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What you missed while confusing your cat ... • MLB: First to 60 wins buys lunch. Ha! Tigers are it! • Golf: How come we can't find Michelle Wie on the John Deere Classic leaderboard? Oh wait, there she is. Oh, mama. • Tour de France: Behold the majesty that is Floyd Landis....
Thank God Mr. T Didn't Live To See This
When it comes to boxing, you just can't beat the combination of dimwitted, old and slow. Because it's Fun With Old People Day here, we would be remiss if we didn't remind you that the trailer for Rocky VI is out. In this one, Rocky leads a group of seniors who want to prevent network executives from...
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What you missed while riding backwards in the Tour de France, just to show off ... • WNBA All-Star Game. East wins for first time ever! (Of course, there have only been seven of them). • Tour de France: Dessel is yellow, we tell ya! Yella! • Wie completes pro-am, begins quest to make cut in PGA John...
Second Half Preview: American League
OK, before we start: Seriously, this is just the worst sports day of the year. Do you realize we did a post below on bowling? Can we please get back to the games tomorrow? What? No afternoon games? Man!...
Bowling's Watergate Has Nation On Edge
We've become accustomed to cheating in baseball and soccer; but when the purity of bowling is questioned, is there any hope for mankind? Dear God, it must be a mistake. Not bowling! Our story so far: Robert Mushtare, 17, of Carthage, N.Y., recently rolled two perfect 900 series and 12 perfect game...
The Decline And Fall Of Home Run Ball No. 715
Remember the heady days before the Landmark Home Run Baseball bubble burst? Guys like Todd McFarlane held press conferences to announce their purchases, which they then spirited away in armored trucks to be kept under plexiglass. Historic home run balls were fetching prices in the millions; the ba...
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What you missed while gruesomely murdering your imaginary friend ... • MLB All-Star Game: Brandon Webb and Michaal Young dominate, just as you predicted; A.L. takes 3-2 win. • Horse Racing: Barbaro gets new cast, is "resting comfortably and eating with gusto." That's more than we can say, actually. ...
Manny Has To Be Involved In This Somehow
It's only been less than two years, but, if this eBay auction can be believed, someone's already selling their Red Sox World Championship ring. We actually went back to check to see if Jose Canseco had some role with this team; he didn't, so it's not him....
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What you missed while attending a classical concert and head-butting The Three Tenors ... • Howard's End: Phils' Ryan Howard finishes strong to win Home Run Derby. Wee! • Marte Gras: Indians' prospect Andy Marte goes totally nuts in Minor League All-Star Home Run Derby. • World Cup: Italian team cro...
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What you missed while wondering who decided to invent granola ... • Brad Lidge wants to get the number of the Aaron Miles that keeps hitting him. • Ladies and gentlemen, the Mets' magic number is 63. • Someone should keep an eye on this Federer fellow....
Barry Bonds: World Cup Soothsayer
The ribald pirates at The Hater Nation shot over this link from Barry Bonds' latest journal entry to the fans, giving his predictions for the World Cup Final:...
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What you missed while you begin to realize that maybe you should have bought a Mac ... • Golf: We won't say that Tiger is struggling in the Western Open, but he's still on the ninth hole of the first round ... • MLB: Big Unit, Yankees thump Indians again, 10-4. You know it's special when the name "R...
Manny Will Be Manny, Just Not In Pittsburgh
Far be it from us to imply that someone isn't taking the All-Star Game seriously. But the facts are these: Manny Ramirez was the top vote-getter in the American League this year. And Manny isn't going. He says he has a sore knee, so you know, count him out. We know you are shocked by these develop...
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What you missed while teaching E.T. to talk ... • MLB: Braves beat Cardinals 14-4, but St. Louis is still in first, so it didn't really happen. But hey ... Jeff Weaver! • ZZ Top: Zinedine Zidane's PK sends France to face Italy in World Cup final. • Wimbledon: Do not $%&#; with the Swiss! Roger Feder...
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What you missed while dropping your pants and firing a rocket ... • World Cup: Italy wins, and the match wasn't even fixed! • MLB: Athletics take Tigers to extra innings, and what does that mean? "Bad news for the Tigers!" • Tour de France: As the third stage nears completion, we ... oh no! Valverde...
Stop Him Before He's Punched Again
As you might have heard, Evander Holyfield — 43 years old, loser of his last three fights, in danger of, you know, dying in the ring — will return to fight Jeremy Bates in Dallas on August 18. The fight is billed as "the beginning of his quest to win his fifth heavyweight title," though when you're ...
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What you missed while wishing Roger Ebert good health... • U.S. Women's Open: It's in the hol ... oops, no it isn't. Sorenstam, Hurst meet in playoff today for title. • Tour de France: American George Hincapie has the maillot jaune (that either means "yellow jersey" or "scarlet fever," our French is...