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Well, That Was Miserable
Yeah! Soccer! Reading through the comments from the United States-Ghana live blog — the United States lost, by the way, if you didn't hear — pretty much prepared us for the postgame comments of ESPN analyst Eric Wynalda (whom we've actually enjoyed thus far): "Bruce Arena screwed up this World Cup f...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: With the acquisition of Chone Figgins, at last my three-year master plan is complete. World domination is mine! Ah ha ha ha ha! • 10 a.m. Buzzmaster: USA vs. Ghana: Oh sorry Ghana, we didn't see you; we ...
Live Blog: United States Vs. Ghana
Well, here we go: It's the game that will let us know whether we're gonna have a rollicking drunk Tuesday 11 a.m. party next week, or whether ... well, whether the United States will be playing during said drunkenness. As you know, the United States needs an Italian win and a win here, both of whi...
Not That Many Hours Left 'Til Gametime
Since it's a one of those 10 a.m. starts tomorrow, we figure this is as close to a preview of tomorrow's United States vs. Ghana matchup as we're going to get, considering the sleep schedules of your average Deadspin reader....
To Watch Tonight
What you'll miss as Lassie watches you drunkenly fall into the well one too many times and refuses to get help ... • College World Series, North Carolina vs. Cal State-Fullerton, at Omaha; Rice vs. Oregon State/Miami (Fla.) winner. Nowhere else will you ever see these five schools in the same paragr...
The Deal With The TRL Thing
Back when we announced the sale of the "You're With Me, Leather" T-shirts, we promised a free post for whichever reader was able to feature the shirt on national television. But we — obviously — never dreamed it would be the host of TRL....
Your Gay Sports News Roundup
Whether it's celebrity deaths or gay sports stories, it seems big news always comes in threes. (That is how the expression goes, yes?) All kinds of gay news this Wednesday afternoon....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. World Cup with Phil Holland: Whoa, the correct term is Phil Netherlands, pal. • 3 p.m. MLB & Steroids w/Shaun Assael: MLB & Steroids; kind of goes together like Siegfried and Roy, doesn't it? • 4 p.m. World Cup with Heather Mitt...
The Closer: Royals-Pirates; The Awful Truth
Notes from a day in baseball:...
The Faces Of Champions
That's right, folks, the wait is over: Antoine Walker, Shandon Anderson and Michael Doleac are finally champions....
Heat Win First-Ever Title, And Even Cuban's Classy About It
Even though their apparently show their loyalty by dressing up like Klan members — even when they're not actually at the arena in which the games are being played, like in this picture — and even though they don't have an owner whose brain is always on the verge of a noisy (and always smart and en...
YWML Suddenly Huge With 13-Year-Olds
Out of the wilderness, from the depths of madness, comes a strange, unlikely hero. He's got spikey hair, a nifty blazer and a T-shirt he holds close to his heart. His day job might seem like it would fall outside your particular spectrum of interest, but don't fret: There's a twinkle there, a tiny g...
And Without Any Further Blowups ... Game 6
Difficult to add much more to everything else that's out there: It's Game 6, the Heat are a game away from winning the NBA Title, Mark Cuban is $250,000 lighter and downright dog-nutty, Dwyane Wade getting his legend on and the referrees looking over their shoulders, making sure no one's got a shi...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you begin to fear that you're starting to like soccer ... admit it! • College World Series: Oregon State vs. Rice or Miami (Fla.). Usually the choice is rice or baked potato. [ESPN2] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Cleveland. What happens when a cartoon Indian battles a cute juvenile bear? Y...
Jonathan Papelbon's Dramatic Debut
How do you know you've made it, you've crossed from the niche market of athletics into the popular subconsious of local culture? When you start doing terrible, cheapo car commercials, of course!...
Is Mark Cuban Going Insane?
We feel we have to legitimately ask: Is Mark Cuban losing his mind?...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. ESPN Radio's Mike Greenberg: We want a divorce! Thanks for nothing, jerk. • 2 p.m. NBA Draft with Andy Katz: Oh Andy, down at the pub again? Your wife is gonna be mad! Will you never learn? • 4:30 p.m. College World Series Focus...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the house actually does start to clean itself ... • College baseball: World Series, Rice vs. Miami (Fla.). It's Rice, you see ... RICE! [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Yankees at Philadelphia. We'll be watching this from a JetBlue airplane, and we're still going to hear the boos. [ESPN] • S...
Let Us Now Read From The Book Of Dwyane
Christ loves basketball, of that we're certain. But there is no clue in the scriptures, as far as we can tell, as to which city Jesus would have preferred; Dallas or Miami. We can't really picture Him in either place, quite frankly. But we did find this over on Dave Barry's blog, so all of you Da ...
