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For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NBC. Tennis. French Open. 1:00, CBS. Track and Field. Reebok Grand Prix. 1:00, ESPN. College Softball. 1:00, FOX. NASCAR. Nextel Cup. Autism Speaks 400. 2:00, TBS. MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Chicago Cubs. 2:30, CBS. PGA Golf. Memorial Tournament, Final Round. 3:30, ESPN. College Softball. 3:00, Fox...

Encore?
The playoffs, as you often hear, are all about adjustments. If you're Flip Saunders, how do you adjust to LeBron James finally becoming the unstoppable force he was always supposed to be? I guess your best hope is to just hope he's exhausted from kicking your ass the last time out. The downside is t...

To Watch Tonight...
• 8:00, NBC. Stanley Cup Finals. Anaheim Ducks @ Ottawa Senators. Or the All Children's Telethon, which should be good, too. • 8:00, ESPN2. Soccer. China vs. United States. If this game is so "friendly," why even keep score? • 8:30, TNT. NBA Playoffs. Detroit Pistons @ Cleveland Cavaliers. Craig Sag...

There Has To Be A Way To Combine A Hockey Game And A Telethon
Hockey continues to feel the sting of disrespect from their network television home. This time, the slap in the face isn't national, but limited to just the Tampa market. For now, anyway. We'll have to wait and see what happens if tonight's game goes into overtime....

Travel Tips From An ESPN Producer
• A freelance producer who did work for ESPN shouldn't have taken that lighter on the plane. Or the drugs. Or the child porn. [KUTV Video Library] • Bobby Martin, who played high school football despite his lack of legs, is aiming to make the Arena or Canadian Football league. [Gelf Magazine] • Migh...

Gary Sheffield Will Rip The Lid Off Of It
For "aggressive actions directed at umpire Greg Gibson," Detroit Tigers DH Gary Sheffield was suspended for three games. Sheff broke his bat, and then threw the handle down ... somewhere. He says he threw it towards the dugout, Major League Baseball says he threw it at the ump....

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, NFL Network. NFL Europa. Frankfurt Galaxy @ Berlin Thunder. 12:00, USA. The Starter Wife. 12:00, ESPN. College Softball. DePaul vs. Arizona State. 1:00, NBC. Tennis. French Open. Men's and Women's Third Rounds. 2:00, ESPN. College Softball. Texas A&M vs. Baylor. 2:30, Fox Soccer. Euro 2008 Qu...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch to top off another glorious Free Donut Day ... • Boxing: Junior middleweights, James Kirkland vs. Ossie Duran; junior welterweights, Timothy Bradley vs. Donald Camarena, at Santa Ynez, Calif. Oh, you wanted "abuse." It's "being-hit-on-the-head" lessons in here. [Showtime] • College sof...

Evander Holyfield Has Much Advice For Sage Rosenfels
"OK, now everybody listen up. The key to being a successful Houston Texan is to ... wait ... is HGH legal in football? No? Oh, well, don't worry: Take it anyway, you'll sit out four games, no one will care, it's the NFL. Anyway, what was I saying? Dancing. Yes. Dancing is ... you gotta ..."...

Mike And Mike Weren't So Bad, Actually
• Your complete Spelling Bee roundup. [Daily Sports Haiku] • About the other guy in the Armando Benitez trade. [Say Hey] • Do not steal the parking boot. [Loser With Socks] • Sidney Crosby, Penguins captain. [PopJocks] • Roy Jones Jr. likes his cocks to fight. [Steroid Nation]...

Who's the Next Allison Stokke?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

Kick Satan Out Of Your Life With The Help Of The Indianapolis Indians
What's coming up in the world of minor league baseball ... we proudly present you with Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!...

They'd Probably Charge At Least Five Bucks For This One
We're not inherent UFC fans, but we understand the appeal, and jeez, the damned thing's on the cover of SI these days. If you've ever watch a Pay-Per-View, you'll probably enjoy this parody; we think this fight might be rather fun to watch, actually....

Meet A-Rod's Lady
Today's Alex Rodriguez update: They've got the name of his lady, and she's a former Playboy model. She's Joslyn Noel Morse, and she was in this issue of "Casting Calls."...

Gators Deal With The Loss Of Billy Boy
Now that Billy Donovan has officially left the Florida Gators for the Orlando Magic — and EDSBS has been quiet so far — we thought we'd ask the biggest Gators fan we knew, Dan Shanoff, to describe how he's feeling. Here are his words....

NBA Blogdome: In Awe
A wrapup of Web reaction to LeBron James' insanity in the Cavs' Game 5 win last evening ......

LeBron Does All Kinds Of Things Humans Aren't Supposed To Be Able To Do
This photo is of the last point of the final 25 LeBron James scored last night to give the Cavaliers a 3-2 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. (Yes, for once, the Eastern Conference playoffs were not just watchable, but thrilling.) We find it amazing that in this shot, there are five Detro...

LeBron Would Like To Make His Case Now
Heavens to Betsy: We think it's possible that LeBron James has proven himself in the fourth quarter. Or in overtime. Or in double overtime. Or, perhaps soon, in the NBA Finals. He scored the last 25 points for the Cavs. That, friends, is ridiculous. Consider our jaws officially agape. More tomorrow....

Cavs' Chance To Take Total Control
Larry Hughes will be back tonight, but nobody really cares about that anymore: The planet's got Daniel Gibson fever. Well, maybe that's pushing it, but if LeBron James and company can pull off Game 5 in Detroit tonight — hey, the Bulls won one there — then everything is upside down and crazy, and we...

A Young Beckham, We Guess
• David Beckham's passport photo. [The Big Lead] • Ozzie Guillen, ready for his own firing again. [Foul Balls] • Are Cubs fans giving up? [Wrigleyville23] • Doesn't it seem like there should be more "Ian"s in baseball? Yeah, us neither. [The Feed]...