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The End For Andre Agassi
As the match was being played and it became evident that Andre Agassi didn't have the legs or the back to take down Benjamin Becker, I couldn't help but think it shouldn't end this way. It should've ended in either a championship, or in front of am unsilencable primetime crowd in a 5-set marathon...
Taking Down The Goal Posts: Shhh, Lou Holtz
Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10. It's never a pleasant experience when Notre Dame wins the marquee game of the week, but it was hard not to admire last night's effort. Georgia Tech played an excellent game, but the Irish defense held strong, Charlie Weis let his enormous testicles call the plays in k...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
11:00 a.m., CBS. Tennis. Men's Third and Women's Fourth Round. Agassi's on right now. 1:30, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. State Farm Classic, Final Round. Your leader is the unfortunately-named Maria Hjorth. 1:30, ESPNU. Women's College Soccer. Santa Clara @ Notre Dame. I'm guessing that the Santa Clara team wi...
About Last Night...
• FIBA World Championships: Spain 70, Greece 47. Spain's not falling for your old "let's all hide inside a wooden horse" trick. • MLB: Reds 1, Padres 7. Nice to see Jake Peavy remember that he's Jake Peavy. Complete game, 2 hits, 14 Ks. • College Football: Notre Dame 14, Georgia Tech 10. I feel pret...
Hugh Johnson Project - Update 4
This one is the Mike Gottfried/Paul Maguire/Gary Thorne hatred edition. And we're wrapping this up for the day. Many many thanks. I think it's been a success....
To Watch Tonight...
• Tennis. US Open, Men's @ Women's, Third Round. Or, whatever they decide to show in the event of a rain delay. 7:00, USA. • College Football. BYU @ Arizona. Get ready for some hot Mormon action. 10:15, TBS. • College Football. Notre Dame @ Georgia Tech. Hopefully, Brady Quinn's sister can pull hers...
Hugh Johnson Project - Update 3
We've got one more of these coming... pretty please keep the IMs coming to "DeadspinFootball" on AOL Instant Messenger. You guys are amazing. In fact, I wish I had room for more of these......
Today In Soccer...
The Premiership is taking the day off, due to some Euro 2008 qualifying games, and some other international friendlies going down. But the big story right now is Carlos Tevez moving from Brazilian club Corinthians to Premiership team West Ham. A guy like Tevez, you'd think would prefer a bigger club...
Hugh Johnson Project - Update 2
Lee Corso's grandson appears to hate him. He had his grandson with him at the end when he did his picks. And he was trying to get him to say "hi" and wave (the kid is probably 6). And the kid looked miserable. Corso had to grab his arm and make it wave. - Josh...
LeftoverDome...
• Domanick Davis is officially going on the IR. Hello, Wali Lundy. [The Fanhouse] • Dan Marino ... always lookin' to hate on somebody. [The Star] • If you're dying to show off your big-ass TV, here you go. [The Fan Inside] • If I told you that a baseball player hurt himself while walking in a mall, ...
Image Is Everything To James Blake
When I was a young tike, I thought Andre Agassi's flourescents were about the coolest thing in the world. Much of my self-esteem was derived from owning a pair of the shoes pictured at the bottom of this poster, even if I couldn't get them until long after they were considered cool. Okay, I'm wea...
Hugh Johnson Project - Update 1
• You know what I hate? "Oooo-EEE! Spendin' limit? Who cares? Not us, cuz them ain't our currrr-edit cards." That's what I hate....
Reality Intrudes For A Second
I hate to throw a bucket of cold water on everyone right before the big college football orgy, but I feel like I should probably mention that Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was diagnosed with cancer yesterday....
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
College Football: And don't forget, today begins the Hugh Johnson Weekend Football Project. The AIM name is "DeadspinFootball". And I apologize in advance, if I don't get to reply to everyone. I have no idea how this is going to go....
About Last Night...
• Tennis: Roger Feder def. Tim Henman, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. At one point in his career, Tim Henman was 6-1 against Federer. Did those matches take place when Henman was 10 years old and Federer was 3? • MLB: Giants 2, Cubs 6. If you want us to take you seriously as a playoff contender, you can't let the C...
Week In Deadspin: Get The Busts Ready
• Hall Of Fame voting will remain open all the holiday weekend. Still some tight races out there. • Yep, the Vikings have their own fumigator. Makes sense. • It's Jeff George, everybody! • The hotly debated NFL team previews continued. • AOL has a ton of sports blogs now. • Latrell Sprewell just l...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as, for some reason, the cat seems to be missing and the dog is wearing a bib ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Allan Green vs. Emmett Linton, at Tulsa. Cut me, Mick! [ESPN2] • College football: Nevada at Fresno State. Now we're talkin'. Think we'll see some offense? [ESPN] • MLB: Atl...
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Darren Prince
Way back in the day, we took another one of our Field Trips to see a Dennis Rodman book signing. In retrospect, we're not sure why we decided to cover a Rodman signing; "Dancing With The Stars" must have not been on that night....
Leftovers: Football Is Getting, Like, Complicated
• It's, like, "Ask Madden," but for real football. [Technology Review] • In case you missed Jason Whitlock's backrub of Jeff George. [ESPN] • The Marlins team president, kind of an ass. [Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel] • Not as difficult as you might think to make the Chinese Olympic team. [Flash Warne...
Hopefully There's Peanut Butter Up There
Man has debated the true nature of vegetables since the beginning of recorded history. Does celery have a soul? Do carrots believe in a higher existence? And what's the deal with garden cress? We don't think we would be able to sleep at night if we thought that, when he passes to his great reward,...