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The Knicks Are Willing To Try Anything
When we interviewed Sam Walker, author of Fantasyland and columnist for The Wall Street Journal a while back, he spoke at length about the prevalence of fantasy baseball and the changing face of the game. We let the guy expound for a while, and expound he did. And at the end of the interview, when a...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Diamondbacks
Baseball is here! Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're previewing the season by going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. Today: The Arizona Diamondbacks. Tomorrow we c...
Blogdome: NBC's NASCAR Screwup
• Yeah, that NBC/NASCAR stunt they pulled on "Dateline" wasn't just bad journalism, it was extremely bad business. [World Chumps] • Don't expect to see your local news with NFL highlights next year. [Orange And Teal] • Brian Giles cup check! [Gaslamp Ball] • So what weird crap are the Pirates puttin...
Another Great Sideline Reporter Snafu
This guy right here is Ryan Field. He is not to be confused with Ryan Field, the football stadium for the Northwestern Wildcats. Field is the sideline "reporter" for Fox Sports Detroit, and during last night's Detroit-NOOCH game, he "reported" on a flood in the NOOCH locker room....
Jim Nantz, King Of The WASPs
As The Masters tee off today — complete with cigarettes and littered beer cans everywhere — we cast our eyes again to Jim Nantz. After playing toadie to Billy Packer for a while — and is there a worse possible job description on earth than "Billy Packer's toadie?" — Nantz heads to Augusta, a place...
Power To The Peepl
Reaction continues to pour in on yesterday's spelling bee post (OK, we got one note, which was attached to a rock and thrown through our window). Toward the end of the post we noted that there are actually people who protest in front of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.; folks ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS star Alecko Eskandarian: Oh, like you had to put "MLS star" in front of this name? Isn't that like putting "Golf star" in front of Tiger Woods? • 3 p.m. Baseball author Nate Silver: Hit me with some obscure statistics, you g...
As Much NBA Fun As PhotoShop Allows
Reason No. 452,591 that the Interweb is a beautiful, frightening place: As found on Scamboogah! comes some incredible pictures made by some crazy person in Australia....
Anybody Actually Watching This Show (Other Than Us)?
Here's the thing about the ESPN "reality" series Bonds on Bonds; everyone seems to have an opinion on it, but practically no one has actually seen it. Even Barry himself missed the debut episode on Tuesday. We don't know what the ratings were, but they can't be good; ESPN went into damage control ...
Blowing Ben Wallace Up
So here's a phrase you weren't ready to hear on a Thursday morning: "Ben Wallace Blow-Up Doll."...
The Closer: East Coast Bias Edition
Five tidbits from a night of baseball ... • 1. We Love Living In New York. Honestly, New York newspapers are insane. After the Yankees scored 15 runs in their opening night win over the A's, the Daily News actually ran a story asking whether or not this Yankees offense was "the best of all time." ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while tearfully writing your very last love letter to Katie Couric ... • MLB: Rollins hit streak to 38, but Phils lose to Cards 4-3. Come on, people! Where's the love for Rollins? • NBA: Knicks top Cavs to end nine-game losing streak, but Larry Brown still isn't buying any new proper...
Duke Lacrosse Team Cancels Season; Coach Resigns
This was just posted on Duke's Web site: The University has cancelled the rest of the lacrosse season, and coach Mike Pressler has resigned, effective immediately....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your car's navigation system keeps directing you to Hooters ... • Boxing: Junior middleweights, J.C. Candelo vs. Verno Phillips, at New Orleans. Just what the city needs after all its been through. Sanctioned fisticuffs. [ESPN2] • MLB: St. Louis at Philadelphia. It's Mulder vs. Scul...
Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
As always, it's amazing what you can find on YouTube....
Leftovers: Nationals Are Kicking Out The Gays
• As if they hadn't had enough problems with the upcoming Washington baseball stadium, now it looks like it's going to shut down all the gay bars. [Gridskipper] • Yep: This is exactly what everyone was like in our fantasy draft. For the record, we're "the Ken Griffey Jr. guy." [Cracked] • Check out ...
The New New Busch Stadium
With all the stories going on right now — Bonds, Roger Clemens' dry cleaning, Anna Benson's shifting views on fidelity — the question that affects us the most deeply is: What's the new Busch Stadium going to look like? Our beloved Cardinals move into a new stadium this year, and though the big lea...
Duke Lacrosse Case Somehow Gets Uglier
If you were wondering if the Duke lacrosse case could possibly be anymore disturbing than it already is, the answer is a depressing, horrifying "yes."...
Ah, The Pageantry Of Augusta
This is John Daly teeing off during a practice round at the Masters yesterday, in a photo from The Augusta Chronicle. If you ever had any doubt as to why John Daly is popular, that doubt should now rest. Yes, yes, a tradition unlike any other....