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Author of "Word Freak" and renowned short person Stefan Fatsis, who I've had the pleasure to meet on a few occasions and was once beaten at Scrabble by Big Daddy Balls Magary (Drew never shuts up about this), is coming out with a book this summer about his experiences joining the Denver Broncos camp...
Sir Sidney Gives Up No Runs; Probably Ate Them All
Sidney Ponson made his unceremonious (only to Ponson, as ceremonious occasions usually have bacon gravy) return to the Yankees in the second half of a two-ballpark doubleheader yesterday with the cross-Gotham Mets. And he laid into them like they were an Aruban judge, tossing six shutout innings in ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Von Trapp children invade your dreams/say goodbye to Will ... • Arena football: Wild card playoffs, New York at Dallas (7:30 p.m., ET). I have Desperados Fever. (Help me) [ESPN] • Boxing: Super featherweights, Breidis Prescott vs. Juan Carlos Rodriguez, at Fort Lauderdale (10 p....
Deadspin Classic: The Inevitable Evolution Of One William F. Leitch
In early 2001, I was middling through a job at Thomson Financial Media as managing editor of "Health Care Finance" magazine. It was a quarterly publication, which meant plenty of downtime. It was during these extended lulls, reading MediaBistro, that I stumbled upon the ongoing unemployment saga of ...
Media Approval Ratings: Braylon Edwards
When will the blogs vs. mainstream media debate finally end? Hopefully soon, right? Please? Pretty please? There is perhaps only one man who can settle this once and for all, build that oft-mentioned bridge to the 21st Century. And that man is obviously Braylon Edwards....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while Chris Hansen asks you to sit down so that he can write you a check ... • Boxing: Junior welterweights, Anthony Peterson vs. Fernando Trejo; super welterweights, Vanes Martirosyan vs. Angel Hernandez, in Las Vegas (9 p.m., ET). Hey, I was going to name my kid Vanes. [Versus] • 200...
Media Approval Ratings: John Saunders
We learned last year that John Saunders had been shopping memoir about his rough-and-tumble life on the streets of Toronto. We wouldn't have guessed his life was that rough-and-tumble, but what do we know?...
To Watch Tonight
Irony, thy name is Pittsburgh ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Julio Diaz vs. David Torres, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (11 p.m., ET). No better place for this than the mean streets of The BH. [ESPN2] • College World Series: Championship series, Game 3, Georgia vs. Fresno State, in Omaha (7 p.m., ET). There...
Media Approval Ratings: Terry Bradshaw
We can say with 100 percent certainty that, of all the people we've mentioned in this Media Approval Ratings business, Terry Bradshaw is the first whose bare ass we have seen. We're not sure which is worse: Having that happen, or admitting that we've seen Failure To Launch....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
Much Excitement In The Area Where The Allegheny And Monongahela Converge To Form The Ohio River
Wouldn't it be ironic — in a fun, cosmic sort of way — if the turning point for the Pittsburgh Pirates' franchise came on Tuesday night? It was the first time since 1960 that the New York Yankees had played in Pittsburgh, when, as you surely recall, Bill Mazeroski won Game 7 of the World Series with...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while your horse enjoys Uncle Jimmy's Hanging Balls ... • College World Series: Championship series, Game 2, Georgia vs. Fresno State in Omaha (7 p.m., ET). That guy in your office who keeps saying "I predict the Bulldogs will win!" ... you have my permission to poke him in both eyes w...
Media Approval Ratings: Michael Smith
There's probably no show on earth that we hammer on more than "Around The Horn," and jeez, how could we not? But of all the regular cast of characters — Mariotti, Plaschke, Paige, what not — Michael Smith (who's probably a semi-regular) seems to escape a lot of hatred....
The Politically Incorrect Cow
There's no way we're not seeing that cow in our nightmares. We had no idea he was so ... tall....
Behold The Awesome Offensive Power Of American League Pitchers
Ha! Take that Hank Steinbrenner, you big dolt. Pitchers shouldn't hit? Felix Hernandez hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years, leading the Mariners over the Mets 5-2 on Monday night. Hernandez did get hurt; but not running the bases, as Steinbrenner imagines in his sweaty...
Steven Jackson Gives Colonics A Big 'Thumbs Up '
The St. Louis Rams' Steven Jackson was a colossal bust last season for many fantasy football owners, but he will apparently try anything to not be such a stiff this year. This includes agreeing, per his girlfriend's recommendation, to have a colonic in order to "clean his system out." Not only was...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while eating your enormous MoonPie ... • College World Series: in Omaha, championship series, Game 1, Georgia vs. Fresno State (7 p.m., ET). Lassie to throw out first pitch. [ESPN2] • MLB: Diamondbacks at Red Sox (7 p.m., ET). A matchup not normally found in nature. [ESPN] • MLB: Angel...
Rejected Commenter Theater 4: Citizens on Patrol
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane, co-editor of Walk Off Walk, to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
Media Approval Ratings: Sean Salisbury
No one has heard much from Sean Salisbury since he was let go by ESPN, and honestly, we kind of hope he's OK....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while wondering why it's always Ohio... • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs. I'm told they're not fond of each other, and with good reason. [ESPN] • NBC: Olympics: U.S. Olympic Qualifying, Women's Gymnastics. Make.It.Stop. • Show: Weeds, in case you missed Monday's season premier....