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I Like My Rich Garces With a Sprinkling of Powdered Sugar
Rich "El Gordo Guapo" Garces has been busying himself with minor league ball in Nashua (not Nassau) and now he's setting his sights on the majors. The relief pitcher of indeterminable weight will always be fondly remembered as a hero to all the fat guys in Boston, but could he actually return? Desp...
Jean Strahan Is Gettin Paid
If Michael Strahan wants to lose the gap-toothed look he should probably go to the dentist now while he's still insured. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports(!) has shed some light on the financial terms of the Strahan's highly publicized divorce....
Bear Down, Lorena! Bear Down, Rory!
• 12:00 — NASCAR: Busch Series Qualifying! [ESPN2] • 1:00 — PGA: WGC Bridgestone Invitational [CBS] • 1:00 — LPGA: Ricoh Women's British Open Third Round from St. Andrews [ABC] • 2:00 — Movie: The Ladies Man [Comedy Central] • 3:00 — Football: NFL Quarterback Challenge [ESPN] • 3:00 — Movie: Remembe...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you cook a gigantic pot of beans, per Rachael Ray's perky instructions ... • MLB: Colorado at Atlanta. The catcher's mask protects my face, but does nothing to hide the longing and regret. [TBS] • Extreme sports: X Games, at Los Angeles. You weren't quite extreme enough on that last...
Who'll Be The First Baseball General Manager To Get Publicly Smeared?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Wouldn't it be fun if they threw out baseball players like they did cyclists in the Tour de France? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: In Canseco's new book, he claims that 45 percent of all NASCAR driver...
Wizards, They Love Them Hos
Good rule of thumb: When a professional athlete is arrested for solicitation of a prostitute, we are required to write about it, even if that athlete only average 3.7 points a game last year....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of that new Neil Simon play, Chapter 11 ... • MLB: Astros at Braves [TBS]; Giants at Dodgers. This may take a long while. Bring a pillow. [ESPN2] • Soccer: MLS, Kansas City at New England. Kevin Garnett to be allowed to shoot a penalty kick? [ESPN2] • Golf: Reno-Tahoe Open. Hey...
Pete Rose Wants Your Kids To Know About DiMaggio's Member
Ah, Pete Rose. Where would we be without him? Just having him around is comforting, soothing. Particularly when you invite him to speak to a U.S. Army Reds Legends Baseball Camp....
NFL Season Preview: Seattle Seahawks
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS w/Revs' F Pat Noonan: Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball. You're not being the ball, Pat. • 3 p.m. Fantasy sports w/Kevin Rounce: Why will no one join my fantasy dogfighting league? • 3:30 p.m. Boxer Julio Cesar Chav...
Vince Young Does Not Fear Hard Surfaces
But my favorite part was the post-practice quote by Nickey: "Someone comes at me, I'm not going to back down. I don't care if it's Vince, President Bush. That's just instincts that come out."...
Would Vick Have Been "Better Off" Raping?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Paul Zeise has apologized profusely (and been "suspended" from television) for comments he made about the Michael Vick case. Let's take a look at what he said....
Twins Play On After Bridge Collapse
As we wish the best to anyone affected by the bizarre bridge collapse in Minnesota yesterday, we note that the bridge that collapsed — which, somewhat pathetically, was named "the Interstate 35W Bridge" — was right by the Metrodome and was likely carrying people on their way to the Twins-Royals game...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you are declared winner of the Tour de France ... • MLB: Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees. Let the Wilson Betemit Era begin. [WGN] • MLB: New York Mets at Milwaukee [ESPN]; San Francisco at Los Angeles Dodgers. For the pleasure of booing Barry Bonds from the left field bleac...
PTBNL Me, Baby
Harry Chiti was an old catcher who, in 1962, was traded to the New York Mets for a player to be named later. That player turned out to be Harry Chiti, who was shipped back to the Indians 15 games later....
It's Never The Offseason In The Mind Of Gilbert Arenas
We know you never miss Gilbert Arenas' blog, because you're a good hearted soul, but if you haven't had a chance to check today ... well ... we're just gonna go ahead and just quote Gilbert directly....
Jake Gyllenhaal Wants To Kiss You
Look at that face. That's the face of a life well lived; that's the face of a guy who needs his life story told. That's the face of a guy who has bedded plenty like you, Kolber, you ain't nothin'....
Ron Mexico Speaks! (Kind Of)
It's not exactly the time you'd expect Michael Vick to start giving a lot of interviews, but yesterday, for the first time, he spoke publicly about the whole dog fighting business. He didn't say much....