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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Madden's HOF induction speech enters its fifth hour ... • Basketball: Men's national team, USA vs. China, at Guangzhou, China. For those attending, here's how to get there. Find Hong Kong, then go north until you hit "a prosperous metropolis full of vigor." Oh, and also, here's who ...
Your Hollywood Minute
There's crazy, and then there's that special brand of crazy that is Reds pitcher Bronson Arroyo. What would you do if you were a major league pitcher going for your 10th win of the season, as Arroyo will be doing on Thursday? Why, you'd dedicate the win to actress Bo Derek, naturally. Because she wa...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA FB with Todd McShay: How does a person like yourself, who is only in the fifth grade, know so much about college football? • 4 p.m.. Sunday IRL winner: And our lucky winer is: Jimmie Johnson. Welcome, Jimmy. ... Jimmy? Did s...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: Phillies @ Mets. I could gaze into Mr. Met's beautiful eyes for hours. 8:00, ESPN. • NFL: Raiders vs. Eagles. Whichever team has more fans arrested by halftime wins. 8:00, NBC. • Movie: Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo. Yeah, ball hair. What we need is a strike here. 8:00, FX....
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• NASCAR. Busch Series, Kroger 200. Talledega Nights taught me all about the slingshot maneuver. 9:00, TNT. • World Cup Soccer. Czech Republic vs. United States. If the MLS All-Star Game didn't convince you that we still suck at soccer... Oops. 10:00, ESPNU. • NFL. Green Bay Packers Intrasquad Scrim...
Applebee's Making Amends
If you watched any amount of last year's NCAA basketball tournament, you probably remember the Applebee's commercials that featured two guys singing the Gilligan's Island theme song, rewritten to be about some kind of a shrimp special. You probably remember this because 1) you hated it, and 2) it wa...
To Watch Tonight
What you missed while deciding, apropos of nothing, to work late on Friday ... • Boxing: Anthony Peterson vs. Jose Soto, at Memphis. What division is this? Flyweight? Paperweight? Pantyweight? [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: X Games, at Carson, Calif. Have you ever taken your bike off of some sweet jumps?...
Joe Torre, Back When He Had To Work A Little Bit
Even among people who hate the Yankees, there is a grudging respect for manager Joe Torre, who exemplifies class, stoicism and wisdom in a game that many consider often lacking in all three....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Houston Dynamo F Brien Ching: So why do you think that the scoreless tie hasn't caught on in the U.S.? • 4 p.m. LIVE from World Series of Poker: My glasses! Where are my glasses!? I'm powerless without them! • 4 p.m. EA Sports M...
"You Want Me To Do That With You?"
The mad geniuses at Free Darko aren't taking the summer off: They're finding absolute gems like this video, which features Timberwolves superstar Kevin Garnett gets his Bob Harris on while visiting an Asian television show....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after coming upon a scene of cruel, wanton destruction ... • Basketball: Men's national teams, USA vs. Puerto Rico, at Las Vegas. Let the utter disappointment begin. [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: X Games, at Carson, Calif. Step off, George! [ESPN] • MLB: Cleveland at Boston. To save time, ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:15 p.m.. Boxer Vernon Forrest: So, have you ever beaten anyone besides Shane Mosley? • 2 p.m.. Driver Brad Coleman: If there were more fistfights in NASCAR, like in hockey, I might even watch. No, sorry. That's a lie. • 2 p.m.. 'Sum...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the last surviving munchkins steal your car ... • Boxing: Featherweights, Rogers Mtagwa vs. Alvin Brown, at Philadelphia. How come ESPN boxing isn't like the fight scenes in the Rocky movies? [ESPN2] • MLB: Philadelphia at St. Louis. Hit streak or not, I'm going for a beer. [ESPN] •...
Minor Enterprise: Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Welcome to Minor Enterprise, where we preview, and occasionally review, the great events of minor league baseball. Each Wednesday we'll take a look at the promotions, players and mascots which populate our minor league ballparks; the unsung heroes of our national pastime. (Minor Enterprise not res...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Western Athletic Conference
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and p...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: When will the grand jury hear testimony on the Rockies' soggy balls? • 3 p.m.. NCAA FB with Beano Cook: Who would have thought that Castro would retire before you? • 4 p.m.. LIVE from World Series ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you put the finishing touches on your new line of adult swaddling clothes ... • WNBA: Indiana at Detroit; Houston at Sacramento. Be the first in your family to watch an entire WNBA doubleheader. [ESPN2] • MLB: Blue Jays at Yankees. Come watch New York bask in its Abreu-ness. [YES Ne...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Big Ten
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: Please do not bail on us early, Joe. Joe? Hello? ... • 2 p.m. Page 2's Gregg Easterbrook: Scrooge, do not fear your senses! It is I, the ghost of Page 3! • 4 p.m. World Series of Poker: My once majesti...
Jim Bowden Knows When To Hold 'Em
So the big story of yesterday's trade deadline, as tends to be the case, turned out to be what not happened: Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden hung on to impending free agent Alfonso Soriano rather than flipping for prospects, or cash, or beans, or whatever. Because the Natinoals are...