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• A fascinating look at the pre-match songs used by English soccer teams. [Twohundredpercent] • Checking in at Titans camp. Herman Boone really is doing wonders for these guys. [Tecmo Blog] • That's a fancy new stadium for New York's Red Bulls. Maybe one day, they'll win a game there. [New York Red ...
Keith Hamilton Swings A Mean Surge Protector
Former Giants defensive tackle Keith Hamilton believes in an odd method of disciplining his children. Some parents will go for the "time-out," some will go for a routine spanking, some might make you put a quarter in a jar every time you swear. But if you're Keith Hamilton's kid, and you come home w...
Today In The Premiership...
• Cristiano Ronaldo, hated by everyone in England a month ago, was actually welcomed quite warmly by the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford today. He notched a goal and an assist in United's 3-0 victory over Sevilla. After he and beloved Wayne Rooney got into it during the Portugal/England quart...
Little League Controversy Abounds
There's been a lot of conflict in youth baseball this week. First, there was the incident where a team walked a good hitter to they could get the final out of the game against a cancer survivor. And yesterday, a team had to forfeit a game that would've landed them in the regional finals for the Litt...
About Last Night...
• Golf: It's the rare non-major tournament with golfers you've heard of: Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els... of course, your leader is a guy named Tom Pernice, Jr. • MLB: Mariners 7, Rangers 14. Congratulations to those of you with Mark DeRosa on your fantasy teams t...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you find there's still nothing better on HBO than Sopranos reruns ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Edner Cherry vs. Daniel Alicea, at Chester, W.Va. If his nickname isn't Cherry Bomb, it should be. [ESPN2] • Little League: All-Stars, regional final, at St. Petersburg, Fla.; regional fina...
It's Never Too Early For College Hoops (OK, Maybe A Little)
So we know that college basketball is months away, and we're not even to football yet, and you all have better, more pressing things to worry about. But nevertheless, we love college basketball, so we're excited to point you to College Hoops.net's already-begun preview of the upcoming season....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Conference USA
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf, and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and ...
Blogdome: How Clarett Was Failed
• The sports world did Maurice Clarett no favors. [Sportszilla] • Yeah, why AREN'T people making a bigger deal out of the Donald Sterling flareup earlier this week? [The Assimilated Negro] • It's the Bimbo soccer team! [The Offside] • Perhaps the MLS should have relegation rules. [Soccernista] • Al ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Bengals' K Shayne Graham: As one of the few Ohio athletes who isn't incarcerated, how do you stay on the straight and narrow? • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Just because I scream "Stop hitting me!" and curl into a ball by the ...
Stay Angry, San Diego
We'll confess: In the genre of "having Iraqi child hold sign of American popular culture phenomenon that he likely doesn't understand but, by bringing thoughts of a frivolous pursuit into an area that is anything but frivolous, will make a fun point of humor for friends of family back home, allowing...
Can't Break Her Steelers Habit
This picture, which ran in today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, makes us happy in a way we can't quite put our finger on....
The Closer: The Fragile Psyche Of Roger Clemens
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while being berated by Nick Saban ... • NFL: Manning plays one series, Rams beat Colts 19-17 in exhibition thriller game. • PGA International: Phil Mickelson cannot stop the might of Mathias Gronberg. • MLB: Redbird singing in the dead of night/take these broken wings and learn to fl...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Waldo gives up and finds himself ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox. Can no one stop this pinstriped juggernaut?[ESPN] • NFL: Preseason, Indianapolis at St. Louis. Sure to be a sellout, if only to enjoy the AC for three hours. [Fox] • Tennis: ATP Masters Series, Rogers...
MLB Would Like You To Stop Enjoying Their Product So Much
Lots of discussion the last few days about fantasy baseball statistics, who owns them and whether Major League Baseball is clueless, a bunch of jerks or both. Basically, baseball wanted to force any fantasy game companies to pay them a licensing fee just to use their stats, and a St. Louis judge sai...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Independents
We must confess that we can't wait each year for the crunch of shoulder pads; for cleats churning up chunks of turf, and red-faced coaches screaming from the sidelines. But enough about lacrosse. College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode an...
Blogdome: Ah, To Be A Coach's Wife
• A thorough look at the wives of the SEC. [Deep South Sports] • OK, this made us laugh long, and hard. [True Hoop] • In case you were wondering where the heck Randall Simon had been. [WBRS Sports Blog] • A Royals fan muses on last night's win over the Red Sox. [Royals Authority] • It's not so hard ...
Yes, As A Matter Of Fact I Do Own The Damn Road
What if one encountered Martin Luther King Jr., on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway? What if you were driving through Lincoln Tunnel, and Lincoln showed up? Would you move over and let him pass? After all, it's his tunnel ... the darned thing was named after him. (Might get tedious waiting for that ho...
Franken Friar Is Alive!
Apparently, during their last homestand, the San Diego Padres introduced a new mascot called, inexplicably, "Franken Friar." He's an oversized Friar who dances and flops around and was, uh, brought back from the dead? We're a little confused about that part, actually....