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Jason Giambi Is The Only Man Who's Honest About Steroids
We find it incredibly strange that Jason Giambi is, once again, back at the forefront of the drugs-in-baseball debate. After all, has there ever been a more effective advertisement for the benefits of performance enhancing drugs than Jason Giambi?...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as all the clocks slowly begin to melt ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. This one decides the series! Let's go! (Shotgun!). [ESPN] • MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta [TBS]; Chicago Cubs as San Diego. Considering the weather, the Cubs just may stay. [WGN] • Boxing: Women's, junior wel...
Shane Victorino And His Skirt Can Be On Your Dashboard
Pity poor Shane Victorino. The Phillies outfielder/journeyman is being honored with his own figurine at a Phillies game on June 3, which has to be a thrill for any major league baseball player. (It was certainly a thrill for Mr. Celery!) Why Shane Victorino? Well, he's Hawaiian, and that makes him u...
Quack, Baby ... Quack
• It's a happy time in Duck land. [Ducks Blog] • Remembering the great Kevin Mitchell. [Say Hey] • Yeah, it really wouldn't have been fair if the Bulls would have gotten Durant or Oden. [Ron Karkovice Fan Club] • Looking back at the life of the great, late Doug Pappas. [Baseball Prospectus] • Look w...
The Real Tragedy Is That My Cell Phone Was In There
Well, if your golf cart has to plunge off of a gigantic cliff with you in it, we suppose it might as well be in Fallbrook, Calif....
That's One Way To Sell A Condo
We don't know Alabama well enough to understand the real estate market, but it's little surprise that one of the main selling points in Tuscaloosa is proximity to Bryant-Denny Stadium, home of the Crimson Tide. And it turns out that a condominium company is using a peculiar strategy to sell their ho...
Hey, What Else You Gonna Do With A Full Beer?
Sometimes, when a ballgame at Dodger Stadium is wrapping up, one has no choice but to pour beer on one's self. Fortunately, she can take that famed Chavez Ravine subway home....
Where A Show Goes To Die
• "Baseball Tonight" has slowly become unwatchable. [The DiaTribe] • Welcome to Dallas, Mr. Super Bowl. [Girls Gone Sports] • That Sasha feller is playing right dun good. [Kid Cleveland] • More fun with the NFL in Europe. [The Goose's Roost] • We all miss George. [No Mas] • What Joe Paterno was real...
Hello, SPORTS FAN, Allow Us To Tell You About LOCAL SPORTS FRANCHISE
We understand that the WNBA is doing everything in its power to increase its fanbase or, more accurately, survive. One of the keys to this: Making sure "mainstream" media outlets cover the team in their pages. But team public relations people can only do so much. Enter form letters fans can send to ...
Andrew Walter Will Hear Your Confession Now
We're a bit late on this, but alas:...
Yes. Right. Playoffs. Still Happening. Got It.
Oh yeah! There was a basketball game last night! Right!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chattters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: Is it ironic that people are more interested in the lottery than in the actual games? • 2 p.m.. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Is that a resin bag in your pants or are you just glad to see me? • 4 p.m.. AF...
Elijah Dukes Is Not Subtle About Voice Mail
Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes is off to a splendid start this year, and just watching him play, you can tell he has superstar potential. Hell ... he could very well be the next Brett Myers!...
Well, We Suppose This Ruins Pitino's Master Plan
Yes, friends, it is a sad day in Celtics land. (It's a sad day in Grizzlies land too, but nobody cares about the Grizzlies.) All the hopes and dreams of Bill Simmons — who should have plenty to write about over the next five years — and those Golden Tee-playing Boston fans went up in a poof of lotte...
Yet Another Great Reason To Live In Portland
Before we talk about the disappointment of all the teams who didn't win the first or second pick in last night's NBA Draft Lottery, let's look at the team that did win, the Portland Trail Blazers. (The official favorite team of Henry Abbott at True Hoop, who was at the lottery last night and, amusin...
Do Not Panic, Boston. Red Sox Have Resumed Control
Notes on a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while decorating your tree fort ... • NBA: If the Spurs keep playing this well, they may sell out a game. San Antonio 105, Jazz 96. • MLB: Griffey's 573rd career homer can't stop the tempest that is the Washington Nationals. • NHL: Daffy is going nuts, Donald is passed out in a corne...
Live Blogging The Recitation Of Team Names
It's rare that the landscape of the NBA can change so dramatically in one night, but tonight it definitely one of those nights. Fittingly, it has nothing to do with an increasingly meandering playoffs....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while hiding from the flying robot police ... • MLB: New York Mets at Atlanta. The most humid rivalry in sports. [TBS] • NBA: Draft lottery, at Secaucus, N.J.; Western Conference finals, Utah at San Antonio, Game 2. You know which one you care about watching more. [ESPN] • NHL: Western...
How To Make Love To That Team's Biggest Fan
In one of those perfect ideas that make the Internets such a blessing on our daily lives, Every Day Should Be Saturday and Ladies ... have come up a guide to seducing a particular team's fan. Want to know how to bed that Cardinals fan? What do you say to a Knicks fan to sneak 'em in the sack? How do...