mid-Atlantic vs. West [ABC] • 3:00 pm — Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull-Riding Ch...
Gagne is French Canadian for "No Longer the Closer"
• Game 2 of the Doubleheader - Angeles 7, Red Sox 5. After losing the first game 8-4, the Angels were able to take advantage of "Mr. Blown Closer" Eric Gagne and score 5 runs in the final two innings. Gagne left the clubhouse without talking to the press, and seemed to only have the tepid endorsemen...
About last night...
What you missed while syncing your cycles... • Baseball: Brandon Webb just doesn't give up runs anymore. Diamondbacks 4, Braves 0 • Gymnastics: David Durante won the Men's All-Around at the Visa Championship. • NFL Preason: Vince Young was sacked four times by the Patriots. Well, at least the team w...
Ladies... Weekend
Good morning, gentleman. We trust that you are all well rested. This is a crazy weekend for us, as not only are we covering Deadspin, but about half of us are on the road visiting fine ballparks across this great land of ours. (Which may or may not be overstating the fact, since Metschick did choose...
Watch Your Hands, Lady
• One excitable cancer kid. • Barry Bonds and Alan Thicke, ice skatin'. • Seattle will say goodbye to the Sonics. • Super! • Will Demps is tired of your breasts. • Hirshey wraps up the first weekend of the EPL. Oh, and Beckham scored. • Hey, the MNF crew sounds pretty good so far. • Stoner GMs, man....