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To Watch Tonight
What to watch after narrowly surviving the horrors of an improperly dug outhouse. • College Football: Tennessee at Cal. One team's season will be crushed! [ABC] • Boxing: Victor Oganov vs. Fulgencio Zuniga. Fulgy lasted nine rounds with Kelly Pavlik and he should be in for another tough night. Ogano...

ESPN4? That Was Supposed to Be A Secret!
Jon Gruden, the diminutive yet effusive head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, told everyone listening exactly what he thinks of the ESPN report linking Bruce Gradkowski to a point shaving investigation. In the midst of defending his quarterback against alleged...allegations(?) Gruden took dead aim...

App State Wins!
Wow, that sure looked impressive from the ten second highlight package! The Division 1-AA (now called something else) champs from Appalachian State came up to the Big House and ran roughshod over the Corn and Blue. For some Dan Shanoff style insta-history let's go to...Dan Shanoff!...

Alternate Solution For Nats Parking Problem: Pave the Anacostia
• Sure the stadium looks great, but where are we to park? [Nationals Enquirer] • Wright Thompson is blogging the Old Gray Lady, that just sounds dirty. [The Quads] • Fox Sports has a new blog hosted by one of those production guys that works with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver every week, but at least he...

Hugh II: The Nedessy Continues... Pt. 3
BACK COMES MICHIGAN! BACK COMES MICHIGAN! With a touchdown run that Michigan announcer Frank Beckmann described as "a Mike Hart to just have to see, it's undescribable!" Thanks, Frank, I'd love to see it! I hate you, Jim Delany. Not as much as Gary Bettman, but I still hate you. -AsInHowe...

Hugh II: The Nedessy Continues... Pt. 2
Well, I'm officially a man. I'm going to buy beer for a bunch of minors so we can all get shitty drunk outside Byrd Stadium. Fear the Turtle! - Grant (ed. note: Gawker Media cannot endorse such behavior. Nobody should ever go to Byrd Stadium under any circumstances.)...

Hugh II: The Nedessy Continues... Pt. 1
And we’re underway! Welcome to another glorious season of college football and the official kickoff of Hugh II: The Nedessy Continues... Now let’s see what everybody had to say while I was watching Fulham’s miracle.... (photo courtesy of SEC Poon, easily the greatest website of the new season)...

Parlay 'O the Week
Amateur athletics and gambling go together like bacon and hot fudge. With that in mind, it's my privilege to introduce a new feature, the Parlay 'o the Week. Each weekend I'm around these parts I will share some of my gambling wisdom with you, the reader. Just remember, most of said "wisdom" comes f...

Alright people, as you may know I've been unable to access the NCAADeadspin screenname to receive all of your Hugh Johnson goodnes. Taking PeteJayhawk's advice I've set up a new screenname where you can reach me. For today just send all of your correspondence to UnsilentDeadspin, I'm logged on to AI...

Rodney Harrison Comes Clean, League Remains Dirty
The Patriots plan for a 19-0 season took a big hit today when it was announced that Rodney Harrison has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season. New England's veteran safety's name came up in a federal investigation that's going to rock Roger Goodell's world. When questioned by...

About Last Night...
What you missed while welcoming hip hop back from the dead vacation... • Baseball: Scott Baker took perfection into the ninth against the Royals. The Big Lead is still engorged. • Football: Michael Strahan surprised nobody when he decided to return to the Giants. Jean's gotta get paid. • Boxing: Sha...


To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you scrutinize your girlfriend ... • College football: Washington at Syracuse. Carrier Dome. Two teams enter, um, well, two teams also leave.[ESPN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, New York. The only sport where referees sit in lifeguard chairs. [USA] • WNBA: Eastern Conference finals, Game 1, ...

Football Games ALL DAY Tomorrow! Seriously!
As we remind you one last time to join our Pick 'Em group, we prepare ourselves for a rousing opening weekend of college football....

Who's The Next NFL Coach To Mess Up His Family?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

Sorry, Ma'am
• You're probably not gonna make it as a Cavaliers dancer. [Futon Report] • That LSU game was rather brutal last night. [Juiced Sports Blog] • NBA, finally losing Pink, gaining Faith Hill. [Log's Blog] • An opera about Josh Gibson? [UmpBump] • Some guy from some reality show we don't know is engaged...

NFL Season Preview: San Diego Chargers
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....

Prepare Yourself For Simmons In Spandex
You thought that whole Bloomin' Onion sauce on the shorts was the most disturbing image you'd ever have of Bill Simmons? You know NOTHING....