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J.D. Is No Longer A Scrub
Despite the NFL's best efforts — and because Roger Goodell has yet to ban it — the blogodecagon is still abuzz over last night's Red Sox 12-2 win in Game 6 of the ALCS. Let's see what all the fuss is about....

Congratulations, Ma'am, It's A City
• This week's stupid baby name: Boston. [Red Sox Monster] • They tried to tell you about Joey Harrington, but no, you knew it all, didn't you? [The Wayne Fontes Experience] • College football teams rarely win on the road on Thursdays. [College Game Balls] • Josh Beckett deserves the Cy Young, ALCS a...

Hey, Where's Lou?
• Is the Lou Holtz pep talk segment over? [FanIQ] • Meet Japan's golf savior. [With Malice] • Some people are still a little upset about the wild-card playoff game. [Holliday Never Touched The Plate] • Meet Lakers owner Rip Taylor. [The Painted Area] • Suzyn Waldman, still ridiculous. [The Naughty A...

He's Josh Beckett And You're Not
What they're saying this fine morning about Boston's 7-1 win over Cleveland in the American League Championship Series ......

Play Nice, Clevelanders
• Indians fans haven't exactly been all that accommodating to Red Sox boosters. [Ladies ...] • OJ Mayo, punching people in the face. [TrojanNYC] • Athlete personal ads. [Spirit Of Jake Plummer] • Honestly: Why does anyone read Bill Plaschke? We mean, seriously. [Signal To Noise] • Mike Lowell, too d...

Bring The Love For The Bulls
• If South Florida wins out, don't they have to be in the title game? Right? [College Game Balls] • Manny Corpas might be better than his idol Mariano Rivera pretty soon. [Sim On Sports] • More proof that sports has nothing to do with politics, thankfully. [Wrigleyville23] • Bring the Yankees Luis S...

Red Sox Don't Have The Required 15 Pieces Of Flair
What they're saying out there in "the creative underclass" about Cleveland's 3-1 lead over Boston in the American League Championship Series ......

The Super Bowl In England? Bollocks!
• The notion of having the Super Bowl in England just seems wrong. [Juiced Sports Blog] • The UFC fighters probably need a union, even if it will assuredly ruin everything you like about the UFC. [Chicks Heart Fights] • Watch out for those toothpicks on the football field. [Futon Report] • We might ...

Everything's Jake
How the wee ones and zeros line up concerning Cleveland's 4-2 win over Boston in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series ......

Eric Byrnes Does Not Rock
What they're saying out in The Matrix about the Rockies' 6-4 National League Championship Series win over the Diamondbacks on Monday, which gave Colorado the NL pennant ......

Hello, Dusty
• A Reds fan deals with the Dusty Baker hiring. [The Reds Rocket] • Could we have both a winless and undefeated NFL team this season? [Blown Coverage] • Brian Engblom's hair is still terrifying. [The Sports Hernia] • Phil Simms was due for another homoerotic remark. [OutSports] • Yet another BCS doo...

NLCS Blogdome: Welcome To Whacking Day
Views of the NLCS Game 3 from around the Internets....

Yeah, Yeah, Stripes And Bright Stars ... Let's Go The Line-Ups!
• Boston's FOX 25 does not care for your National Anthem. [Home Run Derby] • What to do when your team's on a bye week. [Ladies...] • The Rockies have God and giant humidors. [100% Injury Rate] • Happy Anniversary, 1908 Cubs and Steve Bartman! [SPORTSbyBROOKS] • Seven unlikely MLB postseason MVPs. [...

The Real Sports Video Game Curse
• The Madden Curse meets its match. [Food Court Lunch] • Harry Doyle calls the Indians' ALDS Game 4 win. [Home Run Derby] • Your Saturday morning Zamboni ride. [Cousins of Ron Mexico] • Ben Johnson says every elite athlete takes steroids or PEDS. [Steroid Nation] • Ten athletes who should retire imm...

Nail That 7-10 Split
• You can go bowling with Jeff Garcia's wife. [The Serious Tip] • Kind of a rough weekend for the Big Ten coming up. [Suddenly Stuttin'] • Remembering Boston College's amazing upset win over Notre Dame. [One More Dying Quail] • In praise of Pat Fitzgerald. [The Angry T] • Wait, the Braves can own a ...

NLCS Blogdome: Rockies Clear First Hurdle
What they're saying out there in the ether about the Rockies' 5-1 win over the Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series ......

Everyone Is Vinny, And Vinny Is Everyone
• We all, at one point, have a Vinny Testaverde story. [Rumors And Rants] • Microfractures are the new ACL tears. [We Rite Goode] • Minnesota's odd Native American mascot policy. [The Meaningful Collateral] • Sing the national anthem at a Heat game. [Miami Sports Blog] • Those poor, poor Yankees. [F...

Some Harsh Words For TMQ
• ESPN's ombudsman smacks Gregg Easterbrook. [The Fan's Attic] • Charlie Manuel's gonna be around Philly for a while. [The 700 Level] • Fun with the playoff beard. [Out In Center Field] • Here's what the new field at RFK looks like. [Bobby Boswell] • All about Rejus Benn. [Frank The Tank] • An apolo...

No, SI ... No!
• A Rockies fan pleads for his team to be left off Sports Illustrated's cover. [And Here Come The Pretzels] • Spend the evening with Jeff Reed! [Mondesi's House] • The Mavericks' secret weapons. [The Blowtorch] • Hey, the Breeders Cup is coming soon. [Gowanus Baseball] • Tiger Woods doesn't care abo...

The Islanders Love Those Cute Little Bloggers
You might remember when we told you about the New York Islanders' "revolutionary" Blog Box, in which "bloggers" were "credentialed" to "cover" the "hockey." (We're quote crazy today!)...