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The Closer: Mets Soldier On Without Pedro
Notes from a day in baseball ......
Hirshey: One More Time For Some Old Frenchmen
David Hirshey — whose beauty has been captured photographically at ESPN.com — is writing for Deadspin throughout the World Cup....
Carl Monday Is Not Scared Of Your Internet
Carl Monday has been CLEVELAND'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER for decades, but only recently has he earned himself officially Interwebs Superstar status. (Which is probably why he was beaten on the Eddie Griffin story.) It seems that Monday is less than comfortable with his new notoriety....
Hirshey: Auf Wiedersehn To All That
David Hirshey is writing regularly throughout the World Cup....
Hirshey: Forza Italia!
Forget the match-fixing scandal and apparent suicide attempt of former beloved defender Gianluca Pessotto that were going to be such huge distractions that Italy would retreat into its mournful defensive shell and not come out until they had to board the plane to go home. As anyone who has glimpsed ...
Dirk To Cuban: Pipe Down, Sparky
Dirk Nowitzki is taking his leadership role on the Dallas Mavericks seriously. He's not calling out another player, he's not even calling out a coach. He's got issues with team owner Mark Cuban. From an article in the Dallas Morning News, here's Dirk on Cuban's courtside behavior:...
France Continues Ownership Of Brazil
Brazil has capped a tournament full of uninspiring play with more of the same, but this time, they weren't able to get away with it. A peaking-at-the-right-time French squad got a goal from Thierry Henry, slotting home a free kick from the man of the match, Zinedine Zidane. Zidane was brilliant al...
The Closer: You Will Believe A Man Can Fly
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Hirshey: Now It REALLY Begins
David Hirshey is writing throughout the World Cup....
Darko, Way Back When
As we prepare for the NBA Draft tonight, we encourage you to keep in mind that, well, nobody knows anything. Need proof? This pre-2003 draft video looking at the "unlimited potential" of Darko Milicic....
You Should Probably Just Be Visiting TrueHoop Today
We'll have more NBA Draft preview stuff later today, but until then, we happily show off this photo from The Realests, which we can guarantee you showed up on the dorm wall of some happy Washington Jesuit....
Hirshey: France Is Dead, Long Live France!
Admit it: After weeks of watching the Beckhams , Ballacks , Figos and Tonis and the rest of the preening World Cup showponies parade their smoldering good looks and luxuriant manes around the field after a match, didn't it feel good yesterday to see a couple of ancient chrome domes like Zidane and B...
Hirshey: B'Day, Mate
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Dan Fouts, Unplugged!
In honor of Bill Simmons' and ESPN's discovery of YouTube today — and our cameo appearance — we thought we'd dig up a fun old YouTube of Verne Lundquist and Dan Fouts, on CBS, killing some time before the start of a Cowboys game. We love the facial expressions Fouts makes into the camera here. We th...