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About Last Night...
• MLB: Phillies 3, Marlins 2. Numbers 55 and 56 for Ryan Howard, who is personally making this a very enjoyable fantasy baseball season for me. • Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Amelie Mauresmo, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. I'm pretty sure Mauresmo would win in a fistfight, though. • Golf: Michelle Wie misses cut at...
Obviously, The Breasts Are Sold Separately
As has been pointed out by Fark and a few other places, it appears that the famous dress worn by Jose Lima's somewhat heavily busomed wife when he sang the national anthem a few years ago — she was actually cropped out of accompanying photo by MLB.com, but we bring her back because we are all abou...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while, as you get ready to watch your Illini on Saturday, you try to figure out how to get from the New Brunswick train station to the Rutgers Stadium ... anybody happen to know how? ... • MLB: Mets 7, Dodgers 0 ... the magic number is 7. • "There is something you do not know ... I a...
NFL Season Preview: Dallas Cowboys
We are officially at the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting their faces for thei...
What's With The Olympic Mascots?
This, friends, is Fu Niu Lele, the official mascot of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games....
NFL Pants Party: NFC East
People are saying that this division is so stacked that it's a pity someone has to finish last. We say think it's a pity someone has to finish first....
Party Crash: Our Birthday Bash
As you might have noticed — mainly because we kind of haven't shut up about it, much to our own detriment — our beloved little site turned one year old yesterday. When we personally turned one year old in 1976, we celebrated by drinking in extreme excess, so we thought we'd do the same thing last ni...
A Lesson In Self Preservation On The Mean Streets
Ever wonder what you would do if you had only an umbrella, and was attacked by someone wielding a long pole? What about using your walking stick to defend yourslef against a mob? (Matt Millen please take note). Thank God we've stumbled on the answer before you've gotten yourself into real trouble....
NFL Season Preview: Baltimore Ravens
We are officially at the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting their faces for their ...
Shuler Dangerously Close To Returning To Washington
So remember how former Redskins "quarterback" Heath Shuler is running for Congress? Well, it turns out, he actually is making serious gains in the polls, to the point that he's one of Democrats' key hopefuls for their attempt to take over the House of Representatives in the November elections....
The Closer: Nothing From Nothing Leaves Nothing
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while doing time for tackling a Pee Wee football player ... • MLB: Mets beat Braves ... we have a magic number, folks. Repeat: We have a magic number. • Tennis: Andy Roddick milks that applause a little too much. Wonder who his coach is? • European Championship qualifying: France bea...
NFL Pants Party: AFC West
This is the AFC West. This is not like the AFC North. You might have noticed this earlier. This is where they play in different time zones than the one in which we live. Whew. All irrefutable facts....
NFL Season Previews: Jacksonville Jaguars
We are officially one day before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting their face...
Minor Enterprise: Here's To You, Folks
Welcome to this season's final edition of Minor Enterprise. The minor league baseball landscape is rather desolate now; the bats have been packed, the bases locked away, the water bottles collected and washed. And we have to tell you, it was a hell of a time finding all that stuff from where Joe Mik...
NFL Season Preview: Carolina Panthers
We are officially one day before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting their face...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while studying for your last-minute fantasy draft (too bad you never put that effort into college) ... • MLB: Santana rocks ... Johan Santana becomes majors' first 17-game winner as Twins blank Rays. • Tennis: Jankovic overcomes crippling case of Dementieva to gain U.S. Open semis. •...
NFL Season Preview: Kansas City Chiefs
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...