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Big Papi, Resting His Wrist
• Big Papi needs to sign more balls. [Lion In Oil] • Did Mike Mularkey's son send a nasty email? [The Phinsider] • Well, David Beckham played. [PopJocks] • This is how you do pushups. [Red Sox Monster] • The West Virginia fantasy football camp thing. [Losers With Socks] • The Liverpool Countdown Clo...
Italics Are Awesome
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
Remembering Harry Caray's Last Broadcast
The intrepid souls at Joe Sports Fan have dug up tape of the final game Harry Caray every broadcast. The game was September 21, 1997. So much has changed, but Harry was always the same....
Searching For Beckham In LA, And Finding Alexa
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Steve Phillips: How come no juicy mob-related umpiring scandals? • 2 p.m. ESPN150 with Tom Luginbill: Just pray that you are among the ESPN 150. All others shall perish! • 4 p.m. Honda Indycar 200 Winner: Does this sound...
Why Can't They Just Leave Poor Michael Vick Alone?
Well, now that legal expert Emmitt Smith has weighed in on the Michael Vick situation — saying the feds are just leaning on Vick to get "to everyone else," though we're trying to figure out who's more involved that the guy who slammed a dog into the ground until he died, we can wrap the whole matte...
Hope Can Be Found In The Heart Of Miguel Batista
Kids, if you're having trouble in your current relationship, if you and your significant other are finding it difficult to communicate with each other, if you're feeling the spark slowly drain away ... well, only two people can save you. David Copperfield, and Miguel Batista....
This Donaghy Situation Is Not Likely To Improve
Some may believe this scandal isn't as large as it seems, but we have to disagree. Donaghy, who's scheduled to give himself up to the feds as early as today or tomorrow, might very well spill the beans about some other scandals, and if this thing explodes any farther, well, the whole league could be...
Wait, So Whose Diapers Is He Changing Then?
We might remember, back in August 2006, that we were somewhat skeptical that the family of Brynn Cameron — the former USC women's basketball player who had Buzzsaw quarterback Matt Leinart's baby — were completely pleased with the whole arrangement. Within a month of this pregnancy announcement, Lei...
Bonds Planning To Break Aaron's Record In Private, Backyard Ceremony
Our story so far: Barry Bonds is two home runs away from tying Hank Aaron's career home run record, a situation which makes the lightning bolt scar on my forehead throb and burn like fire, but that's beside the point. Bonds sat out Sunday's game in Milwaukee, which the Brewers won 7-5. Meanwhile, Bu...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while finishing the Harry Potter book about 1:30 a.m. ... • MLB: Bonds sits, Brewers beat Giants 7-5 (photograph courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope). • Golf: Padraig Harrington becomes first Irishman in 60 years to win the British Open, which means there was a slight chance of ce...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you're Waiting for the DJ... • MLB: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball St. Louis at Atlanta. Willie Harris needs just 51 consecutive hits to break DiMaggio's record tonight (not really). [ESPN] • Professional Doping: Stage 14 of the Tour de France. Eat Pyrenees, bitches! [Versus] • The F...
No Bonds For You!
As you may have noticed, Barry Bonds is being held out of the final game of San Francisco's series at Milwaukee (in progress). So it looks like he won't be making any progress towards Henry Aaron's prized record on my watch. Oh well, I'll just have to keep staring at my Arizona State throwback jerse...
I knew well in advance that I'd come out of the Winky Wright/Bernard Hopkins fight frustrated, confuse, and unfulfilled like Katie Holmes' first romantic encounter with Tom Cruise. Truthfully I can't even bring myself to write up my thoughts on the fight, besides, I feel as if I've already inundated...
Blogdome: The Kung Pow Edition
• Honestly, what Olympic tourist wouldn't want to go out in the woods for some target practice with the Chinese military? [100% Injury Rate] • A unique comparison of the allegations levied against Michael Vick and Tim Donaghy. [Nation of Islam Sports Blog] • If Myles Brand had to handle the Tim Dona...
Blogdome: The Kung Pow Edition
• Honestly, what Olympic tourist wouldn't want to go out in the woods for some target practice with the Chinese military? [100% Injury Rate • Comparing the allegations levied against Michael Vick and Tim Donaghy, NOIS style. [Nation of Islam Sports Blog] • If Myles Brand had to handle the Tim Donagh...
True Stars Shine In Los Angeles
Thank God they finally got that out of the way. For weeks we've been inundated with coverage of David Beckham's American debut. Now that those anti-climactic 12 minutes of play have come and gone perhaps everybody will just calm down for a little while. Like any other fan of American soccer I'm glad...