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Pants Off Dance Off!
• They sure know how to celebrate a Cricket World Cup title in Australia. [The Fanhouse] • What's in Rich Eisen's inbox? [WBRS Sports Blog] • The full document on that steroid-dealing former Mets "trainer." [Steroid Nation] • The Shakespeare soccer starting lineup? [DC United Blog] • It's looking li...
Children Are Here Merely For Our Amusement
Tired of the sluggish, plodding nature of regular sumo wrestling? Worry not! Now you can combine all the fun of regular sumo wrestling with the nimble, lithe movements of newborn babies!...
Harold Reynolds Still Wondering What The Heck Happened
Your friend and ours Harold Reynolds showed up at Safeco Field on Sunday and is still trying to find gainful employment. And he's still not over the whole ESPN thing....
In The '90s, They'd Make A Poster Of Anything
A reader on vacation in Sanibel Island, Fla., stumbled into a sports bar where the above poster was prominently displayed....
Officiating Roundup: Kingsley Gets A Red Card
Poor Kingsley. Even though he has the wise foresight to wear pants, the mascot was still unceremoniously tossed from the stadium on Monday during a Premiere League soccer match in London. We for one wouldn't stand for such treatment, Kingsley! You've got a lawsuit here....
Paying The Piper
• The Miami Heat are only going to get worse. [Winning The Turnover Battle] • Make sure you hit the Varsity Letters event in NYC tomorrow night. [Gelf] • A crazy stat about Derek Jeter. [One More Dying Quail] • In defense of Randy Moss. [140.85] • How did the Bulls dominate the Heat so completely? [...
Viva Los Gatos De Bob!
A reader — who said the "mosh pit" in which he was residing involved a considerable amount of passing it around — attending the Coachella Music Festival on Sunday took this photo of Adam Morrison during the Rage Against The Machine show. That really is a Che Guevara flag wrapped around his neck. We ...
Pac Man Would Like His Job Again Please
For all the big apology full-page newspaper ads he has placed, Pac Man Jones isn't quite ready to give up the ghost just yet: He's appealing his year-long suspension to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell....
Fear The Beard
We never really noticed it until Monday afternoon, when KNBR Radio's Ted Robinson brought it up, but Baron Davis' stellar play against the Mavericks so far might be the best point guard performance by a beard since Walt Frazier led the Knicks to the NBA title in 1973. Sure, other beards have perform...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for tonight's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA senior writer Marc Stein: Is that a thunderstick in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? • 11:15 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: WTF are you talking about? • 4 p.m. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Because we haven't s...
Corpse Of Steinbrenner Still Has Employees Who Use Fax Machines
Look out, Yankees! George Steinbrenner is filing some strongly worded memos!...
Sean Salisbury Eventually Will Be Doing High School Games In Boise
Citizens of Chicago, your long civic nightmare is over: Your morning radio "star" Sean Salisbury is no longer haunting your airwaves. The Chicago ESPN Radio affiliate isn't sure what they're gonna do with Salisbury yet — he might end up with the plum spot of doing pregame for Bears telecasts — but i...
Tracy McGrady Has His Alpha Dog Night
In the last three days, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard and, uh, Antawn Jamison have been swept out of the playoffs, and Kobe Bryant, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson don't seem too far behind. (And don't get us started on Dirk.) The superstars are off to slow playoff starts, so it's encoura...
Hey You! Quit Yelling At My Dad!
Notes on a day in baseball:...
About Last Night
What you missed while betting it all on the Jets ... • NBA: Horry Up And Shoot ... Spurs go up 3-1 on Nuggets ... • MLB: Webb Gem ... Diamondbacks beat Dodgers 9-1 for sixth straight win. • Cheechoo ka choo, Mrs. Robinson ... Sharks take 2-1 series lead over Red Wings....
Under Armor Employees Like Being On TV
A few days ago, they had "Under Armor" day at Camden Yards, where a gaggle of Under Armor employees showed up to, we dunno, make grown men realize how they're too out of shape to possibly buy their products. One of their employees apparently had a bit too much to drink, and when he showed up on live...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while going through your baseball card collection ... • MLB: St. Louis at Milwaukee. Gentlemen, it's time to fire up the 12-person beer bong! [ESPN] • NBA: Playoffs, first round, Utah at Houston, Game 5; San Antonio at Denver, Game 4. Jazz hope they are eliminated before new season of ...
Randy Moss To The Patriots. We Still Don't Believe It.
As we await the inevitable Bill Simmons column about this — Five Tool Tool goes ahead and sums it up for us — we continue to watch our mind boggle over the notion of Randy Moss playing for the Patriots. We've never found Moss as annoying as, say, Terrell Owens, but he's hardly what we think of when ...
Vlade Divac, Counterfeiter?
• Vlade Divac, being sued over cologne. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Charles Barkley and the Golden State fans are having some fun with each other. [Merc Extra] • This is pretty much exactly what was going through Brady Quinn's mind on Saturday. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • This guy live-blogged the ENTIRE NFL D...
It's A Vacuum AND A Haircutter!
Tired of watching your favorite athletes struggle under the pressures of posing for pictures and signing autographs? Wish someone could do something, to make a difference?...