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Blogdom's Best: There's Crying In Seattle
· Yeah, you know, it is kind of weird when an athlete just starts crying when he gets cut or traded. [The Sports Frog] · Red Sox media, fans, various pet guppies all about to crucify closer Keith Foulke. [Boston Sports Media] · A's general manager Billy Beane preaches some more to the choir at A's f...
Dorks At NHL.com Look For An End To Their Torture
We figured it was time to check in and see what the nerds at NHL.com were up to. When we last checked in on those guys, in the wake of any actual hockey news, the young turks at NHL.com who have somehow held onto their job for the last 16 months have been playing an imaginary hockey tournament usi...
There Is No Slumming For Rickey!
From the always amazing (and always anonymous) satirical site Yard Work, a diary entry from Rickey Henderson's tour with the San Diego Surf Dawgs....
Blind Item: Which Current President Used To Have Too Much Of The Bubbly?
Remember a couple of years ago, when Mets catcher Mike Piazza called a press conference to let everyone know he wasn't gay? Anybody remember why he had to do that? Because the New York Post's Page Six ran a blind item. It said:...
NFL Stars Enjoy Playing With Themselves And Other NFL Stars
We are just more than a month away from the release of Madden 06, the EA Sports game that's slowly becoming just about as much fun as the actual NFL. At a release party for the game in Manhattan last week, various NFL players tried it out. Selected highlights:...
The Return Of Barry Bonds
After almost a month away from us, elusively beefy Giants outfielder Barry Bonds has finally given back to his fans on his online journal. Touted as the way Bonds could communicate with his real fans without that bastard media bothering him, Barry hadn't had much to say to us for a while; the site...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... 10 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Ever hear of an entire team going down in a fantasy plane crash in the mountains, and resorting to fantasy cannibalism? Yep, happened to me. 11 a.m. MLB with Rob Neyer: I've just been beaten up by Kenny Ro...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while running down the street with your hair on fire and a sparkler stuck in your ass ... · Sprocket Man: Lance Armstrong sitting pretty after fourth stage of Tour de France. · Astros' Biggio passes a defenseless dead guy on all-time hit list. · Japanese man eats 49 hot dogs, and sad...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as ... hey! Vladimir Putin stole the remote! · Operation Desert Snore: Giants at Diamondbacks. · Golf: Ask your doctor if the Cialis Western Open is right for you. · Trey Bien! WNBA Sacramento Monarchs at New York Liberty....
Your Bookie, Your Paycheck And You
What you're missing on Oddjack — the site that keeps tabs on both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler. · Today's card at Churchill Downs: Don't worry — we've got a system! · The NASCAR line: Structuring your portfolio around the fortunes of Hermie Sadler. · How to cash in on your ML...
Leftovers: More Old Men Getting Punched
· Boxer Thomas Hearns, 46, planning comeback, purchase of a "Rascal" scooter. [Detroit News] · Um, who in their right mind would buy these? Vikings' coach Tice fined $100,000 for scalping tickets. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] · 646-pound catfish caught in Thailand. Construction begins on world's large...
What Is A Groupie, Exactly?
From a fascinating discussion on the NFL Wives Yahoo Group:...
Major League Baseball Is Incredibly, Massively Cool
We think it's incredibly cute when sports people decide to hold awards show. NASCAR has been doing this for years, most hilariously, with a bunch of dudes spilling chaw on their tuxes. The ESPYs are pretty much the pinnacle of this; nothing could possibly beat Tiger Woods in a tuxedo trying to be ...
Jeter, A-Rod Exchanging Blows. This Time It's Not In A Gay Way
We were all waiting to see when Yankees gay icons Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez were going to finally have a lover's spat. According to Radar Online — who would know, we suppose — it happened last week. The report, attributed to a TV producer who apparently gives his/her scoops to Radar rather t...
Today In MLB Blogs
You remember Curt Smith — he was one of George H.W. Bush's most prolific speechwriters. You've probably been walking around town quoting Smith lines for years and not known it. There was the memorable time Bush said, um ... and the time he talked about ... er ... that thing ... ah ... Well, just t...
Sports Illustrated Knows Not Of This Herpes!
We picked up our copy of Sports Illustrated yesterday and were most pleased to see Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on the cover. Finally! Vick ends his silence on the whole giving women herpes fiasco and shed some light on that whole Ron Mexico business. Why else would he be on the cover?...
Giants Fans Desperately Want To Get Crabs
In 1984, the San Francisco Giants, back when the team was terrible and the sports information was wacky, introduced the Crazy Crab, a satirical mascot meant to skewer the concept of a mascot all together. The notion was that Crazy Crab was an anti-mascot, one that would take the abuse of fans fru...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... · Noon. ESPN Golf School: Cell phones on the course — would you smash them with a wood or an iron? · 3 p.m. College Football With Ivan Maisel: How come we never see you at SEC games anymore? · 4 p.m. Recruiting With Tom Luginbill: Which ...
Bill Plaschke: Original Confidence!
The fantastic satirical folks at Yard Work have the best impression of a column by the LA Times' Bill Plaschke that we've ever seen. It has all the hallmarks: fear of technology, six word paragraphs, awkward usurping of pop culture and, best, hideous metaphors:...
Kraft Meant To Give The Ring All Along! Of course!
Patriots owner Robert Kraft now says that he meant to give Russian president Vladimir Putin his Super Bowl ring in the first place....