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Nobody Knows Crushing Losses Like A Boiler
Before Purdue's shellacking at the hands of Michigan last week, three Boilermakers team managers decided to run onto the field and recreate the famous blocked field goal at the end of the Appalachian State game....
About Last Night
What you missed while wondering if it was a Phillips or a flat-head ... • NHL: The St. Louis Blues have the man-advantage ... to our hearts. Blues 3, Blackhawks 1. • NBA: Garnett and Allen make Celtics debuts as Knicks play the part of the Washington Generals. • Golf: Angel Cabrera pulls off Testave...
Tim McCarver Is Bucking Conventional Wisdom
Obviously, the work of Tim McCarver has long been discussed in the most reverential manner. But his whopper from last night has everyone abuzz today....
David Boston Will Attack You With Comfortable Pillows
Poor David Boston. A Pro Bowl receiver with the Cardinals in 2001, he's dogged by injuries and bounces around to three other teams, tests positive for steroids, then is nabbed for DUI. And now the worst of all misdeeds: Domestic cushion assault....
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 ......
It's True: The Red Sox Have Become The Yankees
The kewpie doll this morning goes to commenters Chad Sexington (who provided us with this wonderfully ironic photo (and this animated GIF) and, especially, Fiddling While Jim Rome Burns, who came up with a theory that just might explain what's happening to the Red Sox right now. He calls it The Keki...
About Last Night
What you missed while taking care of business, Scarlet Knights style ... • MLB: Manny flap helps Byrd, Indians to 3-1 ALCS lead. • NHL: No, Anze Kopitar is the real Purple Jesus! Kings 4, Wild 3. • NBA: Another day, another exhibition game flagrant foul ejection....
Behold The Wonder That Is Tim Wakefield
The man you see in this picture, about to knuckle that wildly bouncing arrow into the leg of the man standing next to him, is Tim Wakefield. He has been with the Red Sox since 1995 and has ridden all the postseason waves that have surrounded the team during that time. And tonight, he has to save th...
Frank TV, The Show We Hated A Month Before It Began
It's a sad day, folks: This is the end of our Frank TV advertisements. The NLCS ended too quickly; we felt like we were just getting to know young Frank Caliendo....
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 ......
The Red Sox Are Closer To The Precipice Than It Seems
As much as Red Sox fans were talking about Indians closer Joe Borowski, how he was obviously going to blow any lead handed to him, he is still a Major League Baseball pitcher. Pretty much every pitcher in baseball is going to throw more innings in which he gives up no runs, than he will in which he ...
About Last Night
What you missed while flossing ... • MLB: God and John Denver do helicopter high-five, Rockies advance to World Series. • NFL: When the machines rise up and attempt to conquer mankind, Eli Manning shall lead us. Giants 31, Falcons 10. • NHL: We're relatively sure that the Ducks played on Monday, and...
Who's Scared Of Joe Borowski? The Red Sox, It Seems
The Red Sox and their fans might have been licking their proverbial chops at the notion of seeing Joe Borowski trying to finish up a close game ... but, then again, we suspect Indians fans weren't exactly quaking in their knickers at having to face J.D. Drew in the ninth either. The Indians have a ...
A 2007 Postseason Baseball Game With Something On The Line
It's an early start for the ALCS tonight, 7 p.m. ET, which the game should be over before midnight. Absolutely. Possibly. Perhaps?...
To Watch Tonight
Forget it, nothing will wipe this from your mind ... • MLB: American League Championship Series, Game 3, Boston at Cleveland [Fox]; National League Championship Series, Game 4, Arizona at Colorado [TBS]. Man, is Jesus going to be peeved when the Diamondbacks come back and win this thing. • NFL: N.Y....
The Red Sox Have Had Just About Enough Of This Gagne Fellow
So, Red Sox fans, how are you feeling about Eric Gagne these days?...
On The Jets, Kermit The Frog And Vinny
The Mighty MJD's Smorgasbord runs every Monday. Do enjoy....
Quincy Carter Hits Bottom Again
Once again our Arena League II fantasy team has been thrown into disarray with the news that Quincy Carter has been arrested on drug-related charges. As you know, Carter most recently played for the AFL's minor league Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, but now resides in the Caddo Correctional Center ...
Time Traveler Beams In For Patriots-Cowboys Presser
Absolutely bizarre question-and-answer session at the end of the Patriots-Cowboys game last night: Apparently, it's not so difficult to get a press pass in Dallas....