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Is This The Last Night For The Yankees We've Come To Know?
Fascinating proposition from Peter Abraham at the LoHud Yankees blog today: Have Bernie Williams throw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium tonight. There's something perfect and symmetrical about it; in what could be Joe Torre's last game in The Bronx, having his equally popular pet toss out the f...
If Only David Stern Could Someday Call His Name
Forgive us this brief (?) moment of third-grader-ness, but ... the starting forward for Lottomatica Roma in their exhibition game against the Toronto Raptor is named Gregor Fucka. He looks like a Fucka....
Be Wary Of The Chicago Marathon
Like the rest of the planet this godforsaken, sweltering month, it's freaking hot in Chicago, and apparently the race organizers didn't have nearly enough water. One man, the father of three, died....
Hopefully, Tech Won't Be Put On "Probation"
It was only a matter of time, really, until the adjective verb "to Vick" became an acceptable taunt between rival college football fans....
A Special Kind Of Pain
The Mighty MJD's Smorgasbord runs every Monday. Do enjoy....
Nothing But Perfection For Bill
• Only 19-0 will make Bill Belichick happy. [Lion In Oil] • Some of the odd folks looking to hang on as an NBA 12th man. [The Angry T] • Willie Parker just isn't getting in the end zone. [The Big Picture] • Other great race horse names. [ • Embracing the comeback of Illini Steve Stricker. [I Want To...
Look Out Letterman: Here Comes Buck
Not getting enough Joe Buck? Don't worry: There's a possibility he might be coming to a late-night talk show near you....
You Scousers Are Fooling Yourselves
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Roger Clemens Is Ready To Go Home Now
Roger Clemens walked off the mound for, presumably, the final time last night, because of a balky hamstring ... we suppose. Mostly it looked like a guy finally realizing he had nothing left except for, of course, $22 million....
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a/m. MLB with Goose Gossage: What are you sitting around here for? Torre wants you suited up and at the park by noon. • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Bob Davie: USC is No. 7? So should Stanford be No. 6? • 3 p.m. Jim Jones Jr.: If you're l...
USChadenfreude: The Trojan Dynasty Is Dead
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....
Of Monday Hangovers, Booty Calls, And The Biggest Upset In College Football History
To put Stanford's win over USC into the proper perspective this morning, you should know that the Stanford Tree woke up with a raging hangover, empty tequila bottles strewn about his apartment and a pair of panties dangling from his upper branches. OK, that just means it's Monday. For real perspect...
One More Night For The Yankees
Forgive us for referencing our column again, but we can't quite get over how dead the Yankees looked in the third inning last night. Whatever your thoughts on George Steinbrenner's "ultimatum" — and we tend to think it's the rantings of a doddering old man who mistakenly let someone end with a noteb...
Manny Ramirez And His Jazz Hands
We're pretty pleased that the Yankees won last night, not because we love the Yankees, necessarily, but because we finally have a series with a sense of competitiveness. Not only were the other three series sweeps, they were dominations; the Red Sox-Angels series was the only one that a game with a...
Joey Harrington, Franchise Killer
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