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A Problem Bob Knight Will Never Have
We try not to get too caught in domestic intranquility here — life is messy and ugly sometimes, and it hardly seems something to revel in unless it involves a Christie — but since we were late on it yesterday, and it involves a coaching legend who happens to have a stadium named after her, we feel o...
Our Only Regret Is That Gary Sheffield Does Not Have A Blog
This just in: Joe Torre is still a racist. He also hates puppies, and Flight of the Conchords. Let's get him! Such would be the cry if Gary Sheffield ran baseball....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while raking the living room ... • MLB: Cardinals, baby! Two-and-a-half games back. • MLB: Carlos Guillen scoffs at your feeble pitches. Tigers 8, Yankees 5. • Tennis: Federer eliminates Roddick ... no, Ferrer beats Roddick, and ... Ferrero loses to ... who did Federer beat? Oh, just...
Storm Cat Is More Man Than Any Of Us
This stallion right here is Storm Cat. And we mean stallion in every possible way....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as mankind prepares for the Potato Wars ... • Baseball: San Francisco at Atlanta. If we could get a Bobby Cox ejection during a Bonds home run, that would save endless time. [TBS] • NFL: Preseason, Miami at Kansas City. Yes, I have Brodie Croyle Fever. Why do you ask? [ESPN] • Tennis: ...
Employee 8721 Should Turn In His ID Badge Tomorrow
In honor of Dan Patrick's last day at ESPN tomorrow, we proudly present his intraoffice "In The Know" page at ESPN. Looking dope, Dan....
Goodbye, Byung Hyun Kim
A sad day yesterday, and the end of an era: Byung Hyun Kim was released by the Arizona Diamondbacks. We wonder if we will see him again....
If Only The Large Breasted Hot Women Would Leave Athletes Alone!
The handsome rapscallion you see right there is Will Demps, a slightly mediocre free safety for the New York Giants who's pretty much destined to be on a reality show in six years. He's a smoldering fellow, and you know what that means: He just can't keep the groupies off him....
Examining Jorts
• Jorts: What does it all MEAN? [ClayNation] • It's ALWAYS fun to talk about college basketball. [Vegas Watch] • Jose Offerman was just honoring baseball history! [One More Dying Quail] • The ridiculousness of the Redskins playbook. [More Credible] • Look, cool white guys! [Ghosts Of Wayne Fontes] •...
He Got His Cover, So Now He's Gone
How exciting it must be, to be 20 years old, a sophomore in college and on the cover of Sports Illustrated's College Football Preview edition. (SI has the Illini going 7-5!) What a thrill. What an honor....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation announcers ... • Noon. MLB with Page 2's Jonah Keri: Wow, it's just like Deadspin in here. Except for the words, and the layout, and the pictures. • 3 p.m. Golf with Jason Sobel: Will Tiger's back-to-nature golf course include a petting zoo? • 4 p.m....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while discovering that one of your raccoons has hepatitis ... • Soccer: David Beckham, bitches! • MLB: It ... Is ... ALIVE! Cardinals 3 1/2 out of first. • Tennis: Federer breezes, Nadal says No Mas....
Jason Grilli Is Pretty Sure He Has Fans
Any athlete with his own Web site has several options. He can be entirely weird and wonderful. He can speak blandly about this team and life As A Baseball Player. He can sporadically update and ask for charitable donations. Or he can just try to sell shit. Or, if you're Tigers pitcher Jason Grilli, ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you send your robot squirrel out to take care of the rattlesnake ... • MLB: Detroit at Cleveland [ESPN]; Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs. "He can't hit he can't hit he can't hit, Su-wing batter!" [WGN] • Tennis: ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, early round, at Cincinnati....
Locate Your Local Viking
From Chiefs Coalition comes this photo from ... well, we're not sure where it's from. But we're having a really difficult time figuring out where that Vikings' hands and feet go....
No Golf Carts?
• Is Tiger Woods' new course only a walking course, or not? [Fynal Cut] • Does NCAA Football 08 have a cover curse? [$8 Beers] • About that Rutgers player suing Imus. [Nationa Of Islam Sports Blog] • What's everybody gonna get Barry for his farewell tour? [Five Tool Tool] • Jared Allen, awfully happ...