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There Are Safeties Weaker Than Ryan Seacrest
You know, we didn't mean to come across as openly derisive toward Ryan Seacrest yesterday when we pointed out that he will be a co-host of the Super Bowl this year. In fact, we clearly underestimated the guy....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while raking the living room ... • MLB: Cardinals, baby! Two-and-a-half games back. • MLB: Carlos Guillen scoffs at your feeble pitches. Tigers 8, Yankees 5. • Tennis: Federer eliminates Roddick ... no, Ferrer beats Roddick, and ... Ferrero loses to ... who did Federer beat? Oh, just...
Goodbye, Byung Hyun Kim
A sad day yesterday, and the end of an era: Byung Hyun Kim was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks. We wonder if we will see him again....
The Super Bowl Gets More SUPER
You might think that Richard Simmons hanging out with Howie Long and company is just an anomaly, a tiny bit of happenstance. But then again, you don't know who's hosting the pregame and halftime festivities for Fox at Super Bowl XLII....
There's Madness Behind The Mask
To help celebrate Bobby Cox's record 132nd career ejection (he was tossed again on Wednesday), Sons of Sam Malone compiled the Top 5 Manager Ejections of recent years. It is a fine list, a noble list, and makes me want to crawl on all fours and pretend to lob a grenade. 'But hey,' you may be saying ...
Careful Where You Work Out, Shuttlesworth
Everything's hunky dory for Ray Allen these days. He's gone from being the lone stud on a lousy team to part of an axis powers of superstars for one of sports' most historic franchises. Things are looking up. Unfortunately, as he apparently realized recently, he's still a black athlete in Boston....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while discovering that one of your raccoons has hepatitis ... • Soccer: David Beckham, bitches! • MLB: It ... Is ... ALIVE! Cardinals 3 1/2 out of first. • Tennis: Federer breezes, Nadal says No Mas....
Dice-K Has Expensive Balls (Sorry)
How much would you pay for a baseball signed by Daisuke Matsuzaka? We ask this not as theoretical. There's an actual, concrete price, and ... well, uh, it seems like a lot....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while writing your American History term paper with a quill pen ... • MLB: Braves' Cox sets ejection record. All hail the Cooler King. • Soccer: Freddy's debut has 'em all worked up across the pond. • MLB: And so it begins. Orioles 12, Yankees 0 ... Red Sox 2, Devil Rays 1. Boston's ...
ESPN.com EIC Knows What The Kids Want
A couple of weeks ago, we helped rid you of the annoying video on the front page of ESPN.com. Well, good news: If you weren't able to figure out how to do that, new ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King is gonna take care of that for you....
Barry Bonds Is Taking Curt Schilling Deep
We might not get our Ron Mexico trial, but there's plenty of potentially awesome litigation that could come down the pipeline. It appears that Barry Bonds might take on Curt Schilling ... in the courtroom....
Barry Bonds Has Friends In High Places
As controversial as Barry Bonds — who broke the all-time home run record last week, in case you missed it — is to many people, you'd imagine his best pals are murderers, dogfight enthusiasts and those who try to cut in lines at the car rental place. But it turns out, his best buddies are a little mo...
Even Cancer Kids Are Aggressive Red Sox Fans
Nobody told little Lexi Alden, who, upon learning she was on live television, grabbed the microphone and took charge. Hey, Baltimore Orioles: YOU'RE GOING DOWN. The cancer kid says so....
Are The Yankees Doomed?
That was quite a heartfelt mea culpa by WWL columnist Jeff Pearlman on Monday, eh? Basically, Pearlman proferred a sloppy apology to Joe Torre for writing off the Yankees — and calling for Torre's head — in May. You can get in on the fun right here. But here's the thing: What if New York still ends ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while uncovering the terrible secret of Giant Lego Man ... • MLB: Richie Sexson? Boooo ... no wait , yaaay! Mariners 4, Twins 3. • NFL preseason: Jay Cutler plays for one magical series in Denver's 17-13 win over San Francisco. • Tennis: David Ferrer defeats the freakishly tall John ...
The Orioles Were Who We Thought They Were
And Kevin Millar has left town ... no need to worry about him for awhile. For those who are not Boston fans (and therefore do not have their heads in ovens right now), it was ex-Sox Millar's game-winning home run that gave the Orioles a 6-3 win over the Sox on Sunday; while Jason Giambi was homering...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching the meteor shower ... • Golf: Tiger Woods ships off PGA Championship trophy to whatever warehouse holds all of his other metal stuff. • Tennis: Holy crap, is the start of the Novak Djokovic Era in tennis, and I have nothing to wear. • MLB: It's the end of the world as ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying out your homemade helicopter... • NFL Preseason: Browns 16, Chiefs 12. Charlie Frye won the coin toss, but not our hearts. • MLB: Angels 4, Twins 3. Maicer Izturis, so hot right now. • IRL: Tony Kanaan wins, Dario Franchitti goes airborne, Danica Patrick cuts a tire. Jus...
Fox Sports Protects Us From The Horrors Of Boof
By now we're all deathly familiar with ESPN's travails trying to moderate comments with little ####ing success. And if ESPN opts not to be the bastion of uncensored response in user-generated content among network giants, where else do we turn? Fox Sports? Try again....