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Playoff Blogdome: Cardinals at Mets, Game One
Canvassing the blogs on the Mets' 2-0 win over the Cardinals in Game One of the NLCS:...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while painting a tunnel entrance onto a boulder to fool the Roadrunner ... • MLB: That happened fast ... we mean, that really escalated: Glavine, Beltran, Mets get off on good foot vs. Cardinals in NLCS Game 1. • College football: Boston College 22, Va. Tech 3. Steve Aponavicius: Kno...

To Watch Tonight
What to finish watching before attending to your severed hand ... • MLB: National League Championship Series, St. Louis at New York Mets, Game 1. A sad time, but New Yorkers soldier on, as they always do. Except when it's raining. We hate that. [Fox] • Auto racing: NASCAR Nextel Cup, pole qualifying...

Thank Heavens He Doesn't Play For Colombia
So yesterday was a key Euro 2008 soccer qualifier between Croatia and England, everyone all fired up, everything second counting ... and then goalie Paul Robinson made the mistake of his life....

The Buccaneers Want To Kill Carson Palmer (With Howie Mandel!)
Proving once again that no one is funnier than those who work for the official Web sites of professional football teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in preparation for their game Sunday against quarterback Carson Palmer and the Cincinnati Bengals, have put together a little flash intro to their home...

Soon, Congress Will Make The Wizards Illegal
If you haven't heard, the Washington Wizards' new slogan for the 2006-07 season is "Go All In," which is possibly a reference to Gilbert Arenas' love of playing online poker at halftime and is definitely not something that makes much sense. To quote DC Sports Bog:...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Sacramento Kings
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Pacific Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....

Blogdome: More "Idiots" On Lost
• The Red Sox, showing up on "Lost." [Keep Your Sox On] • More Sheed vs. Bonzi madness. [Zubaz Pants] • Looking back on the career of Lawrence Phillips. [Dirty Laundry] • That's a scary hockey giveaway. [God Send Jen] • What does the Bulls' preseason opener tell us about them, if anything? [Indignan...

So, This One Time, On The Band Bus ...
Nothing can beat the international mystery and intrigue of collegiate marching bands, and the Wisconsin band apparently did something so "boorish and patently offensive" that it can never be spoken of....

Stalking Lloyd Carr
We are no experts in the field of stalking — really! — but as far as potential stalking targets go, we're not sure we'd include Michigan coach Lloyd Carr as a particularly targetable vessel for rage and frustration. Well, at least not this year....

We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxing historian Bert Sugar: Max Baer, the Terrell Owens of his era? • Noon. NCAA FB with Todd McShay: What exactly is a Nittany? • 2:30 p.m. Inside College Hockey: OK, I've been in here long enough. I'm cold, and lonely. Can y...

Playoff Blogdome: Tigers at Athletics, Game 2
Canvassing the blogs after Detroit's 8-5 win over Oakland in the ALCS:...

The Post That Will Probably End Up Jinxing Them Again
Well, we know we're going to get yelled at for saying this, but we can't deny the facts, jack: The Tigers look like they're not gonna be beaten by anyone, in either league. Before the NLCS has even had a chance to start yet — more on this later — the Tigers have sucked the life out of the A's and th...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while feeding the one-eyed fish (not a euphemism!)... • MLB: Tigers take 2-0 ALCS lead over Athletics behind Alexis Gomez ... wait, who? • NBA: Sans Jackson and O'Neal, Pacers still beat Nets 103-89. • NHL: Detroit, sports capital of the world. Red Wings 9, Phoenix 2....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you hire someone to come in and move your jaw to chew your food ... • NHL: Coyotes at Red Wings. Can Detroit handle another winning franchise? Will the city implode? [Fox Sports Detroit] • MLB: National League Championship Series, St. Louis at New York Mets, Game 1. Do you think we ...

Look, Naked British People!
Just to be crude, and because we can't imagine you can look at Tiger Woods that much longer, we decided to toss out a little bon mot for you: A top 10 list of female streakers at British sporting events. (Link NSFW)...

Blogdome: Make A-Rod A Devil Ray!
• A potential way to "solve" the A-Rod situation. [The Serious Tip] • Allen Iverson grew up a Cowboys fan? [Andy Reid's Mustache] • Some 14-year-old kid just committed to play hockey at Michigan. That's awfully scary. [Western College Hockey] • A Mets fan fires himself up with dead birds. [The Mets ...

A Couple Of Expensive Six Packs
We are aware that it's very possible there's much more to come out about the story than has been released, but, taken at face value, the Connecticut football team is awfully strict about player discipline....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Joe Torre, Alex Rodriguez, Donald Rumsfeld all apparently keeping their jobs. Thoughts? • 3 p.m. NCAA FB with Beano Cook: Back when you played, how difficult was it to keep Martin Van Buren in the ...

We Can't Imagine The Minnesota Candidates In 20 Years
We don't know much about politics over here, but one thing we do know: We want our Secretarys of State to have banged some Green Bay Packers....