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To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as the Oompa Loompas do your household chores ... Dodgers at Mets. Jeff Weaver vs. Victor Zambrano for all the marb ... for, ah, third place in their respective divisions. PGA U.S. Bank Championships: "Gambling is illegal at Bushwood Sir, and I never slice. ... Damn!" Foot Fetish: NE R...
Players Just Don't Care About Their Balls Anymore
We may have mentioned this before, but back when we were young, untalented, jittery baseball players, we refused to wear a cup. We had a complicated explanation involving positioning and playing catcher, and, in retrospect, it doesn't make much sense. But apparently we're not alone. Slate reports...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... · Noon. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: So does Mrs. Crasnick have to sign up for a free trial to get the Insider, if you know what I mean? · 1 p.m. NBA with Ric Bucher. ESPN the Magazine ... quality sports journalism, or glossy placemat? · 4 p...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while impassionatley engaged in the fight, for your right, to paaaaaarrrrrty. · Guerrero Slams Yankees: We'd make a "Touched by an Angel" reference here if it wasn't so lame. · Brown, Isiah Meet. Strangely, the open Knicks job never comes up. · Armstrong emerges from mountains with y...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as your speedboat is being repossessed ... Yankees at Rangers. If Steinbrenner acts quickly, Griffey could be on a plane for this one. From France, the LPGA Evian Masters. Whoa, Lance Armstrong playing through! Washington D.C. United at Kansas City Wizards. May be blacked out in the Ka...
About Last Night ...
What you missed during your frenzied scramble to buy every Wonka Bar in town ... Schilling gets first save since '92, but let's be honest, it was against Tampa Bay. Lance Armstrong facing little resistance as he approaches Paris — kind of like the Germans in WWII. Pistons fire Larry Brown, official...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... 10 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: I've been having those dreams again about Astros closer Brad Lidge. Can you help me? 11 a.m. MLB with Buster Olney: Now that you're not on that beat anymore, could you write a snarky book ripping the Yanke...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while secretly reading your child's Harry Potter book in the basement ... Tiger Woods smooches British Open trophy, uses a little tongue. Top of the Tour, ma! Lance Armstrong increases overall lead. Royals, Tigers in ugly brawl. Ron Artest suspended just out of habit....
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as authorities string police tape across your porch ... Cardinals at Giants. Scenic panorama includes San Francisco Bay and the lovely BALCO Laboratories. PBA's Motel 6 Roll to Riches. What, you were expecting the Waldorf Astoria? Woman, I told you not to bother me during the PGA John ...
Scrappy Podsednik Upgrading In Lady Department
We've always liked Chicago White Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik. He's small, he's scrappy, he plays hard, he steals bases, he likes to get his uniform dirty in the way that fans always like white players to get their uniform dirty. But we always liked his understatedness the most: Nothing flashy, ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... 11 a.m. Fantasy Football Focus: You know what my fantasy is? To go two freakin' weeks without someone mentioning A.J. Feeley. Noon. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: I just subscribed to ESPN Insider. I must be missing something; on what button d...
Cuckolded Red Sox Scuffle
Controversy in Boston is nothing new, even when the Red Sox are coming off a World Series win. Outfielder Johnny Damon and soon-to-be-closer Curt Schilling have been having a minor scuffle, with Damon saying Schilling shouldn't be a closer and Schilling responding with, "Contrary to popular belief...
About Last Night ...
What you missed in your obsessive frenzy to make the world's largest ice cream sandwhich ... · U.S. pummels tiny, defenseless Carribean neighbor in Gold Cup soccer. · Baseball, softball axed from Olympics, joining former events tug-of-war (1900-1920) and club swinging (1932). · Yankees' Giambi nudge...
To Watch Tonight ...
Your TV pulls you from the real world with its flickering, hypnotic caress. Don't be afraid. · Indians at Yankees. This series is your last chance to see Derek Jeter until after the All-Star break. Poor dope. · ESPN Bowling Night. Yes, you're watching bowling on television. How sad is that? · PGA Jo...
We Can't Imagine What She Might Have Been Upset About
It appears O.J. Simpson spent his Independence Day getting beaten up by his ex-girlfriend. (You read that right: O.J. Simpson has had many girlfriends since 1994. That's a pretty lousy background check, if you ask us.) The woman, Christine Prody (who once told the National Enquirer that OJ confess...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters · 11 a.m. ESPN Golf School: Want to hear my haiku? "Behold the water/Set in blue stillness, sleeping/My clubs rest there peacefully." · 1 p.m. Special Guest Jennie Finch: Can the Chicago Bandits stay solvent on your poster sales alone? · 2 p...
NBA Stars Stand Trail For Beating Up Male Stripper. Yep.
Somewhat underreported around these parts, the trial of NBA players Gary Payton, Sam Cassell and Jason Caffey began yesterday in Toronto....
About Last Night ...
What you missed due to the Cartoon Network's hastily scheduled Gumby marathon ... · Runtime Error: Jeter snubbed by online All-Star voters · Panama beats Colombia in Gold Cup soccer, as if you didn't know. · New Yorkers stunned, disoriented as Mets end Hernandez's 2 1/2-month win streak....
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as New York makes plans to get the 2040 Olympic Games ... · Cubs at Braves. Everyone expecting to play tonight take a step forward. Not so fast, Derek Lee. · WNBA All-Star Game: Courtside celebrities to include Jim Belushi, Frank Stallone. · Goooooooooo Gold Cup: Colombia vs. Panama at...
Wily Mo Pena's iPod
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Wily Mo Pena is one of the hottest young prospects in baseball, in addition to having a wonderfully wacky name. He also has rather curious taste in music. According to the great Reds web log Red Hot Mama, when Pena comes to the plate at Great American Ball Park in Cincin...