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Playoffs Pants Party: Twins Vs. A's
The first playoff game — we'll be live-blogging all day games this week, by the way — begins in less than 24 hours, and if you actually live in the Bay Area, your team's first playoff game is starting at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday. Which seems odd....
Where My Team Stands: Minnesota Twins
If we've learned anything about Octobers the last few years, it's that the month tests, stretches and hones every aspect of loyalty fandom. Typically, we pretty much just tell our friends that we'll see them sometime in November. It's a stressful time....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Ah yes, sending e-mails to someone named Buster. Isn't that what got Mark Foley into trouble? • 3 p.m. NFC West with Rodd Newhouse: Setting John York adrift in the middle of the Pacific is permissible as l...
To Watch Tonight...
• NFL Football. Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears. The NBC schedule has been really good so far. But see me in Week 6. 8:15, NBC. • Boxing: 1986, Tyson vs. Berbick. I'm not sure how they plan to turn this into a 30-minute program. 10:00, ESPN Classic. • Movie. Gladiator. I actually didn't really like...
John L. Smith Knows What You're Thinking
And he's acting accordingly:...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Georgia @ Mississipi. You really shouldn't watch this game without first hearing the Ed Orgeron song. 9:00, ESPN2. • USL Soccer: 1st Division Championship. Rochester Raging Rhinos vs. Vancouver Whitecaps. I'll say this... I don't know of any other teams named the Raging Rhinos or...
Pucker, Pucker, Pucker
When I first downloaded this clip and started to listen to it, I saw that it was over 15 minutes long, and I thought, "Eh, it's probably not worth it." And for a couple of minutes, it wasn't. And then this guy Michigan State radio guy begins the slow rapid descent into madness....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Popeye gets violently ill for some reason ... • College football: Rutgers at South Florida. RU ready for some football? [ESPN2] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Minnesota. Can Twins pass the Tigers? Will White Sox even show up? [ESPN] • Motor sports: Formula One, qualifying for Grand Pri...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Boxer Diego Corrales: DO u, liiik me, haf trubl typpping wihle waring bxeng glovs? • 2:30 p.m. NCAA FB with Jim Donnan: Does this popcorn taste funny to you? • 3 p.m. FFB injuries w/Will Carroll: Thanks for advising me to start M...
The Closer: You Picked A Fine Time To Leave Me, Lucille
Notes from a day in baseball:...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after another fun-filled day of Squirrel Awareness Week activities ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Carlos Hernandez vs. Kevin Kelley, at San Antonio. This should be ... wait a minute. Versus? Wha? [Versus] • College football: Brigham Young at TCU [Versus], Auburn at South Carolina. Keep an...
Jesus Has Nothing On Mike Holmgren
Lost in all the Terrell Owens madness yesterday was the strange, theologically earth-shattering news that Seahawks running back Shaun Alexander proclaimed he would play next week, despite his broken foot, because of the power of prayer....
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
We mentioned this briefly the other day, but we figure it probably deserves its own post....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. The Morning Buzz: Oh, so that's what that means. • Noon Boxing historian Bert Sugar: Does it really take a boxing historian to deduce how this is going to turn out? • 2 p.m. MLS with Jimmy Conrad: Can we get the Superfans in he...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you recall that mini-tornado that hit Busch Stadium a while back, which turned out to be an ill wind ineed ... • MLB: Philadelphia at Washington. Eye of the Tiger? Anyone? [ESPN] • Soccer: UEFA Champions League, Werder Bremen at Barcelona, at Bremen, Germany. So, is this a current m...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Chris Mortensen: Any more scoops on the Cardinals' starting quarterback? We hear that John Navarre has been looking good. • Noon: Page 2's Bill Simmons: It's just you and the custodian over there now, right? • 3 p.m.. ...
The Closer: Champagne For Everyone!
Notes from a day in baseball: • 1. That Cinches It. If we're building a team in the majors, we're bringing in Eric Chavez, and damn the statistics. The oft-injured third baseman has this champagne celebration thing dow; he's made the playoffs five times in his eight years in the majors. The lates...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while driving 128 through Shelbyville toward Pana ... • College football: Southern Mississippi at Central Florida. Quick, name the mascots. Now do it again after five beers. [ESPN2] • Soccer: UEFA Champions League, Dynamo Kiev at Real Madrid, at Madrid, Spain. He passes it to the forwa...
As Pink Taco Leaves, Leinart Arrives
As many of you know by know, the Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals, ignoring pleas from the unwashed masses, have sold the naming rights to their new stadium. And, as would be expected, it's the most idiotic name possible: The University Of Phoenix Stadium. The name is confusing — so they're i...