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Nothing But Perfection For Bill
• Only 19-0 will make Bill Belichick happy. [Lion In Oil] • Some of the odd folks looking to hang on as an NBA 12th man. [The Angry T] • Willie Parker just isn't getting in the end zone. [The Big Picture] • Other great race horse names. [ • Embracing the comeback of Illini Steve Stricker. [I Want To...

Look Out Letterman: Here Comes Buck
Not getting enough Joe Buck? Don't worry: There's a possibility he might be coming to a late-night talk show near you....

You Scousers Are Fooling Yourselves
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....

Roger Clemens Is Ready To Go Home Now
Roger Clemens walked off the mound for, presumably, the final time last night, because of a balky hamstring ... we suppose. Mostly it looked like a guy finally realizing he had nothing left except for, of course, $22 million....


We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a/m. MLB with Goose Gossage: What are you sitting around here for? Torre wants you suited up and at the park by noon. • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Bob Davie: USC is No. 7? So should Stanford be No. 6? • 3 p.m. Jim Jones Jr.: If you're l...

USChadenfreude: The Trojan Dynasty Is Dead
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....

Of Monday Hangovers, Booty Calls, And The Biggest Upset In College Football History
To put Stanford's win over USC into the proper perspective this morning, you should know that the Stanford Tree woke up with a raging hangover, empty tequila bottles strewn about his apartment and a pair of panties dangling from his upper branches. OK, that just means it's Monday. For real perspect...

One More Night For The Yankees
Forgive us for referencing our column again, but we can't quite get over how dead the Yankees looked in the third inning last night. Whatever your thoughts on George Steinbrenner's "ultimatum" — and we tend to think it's the rantings of a doddering old man who mistakenly let someone end with a noteb...


Manny Ramirez And His Jazz Hands
We're pretty pleased that the Yankees won last night, not because we love the Yankees, necessarily, but because we finally have a series with a sense of competitiveness. Not only were the other three series sweeps, they were dominations; the Red Sox-Angels series was the only one that a game with a...

Joey Harrington, Franchise Killer
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About Last Night ...
What you missed while hunting the great white whale ... • MLB: Torre's execution delayed on appeal, thanks to Johnny Damon. Yankees 8, Indians 4. • NFL: Favre breaks another hallowed record, that you probably won't hear much about from Madden. Bears 27, Packers 20. • NHL: Well, at least something we...

Don't Start Lending Joe Torre Money Just Yet
Thanks to Johnny Damon and Philip Hughes, the Yankees have given us all something to do Monday night. And we have one more Joe Torre-free night on the soup line. We might look for Roger Clemens there, though....

The Los Angeles Angels of Sucktown
Well I was going to wait for this baseball game to end to call it a weekend, but I think it's safe to say that it's over. The Boston Red Sox have exploded with seven runs in the eighth inning to take a 9-0 lead. The only runs that really mattered were the back-to-back solo shots from Big Papi and C...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while trying to avoid contact with Red Sox fans at all costs... • MLB: Yankees vs. Indians. Will this be the end of Roger Clemens? Probably not. [TBS] • NFL: Chicago at Green Bay. Who cares about the score, what's the over/under on interceptions? [NBC] • TV: Curb Your Enthusiasm: "The ...

Gamblers Can Finally Take a Deep Breath
New England was up ten when they went for it on 4th and Goal late in the game. For someone like me, with fair amount of money invested in a 17 point spread (or 16.5 if you were lucky), this is where things got nutty. Just as it looked that Cleveland would run out the clock (if Romeo can't win he can...

Touchdown USC!
• Amanda Beard is the new Go Daddy girl. It's nice when people accomplish their dream [FanHouse] • If you hate the Cubs you'll get some joy out of these pictures. [Babes Love Baseball] • I hope this helps make up for missing out on a CFB recap this morning. [College Game Balls] • Sarah Spain has a n...

Bob Ryan Is Drunk On Basebahol
I've always had a soft-spot for Bob Ryan. Oftentimes I disagree with the guy, but I love the way he puts himself out there (like with Juwanna Joumanna Kidd!). I want you to know that I respect Mr. Ryan and I wouldn't every want to unfairly malign the man. But either the Fenway press box was pouring...