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Gammons Out Of The Hospital
Excellent news: ESPN's Peter Gammons is out of the hospital and entering a rehabilitation center. It has been three weeks since his brain aneurysm, and his wife says he and his doctors are pleased with the progress he has been making....
Sorry: We Just Don't Consider Poker A Sport
OK, we're gonna go ahead and call bullshit on this whole World Series of Poker business....
What's The Deal With Juan Gone?
Juan Gonzalez has always been one of the more confounding baseball players. The guy won two MVPs, is 34th all time in home runs and was the guy we were certain was going to someday break Hack Wilson's RBI mark. Sure, he was moody and unusual, but not any more so than Albert Belle, who actually did...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxer Ray Mancini: To your knowledge, are you the only person on the ESPN payroll whom people call "Boom-Boom"? We mean, besides, Berman? • 2 p.m. NCAA hoops w/Kyle Whelliston: Bally! We've missed you, you little round bastard!...
The Closer: It Hasn't Been A Barry Good Year
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Man, This Stadium Sucks
Well, we have to say, we didn't exactly expect our first game at the new Busch Stadium to have the feel of a U.S.-Japan World Cup Softball Game. By the fourth inning of the Cardinals' 15-3 loss to the Braves, we were roaming the park freely, searching for cracks in the woodwork and doing anything ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while while being watching Jorge Freaking Sosa hit a home run ... • MLB: Oh, the shame. Braves 15, Cardinals 3. Time now for many beers. • Poker: Jeff Madsen, 21, wins World Series of Poker on money borrowed from parents. Also, he left their stereo equalizer with a preponderance of b...
At Last, The New Busch
We know, we're checking out a half hour earlier than usual today, but you can blame ESPN for that: Tonight, for the first time, we will see the new concoction our beloved Cardinals have built: We're visiting the new Busch Stadium tonight. (Hence our checking out early; ESPN has the game starting at ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize you're wearing someone else's pants ... • MLB: Atlanta at St. Louis. Come on by; we'll spring for the first round. (Not really.) [ESPN] • Softball: World Cup, championship game, USA vs. Japan, at Oklahoma City. Sweet revenge for the World Baseball Classic, or just an eve...
What Game Are They Playing Here?
Someone sent us this photo from sort of cricket match this weekend. We don't watch cricket — we know, like, one guy who does, and he doesn't know who Peyton Manning is, if that tells you anything — so we're not up on the rules....
Leftovers: The Teflon Giambi
• Jason Giambi speaks, can't believe he's sneaked out of this scot-free. [SI.com] • Barbaro update: Still alive! [Louisville Courier-Journal] • Uh, Peter May seems to not be paying much attention of at that Boston Globe place. [Boston Sports Media] • Is this Carl Monday's college yearbook? Somebody ...
So, Are The Sklar Brothers Funny, Or Not?
Inspired by Bill Simmons' apparent declaration of war on Sklar brothers last week and one of them randomly showing up on "Entourage" last night, we felt it was probably time to get a definitive answer to the question: Are the Sklar Brothers funny?...
The True Nature Of Bo's Tecmo Dominance
From our old friends at Kissing Suzy Kolber comes this rather classic video of showing just how great Bo Jackson was on Tecmo Bowl. It's a quarter-long touchdown run. This almost certainly happened to us repeatedly as a child....
Tahoe Celebrity Golf; A Look Back
Deadspin associate editor Rick Chandler has just returned from the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Stateline, Nev., which ended on Sunday. Above all else, he would like to report that actor Bruce McGill is a swell guy who bought us drinks, and tells amusing Animal House ...
Blogdome: Dave O'Brien Speaks!
• Well, kind of. [Yard Work] • Some classy folks they're adding there in West Virginia. [The Realests] • Bill James, on working with the Red Sox. [SethMnookin.com] Some poor souls live-blogged the ESPYs. Ooof. [Three True Outcomes] • On Jets message boards and "Big Brother 7." [The Sports Hookup] • ...
Curt Schilling Can't Live Without His Modem
As anyone who has ever been around Sons Of Sam Horn can attest, Red Sox LEGEND AND HERO Curt Schilling tends to spend a little too much time on the computer. (We can attest to this too; he's even emailed us.)...
The Man With The Indestructible Arm
We love it when other countries play American sports in a way that points out the way we do it might be wrong. It happened in the NBA a few years ago...
It's Always Sunny In San Francisco, Apparently
Philadelphia pitcher Brett Myers, everybody's favorite wife flattener, returned to the Phillies yesterday for a game against the Giants in San Francisco. Before the game, he had given a statement apologizing for his actions and saying he was getting counseling. It sounded sincere enough that you w...
The Headbutt That Will Not Die
If you're tired of hearing about the Zidane World Cup headbutt (or, the "Glasgow Handshake," as such a move is more commonly called), well, sorry. Even as you read this, an army of computer nerds are producing animated gifs of the incident at alarming rates. The French have their version of the co...
One Final Monday-Cooper Explosion ... Be Ready
So if you're like us and you spend your weekends doing everything you can to avoid the computer, you might not know about this yet. So we feel like maybe you should sit down. Take a deep breath. You might not be ready....