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Floyd Makes Us Proud
Floyd Landis did what Floyd Landis does this morning, cruising past Spaniard Oscar Pereiro to put himself in position to claim the Tour de France tomorrow. Pereiro started the day 30 seconds ahead of Landis, and finished it about a minute behind him. I don't know anything about cycling, but I kno...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Insane in the Membrane
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of email....
Leftovers: The Rainman Reigns
• Shawn Kemp arrested for marijuana possession. You think you know a guy. [Houston 2 News] • Big glitch in PSP version of NCAA Football 2007. [PSP Fanboy] • Shea Hillenbrand would like to tell you something. [The Phat Phree] • Mark Schlereth, philosophizer. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]...
Tiger Woods, Back To Normal
As Tiger Woods soars to the top of the British Open leaderboard, doing what he can to re-establish his dominance of the sport, we are pleased to see that he has still not learned how to avoid the awkward high-five. That's just simply Tiger being Tiger....
Ben Roethlisberger, Pure Country
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, fresh off his apparent facial reconstruction that has somehow made him much more normal looking (and vaguely lobotomized) than he did before his motorcycle accident, is going to appear in a country music video. That in itself is no big deal. It's...
The Post Where Stephen A. Calls Us A Liar, And We Return The Favor
On Wednesday, we told you about how several Cubs blogs reported receiving emails from "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" staffers encouraging them to come out and boo Cubs manager Dusty Baker. Well, it turns out, Baker caught wind of the emails and cancelled his appearance on the program. In th...
"Indictment? What Indictment? Let's JAM!"
As it becomes clear that Barry Bonds will indeed not be indicted today, with the possibility it could still happen hanging out there, we can look forward to a few more weeks of will-he or won't-he? The parlor game often distracts from the real story, and the real story, we can proudly say, was Bonds...
Leftovers: Getting To The Bottom Of Tillman
• So here's the best thing the ESPN E Ticket has ever done. [ESPN] • Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo, still fighting. [Boston Herald] • The only possible explanation we have seen so far that makes sense as to why Barbaro is so "popular." [The Mighty MJD] • Aw, an NFC West preview. We can never get enough...
Where To Get Your NCAA Football 2007 Rosters
This was covered rather thoroughly in the awesome entertaining NCAA Football 2007 comments thread yesterday, but in case anybody didn't sift out the information, there are two sites, we're told, where you can get the rosters for NCAA Football 2007, on PS2 or XBOX....
Ladies And Gentlemen, Meet Lucious Pusey
The Realests are going bonkers this morning over their latest discovery, but we have to say that we do not find this funny at all. What is so hilarious, after all, about a college football player named Lucious Pusey? (Roman guard begins to giggle). Centurion, why do they titter so? Just because I ...
The Return Of Portis' Head
We supposed part of us should be depressed by the news that Clinton Portis is taking his strangely brilliant "characters" from last season's Redskins press conferences and using them to shill for the NFL Network, but we can't quite summon up much outrage. Honestly? We're just happy to see the char...
Here Comes Landis!
OK, after we poked a little fun at him yesterday, we've gotta point out: American cyclist Floyd Landis appears to be a total badass. Today, after being counted out of the Tour de France after collapsing yesterday, he blasted by everyone to win the stage and slip just 30 seconds behind the leaders....
Men, Keep Your Wives From Bill Belichick
OK, so it turns out that Patriots coach Bill Belichick is quite the swordsman....
Time For College Football, Already, And It's About Time
Every Day Should Be Saturday is your one-stop shop for everything college football related — even NCAA Football 2007-related — and if you're not going there every day already, sheesh, why not? And just as a quick primer, here's an excellent rundown of the best names in college football this year. ...
Leftovers: Shackelford Unshackled
• Reds pitcher Shackelford exonerated. [Cincinnati Enquirer] • Anybody else think it's weird that the editor of TigerWoods.com is writing for ESPN.com about Tiger Woods? [ESPN] • If you're curious what Bill Simmons and Adam Carolla sound like on the radio, here's some MP3s! [Adam FreeFM] • Instead o...
Please Don't Make Us Lonely In July
Forgive this trifle of self-indulgence, but after our brutal sojourn at Busch Stadium is completed, we're heading back toward our home plains of Illinois. Anybody out there fortunate enough to be so near miles of corn is invited to join us....
Kellen Winslow, Soldier (In Pads, And With Free School And A Big Contract And Little Chance Of Actually, You Know, Being Killed)
So we'd never actually seen this old video of Kellen Winslow Jr., after a Miami game against Tennessee. He is answering a question about whether or not a player he leveled with a devastating block was hurt. And we get confirmation that Kellen Winslow, tight end for an Ohio football team, is a soldie...
Come On Down And Boo Our Guests!
You know how audience coordinators at "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" are always trolling Web message boards trying to get people to come to their shows? Well, now it's getting rather extreme....
Are We Ready For A Tour de Landis?
Can Floyd Landis be the next Lance Armstrong? We as Americans have to decide, and soon. It's clear after Tuesday's 15th stage of the Tour de France that Landis just could win this thing. Are we sure if we can embrace a cycling icon who looks exactly like a slightly younger version of actor Jim Bro...
Leftovers: What's With All The Dead Steelers?
• The Pittsburgh Steelers have a terrible time keeping their old players alive. [Los Angeles Times] • Some truly impressive competitive eating records. [CBS Sportsline] • Bruce Arena has WINGS! [The Sporting News] • Pittsburgh's general manager could take a lesson from the guy who traded up from a p...