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About Last Night
What you missed while paying tribute to Hedley Lamarr ... • NBA: Lakers complete their half of a potential Lakers-Celtics 1980s reunion. LA 100, San Antonio 92. • MLB: Welcome back, Joe. Here's another loss. Mets 8, Dodgers 4. • Horse racing: Big Brown guarantees Triple Crown victory....
Christiano Ronaldo's Gal Seems A Little Narcissistic
Anytime British tabs plop a naked lady in the middle of their paper whenever they bloody well please, it is a little jarring, but always amusing. Yes, there are hundreds of girl-on-manatee-style snuff films out there that would be more much more shocking to porny internet-attuned senses, but these p...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after attending just another typical wedding in Arkansas ... • College softball: Women's College World Series, at Oklahoma City: Game 3, Arizona State vs. Alabama (7 p.m., ET). Pithy comment about women's softball would go here. [ESPN] • NBA: Western Conference finals, Game 5, San Anto...
Safeco Not A Welcoming Place For Gay Couples Brazen Enough To Show Affection
According to one unhappy Mariners fan, the security guards at Safeco Field almost got her tossed her out of a Mariners game last week because she was "making out" with her girlfriend in the stands....
The Wacky, Life-Changing Saga Of Roger Clemens Continues To Unravel
Everybody's favorite crackpot country crooner, Mindy McCready is being questioned by the FBI about her relationship with Roger Clemens. The Feds are hoping she'll disclose some sort of lucid information that will prove Clemens perjured himself about his steroid usage and they can put him in jail....
NBA Playoffs: Lakers-Spurs, Game 5
Basketbawful has broken out the highest quality Wiccan spell components — coffin nails, dead sea salt, glory water, graveyard dirt, and a very phallic ritual candle — to uncover the darkest mysteries of tonight's NBA playoff game....
Ice Hockey At Wrigley Field: The End Times Are Here
If you think it would be fun to see Chicago fans reach onto the field of play and try to interfere with a puck instead of a baseball for a change, then you're in luck. The NHL's second Outdoor Winter Classic game will pit the Chicago Blackhawks against the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field, accordi...
HBO Wants You To Get A Cowboys Tattoo On Camera
Looking to get that acting career off the ground? The Boys Blog has just the on-screen cameo to launch your thespianism into the stratosphere....
Julian Tavarez, Still Crazy, Still Losing Stuff
Next month, we'll be heading to Fenway Park to see our Cardinals play the Red Sox. We've been trying to calm our parents down; they're a little afraid Boston fans will come after them for wearing Cardinals garb. We don't think so. Cardinals fans and Red Sox fans have always gotten along well, thanks...
When Did Fernando Tatis Come Back?
Forgive us here, but we couldn't help but wonder, upon seeing highlights of the Mets' 12th-inning win over the Marlins last night ... Fernando Tatis is back in baseball? Wha?...
Prepare For Rick Reilly's Debut On ESPN
Rick Reilly might not like bloggers, but if you have a problem with that, you better get over it. Because his contract with ESPN begins next week....
Innovative Uses Of Google Text Ads
Like every other human, we occasionally do google searches of our own name. Imagine our surprise when, this morning, we found this text ad....
Endangered Species List Now Includes The NBA Flop
Pinch me. I have to be dreaming. Wait. I don't see Gwen Stefani naked and covered in JELL-O brand gelatin. I guess I'm awake. But, then, can it be? Is the NBA really going to crack down on the Great Flopping Menace? The answer to this question seems to be ... continued after the cut. (Gotcha!)...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren Explains The Rare Chemistry Between Kobe Bryant And Pau Gasol
This is BALLS DEEP With Big Daddy Drew (Balls® is a registered trademark and has been used with the expressed written consent of AJ Daulerio). It's gonna be like an SI Point After column, only with dick jokes. You can email him here....
China Takes An NBA Timeout
• While China recovers from its earthquake, there will be no NBA there. [You Been Blinded] • Enough Theo Ratliff already. [Stop Playing Theo Ratliff] • Giving Clayton Kershaw a nickname. [Pyle Of List] • Remembering Drazen. [Dock Squad Sports] • Roscoe Tanner, still hanging around. [West Side Slant]...
The Altoona Curve Salutes All Quitters (And You Know Who You Are)
It's Minor Enterprise, where we chronicle the glory and spectacle of minor league baseball promotions, pausing only to hail the beer vendor every half inning or so....
Media Approval Ratings: Peter Gammons
Honestly, we will never, ever get tired of seeing Peter Gammons rocking out on his guitar. It makes us legitimately happy....
Look, Clips From The New Tecmo Bowl Game
We usually ignore press releases around these parts, but this morning we got a good one: The new version of Tecmo Bowl — for the Nintendo DS — is coming out this September, and they sent us a couple of clips from the game....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
Michael Jackson's Big Night Out
Each time Michael Jackson pops up in public, I always think, hey, that guy who seemed to be the most captivating entertainer on the planet is still somewhere hidden behind that Play-Doh face. Probably not, but, come on, am I the only one who, as a 10-year-old, once thought my life would change for ...