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Part VIII: A Special Message From The Dugout And Buzz Bissinger
Will’s always loved THE DUGOUT. Because hey, who doesn’t like dick jokes in a chat interface most people don’t use or understand? Take it away, gentlemen....
Part VII: The Untidy Pet-Keeping Habits Of One William F. Leitch
Here’s a fun tale from Will’s former roommate, the fabulous AMY BLAIR...
Part VI: Every Day Should Be Saturday
We all know Ron Zook pisses intensity, whereas Leitch piss is 30% meekness and 70% deference. Thankfully, the Illinois head coach took time out to send a message to Will through our good friend SPENCER HALL....
Part V: Costas Now Redux
We continue today's roasting festivities with this utterly brilliant video from the one and only JE SKEETS, who today was granted a rare work release from his Yahoo! prison....
Part IV: Featuring America's Favorite Sports Fella...Bill Simmons
Part 4 of our celebration of all things Leitch begins with a very, very special guest. He just got finished celebrating the Celtics' 17th world title. I can't wait to see it mentioned 83 times in one of his NFL columns 30 years from now. It's Bill Simmons. It really is....
Part III: The Will Leitch Live Blog
One of the most flattering compliments I've received in these, the blog days of my youth, has been from William F. Leitch regarding my live blogs, notably the Super Bowl XLII one. It's made me want to do more, but unfortunately all there is to lively blog these days is baseball, which can get rather...
The All-Star Blogebrity Roast Of William F. Leitch!
Balls Deep by Drew Magary will not be appearing this week. In its place, we bring you this very special presentation....
An Actual Umpire Bump
• If you're a manager, it's best if the ump doesn't bump you. [UmpBump] • Interviewing the national rock, paper, scissors champion. [Red Sox Monster] • Could the Twins contend in the second half? [Icy Hot Sensations] • What should Candace Parker's nickname be? [So-Cal Sports Hub] • Now here's a team...
Media Approval Ratings: John Saunders
We learned last year that John Saunders had been shopping memoir about his rough-and-tumble life on the streets of Toronto. We wouldn't have guessed his life was that rough-and-tumble, but what do we know?...
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured it's message boards to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
Shawn Chacon's Guide To Punching Your Boss In The Face
You know what baseball needs more of? Physical fistfights between general managers and players. Imagine the fisticuffs that would ensue between Jon Daniels and Milton Bradley. Jim Bowden and Elijah Dukes. Heavens, Theo Epstein and David Ortiz. We might buy a pay-per-view of that....
Your Morning Video Wake Up Call
Good morning, sunshines. Today's video recap features your College World Series, Mike and Mike throwing out first pitches, Tony Reali giggling and, yes, Erin Andrews. Enjoy....
About Last Night
What you missed while celebrating your city's choice as the Nation's Sweatiest City ... • NBA: Jermaine O’Neal to be sent from Pacers to Raptors for T.J. Ford, Rasho Nesterovic, 17th pick in the draft and a player to be named. But it's not official yet, so don't spread this around. [Yahoo Sports] • ...
Yes, No, Dude, Catfish
"Girls Gone Grabblin'" is a video featuring women of all types and ages, swimming around in dirty water trying to wrestle catfish (sorry, "grabble") out of their mud holes. The image on the front of the box is deceiving: the accompanying film footage and website do not feature buxom Southern gals in...
To Watch Tonight
Irony, thy name is Pittsburgh ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Julio Diaz vs. David Torres, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (11 p.m., ET). No better place for this than the mean streets of The BH. [ESPN2] • College World Series: Championship series, Game 3, Georgia vs. Fresno State, in Omaha (7 p.m., ET). There...
Jason Giambi Has Become A '70s Porn King
Jason Giambi has dyed his mustache. That made this happen. Heavens to Betsy....
Youth Golfers Get Blindsided By Boob-Infested Golf Outing
A golf team of pre-teen youngsters got a little more than they expected when they showed up for their junior club golf outing on Monday. Due to a scheduling "miscommunication" the lucky kids got to share the clubhouse with the annual Shotgun Willie's Charity Golf Tournament, an event sponsored by a ...
A Day Playing Catch With Charlie Brown
I've been a Peanuts fan pretty much my entire life, but it took the new Baseball as Allegory exhibit to finally drag my sorry butt out to the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, Calif. I highly recommend the experience if you happen to be in the neighborhood, if for no other reason than to sit ...
What A Hall Class We Have Coming
• The Hall of Fame class of 2014 is going to be amazing. [The Grand National Championships] • This Olympic basketball team business is not going to end well. [With Malice] • Jheri Curl All-Stars. [Home Run Derby] • Ron Artest is not taking no damn pay cut. [Sports By Brooks] • Get Doc Rivers' smelly...