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What Kind Of Sports Bar Societal Dregs Will You Encounter During Week 1?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

We Can Finally Watch High School Football On TV Today
12 p.m. — High School Football: Booker T. Washington (Florida) at Summerville (South Carolina) [ESPN] 12:30 p.m. — Little League World Series: Willemstad, Curacao vs. Tokyo, Japan [ABC] 1:00 p.m. — Women's Tennis: Pilot Pen final in New Haven, Connecticut [CBS] 1:00 p.m. — WNBA: Playoffs [ESPN2] 1:0...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of that new Neil Simon play, Chapter 11 ... • MLB: Astros at Braves [TBS]; Giants at Dodgers. This may take a long while. Bring a pillow. [ESPN2] • Soccer: MLS, Kansas City at New England. Kevin Garnett to be allowed to shoot a penalty kick? [ESPN2] • Golf: Reno-Tahoe Open. Hey...

Great Sportswriters, Reading Aloud
We know they have the Varsity Letters Sports Reading Series every month in New York City, so sometimes they struggle to get people worthwhile. (Like this idiot.) But their crew tomorrow is particularly excellent....

Maybe it's because Eric Byrnes is just too IN YOUR FACE for the studio. Maybe Fox Sports is afraid his energy and enthusiasm could, at any given moment, blow away Jeanne Zelasko's carbon-fiber wig. Either way, the Arizona Diamondbacks centerfielder, who plays analyst when his team no longer plays ba...

David Ross Enjoys Life As A Major Leaguer
"TheNaturalMevs" of DiamondHoggers is rather upset with Reds catcher David Ross. Not just for his low batting average, but for his philandering ways. After the jump (and I can't tell exactly where that will be, the site just puts the jump wherever the hell it feels like these days), a story from a b...


Yes, But Does the Carpet Match the Beard?
So by now you've heard all about Amanda Beard's Olympic-sized star turn in Playboy. (Looking for links to the pics? Try here.)...

Hot Blogger Bracketology
With mere hours to go until the end of the first round of the Hot Blogger Bracket (presented by the Ladies...) that took the sports-blog universe by storm this week (and shot their Ballhype ranking into the Top 5). There have been mass email campaigns, "going negative" on opponents and far too many ...

Andrew Walter Will Hear Your Confession Now
We're a bit late on this, but alas:...

I Was A Fugitive From An NCAA Basketball Office Pool Chain Gang
So you say that you were with Dr. Martin Luther King during the protest at Selma? Ha, that's nothing. We marched with Representative Kim Meltzer (R-Mich.) during her courageous fight to make NCAA basketball tournament office pools legal....

Lars, You Scamp...
Ah, the plight of the female sports reporter. If someone's not making a video montage of your ass and putting it on YouTube, than a Norwegian skier is sitting behind you, gesturing that you suck cock. These women deserve raises. Every single one of them....

A Sad, Base, Disgusting Poll, And We, Frankly, Are Ashamed Of You
We continue to feel bad for attractive female sideline reporters. They work hard, they travel like crazy, they put in the hours ... and no matter what they do, all they ever receive for their efforts is "ooh, boobies!" It has to be frustrating, and we do our best to rise above it around here....

A Very Brady Ash Wednesday
As was discussed here over the weekend, Tom Brady is going to be a daddy! (We've already got our baby shower gift picked out). It's never our place to judge, but we can't help but wonder how this whole thing is playing at home with the folks. Not only is their son not planning to marry the mom, actr...

The Eye Of The Tiger Will Save A Serbian Village
Zitiste is a small Serbian town with a population just over 3,000. I guess the village is only mentioned in the news when they're hit with floods, and they're getting tired of it. To counteract this, they're spending money on not some sort of drainage or irrigation system, but... a big Rocky statue....

The Bear Had No Use For Sideline Reporters
The more I watch this, the more I laugh. That's legendary Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, just barely stopping short of saying something like, "Look, you stupid bitch." Today's coaches (for the most part) are too publicly polite to embarrass a sideline reporter by pointing out the absurdity of the...

Your Basic Cable Themed Minor League Hockey Mascot
Tonight, on "The Colbert Report," the program will announce its newest fan-based shot into the outside world: The official mascot for the Saginaw Spirit junior hockey club. (Typically, "Colbert Report" viewers stuff the ballot box for teams, mascots or bridges that might be named after their man.)...

Free Post: Put Dawson In The Hall
Last week, we offered a free post anyone who could grab a Bruce Weber Bobblehead from a Schaumberg Flyers promotion. The blessed soul that is Jeff Kline, from a "hellhole of suburban vacuousness only seven miles away from Alexian Field," came through for us. So here's his free post, which has a nobl...