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David Stern Has A Thing For Cows
I missed it in Marc Stein's Friday blog update, but Stein mentioned that part of the reason that the NBA changed the basketball they use might be complaints from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA is claiming responsibility, anyway. From their official website:...
About Last Night...
• MLB Playoffs: Mets 9, Dodgers 5. You know, for a team without any starting pitching, the Mets looked pretty damn good. • College Football: Cal 45, Oregon 24. I don't believe this is the same Nate Longshore that played against Tennessee earlier this year. • MLB Playoffs: Tigers 8, Yankees 3. Jim Le...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Yankees 0, Tigers 6. Kenny Rogers has a big unit of his own, evidently. • NHL: Boston 3, Florida 8. And Todd Bertuzzi racked up four points for Florida. Last night was a tremendous night for guys known for being douchebags. • NHL: Devils 4, Carolina 0. This is no way for a defending champion ...
Live Playoff Blog: Twins Vs. A's, Game Three
Say what you will about this little postseason tournament, but we've learned one thing: When you're in the ALDS that doesn't feature the Yankees, you play a heckuva lot of day games. This is Game 3 of the A's-Twins series, and we've now live-blogged all three of them. We know these teams a little ...
There's Always Room For Tasing!
We've had some rather thorough discussions of tasering and its effectivness and proper dispersal. But we never thought we'd see it come up at a youth football game....
Cultural Oddsmaker: It's Christmas In Philly!
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Dallas Mavericks
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. Let us celebrate with five tiny tidbits on each team. Today we continue with the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send us your tips at [email protected]....
Oh, It Never Rains In Southern California
"All right Chief, you're our last chance." That's Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, in which his character, Randall McMurphy, tries to urge a fellow insane asylum inmate to cast the deciding vote so that the ward can watch the Dodgers-Yankees World Series game on TV. That bid failed....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while grooming your marmot ... • ALDS: A-Rod hears unfamilar booing as Tigers even the score. • NLDS: This Pujols fellow ... apparently somewhat talented. • NLDS: It's clobberin' time! Mets, Glavine put LA in 0-2 hole. • NHL: Penguins are undefeated king of the world!...
Well, Look Who's Back!
That's right, folks: You thought the beat slowed down, but with Clinton Portis, the beat just don't slow down....
Tommy Lasorda Is Not "Smart"
Big ups to Sports By Brooks, which has unearthed a gem of an audio clip: Our pal Tommy Lasorda absolutely freaking out on a radio host for, uh, pointing out that he was sleeping during a baseball game earlier this year....
Live Playoff Blog: Padres Vs. Cardinals, Game 2
All right, so after doing this live blog of a Cardinals game thing on Tuesday, it's pretty clear now that our hearts can't take it. It's difficult enough for us to survive watching these games; we can't actually be expected to type about them. Therefore, we're handing over the live-blogging chores t...
Your NCAA Mister Congeniality
We know that CBS Sportsline's Gregg Doyel has this little thing he does occasionally that he calls "Hate Mail." Essentially, like in this most recent incarnation, Doyel responds to angry emails he has received in the most taunting, borderline cruel manner. For example:...
9-4-2-2 DP? 2 U? 9-4-2 DP? What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
We might be the only person on earth who cares about this, but earlier, we wondered aloud how in the world a scorer — if you were, ahem, the type of dork who brings a scorebook to baseball games — would possibly handle that bizarre "double-play" during the Mets-Dodgers game. 2 Unassisted? 9-4-2? 9...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The San Antonio Spurs
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. Let us celebrate with five tiny tidbits on each team. Today we begin the Southwest Division, so do us a favor and send us your tips at [email protected]....
Live Playoff Blog: Yankees Vs. Tigers, Game 2
Seriously, we can't imagine a worse rainout scenario for fans than this one: Rather than a late-night Wednesday game, you have a Thursday game at 1 p.m. Imagine being at the game last night, at 9:30, thinking it might start, then learning they've cancelled it and you have about 13 hours to get home ...
Eric Byrnes Showed Up To The Set On Time, At Least
All right, so we understand that it's kind of cool to be able to active athletes on your studio preview shows during the postseason, because they're not playing anymore and don't have much to do. The Blue Jays' Vernon Wells was on a couple of days ago, and we enjoyed him, though it was odd to watch ...
Time To Get Your Taste Of Lasorda Love
In case you haven't been paying attention, a very old man is demanding that you cancel your plans this weekend to stay home and watch the baseball playoffs. It's Tommy Lasorda, of course. You know, the guy who decided to pitch to Jack Clark in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1985 NLCS. Suddenly he...
The Playoffs Are Already Wearing Us Out
We personally know four people who stood in the rain at Yankee Stadium for two-plus hours last night, with it not even raining particularly hard, only to learn that there would be no game. That's particularly unpleasant because it was rescheduled for today at 1 p.m., and it's a lot easier to make an...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while imprisoned on the other side of the island ... • MLB: NLDS, Game 1. Jeff Kent is out at home pl ... oh Christ, here comes Drew! • MLB: ALDS, Game 2: Twins on the brink after Hunter proves man cannot fly. • NHL: Yes, NHL. Briere, Sabres puncture Hurricanes in rematch of last sea...