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Maybe Gerry Cooney Can Be His Backup Dancer
Following in the literal footsteps of Evander Holyfield, former heavyweight champion Larry Holmes — whose very entertaining "official site" can be found here — will appear on VH-1's "But Can They Sing?", a "reality" show where "celebrities" attempt to sing on camera for a stoned, directionless aud...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Larry Bowa: ESPN has scheduled a 20-city tour for you and columnist Bill Conlin, and you have to travel the whole thing in the same car. Ha — just kidding, come down from the light fixture. • 1 p.m. Midnight Madness Mara...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dusting the top of the Chrysler Building (damn court-ordered community service) ... • NLCS, Game 2: Oswalt, Astros even series with Cards at 1-all — but you knew that, because it was the only game on last night. • NHL: Rangers end losing streak, led by Swedish rookie (there's a...
Dan Dickau Loses A Potential Best Pal
The kids over at Yay!Sports have this fun game they've decided to play with chats with NBA players on NBA.com: They ask them : "Freestyle a bit for us and I'll be your best friend." (The bit is derived from an actual question to LeBron James in an AOL chat; apparently the joke made him "LOL" so ha...
Blogdom's Best: Boston Red Sox
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blo...
About Last Night ...
What You Missed While Trying Get Rid Of That Sticky Film That Just Won't Rinse Away • ALCS, Game 2: Doug Eddings, folks — the next Don Denkinger. Thanks for hastening in instant replay, you pinhead. • ALCS, Game 2: Oh, also, the White Sox beat the Angels 2-1 to even the series. • NLCS, Game 1: Sande...
Checking In With The On The DL Girls
It has been a while since we checked in with the lovely ladies of On The DL, the site full of blind items about Major League Baseball players. So, how's it going over there? Well, it appears that already very busy Boston "closer" Keith Foulke has been even more busy, flashing the World Series ring...
Presenting The Stupidest Sport Ever
We were pretty sure that the end of civilization was near when we discovered Korfball. After a close examination of Korfball, it became very clear that humans have too much time on their hands, and it would be better for everyone if we just gave everything back to the lower mammals, letting them s...
Confirming Once Again: Penises Are Funny
From the front page of Friday's Purdue Exponent, this photo shows Purdue fans getting "rowdy" as they bat around a huge inflatable penis during their loss to Notre Dame a week and a half ago. Or, as the caption to the paper's photo puts it, an "oversized phallic object."...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while fishing people out of Boston Harbor ... • ALCS, Game 1: California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels remind us why White Sox haven't won the big one since 1917. • NHL: Jeff O'Neal honors late brother with winning goal for Maple Leafs. • NHL: Senators on a roll, grab fourth straight wi...
It's Christmas In October
It's one of the happiest days in the blog world: It's the day after the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs. As you would probably expect, the blog world has been chowing down this morning, as easily sports' most hated team lost last night to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Taking the bru...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while rolled up in a carpet, trying to enter the U.S. illegally posing as an immense burrito ... • ALDS: Yankees ousted by Angels, Steinbrenner eyes Larry Brown as possible replacement for Joe Torre. • MNF: Tiny Steelers' kicker Jeff Reed boots winning field goal, later removes thorn...
Playoff Roundup: We Warmed Up For The 19th
• We had to run out to see In Her Shoes in the ninth inning of the Astros-Braves game yesterday. Brad Ausmus was coming up, so we knew we wouldn't miss anything. Anybody catch what happened? • Our favorite part of the game is that if the game went so long that Roger Clemens wouldn't have been able...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while boarding up the house to keep out the undead ... • ALDS: Game 4: Yankees force Game 5 in Los Angeles tonight, Giambi exchanges steroids for caffeine. • NLDS, Game 4: Chris Burke — not from "Life Goes On," so stop asking — ends epic 18-inning duel over Braves, launches Astros in...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as mice gather in your attic for their annual convention ... • College FB: Syracuse at Connecticut. Big East showdown in which you'll meet your next Jets quarterback, UConn's Matt Bonislawski. [ESPN2] • ALDS, Game 3: White Sox at Red Sox. ChiSox are gonna party like it's 1917. [ESPN2] ...
Live Blog: White Sox vs. Red Sox, Game 3
Barring rainstorms on the East Coast that push everything a few days back, this should be, unless the ALCS goes seven games and the NLCS goes six, the last afternoon weekday playoff game, which means the last live blog, which means we're sure you're just devastated. But this is almost certainly th...
ESPN Proceeding With World Domination Plans
Big huge story in Business Week this week looking at the challenges facing ESPN Networks and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer as the network looks for more opportunities to grow. (Because that's what ESPN needs: To be bigger.) The story is a fascinating look at a company — and a leader — th...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching the comedy stylings of Gallagher from beneath a tarp ... • NLDS: They partied like it was 1999, literally; Smoltz outduels Clemens as Braves tie series with Astros 1-all. • NLDS: Conventional weapons are useless against him: Mulder shakes off line drive to the arm to p...
Red Sox Fans Remaining Oddly Calm
Oh, how we love a good "pitcher looking forlorn in the foreground as guy who just homered off him trots around the bases in the background" photo. After last night's 5-4 loss to the White Sox, thanks largely to a Tony Graffanino error and a Tadahito Iguchi three-run jack shortly thereafter, Boston...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while buying figurines ... we mean statues, on the Home Shopping Network ... • ALDS, Game 2: Halo, my friend, Halo — Angels beat Yankees to tie series 1-all. • ALDS, Game 2: Tony Effing Graffanino looks Buckner-like as Red Sox go down 0-2 to ChiSox. • NHL: Canucks spoil Gretzky's coa...