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About Last Night ...
What you missed while stuck on the tarmac ... • NBA: Bulls beat Heat 92-79 to advance to ... oh no, Todd just had a heart attack! • We're three losses from Joe Torre returning to Yankee Stadium to find all of his crap out in the parking lot. Red Sox 7, Yankees 4. • NASCAR: What? Gordon won? That's s...

About Last Night...
• NBA Playoffs: Spurs 96, Nuggets 91. Manu Ginobili appears to be physically incapable of staying on his feet for longer than ten seconds at a time. • MLB: Yankees 3, Red Sox 1. Joe Torre might get to keep his job a little while longer. • NBA Playoffs: Jazz 98, Rockets 85. If you tried to identify t...

About Last Night...
• Golden State 109, Dallas 91. The more Stephen Jackson appears on all of our televisions, the better off we'll all be. • Chicago 104, Miami 96. Can anyone guess where Shaquille O'Neal says his back is? That's right, it's against the wall. • MLB: Dodgers 6, Padres 5. On "Trevor Hoffman" night, there...

What Will be the Next Sportswriter Confession?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while fishing with Tony Soprano ... • NBA: Well, he was 30 short of 75 points, but Kobe, Lakers make it a series vs. Suns • MLB: Phil of the Future rocked in Yankees' debut, Blue Jays prevail 6-0. • NHL: The Great White Hope ... Sharks clamp down on Red Wings, 2-0....

Alex Rodriguez, Baseball's Savior
White is black, black is white, people ... dogs and cats are living together, mass hysteria. In a scenario that seems so insane that it just might work, can you imagine a planet in which Alex Rodriguez becomes the most beloved player in the game, the savior of the sport we all revere? Rumors And Ran...

He Doesn't Give A Damn, Sing Whatever You Want
This somewhat old — from October — video, via Every Day Should Be Saturday, features two, um, casual Oklahoma State fans just kind of chilling, not giving a damn....

Bonds Is Gonna Break The Record, And It's Driving Some People Mad
Kids, we hate to be there bearer of bad tidings here, but it's pretty clear right now that Barry Bonds is going to break Hank Aaron's home run record, and quite soon. After another homer last night, Bonds is now only 14 behind Aaron. It's happening, everyone. We're just going to have to be ready for...

Curt Schilling Accused Of Being Self-Aggrandizing. Really.
We're not sure it matters, ultimately, whether or not Curt Schilling, as Gary Thorne famously (and obliviously) claimed last evening, actually painted blood on his sock in the 2004 World Series. We don't think he did, and his performance was rather amazing either way, but Schilling has always seemed...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while ... Sweet Fancy Moses! ... • NBA: Avery Johnson finally decides to supersize it, Mavericks 112, Warriors 99. • MLB: Sixteen strikeouts, down the drain! Arizona 3, San Diego 2. • NHL: Ha, take that, Bloomberg. Sabres 5, Rangers 2....

About Last Night ...
What you missed due to another troubling incident involving your superhero pants burrito ... • NBA: If Phil Jackson has any of those motivational tricks up his sleeve, now would be the time to roll those out we think. Suns 126, Lakers 98. • MLB: Hey look, Randy Johnson is back. Padres 10, Diamondbac...

Got Wood?
Nothing would delight us more than to see the return of the wooden bat in youth leagues and college. That's a lie actually; many things would delight us more. But about the bats ... the New York City school system has passed a measure to ban aluminum bats beginning this September (just in time for f...

OK, Get Up, Walk It Off
We don't mean to imply that maybe four-year-olds shouldn't be on the field during college football scrimmages ... but yipes....

Jerry Sloan Is Making His Players Cry
The Utah Jazz — our official Western Conference adopted team for the NBA Playoffs, and not just because of Deron Williams and Dee Brown — are in some serious trouble after their loss to the Rockets last night. Utah is down 2-0 in the series — as is Orlando after last night, but no one suspected that...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while practicing your Iron Egg Skill ... • MLB: It's pretty bad for the Yankees when A-Rod hits two homers but can't upstage Rocco Baldelli. • NBA: Boring? With Rasheed Wallace and Hedo Turkoglu in the building? We think not. Pistons take 2-0 lead on Magic. • NHL: They're partying in...

The Daily Closer: Red Sox Send A Message
Notes from a day in baseball:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching the sky ... • MLB: Chase Wright's Amazing 10-Pitch Adventure ... Red Sox 7, Yankees 6. • NBA: Baron Davis' beard dominates Dirk Nowitzki's beard, 97-85 in Game 1. • NHL: Beyond Saddledome ... Red Wings advance with 2-1 win over Flames....

About Last Night...
• NBA Playoffs. Rockets 84, Jazz 75. Tracy McGrady is setting himself up to be a hero or the most sympathetic figure this side of KG. • NHL Playoffs. Stars 2, Canucks 0. And there will be a Game 7. • NBA Playoffs. Detroit 100, Orlando 92. Darko's revenge will have to come some other time. It might b...

About Last Night...
• NHL. San Jose Sharks 3, Nashville Predators 2. I guess that makes the Predators the prey. Ooooooh. • MLB. Red Sox 7, Yankees 6. Mariano Rivera just keeps blowing saves. • NHL. Buffalo Sabres 4, New York Islanders 3. See, Buffalo, good things happen when you put away your stupid jerseys....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while counting your chocolate peanuts ... • NHL: All right all you Penguins, outta here, single file! Ottawa 3, Pittsburgh 0. • MLB: I'm The God! A-Rod, walk-off homers, and you. • NASCAR: Pole dancing ... In which Jeff Gordon finds a primo parking space....