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About Last Night ...
What you missed while finding Carmen Sandiego. Finally ... • MLB: Good LCS: Rockies 3, D-Backs 2. Bad LCS: Red Sox 10, Indians 3. • NHL: Jagr's nickname is 'The Big Smooth'? Seriously? Rangers 3, Caps 1. • NBA Preseason: LeBron hurts his shoulder; Durant shoots 5-of-22. Ugh....
Rockies Still Aware They're The Chosen Ones
So you remember how the Rockies talked about how they're a Christian clubhouse, and how it raised a big stink and they backed off and lowered their profile? Well, they're at it again, and they're legitimately claiming that their amazing late-season run is the result of God's will....
Finally, The Carlos Zambrano Story Can Be Told
We're still reeling a little bit from the news that Carlos Zambrano is the subject of an inspirational biography. It's not that we didn't think he could write (or dictate ... or "be vaguely aware of") one; it's just that we're a little surprised that he had a free hand....
Jacqueline Gagne Is As Good At Commenting As She Is At Golf
This woman is Jacqueline Gagne, and, according to her, she hit nine hole-in-ones in 16 months. This is what the kids call "impossible," and the outstanding Dave Kindred, in an epic piece for Golf Digest, completely debunks all her Tall Tales. But the story does not end there....
Be Wary Of The Chicago Marathon
Like the rest of the planet this godforsaken, sweltering month, it's freaking hot in Chicago, and apparently the race organizers didn't have nearly enough water. One man, the father of three, died....
USChadenfreude: The Trojan Dynasty Is Dead
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....
The Los Angeles Angels of Sucktown
Well I was going to wait for this baseball game to end to call it a weekend, but I think it's safe to say that it's over. The Boston Red Sox have exploded with seven runs in the eighth inning to take a 9-0 lead. The only runs that really mattered were the back-to-back solo shots from Big Papi and C...
Bets O' the Week
Gambling and amateur athletics go together like college girls and booze, here are this weeks college football gambling tips... I'm not going to lie to you, I don't know dick. I'm about as familiar with these games as I was with the Haftorah portion at my Bar Mitzvah, and that shit was two-thirds gib...
Ryan Dempster Will Make You Root For The Cubs
A reader named "Al" sends in the above picture, and the following story, after the jump....
The NLDS ... After Dark!
It's difficult, even for a Cardinals fan, to find much joy in these late-night Diamondback shellackings of the Cubs. A team that was outscored for the season is dominating a fellow division champion. Fortunately, the games have been too late for any children to see the carnage....
Don't Panic Just Yet, Cubs Fans
Because we are committed to the month of October affording us as little sleep as possible, we stayed up and watched the whole Cubs-Diamondbacks game last night, and we don't quite understand all the fuss about Lou Piniella pulling Carlos Zambrano after the sixth inning....
D-Backs Fans Enjoy Hot Tub Night
After a day of somewhat uninspiring but still compelling — it is the playoffs, after all — baseball, we have a some cocky Red Sox, some typically fretting Phillies fans and a Cubs team that has discovered just how the Diamondbacks have been winning all season. We already can't wait for it to rev ba...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after bargaining for more playing time for your son ... • College football: Rice at Southern Mississippi. My Jeff Bower bobblehead is pretty much the most invincible of all of my bobblehead collection. [ESPN2] • MLB: American League Division Series, Game 1, Los Angeles at Boston; Natio...
Come Out To Mesa And Cheer On The Cubs!
The Mesa Cubs are one of the Chicago Cubs' minor league teams, playing in Fitch Park, which is just south of HoHoKam Park in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix. The Cubs have trained in Mesa for the last 10 years, so they've got a ton of fans over there. Perhaps more than the Diamondbacks do....
Playoff Pants Party: Diamondbacks Vs. Cubs
We will confess, being who we are, we find ourselves cheering against the Cubs in this series. This is not because we hate the Cubs; we do not. It is because Cardinals fans have become accustomed to the natural order of matters, and that natural order requires the Cubs to have not won the World Ser...
Baseball Blogdome: Rockies Vs. Padres
What they're saying out there in the ether about Colorado's 9-8 win over San Diego in the NL tiebreaker ......