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MLB Playoffs: Second Verse, Same As The First
Yesterday was kind of a weird final day of the baseball season; it made us feel sorta dumb for thinking it was such a big deal that we missed most of the early football. The Red Sox "clinched" the wild-card yesterday in the least dramatic way possible, basking in a total choke by the Indians and s...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while organizing an actual dog and pony show ... • MLB: Red Sox win, Indians lose to settle wild card — and now, finally, you must face the fact that Detroit's season is over. • MLB: Astros 6, Cubs 4. There are a bunch of former Enron guys in prison cells cheering like crazy right no...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as as a giant, mysterious black monolith appears in your front yard ... • MLB: Yankees at Red Sox. A good, old-fashioned rivalry, simple and pure, the way it was meant to ... hey! Who threw that frozen malt? [ESPN] • College FB: Pitt at Rutgers. Think of it as a visit to New Jersey wit...
The Definitive Bill Simmons Interview, By Those Who Know Him Best
Well, we covered the 3-2-1 Liftoff! of Our Boy Bill Simmons' Now I Can Die In Peace in our own goofy way, and now, for that whole "perspective" and "intelligent analysis" way, David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch talks in length with Simmons about his place among the Boston media, his meteoric...
Mark Shapiro's Many Missteps
As we continue to glance backward at ESPN alpha dog Mark Shapiro's tenure, we take a look back at some of the more serious missteps during his reign....
Saying Goodbye To ESPN's Mark Shapiro
After a reign that changed the culture of the world's largest sports entertainment network, ESPN executive vice president Mark Shapiro has now left the network to work for Redskins owner Daniel Snyder with his new venture with Six Flags. Ignoring all "Quite Frankly With Yosemite Same" jokes for a ...
Your Weekend Is Already Over
It's pretty clear that those roof gutters aren't getting cleaned this weekend, and the odds are excellent that the kids are missing soccer practice. (Or, if you skew younger, the random woman you met last night with a name that sounds suspiciously like "Steve" is going to have leave your place bef...
About Last Night ...
What you missed due to the cast of "Riverdance," the swarm of bees and the misunderstanding with the Department of Fish and Game ... • MLB: Yankees, Red Sox both win, setting up a great three-game series and possibly paying for a few vacations. • MLB: White Sox clinch A.L. Central, but still relucta...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while being harangued by John McCain on national TV ... • MLB: Padres win to pull to .500. Oh, and they also clinch the NL West. • MLB: Yankees regain lead, Red Sox fans regain comfortable loser image. • Tennis: Federer advances in Thailand Open, easing your deep concerns....
Deadspin Party Crash: Bill Simmons' NYC Book Signing
Last night, at the Riviera Cafe in New York City, Our Boy Bill Simmons launched his worldwide tour to promote the release of his first book, Now I Can Die In Peace. And we — Deadspin editor Will Leitch and "photographer" Lockhart Steele — were there, because the bar serves alcohol and had some Arizo...
Just To Freak You The Hell Out
So, we have to say, if you're trying to get people talking about your alternative weekly, it's difficult to come up with much better than putting this picture on the front page. The Boston Weekly Dig is messing with a lot of Boston frat guy's minds — and New York construction guys — and that's jus...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA: Stein, Hollinger, Ford: "Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard ..." Hey, let's shoehorn Tom Tolbert in here and make this chat even more unmanageable. • 2 p.m. Texas Tech quarterback Cody Hodges: No offense, but we've ne...
We're Exhausted, And The Playoffs Aren't Even Here Yet
Despite what The Smoking Gun has discovered Major League Baseball thinks about the American League East, we appear primed for a final five days of rather intense pre-playoff madness. The Yankees and Red Sox are still tied, the Indians are tied with them too and the White Sox are still toying aroun...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching Riverdance and trying to pick out Bengals' receiver Chad Johnson ... • MLB: Braves, Angels clinch their division titles, decide to celebrate together to save money. • MLB: Yankees lose, Red Sox split, and it's tied — so let's start planning for the big series, shall we...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch between the drunken calls from Pat O'Brien and Bill O'Reilly ... • College FB: Toledo at Fresno State. A game too big for local TV, too boring for pay-per-view. [ESPN2] • MLB: The team-formerly-known-as-Anaheim can clinch against Oakland. [KCAL] • MLB: Rockies at Braves. Atlanta can al...
About Last Night ...
What you missed due to your somewhat troubling five-hour visit to the Liberace Museum ... • Clausen Effect: Tennessee upsets No. 4 LSU in college football. • Sorry About That, Chiefs: Denver slaps around Kansas City on MNF. • Damn Yankees: Big Unit leads Yanks to half-game lead over rained-out Red S...
Page 2's Collective Award Winners
We would like to congratulate ESPN's Page 2 on its Online Journalism Awards nomination for the Best Online Commentary (Large), which, at first glance, appears to be for the most outstanding columnist who uses very big letters on a computer. The site's fellow nominees, impressively, are not whole s...
Roger Clemens And His Funny Shirts
More Webshot findings from the ladies of On The DL, and though none are quite as damning as the married Brandon Arroyo housing poor college students on his lap, there's still some pretty fun stuff. Not least of which are creative shirt designs from Phillies outfielder Pat Burrell (whom this blind ...
NFL Roundup: Kickers Soak Up All The Drama
• Like everyone else who is prone to breaking their spine whenever there's a stiff wind, we've always had an affinity for kickers. So when Cowboys bully tackle Larry Allen went after former XFL kicker Jose Cortez after he missed an extra point — to be fair, Cortez got a little lipp — we cringed th...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while declaring a thumb war with your Iraqi neighbor ... • NFL: Patriots 23, Steelers 20. Once again, mighty Steel Town reduced to tears by hobbit-like Adam Vinatieri. • MLB: Yankees, Red Sox both win to stay tied for division lead; will decide things in Wrestlemania VII. • NFL: Beng...