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Buy Manny's Apartment!
As speculation continues that Manny Ramirez will be long gone from Boston by the end of the season, it's now official that he's selling his condo at the primo Ritz Carlton Penthouse building....
Athlete Run-Ins: When This Port-A-Potty's Rockin' ...
Today's final athlete run-in story involves Angels first baseman/outfielder/hustle enthusiasts Darin Erstad keeping his cool in a situation that, we'll confess, we'd have considerable trouble with. It comes from Michael in Nebraska:...
Athlete Run-Ins: Steve's Sax
Today's first athlete run-in story is so terrifying that we have no choice but not to believe it, though the guy insists it's true. It's about former big leaguer Steve Sax. We present it with little comment, from J.R. in Atlanta....
Yahoo's Fantasy Football Screwed Up. Don't Riot, People!
Most common email we've received this morning: What's up with Yahoo's fantasy football page? For whatever reason, the site is just showing the first names of every player and says they're all on a bye week. We're sure this will be fixed soon, but, honestly, nothing fires sports fans up more than ...
Bruce Weber's Lawn Exploits
Well, we won our bet and we have made our post. It occurs to us that if Illinois can win over Xavier on Saturday, the Illini will likely be in the top 10, and we are less than convinced they belong in the top 10. But that's all technical talk; you can get that from Andy Katz, along with a consider...
The Rematch That Isn't, Not Really
The college basketball season really gets going tonight, as our beloved Big Ten takes its ritualistic beating in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, one of the few things ESPN does every year that makes us smile. And the centerpiece game is, of course, the "rematch" of last year's national championship gam...
Athlete Run-Ins: Embarrassing Kirk McCaskill
It's turn back the clock day here with athlete run-ins, as we continue our curious decision to focus on minor stories about minor sports stars. (Hey, they're not all Tim Duncan going crazy in a bar, you know.) This one features former White Sox and Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill — whom was once cho...
Fun With Trade Rumors
We like it when the Internet has something before the Jayson Starks of the world do, so we're gonna run with this, because it's the end of November and not much is more fun than a good trade rumor. According to MLB Trade Rumors, the St. Louis Cardinals are "close" to a "major" move, with sources s...
Sleepless In Athens, Ohio
You wake up to the light in your eyes. Blinking, you try to adjust. The man with the light is very authoritative, and more than a little pissed. You must have been asleep for a while. Jesus, what time is it?...
The Return Of Grady
You knew it was going to happen, because baseball is just too goofy of a game for it not to: Famed goofus Grady Little could be returning to the dugout. The Los Angeles Dodgers are interviewing Grady for their open managerial position, which makes sense in a certain way, considering the Dodgers ar...
Excuse Our Excretory Humor
OK, we're going entirely from memory here, since we haven't been able to find anything else about the exchange on the Web, but that's fine, we'd like to take credit for seeing it anyway. It will reveal just how puerile we really are....
University Of Miami: Complete Assheads
In one of the more ridiculous travesties of justice we can possibly think of happening on a college campus — save for maybe Nick Lachey living with Matt Leinart — the University of Miami has kicked blogger Kyle Munzenrieder out of campus housing after he posted a two-year-old rap song from Miami f...
Athlete Run-Ins: Podsednik Takes Six For The Team
Our final athlete run-in story of the day (and the week) comes to us from Jeffrey in Massachusetts. It's about everybody's favorite scrappy World Series hero Scott Podsednik....
Our Own, Demented Version Of "Switched At Birth"
Because in a month we're going to be the only people who remember the show, we feel obliged to point out — per a reader's excellent, perceptive eye — that ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas and Will Arnett's ridiculously funny "Gob" from "Arrested Development" look so much like each other t...
Athlete Run-Ins: Another Duke Miracle
Today's first athlete run-in story is one we're sure most of you will enjoy. Why? Because it makes fun of a Duke guy! Everybody loves those!...
Baseball Owners And Their Emoticons
In yet another example of how Red Sox fans are so frighteningly devoted that they can get the people who run their team to do anything, Red Sox owner John Henry showed up on Sons Of Sam Horn yesterday to respond to various fans' questions. Say what you will about the coldness of Red Sox management...
Athlete Run-Ins: Drunken Bonding With Al Leiter
In the spirit of the Michael Jordan run-in from earlier today comes a random running-into involving soon-to-be-retired Fox analyst Al Leiter, who, if you've been to On The DL recently, you know likes his booze and late nights out. It comes to us from Jacob Kirkland in Oakland. The full story:...
Student Athletes Rule!
From the Angry College Professors department comes an email forwarded to us from the land of the USC Trojans. Fullback Mike Brittingham, a former walk-on with only one catch this year (though, assuredly, a lot of blocks), apparently missed a conference with one of his professors in October because...
Athlete Run-Ins: Cleaning Up Bonds' Mess
For today's final athlete run-in story, we meet former All-Star — and "RBI Baseball" all-world star — Will Clark, who has always been one of our favorites since going crazy for the Cardinals a few years ago and then flat retiring. This one's from Peter in Denver ......
MLB.com Is Rocking Your Genitals Off
In one of those stories that are almost too much for our weak dispositions to handle, it appears that MLB.com has hooked up with its real world equivalent in hipness: Scott Stapp! The former Creed lead "singer" is doing an early sale of his new "album" exclusively on MLB.com. This is like learning...