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The Mike Cooper Sentencing ... You Are There!
Well, the Mike Cooper sentencing is over, and our man Jimbo was, indeed, there. We're still not sure precisely what Cooper's sentence was — Jimbo didn't make it that far into the proceedings — but he was there, and he even captured Cooper and his parents on his camera phone ... kind of....
"Leon ... POWE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
So we haven't been watching much summer league basketball, if just because the only local games on around these parts are the Knicks, and honestly, if we wanted to watch a snuff film, we'd just go see the new M. Night Shyamalan movie....
Leftovers: Mark Eaton's Bad Day
• The story behind that Howard Stern/ESPN/Steve Bartman prank. [Bad Idea Blue Jeans] • That's all for Bruce Arena. [U.S. Soccer] • Maxim and CBS Sportsline .. two great tastes that taste great together. [FishbowlNY] • It's obvious the ESPN personalities Bill Simmons wants to punch are the Sklar brot...
Can You Even Call It A "Red Carpet" If It's Just For The ESPYs?
See these poor souls? They're the sad sacks who ended up sitting in the heat during the ESPYs Red Carpet Show, which, if you're extremely lonely and sad, you'll be watching this Sunday night. We can't imagine what would be worse than having to sweat and watch Stuart Scott refer to the night "of ph...
Baby You Can Sign My Card
Deadspin associate editor Rick Chandler is at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Stateline, Nev., this week. He is not considered one of the celebrities. In fact, he has been called a wuss by Scott Hamilton. Here is the second of today's two reports....
An Empty Desk Is An Efficient Desk!
Mistakes? We don't make mistakes. So, this is your receipt for your husband, and this is our receipt for your receipt....
Cultural Oddsmaker: Death Becomes Them
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of fan mail....
Blogdome: If We Were A Shaman, We Wouldn't Be So Competitive
• The Kids In The Hall respond to IRL driver Ed Carpenter. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • You know, Chris Fowler is really into this wedding planning business. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • The case for keeping Dusty Baker. [Chicago Sports Review] • It's the great drugs and sports giveaway! [Mr...
Apparently Student Athletes Have It Easier Than Us
We once showed up for a lecture hall study session for an economics class of about 200 people at the University of Illinois, sitting next to a friend of ours who was much better about attending class than we were. As people filed in, an older man sat next to us and asked, "Hey, is this the Econ 10...
"I'm The Hoff" In Milwaukee
The recent surge in baseball stadiums encouraging fans to send text messages to show on the scoreboard is an encouraging one; we've heard rumors of a "You're With Me, Leather" at Busch Stadium, though no screenshot exists yet, and we haven't hit the zenith of a "Get Away From Me, Carl Monday" at Jac...
Do Not Date Flozell Adams, Girls
A Web site we hadn't heard of before called Don't Date Him, Girl purports to list the names and descriptions of guys that girls should, you know, not date, girl. Web sites like this make us nervous, so after we searched for our own name and the names of almost all our friends, we were pointed to t...
Who's Afraid Of A Large Black Man?
Deadspin associate editor Rick Chandler is at the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Stateline, Nev., this week. He is not considered one of the celebrities; in fact, at the clubhouse entrance Drew Brees handed Chandler a claim check and said "It's a blue Lexus." This is th...
Reds Fans Not Handling Kearns Trade Well
The first big trade of the baseball season went down yesterday, and, to just from the popular reaction, you'd think the Washington Nationals were in wild-card contention and the Cincinnati Reds were selling off. The Reds traded Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez, two of their best young hitters, for a...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard: You've been on since 6 a.m. Please, no mas! • 11 a.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: We're sure that Bud Selig has plenty of crazy, evil schemes up his sleeve. Superman, we need you! • 4 p.m. NFL with Jeremy ...
It's Judgment Day For Mike Cooper
Today, friends, could be the final chapter in The Most Amazing Story Of Our Time: Mike Cooper himself is due to be sentenced today, at 1:30 p.m. ET, in Berea Municipal Court....
The Closer: Oh, How We've Missed It All!
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while confusing your cat ... • MLB: First to 60 wins buys lunch. Ha! Tigers are it! • Golf: How come we can't find Michelle Wie on the John Deere Classic leaderboard? Oh wait, there she is. Oh, mama. • Tour de France: Behold the majesty that is Floyd Landis....
Stepping In The Ole Way-Back Machine
OK, so this is three years old, apropos of nothing — other than baseball finally coming back tonight — and has probably been seen by a lot of you. But someone just sent it to us, and even if you have seen it, it's still worth a revisit....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch to celebrate your acceptance to sushi chef school ... • MLB: Oakland at Boston. Welcome back, you big chemically-enhanced lugs. We've missed you. [ESPN2] • Softball: World Cup, USA vs. Britain, at Oklahoma. Finally, an international sport we can dominate. [ESPN] • Golf: Nationwide Tour...
Your Child Can Be Swaddled In Bristol Wear
Sometimes, we wonder if there's any way we could find a gift for one of our friends' children that might assure that he be beaten up on a semi-regular basis. Hmm. Perhaps if one could combine the hip, cutting-edge stylings of ESPN and sweatshop-stitched shoddy garb of J.C. Penny's....