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Leftovers: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• Guy is climbing Everest in shorts. Brilliant! [Yahoo News] • It's Philip Hughes mania, we tell you. [The Feed] • This is a rather impressive goal. [Rizzo Sports] • OJ Simpson could be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's child. We hate ourselves even more than we usually do for typing that sentence. ...
Eli Manning, Wayne Palmer: Same Guy
We're big fans of the television show "24," mainly because we love torture and can't quite believe Kiefer Sutherland somehow became tough as he got older. (We also have a serious crush on Chloe.) We're not exactly sold on this season, however, mainly because we refuse to believe a simpering wimp lik...
Peyton's Handlers Say He Does This All The Time
Once the "PTI"s and "Around The Horn"s of the world finally got around to noticing Peyton Manning's Sweet 16 party photos yesterday, the folks in Manning's camp had to acknowledge them with the most boring press release paragraph we can remember....
The U Forgets What Makes It The U
You know, if they keep this kind of funny business up, the U is going to fall tragically behind in recruiting next year....
Leftovers: They SHALL Respect Him
• Joey Porter is headed to Miami. What could possibly go wrong? [ESPN] • A-Rod is apparently rather particular about his sandwiches. [Can't Stand Quin Snyder] • We hope they rode their bikes off after the sale, with the contracts attached to the spokes. [Joe Sports Fan] • This is very much the wrong...
A <em>Real</em> Team Would Play A Tripleheader
More proof that our man Ron Zook — ARE YOU INTENSE ENOUGH FOR ZOOK???!!! — is a genius and is a force with which to be reckoned: He's smart enough to schedule games against teams who already have games scheduled that day....
Peyton Manning's Sweet 16 Party Cameo
So, less than a month after you've won the Super Bowl, you've got a bevy of entertainment options and endorsement opportunities. Or, you can just ignore both and sleep on a beach somewhere, maybe make out with balding country music stars your wife, just take it easy....
A Game You And Your Nine Year Old Daughter Can Play Together
So there's this site — Tim Hardaway can tell you all about it — called Stardoll, where you can virtually dress up all the stars into whatever outfits you want them to wear. Apparently, it's a complicated endeavor, with competitions and rankings and all kinds of things that we would consider complete...
Leftovers: Yell About DirectTV
• If you're still mad about the DirectTV MLB deal — and we are — here are some numbers to call. [Humbug Journal] • Donte Stallworth, getting some help. [Pulled My Groin] • Dwyane Wade is ready to come back, probably. [YAYSports!] • The early free-agent signings, as seen through the eyes of Terri Sch...
Don't Expect Your Rec League To Adopt These
These, friends, are the future of college basketball uniforms, and that future is: SPANDEX! OK, not quite Spandex, but there's certainly a skin-tight vibe going on for the four teams who will supposedly try out the new duds during their conference championships this week: Ohio State, Syracuse, Flori...
Kevin McHale Is The Best General Manager In The History Of Sports
Forbes came up with a system to rank all of the general managers currently working in sports. Kevin McHale ranks first. Forbes needs a new system....
LeftoverDome...
• The Pistons owner gives $75 million to a Jerusalem hospital. [SI] • If The Big Picture can have their "Would You Do?" tournament, then these ladies can do the same, although I don't know if "Would You Do Chris Berman" is a question the world is ready for. [Ladies...] • A closer look at the numbers...
Ron Jaworski Finds A Home
If I had to rank all of the professional football broadcasts that ABC's done in the last six months, I'd say that the Chicago Rush vs. Kansas City Brigade Arena Football game they just had was number one. It was their best effort. Beyond that, every broadcast involving Tony Kornheiser is tied for la...
The Money's Out There, You Pick It Up, It's Yours
Let's get caught up again with the orgy of NFL free agent activity. If you're an NFL player, and your agent couldn't work it out so you were a free agent this off-season, you should probably fire him....
Barry Bonds Delivers One Into Your Gap
In the years that I've stopped paying attention, the memorabilia business has gone in directions I couldn't have anticipated... namely, up the ass....
LeftoverDome...
• This should clear up any rumors about Bill Simmons going to Sports Illustrated. Maybe SI shouldn't have included "hepatitis" in the contract offer. [Scott's Shots] • You know that Dodgers pitcher who's worth billions? Darren Rovell gets all up in his schist. [CNBC] • A blog with an Onion-like appr...
Jake Plummer Will Spread Peace Everywhere But Tampa Bay
You've probably heard by now that Jake Plummer threatened to retire from the NFL just as the Broncos were attempting to trade him to Tampa Bay. Jake is serious with the retirement talk, according to those close to him, and he just might spend that retirement making the world a better place. Via Mich...
NFL General Managers Make It Rain
The first twenty-four hours of the NFL's free agency period have come and gone. There was a flurry of activity last evening ... let's get ourselves caught up....
Who Wouldn't Want This On Their Mantle?
Because we've fallen into the strange rut about writing about the groin areas of men in our late-day posts of late ... here's another one!...
Leftovers: Do Not Taunt Denny McLain
• Denny McLain is mad as hell, and he's ... gonna write a book no one will buy about it. [Detroit Free Press] • It's really, really hard to win on the road in European soccer. [Gelf Magazine] • Fred Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame. Really. [Can't Stand Quin Snyder] • Jake Plummer is Tampa-bound...