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About Last Night ...
What you missed while purchasing donut-flavored ice cream ... • MLB: Tigers' revenge ... Twins get swept. That'll teach 'em. • Soccer: You know what I always say ... it's not really a soccer brawl until someone gets tasered. • Golf: An Irishman is in danger of winning the British Open for the first ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you celebrate Rick Ankiel's 28th birthday ... • Cycling: Tour de France, stage 11, Marseille to Montpellier, France. Only the Triplets of Bellville can save us now. [Versus] • Major League Quidditch Lacrosse: Rochester at Boston. [ESPN2] • Soccer: MLS All-Stars vs. Chelsea, at Denve...
Tiger Woods' Shirts Are Not Flattering On Regular Humans
The handsome young man in this photo is CNBC's Darren Rovell. Check out the nips!...
Get Thee To Denver, Fast
Guess what, kids? Tonight's the MLS All-Star Game? We're pretty sure the MLS All-Star Game exists just to give the MLS Web site something other than David Beckham to talk about. (Snappy URL on the MLS site, though.)...
In Defense Of The Rays' Two-Bagger
• OK, so maybe a few people know who the second baseman for the Devil Rays is. [The D-Ray Blog] • Could Mark Teixeira be heading to the Bronx? [Rumors And Rants] • On the Tour de France, and the Puppy Bowl. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • Cal Thomas is really writing about the Yankees. [IT IS HIGH,...
Thanks For The Interview, Now Sign This
These days, being a beat reporter has all kinds of rules. But one of the bigger ones? Please don't ask the players for their autograph. It would destroy the delicate illusion that reporters are actual impartial observers who just happen to cover some of the most famous people on the planet. A Japane...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. ESPN host Stuart Scott: The bike rack has been reinstalled, so quit complaining, OK? • 1:30 p.m. Bears RB Garrett Wolfe: The fact that I don't know who you are bodes not well for Chicago, or Cal (pick one). • 2:30 p.m. 49ers OT...
German TV Is Shocked To Find Doping In This Establishment
We know we're gonna blow your minds here, but it turns out that there has been a bit of a blood doping scandal at the Tour de France! We know! In cycling! Of all places! You know, you think you can trust a sport. Anyway, a German television station has decided it's had just about enough, thank you v...
Beware The Tempest That Is The Chicago Cubs
Hey, thanks for reviving me; those smelling salts really did the trick. If you hadn't come along when you did, I would have missed my bus. It's just that something I heard a few minutes ago really shocked me, and I went down like a carp. Passed right out. Yep, just two little sentences, uttered in t...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while reading Strunk & White's Elements of Style ... • MLB: He owes it all to clean living ... Griffey collects 2,500th hit, Reds win. • Tennis: Marat Safin advances at ATP Countrywide Classic. Very nice! • Golf: Tiger, Choi first to top of leaderboard at British Open. But it's raini...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after another typical commute on the Poplar Street Bridge ... • MLB: Mets at Padres. Maine vs. Maddux! Get it on! [Channel 4 Padres] • Cycling: Tour de France. Which object will collide with the bikes this time? [Versus] • MLB: Tigers at Twins. Unless it's Twins at Tigers. [ESPN]...
Your British Open Preview
Hey, one of them "Major" "Championships" is going on in the whole golf world this weekend, the British Open. It's at the Carnoustie Golf Links, which is in Scotland, and as we all know, if it's not Scottish, it's crap....
Can The Yankees Still Win The East?
• Look out, kids: Here come the Yankees. [Complete Sports] • Brewers fans will not be wearing buckets. [Bugs And Cranks] • Here come the fall video games. [PopJocks] • Limping toward history. [The Angry T] • Daunte Culpepper should perhaps not be his own agent. [Blog Of Hilarity] • A goatee shall sa...
Less Than A Week Until NCAA Football 08 Is Out!
Tuesday is the official on-sale date for NCAA Football 2008 — with special Boise State action! — and Peter Schrager at Fox Sports catches up with the guy who puts in all the player names to fill the "Illinois QB No. 7" listings. Apparently there's been some sort of controversy involving the guy, bu...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. L.A. w/Page 2's Sam Alipour: A West Coast correspondent? What kind of a stupid idea is that? A sports site doesn't need a West Coas ... oh, wait. • 2 p.m. Pro boxer Bernard Hopkins: What is your stance on a speedbag at ESPN head...
Tony Romo's Heart Will Go On
Ladies, it's useless to resist; the smooth musical stylings of Tony Romo are destined to capture your heart. The American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament is over, but left behind is this treasured memento, taken at the Center Stage Club at Harrah's Lake Tahoe on Saturday night. I will not rest un...