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• Boxing: Hasim Rahman and James Toney: Draw. Rahman and Toney pounded on each others faces for 12 rounds and decided absolutely nothing. I think when this happens, the two fighters should be forced to fight to the death....
That Probably Hurt...
Washington advanced to the Sweet 16 with a narrow 3-point victory over... you know what, there's a certain Deadspin editor who would probably rather that this game was never mentioned on this site. So I'm not going to say anything about, other than Washington's Brandon Roy is a stud. And, um... so...
Craig Smith, Hater Of Grizzlies
Immediately after my last post, Illinois and Texas A&M took it upon themselves to make me look like a jackass... not that that's particularly difficult. Illinois went on a 19-7 run and trails by just 2 at the half, while Texas A&M went on a 17-4 run to actually pull ahead of LSU....
Cowboys Finally Find A Suitable Replacement For Michael Irvin
As was mentioned briefly here yesterday, The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Terrell Owens has reached an agreement in principle with the Dallas Cowboys. A formal announcement is expected within a few days....
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• College Basketball: Bradley 77, Kansas 73. Next year, when Kansas wins the Big 12 and locks up a 1-seed, they may want to decline it and opt for the NIT, just to save themselves the embarrassment. (Of course, if you read The FYC, you already knew it was going to happen.)...
Home Run No. 715 — Welcome to Thunderdome
It's out there somewhere, tucked into a box with several of its brethren, sitting in an equipment room somewhere in a National League City — just chilling. It's the baseball that will eventually be hit by Barry Bonds to pass Babe Ruth's career home run mark, and shouldn't we stop for a moment to i...
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What you missed because you can't chance seeing that Applebee's shrimp commercial one more time ... • NCAA Basketball Tournament: Where to begin? Let's just say that the end of regulation of the UNC-Wilmington vs. George Washington game was the most exciting we've seen in many a moon phase. • World ...
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What you missed while playing with your Albert Einstein action figure ... • World Baseball Classic: Chan Ho Park helps matters for a change — Korea beats Japan to keep U.S. alive. • MLB: Bonds homers in spring win over Brewers, is 7-for-9 with three dings. Enjoy it while you can, Giants fans. • NBA:...
ESPN Ombudsman Continues To Tilt At Windmills
Time to check in with ESPN ombudsman George Solomon — the Mr. Woodman of the Welcome Back Kotter episode that is the Worldwide Leader in Sports. We often wonder where they keep Solomon over at Bristol headquarters; does he have a desk in the basement? Where does he eat lunch? (we assume he brown-b...
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What you missed while stockpiling beer and deli meats for the long days of basketball ahead ... • NBA: This round goes to Artest — Kings stop Kobe, Lakers, for 13th straight home win. • College Basketball: "Bunch mad ... Bunch smash!" John Bunch (7-foot-2, 320) leads Monmouth over Hampton in NCAA To...
ESPN's Barry Bonds "Scoop"
Remember last week, when we were pointing out that ESPN seemed to be underplaying the Barry Bonds steroid revelations? Some of you thought ESPN was protecting Barry because their upcoming reality show with him, while others defended the network, saying that it was merely reflecting the opinion, "Hey...
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What you missed while hiring some guy to make your NCAA Tournament office pool picks ... • World Baseball Classic: Korea makes Kimchi out of the U.S. team. • NHL: Stars top Canucks for eighth straight win at home. But you knew that. • NBA: Knicks lose to Nuggets despite "Starbury"'s 25 points. Welco...
NCAA Pants Party: Boston College Vs. Pacific
Boston College Eagles (26-7) vs. Pacific Tigers (24-7). When: 12:40 p.m. ET Where: Salt Lake City...
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What you missed while taping a giant NCAA tournament bracket to your living room wall ... • College Basketball: Duke beats Boston College for ACC playoff title, No. 1 NCAA Tourney seed, all leading to the inevitable Krzyzewski-Redick man groping. • World Baseball Classic: U.S. beats Japan 4-3 amidst...
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• NBA: Pistons 92, Wizards 110. The Wizards have now beaten the Pistons twice, which I find confusing. Gilbert Arenas must be really mad at Flip Saunders....
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• Syracuse 58, Georgetown 57. The 'Cuse advances to the Big East conference finals, and Jim Boeheim decides he's going to start cursing like a drunken sailor after every game....
Mexican Beans Sold Separately
Fantastic find from The Wade Blogs: Currently up for auction is a wristband worn by Barry Bonds in 1987 for the Pirates that says "Say No To Drugs."...
Jacking Yourself UP!
One of the excerpts from Game Of Shadows involves the authors claiming that because Bonds put on 15 pounds of muscle in three months, he must have been on steroids. (To be fair, this is one sentence in the book, and the only one we've seen so far that even slightly overreaches.) Baseball Musings t...
You Got To Blog Just To Make It Today
We know what you're thinking: What does MC Hammer think about this Barry Bonds business?...
Barry Bonds And The Chamber of Secrets
Well, there's less than two weeks left until the official release of the book Game of Shadows, the Barry Bonds expose by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. We suspect that your kids have been on pins and needles in anticipation and have probably been bugging you ...