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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....
Leftovers: "When She Said She Was Gonna, Like, Wreck My Car ... I Didn't Know What To Do"
• Not looking good for Barbaro, folks. [New York Times] • Pac-Man Jones is showing Vince Young the ropes this summer. What could possibly go wrong? [The Hater Nation] • What's a Thursday without a Jheri Curl post? [Joe Sports Fan] • The Raiders are always so much fun. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]...
Run, You Stupid Linebacker, RUN!
Just to be clear on this, if some guy stabbed us, in a bowling alley or elsewhere, we would never stop crying. We're a bleeder. We would wail and scream and whine and plead and any other verb that connotes sniveling wimpdom....
We Were Probably Due For One Of These
For reasons unbeknowst to us, straight male bloggers at Snobs Vs. Slobs have decided to rank the All Handsome Man 2006 Baseball Team. It is amazing the depths we will sink to in order to keep ourselves entertained on the last day of the All-Star Break. They do play tonight, yes? Please?...
You're With Me, Tahoe
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, Lou Holtz made Chandler fetch him an Aquafina. Here is his report....
The Post Where We Ruin The ESPY Suspense
Desperate to find out what happened at the ESPYs last night? Can't wait for Sunday? Just can't believe that they'd make you sit around that long? We feel your pain! We do! We've spent hours already frantically analyzing our "Best Male" cheat sheets, and we can't take it anymore....
Blogdome: 10 Years Ago In Philly
• Look at all the people who were in the game the LAST time the National League won the All-Star Game. [High And Inside] • How far we've fallen, announcer-wise. [Awful Announcing] • Part two of the big Billy Beane interview. [Athletics Nation] • A blog about the Cardinals-Cubs rivalry is our kind of...
Brian Urlacher's "Domestic" Woes
You know, people keep telling us about this Brian Urlacher custody trial business in Chicago, and it just makes us uncomfortable. Like many football fans, we like to think of Urlacher as an old-school, square-jawed bruiser cut from the Butkus mold. So when we start reading stuff like this —...
Ow! My Spine!
Our first edition of Minor Enterprise — a preview of minor league baseball events and promotions — was somewhat incomplete, as it turns out. Our spies did not inform us that the Sioux Falls Canaries were planning on suiting up an 83-year-old player on Wednesday. Jim Eriotes, a Chicago native who i...
Hey, Let's Do It Here Next Time
Are you ready to have the World Cup in the United States in four years? It could happen....
TBS Knows Baseball, ESPN Hopes Not To Forget
So we're a day late on this, but we wanted to make sure we had all the details correct. As menacingly pointed out during the All-Star Game, FOX has re-upped for the rights to the World Series, Saturday games and one LCS for the next seven years. For Joe Buck and Tim McCarver haters, this is bad ne...
Thank God Mr. T Didn't Live To See This
When it comes to boxing, you just can't beat the combination of dimwitted, old and slow. Because it's Fun With Old People Day here, we would be remiss if we didn't remind you that the trailer for Rocky VI is out. In this one, Rocky leads a group of seniors who want to prevent network executives from...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL With Matt Williamson: No offense, sir, but we don't know who you are. • Noon Author Seth Mnookin: Did you feed the monster before you left this morning? • 8 p.m. NASCAR's Jeff Burton: It's hard not to love a man with a spar...
Big Ben's Radio Buddy
We think you can probably tell a lot about an athlete by whom he/she chooses for their first post-big-career-moment interview. Which "reporter" shows them enough deference, respect and suck-up-itude to be handed that big scoop?...
You Know, We Hear The Smell Attracts Bears
You know, there are times when it's obvious that we're not covering enough auto racing around these parts....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while riding backwards in the Tour de France, just to show off ... • WNBA All-Star Game. East wins for first time ever! (Of course, there have only been seven of them). • Tour de France: Dessel is yellow, we tell ya! Yella! • Wie completes pro-am, begins quest to make cut in PGA John...
Second Half Preview: American League
OK, before we start: Seriously, this is just the worst sports day of the year. Do you realize we did a post below on bowling? Can we please get back to the games tomorrow? What? No afternoon games? Man!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as as Ahmad Rashad takes his own sweet time at the Harrah's Tahoe ATM machine ... • Boxing: Light welterweights, Michael Katsidis vs. Rolando Reyes, at Hollywood, Calif. [ESPN] • Minor League Baseball: AAA All-Star Game, at Toledo, Ohio. As some players may be headed to the Royals, don...