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Clarett Story Continues To Take Scary Turns
Say what you will about the kids at Bristol, but they continue to move the needle on all matters Maurice Clarett, at least. The network learned yesterday that Clarett, who has had a rough couple of weeks, was in deep to the Israeli mob, and that might have been the reason he was, you know, carrying ...
Blogdome: Pitying Poor Lidge
• Yeah, that homer ... guess Lidge never did quite get over that. [The Sports Oasis] • As we preview the Red Sox-Yankees series, it's probably time for another Ortiz-Jeter MVP argument. [Keep Your Sox On] • Reggie Bush's pictures in the newest GQ are not the least bit gay, nope. [Towleroad] • Here's...
NFL Season Preview: New England Patriots
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
Here We Go Again
We take a lot of pride around these parts in avoiding the typical East Coast knob-slobbering that goes on; rarely do people accuse one of a "Central Illinois Bias." But even we can't ignore a five-game series at Fenway Park in a tight August pennant race between the Red Sox and Yankees. Bronx Bant...
It's England Premier League Time!
The sad, doe-eyed, holy-crap-mum's-gonna-kill-me-if-I-come-home-without-tickets look of this young boy can only mean one thing: The English Premier League is back! We're going to occasionally have our our man David Hirshey filing reports for us, but for now, it's just time to get, like, excited an...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon Football with Todd McShay: Who better to talk scouting than a reporter who looks 17? • 1 p.m. Baseball with Jayson Stark: What if we started the playoffs three weeks early? That would be cool. • 3:30 p.m. Cal RB Marshawn Lynch: We...
Watch An Old Man Cheat Death ... LIVE On Fox!
Slow, public meltdowns are no fun to watch, not even for the notoriously nasty and morbid voyeurs of the Internets. Which is why we await tonight's Evander Holyfield fight with a sense approaching dread. The fight, in Dallas and broadcast live on Fox Sports Net, pits the 43-year-old former champ (...
Armed And Dangerous
When we played Little League, our biggest risk of injury were the long-range dental implications from chewing on our glove. Today, if you walk around just about any city or town in America and look around long enough, you're bound to spot one or two kids with one arm noticeably longer than the oth...
Even Boxers Are Like, "This Dude's Too Violent"
We are not licensed public relations professionals. So maybe we're not in a position to give advice....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while cheering on Roger Ebert to come back... • NFL: Eli's Comin' ... Manning leads Giants to rout of Chiefs. • MLB: Return of The Gambler ... Rogers gets first win since July 5, as Detroit beats Texas 4-2. • Golf: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? Naw, try Lucas Glover and Chris Riley...
Yeah, We Want To Simulate THIS Guy
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about JJ Redick's appearance on the cover of NCAA College Hoops 2K7. Well, it turns out, it's much worse than you thought: They're actually doing the whole mo-cap suit thing to simulate his movements....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while waiting for Aunt Lou to finish cooking dinner ... • MLB: Texas at Detroit. We won't predict anything here. Nope, don't wan to jinx either team. We are silent, because (Detroit will win World Series). Doh! [ESPN] • NFL: Preseason, Kansas City at New York Giants. Let the sobbing (C...
NFL Season Preview: Detroit Lions
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
Leftovers: Who Is The Mystery Mets Sponsor?
• What the heck is Azek Trimboards? [High And Inside] • Yeah, you just try and find Rrett Bomar on the cover of an Oklahoma calendar. [The Wizard Of Odds] • It's NASCAR love affair intrigue! [Scene Daily] • Hey, MLB Advanced Media: Screw off. No, really, we mean it. (Seriously: Show us the part on o...
Take This Grass, Or Kevin Brown Will Shoot You Where You Stand
Remember Kevin Brown? Awesome for the Marlins, injured for the Dodgers, pissy for the Yankees, kind of a dumb hot-headed Hoosier type? Of course you do. Good ole Kevin Brown....
Google Video, Jose Canseco And You
We're not sure how we'd react if attacked by a leopard; probably curl up like an armadillo and roll toward the nearest large body of water. But we would hope that it would be a manly, dignified roll. We wouldn't want to go out squealing like a Girl Scout, as you can hear in this video. The reason we...
Attack Of The Killer Baseball
We'd never seen this video before, but it's proof of the age old maxim: When a baseball decides to kill every person in the room, there's simply no stopping it. Do not taunt Happy Baseball....
Canseco Pitching Debut Goes As You Probably Imagined It Would
There are many forms of self delusion. There's Kip from Napoleon Dynamite, who was "training to be a cage fighter." Then there's Jose Canseco, who beaned four batters, walked five and gave up a home run over 4 1/3 innings in his pitching debut with the Long Beach Armada on Wednesday, inspiring thi...
Blogdome: Portis' Bed
• In case you missed the Esquire interview with Clinton Portis. [The Big Lead] • "Meditative" footage of Lonny Baxter's arrest. [WizzNutzz] • Big, big fun with cheese scoreboard races in the CFL. [Boatmen Blog] • At the end of the day, why DID Floyd Landis do it? [Bored At Life] • A little Ohio foot...