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About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering what the heck everyone is laughing about ... • Running of the Bulls: Six more people gored today as the bulls threaten to turn this one into a rout. • Soccer: U.S. Under-20 World Cup team beats nation of 1.7 million with a 20 percent unemployment rate. • Fencing: Braz...
The Doggest Day Of Summer
It's only 400,000 degrees in Brooklyn today, rather than 4,000,000, but that doesn't mean today's been any less difficult of a day; we are fully wrapped up in the most boring sports day of the year. No sports today — not counting the WNBA, of course — and the taping of the ESPYs. Some might say you ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your iPod demands more songs with fiddles ... • Boxing: Junior middleweights, Joel "Meat" Julio vs. Cornelius "Cornholio" Bundrage, at Hollywood, Calif. Who needs sleep? Not us. [ESPN2] • Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 4, Villers-Cotterets to Joigny, France. For all of your previous...
Barry Bonds' Last Friends In The World
Bud Selig can take some solace in the world: Not everyone is gnashing their teeth and rending their garments over Barry Bonds' impending destruction of Hank Aaron's home run record....
A-Rod Scores Them In Bunches
The guy who provided this here site with The Tip That Shook The Nation — involving Chris Berman and a certain leather-clad female — of course earned a place in our our mythical Tipster Hall of Fame. And in our hearts. But he's slipping, unfortunately. His once great fastball is now merely a languid ...
Tim Legler Is INTENSE
From the now defunct Awesome USA! blog, here's what appears to be ESPN NBA analyst Tim Legler awfully intense on a roller coaster....
Guilty? Me? Nawwwwww ....
• Sometimes, you just plead innocent, no matter what. [The Futon Report] • UTEP footballers, scufflin'. [Sports By Brooks] • More NESN programming. [Surviving Grady] • Yes! Jock Jams! [Hawg Sports] • The Sabres might be able to play outdoors. [Buffalo Rising] • Everyone in the NHL should text messag...
Platt Vs. Turturro, For All The Ham
If you haven't gotten brought up to speed on The Bronx Is Burning just yet, fret not: It's pretty easy to catch up. Oliver Platt yells, John Turturro yells, Sam shoots people, Reggie hits homers. (The Dugout recap sums it up rather well.)...
Meet Ron Artest's Fat Brother
As some of you might have heard, Ron Artest's little brother is trying to make it in the NBA. He's got a few strikes against him. First, he's Ron Artest's brother. Second, he weighs about 300 pounds. Third, he weighs about 300 pounds and thinks his jump shot's gonna get him to the League....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 12:30 p.m. Page 2's Bill Simmons: That cartoon Simmons head looks like it has jaundice. May I offer you a cool washcloth and some antibiotics, Bill? • 2 p.m. Baseball Am.'s John Manuel: Dmitri Young is certainly not dead. (He's not, is...
The Royals Rule The All Star Game
This is Gil Meche, the Kansas City Royals' "All-Star" for last night's game. Like Albert Pujols, he didn't get in the game. For Royals fans, this is the furthest thing from unusual. Their All-Star history is so checkered that the last Royals to get a hit in an All-Star game was ... Bo Jackson....
The ESPYs Keep The Talent Happy
The ESPYs are airing Sunday, but they've already been filmed, and, just like last year, they handed out a ridiculous gift bag....
Chandler In Tahoe: Kevin Costner Always Takes Time For Cheerleaders
The Celeb/Am portion of the Lake Tahoe Celebrity Golf Tournament got underway on Tuesday at Edgewood Golf Course and look, kids! Kevin Costner! After watching Costner for nine holes, I'll go ahead and estimate that the special effects budget for Tin Cup was in the $400 million range....