blog Page 31 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Q&A: MetsBlog and Minaya on Murphy
Matthew Cerrone, from MetsBlog: Thanks for making time to talk with me, Omar, I really appreciate it....
Afternoon Blogdome: It's All Greek To Kobe
• "My name is Kobe Bryant, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht." Greek hoops outfit Olympiacos is reportedly prepared to offer Mamba $83 million dollars over three years, plus an all-inclusive villa and a private boat. They will also consider hiring another basketball player to play the second ...
Phillies Threaten To Eliminate Dodgers; PETA Threatens To Eliminate Phillies
What they're saying out in the ether about the Phillies' 7-5 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series ... • Video: Shane Victorino And Matt Stairs. That may have been the most excited I've ever been watching a single swing of a baseball bat. If this Phillies team bea...
Morning Blogdome: Pete Rose Will Pick Apart Your Flaws If You Don't Buy an Autograph
• Charlie Hustle's post-career popularity continues to soar: A fan with a speech impediment reveals his run-in with baseball's all-time hits leader at a memorabilia show: " I told him how much I used to love to get up Saturday mornings with my sister to watch 'The Baseball Bunch,'" said Scornerston,...
Tampa Bay Fans; Not Especially Coordinated
So what are the odds that the only person wearing a Rays jersey in the Monster seats at Fenway would end up catching Evan Longoria's home run ball in the third inning on Monday? Here's Michael Aguis, shown here trying to, I don't know, punch the ball? Anyway he ended up with it after his even goofie...
NLCS Game Four Live Blog: Phillies Vs. Dodgers
The Dodgers want to even up this series at 2-2. Strangely, the Phillies don't agree with them on that issue. It remains to be seen if the Phillies will stay unbeaten in Deadspin live blogs, or if Tim McCarver will fall asleep sometime during the sixth inning. Derek "Derrick" Lowe will pitch against ...
Afternoon Blogdome: The Other Tampa Bay Lightning
• Don't ALCS me, bro!: The newest Rays promotion: The first 10,000 Red Sox fans at Tropicana Field receive a free tazering. (P.S. Don't applaud an electrocution when you're the one holding the camera.) [Busted Coverage] Click to view • Gary Moeller on Line 1: Michigan fans are responding to the Tole...
Old People Fighting, Old People Pitching, And Alyssa Milano Feels Your Pain
What they're saying on the Intertubes about the Dodgers' 7-2 win over the Phillies in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. Pictured: Third-inning benches-clearing scuffle, as Dodgers' first-base coach Mariano Duncan utters pleasantries to Phillies' first-base coach Davey Lopes. Combine...
Morning Blogdome: It's the Second Most Important Thing You'll Vote on This Fall
• America's future hangs in the balance: It's Lindsay Soto vs. Jill Arrington in the "...Would you do?" championship. The town hall debate portion of this race was electrifying. [The Big Picture] • Boston fan sues over rights to crappy Bon Jovi song: Samuel Bartley Steele, of Chelsea, says that Bon ...
Afternoon Blogdome: Doing The Pony(?) Dance, Feeling The Flow
• Get down with yo' bad self: Marcus Washington takes the lead for best celebratory dance of the year. [Mister Irrelevant] • End the media blackout! No one has the guts to mention Kelvin Winslow's enormous testicles. [Fanhouse] • The Buckner of soccer: Thank goodness soccer fans aren't that passi...
Morning Blogdome: Chokefight!
• Chokefight!: Carl Edwards shows Kevin Harvick just how much he loves him by momentarily cutting off his oxygen supply. [SbB] • Editors phone it in: "Holy Toledo" graces nearly every headline about yesterday's upset of Michigan by Toledo. [The Zone Blitz] • This does not bode well for Brian Cashman...
Hockey Season Comes In With A Whimper...And Semi-Impressive Signage
Billboard Hockey: sure it looks nice, until you realize you don't know the rules and that all the players are Canadian. [The Sporting Blog] • Kris Draper did not eat poop out of the Stanley Cup [Going Five Hole] • Dusty Baker manages his kid's team. Does rotator cuff damage count as child molestat...
Morning Blogdome: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Rays fans get their first taste of postseason disappointment: Better get used to it, young one. [Big League Stew] That'll super-secure the cowboy vote: Richard Petty, Richard Childress and Cowboy Troy will become the most famous celebrities in the world to back the McCain/Palin ticket today at Lowe'...
ALCS Game One Live Blog: Red Sox Vs. Rays
It's Friday night. What better time than to drink away your stock market losses and vaguely remember which AL East team dominated the first game of a curiously exciting ALCS. The pitchers are Daisuke "Dice-K" Matsuzaka for Bawston and James "Scot" Shields for St. Tampasburg. The talkers are TBS's Ch...
Afternoon Blogdome: This Whole Dugout Is Out Of Order!
• And Erik Estrada as Fernando Valenzuela: The Hollywood grapevine is reporting that a Tommy Lasorda biopic is in the works and that Al Pacino is on the short list to play him. A true method actor, Pacino will now gain 460 pounds. [SbB] • Posh it like Beckham: Meet Gu Chen, who along with her boyfri...
The Magic Of Prom Night, And Of Being 1-0 In The NLCS
Above we see Anna Li and Cody Yoka on the day of their Senior Prom back in May, and what a magical evening it must have been. It's every young lady's dream to attend prom in a gown dedicated to their favorite baseball team, especially if one attends an all-girls Catholic school, as does Miss Li. (No...
Morning Blogdome: Wilbon Calls Kimbo Slice a Fraud
• Wilbon is convinced the Kimbo fight was fixed: "That was a more phantom punch than Ali had to knock out Liston in that fight in 1965," Wilbon said of Petruzelli knocking Kimbo to the canvas. "Kimbo Slice, your boy, is a fraud." [Fanhouse] • Before you throw piles of money at Mark Teixeira, be warn...
NLCS Game 1: Dodgers vs. Phillies
Wow, it's already the League Championship Series. If this were the NBA, tonight would be Game 2 of the first round. Instead it's Cole Hamels throwing when Derek Lowe isn't, and it's probably true the other way around. So sit back, relax, then stop. Jumpertime. * * *Top 9th 2 ...
Afternoon Blogdome: Every Cajun Hates the Tebow With Smoothie King Intensity
• But he seems like such a nice guy...: Busted Coverage chronicles the hate. Cajun Boy unleashes it: "See, here's the thing. Everybody hates Tim Tebow. No seriously, everybody hates this fuck. Obviously, as a guy with a vested emotional interest in a football program that plays in the Southeastern C...
Morning Blogdome: Kimbo Slice's Son Didn't Handle the Loss Very Well
• Uh, dude, yer like 30?: This is what it looks like when you watch your father get trounced by a man with pink hair. [Black Sports Online] • Charles Rogers' judgment day: "The Detroit Lions have won a judgment against former receiver Charles Rogers, who must now repay the club roughly $8.5 million....