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Suggested Questions For Today's ESPN Chatters
Suggested questions for today's ESPN chatters 10 a.m.: MLB with Joe Morgan. In these troubling times, any tips on getting through airport security? 11 a.m.: Fantasy Baseball Focus. I've missed so much work that I'm about to be fired, and my wife wants a divorce. Should I pick up Carl Pavano? 2 p.m.:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while standing vigil outside the courthouse at the Michael Jackson trial ... Spelling Bee champ wins on "appoggiatura." Form an orderly line, ladies — he's single. Heat Win, Wade Hurt: Shaq offers to pay for funerals of Mikan, Pistons. Cubs win 7th straight. Do we smell another Jimmy...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch after giving up on your annual attempt to read a book ... Final Day: Scripps National Spelling Bee. Can Evan O'Dorney prevail? (Last year a guy fainted from the pressure). Game 5: Pistons at Heat. We recommend viewing the Spelling Bee live, and TiVo-ing this. Yankees at Royals: New Yor...
Giambi Dropped By Obscure Shoe Company
There are lots of ways different people in different professions might lose endorsement deals. An actor might lose some beer commercials if it turned out he was gay, or, worse, actually from Europe. A doctor probably wouldn't work as a spokesperson for Vioxx if he had, say, an inclination toward s...
The Sweet, Beautiful Face Of Derek Jeter
What is it, Tim Kirk ... JUN, that makes you swoon? Is it candlelight dinners? Long walks on the beach? John Kruk all lathered up in bacon fat?...
Blogdom's Best ...
News And Views From Life Under Mom's Thumb ... You are no longer allowed to get bombed at USC games. Don't tell OJ.[TrojanWire] Ozzie Guillen and Jeff Brantley have a really dopey feud. [Can't Stop The Bleeding] "Shemp" Matsui makes Yanks haters happy. [The Yankee Despiser]...
Today in MLB Blogs
It's official: America is suffering from creative block. Over at MLB Blogs.com, the latest feature entry concerns a dad and son who are visiting five major league ballparks in five days. They've entitled it 5 for 5. Get it? (Alternate title: Something Juan Gonzalez Will Never Again Do). Exciting?...
Roy Jones Jr. Knows How To Party
Man. We should have totally been a boxer. Our parties usually involve Risk....
Black Nascar
While doing some research this afternoon on the hiring of Jimmie Lee Solomon as MLB's new executive vice president of baseball operations, we came across a site we hadn't seen before: BlackAthlete.net. The goal of the site seems noble enough; they're trying to support the hiring and promotion of bla...
Bidding For Danica
We find it encouraging that a female athlete could be a part of a bidding war — and Playboy isn't involved at all. Word has started to rumble (can word "rumble?") that Nascar could make a play for young Danica. She'd certainly have to sing at Wrigley "Stadium" better than Jeff Gordon did....
Suggested Questions For Today's ESPN Chatters
Suggested Questions For Today's ESPN.com Chatters 12 p.m.: ESPN Golf School with Ed Bowe. One of my arms is shorter than the other, and O.J. Simpson has been following me for the past eight holes making stabbing motions with his putter. What should I do? 1 p.m.: NBA with Chad Ford. Which do you pref...
Finance As Taught By Spike TV
One considers that there might be dumber ways to pick an agent (like, say, just grabbing some dudes you went to high school with). Detroit Lions second-round pick Shaun Cody picked his agent on reality television. Airing in July on SpikeTV and hosted by Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, the series "...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while coughing up that piece of wax fruit ... Arrivadercci Amare: Spurs reach NBA Finals. First Day, Scripps National Spelling Bee: Evan O'Dorney of Walnut Creek, Calif., advances by nailing "lederhosen." Lee's five hits power Cubs past Dodgers. In Juan Gonzalez terms, that's five se...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch now that "According to Jim" is in reruns ... Rangers go for 10th straight win. Face it, they're red hot — and your fantasy team has none of them. Game 5: Spurs at Suns: San Antonio set to wrap up Operation Desert Yawn. Braves at Nationals. Inspired by Deep Throat story, MLB to reveal a...
Blue Jays: All Gay, All The Time
Say what you will about the homophobia inside locker rooms, but in team's front offices, well, whatever pays the bills. The Toronto Blue Jays have announced their plans to host Toronto Pride Day at the SkyDome on June 23. The promotion is called — no kidding — "Men With Bats." (Subhead: "They Wield ...
How To Get Fired From Your Football PR Job
Hoo boy. Sometimes this site writes itself....
Blogdom's Best ...
News From Basements All Across This Fine Land ... The Ray Lankford Hall Of Fame. Really. [Baseball Rants] Marlins fans still holding out hope for a new stadium. That's cute. [Fish Stripes] It's official: Everyone in Boston wants to kill Mark Blount. [Celtics Blog]...
Suggested Questions For Today's ESPN Chatters
12:30 p.m.: Wake Forest point guard Chris Paul If you see Julius Hodge in the NBA, will you rap him in the nuts again? Or are you saving that for Shaq?...
Today in MLB Blogs
If you're like us, you've just been assuming all along that Elton John is a big baseball fan. Yep, he is — or so claims his tour manager, D.C. Parmet. How do we know this? Parmet is the latest contributor to MLB Blogs.com — the site that lets you do all the work, and makes you pay them!...