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Save Ferris!
With the start of the baseball regular season just around the corner, we suddenly realized something: the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off turns 20 years old in a couple of months, and we now officially feel old. The film that brought us Matthew Broderick, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey, as well a...
Working The Refs, The MISL Way ...
So is it open season on soccer officials or something? Why were we not notified? It seems that on Saturday, Baltimore Blast head coach Tim Wittman was hauled off by the cops after he attacked a referee at a Major Indoor Soccer League game in Stockton, Calif. Wittman charged official Yader Reyes an...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while practicing with your coconuts ... • NBA: Knicks encounter some rare bad luck as Frye injures knee in loss to Raptors. • MLB: Devils win! Ortiz homers in spring debut, but Red Sox still fall to Devil Rays. • NHL: Devils lose! Gagne's 40th goal helps lift Flyers....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after no one will play you in tetherball ... • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, second round, South Carolina at Florida State; Minnesota at Cincinnati. Boy, if the Bearcats don't win this thing after all the complaining they did on Selection Sunday ... [ESPN] • NBA: ...
New Mexico's Woes Continue
Bad Jocks has been all over this story, and they've got their confirmation from the NFL Draft Almanac: Apparently Marcus "New Mexico" Vick scored a lowly 11 on his Wonderlic test at the NFL combine last month. That's slightly better than Vince Young's badly graded score, but somehow still lower th...
Haka Haka Haka!
In New Zealand, the All Blacks-inspired "Haka" routine has caught on in a big way, to the point that other teams are complaining. We know we're not soccer rugby experts around here, but still: We had no idea this was common....
Blogdome: The Ballad Of Isiah
• The travails of Isiah Thomas, set to music. [Sportszilla] • Would Condi Rice really be an adequate NFL commissioner? [Dave's Football Blog] • Thad Matta is Gargamel, and we will hear no arguments to the contrary. [White Magics Lair] • Comparing Joey Harrington to Alfonso Soriano. [The Hater Nation...
What About The Fantasy Owners?
The moment of truth finally came for Alfonso Soriano and the Washington Nationals yesterday ... and everybody lost....
In Defense (Kinda) Of Billy Packer
Few constants exist in this world, but here's one: Billy Packer should probably not try to be funny. In his interview with SI.com's Julia Morrill, Packer bizarrely jokes about the games being "fixed" by the referees, which is pretty funny only if you find angry phone calls from Myles Brand to Pack...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NFL draft with Todd McShay: Just the thought of Condoleeza Rice introducing Reggie Bush to his new team on draft day is a little bit more than I can stand. • 2 p.m. Sweet 16 with Pat Forde: Let's examine your office pool bracket...
The Dangerous Rebel With The Fresh Pine Scent
The Ron Artest of sports mascots? Clearly it's the Stanford Tree, in trouble yet again after another shameful display at a basketball game. You may recall back in February, when the Tree was ejected from a men's basketball game between Stanford and Cal for being drunk. (He/she/it registered a Brea...
I Caught You A Delicious Bass ...
While Japan and Cuba were duking it out in San Diego for the first World Baseball Classic title, a few miles away two other sportsmen were writing their own chapter in the history books. Meet Mac Weakley and Jed Dickerson, who on Monday caught a 25.1-pound bass. That's one whopping huge-ass bass i...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while setting your phaser on "love" ... • World Baseball Classic: Ichiro Suzuki, Kosuke Fukudome lead Japan over Cuba for title. Hey, we think we saw a game at the Fukudome once. • NBA: St. Patrick's Day is over, so Kobe lights up Celtics for 43 as Lakers avoid slipping under .500. •...
Why We Can't Take The White Sox Seriously
This might have something to do with the fact that they're not even the most popular team in their hometown, but we think it might be more simple than that. It might be hijinks like their stunt with TNA Wrestling, the video of which can be seen above. (TNA is also doing some sort of promotion with t...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the dog takes itself for a walk ... • World Baseball Classic: Final, Cuba vs. Japan, at San Diego. All the taste of real baseball with only half the calories. [ESPN] • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, second round, Notre Dame at Michigan. And so we find that Michi...
Tracking The Barry Bonds "Revelations"
We know we've touched on this already, but after several conversations about it this weekend, we're still fired up about it, so we're bringing it up again....
Casting Call For Demons
More on our favorite 30-seconds of death advertisement: An eagle-eyed reader has found the actual casting all for the commercial, posted on Auditions And Casting back in December....
One Last Draft Handshake For Tagliabue
As had been expected, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced his retirement this afternoon, effective this July. Tagliabue has been on the job for 15 years, and, while not exactly having the mob boss persona of David Stern or the dopey, semi-clueless car salesman vibe of Bud Selig, has still be...
When The NCAA Tournament Destroys You
But there's a downside, of course, and anyone who was a fan of Kansas, Michigan State and, yes, Iowa can tell you how much pain this tournament can wreak. Above, via Extra Points, is a video of Iowa fans converging at a bar in Columbia, Mo., ready to cheer their Hawkeyes to an easy first-round victo...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The White Sox
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....