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Blogdome: 10 Years Ago In Philly
• Look at all the people who were in the game the LAST time the National League won the All-Star Game. [High And Inside] • How far we've fallen, announcer-wise. [Awful Announcing] • Part two of the big Billy Beane interview. [Athletics Nation] • A blog about the Cardinals-Cubs rivalry is our kind of...
Brian Urlacher's "Domestic" Woes
You know, people keep telling us about this Brian Urlacher custody trial business in Chicago, and it just makes us uncomfortable. Like many football fans, we like to think of Urlacher as an old-school, square-jawed bruiser cut from the Butkus mold. So when we start reading stuff like this —...
Thank God Mr. T Didn't Live To See This
When it comes to boxing, you just can't beat the combination of dimwitted, old and slow. Because it's Fun With Old People Day here, we would be remiss if we didn't remind you that the trailer for Rocky VI is out. In this one, Rocky leads a group of seniors who want to prevent network executives from...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL With Matt Williamson: No offense, sir, but we don't know who you are. • Noon Author Seth Mnookin: Did you feed the monster before you left this morning? • 8 p.m. NASCAR's Jeff Burton: It's hard not to love a man with a spar...
Big Ben's Radio Buddy
We think you can probably tell a lot about an athlete by whom he/she chooses for their first post-big-career-moment interview. Which "reporter" shows them enough deference, respect and suck-up-itude to be handed that big scoop?...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while riding backwards in the Tour de France, just to show off ... • WNBA All-Star Game. East wins for first time ever! (Of course, there have only been seven of them). • Tour de France: Dessel is yellow, we tell ya! Yella! • Wie completes pro-am, begins quest to make cut in PGA John...
Second Half Preview: American League
OK, before we start: Seriously, this is just the worst sports day of the year. Do you realize we did a post below on bowling? Can we please get back to the games tomorrow? What? No afternoon games? Man!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as as Ahmad Rashad takes his own sweet time at the Harrah's Tahoe ATM machine ... • Boxing: Light welterweights, Michael Katsidis vs. Rolando Reyes, at Hollywood, Calif. [ESPN] • Minor League Baseball: AAA All-Star Game, at Toledo, Ohio. As some players may be headed to the Royals, don...
Bowling's Watergate Has Nation On Edge
We've become accustomed to cheating in baseball and soccer; but when the purity of bowling is questioned, is there any hope for mankind? Dear God, it must be a mistake. Not bowling! Our story so far: Robert Mushtare, 17, of Carthage, N.Y., recently rolled two perfect 900 series and 12 perfect game...
Second Half Preview: National League
Since it's the day after the All-Star Game, otherwise known as one of the worst sports days of the year — we still can't quite believe there's no baseball tonight — we thought we'd solicit everyone's thoughts on the second half of the baseball season. And since it's fun to tell the Web site people h...
Minor Enterprise: Whacking Day In Dunedin, Florida
Welcome to Minor Enterprise, where we preview, and occasionally review, the great events of minor league baseball. Each Wednesday we'll take a look at the promotions, players and mascots which populate our minor league ballparks; the unsung heroes of our national pastime. (Minor Enterprise not res...
Blogdome: Flabby Trojans
• Somehow, USC's football players are getting fatter as they get older. [Flash Warner] • Jessica Canseco doing on-camera interviews with bloggers. That sounds about right. [The Wade Blogs] • Actually, those Kenny Mayne ads are kind of sad. [A Shot Of Southern Comfort] • War Emblem is now officially ...
"Dad, I'm Totally Gonna Get You For This Someday"
Since the Home Run Derby on Monday night, we've been trying to track down a photo of Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski and the horror he subjected his daughter to. And now that we've found it ... we can't quite put our finger on why it fills us with such dread....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Page 2's Bill Simmons: Seriously, when you gonna grow the beard back? • 4 p.m. All-Salary Cap team w/John Clayton: Your bird-like countenance leads me to believe that the field will be made up primarily of players from the Eagle...
Thankfully, Roethlisberger Looking As Dopey As Ever
On Friday, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, sans "Drink Like A Champion" T-shirt, will make his first public appearance since his motorcycle accident a month ago, on "Good Morning America" with Robin Roberts. (Who's having a considerably more successful post-ESPN career than, sa...
A Night Of 1,000 Groundouts
As many have pointed out, the All-Star Game last night was ultimately pointless, if just because it doesn't really matter who has home-field advantage when the American League is just going to sweep anyway....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while gruesomely murdering your imaginary friend ... • MLB All-Star Game: Brandon Webb and Michaal Young dominate, just as you predicted; A.L. takes 3-2 win. • Horse Racing: Barbaro gets new cast, is "resting comfortably and eating with gusto." That's more than we can say, actually. ...
This Time It's Still Frivolous
Real fast: Who was the MVP of last year's All-Star Game? Remember? It was Miguel Tejada, pre-B-12, back when everyone considered him a real Team Leader and Stand Up Guy. The guy will be there tonight too, and we hope you enjoy tonight's All-Star Game, because, well, you'll almost certainly forget ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you ponder the fact that your trainer has no cable TV in jail ... • Cycling: Tour de France, stage 9, Bordeaux to Dax, France. One of the most grueling, time-consuming legs of the race (although in 1940 the Germans breezed through in about 45 minutes). [OLN] • MLB: All-Star Game. Li...
Quick! Time To Save Barbaro Again!
Apparently, there aren't enough children writing letters: Barbaro is in serious trouble....