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Leftovers: Childhood Pals Mikan and Almonte Watch Paths Diverge
· You're only as old as you feel: Danny Almonte begins summer baseball season. [Miami Herald] · George Mikan, 80, RIP. NBA's first center of attention has left the building. [NYT]—RC · Ricky, Dolphins a mere $3 million apart. Can world peace be far behind? [Miami Herald] · Colin Montgomerie denies c...
The Sweet, Beautiful Face Of Derek Jeter
What is it, Tim Kirk ... JUN, that makes you swoon? Is it candlelight dinners? Long walks on the beach? John Kruk all lathered up in bacon fat?...
Blogdom's Best ...
News And Views From Life Under Mom's Thumb ... You are no longer allowed to get bombed at USC games. Don't tell OJ.[TrojanWire] Ozzie Guillen and Jeff Brantley have a really dopey feud. [Can't Stop The Bleeding] "Shemp" Matsui makes Yanks haters happy. [The Yankee Despiser]...
Guess The Athlete!
Which former football player said the following, during an interview with a video game Web site about the upcoming "Blitz: The League," which follows professional players' lives both on and off the field?...
Today in MLB Blogs
It's official: America is suffering from creative block. Over at MLB Blogs.com, the latest feature entry concerns a dad and son who are visiting five major league ballparks in five days. They've entitled it 5 for 5. Get it? (Alternate title: Something Juan Gonzalez Will Never Again Do). Exciting?...
Roy Jones Jr. Knows How To Party
Man. We should have totally been a boxer. Our parties usually involve Risk....
Black Nascar
While doing some research this afternoon on the hiring of Jimmie Lee Solomon as MLB's new executive vice president of baseball operations, we came across a site we hadn't seen before: BlackAthlete.net. The goal of the site seems noble enough; they're trying to support the hiring and promotion of bla...
Another Bill Simmons Cartoon: Cell Phone
Yay! This Week's "Episode:" "Cell Phone"...
Just Asking ...
We're watching the Spelling Bee, and find it amusing that the head judge in a contest for children is judged by a priest....
Bidding For Danica
We find it encouraging that a female athlete could be a part of a bidding war — and Playboy isn't involved at all. Word has started to rumble (can word "rumble?") that Nascar could make a play for young Danica. She'd certainly have to sing at Wrigley "Stadium" better than Jeff Gordon did....
Guess The Kobe Bryant Activity
In this photo, Kobe Bryant and his wife are:...
Suggested Questions For Today's ESPN Chatters
Suggested Questions For Today's ESPN.com Chatters 12 p.m.: ESPN Golf School with Ed Bowe. One of my arms is shorter than the other, and O.J. Simpson has been following me for the past eight holes making stabbing motions with his putter. What should I do? 1 p.m.: NBA with Chad Ford. Which do you pref...
Bonds: "I Don't See White People"
This tidbit from the Chicago Tribune is the one reason to buy a book by former White Sox outfielder Ron Kittle:...
Jake Plummer: Anti-War Activist
Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer fought the NFL last year when he wanted to honor former teammate Pat Tillman by wearing his number on his jersey. Now Plummer, longer-maned and looking awfully MoveOn.Org-y, is taking on a larger target: The government. Plummer is clearly still very upset with the mi...
Lewis Free To Roam Backfields Again
Our long national nightmare is over: Ravens running back Jamal Lewis is released from prison today. No word yet as to what prison tats Lewis will come out with, or whether he'll have made a very special new best friends named Bunny (or Sarge). He does want to skip his halfway house in Atlanta to h...
Do Not Make A Montreal Expo Mad
Remember Ken Hill? The Expos/Cardinals/Rangers/Red Sox pitcher was the type of guy who always destroyed your fantasy team; the year you drafted him high, he collapsed, and the year you didn't draft him, he'd rock on somebody else's team. (He was also the ace on that great 1994 Expos team.)...
Bonds Speaks Again!
We're starting to think Barry Bonds is telling us more than he thinks he is. In the newest installment of his traditionally content-free journal, Bonds tries what he can but can't help but let some of the demons sneak out. On the surface, the "entry" is the typical bland prattle about rehab, "lov...
Finance As Taught By Spike TV
One considers that there might be dumber ways to pick an agent (like, say, just grabbing some dudes you went to high school with). Detroit Lions second-round pick Shaun Cody picked his agent on reality television. Airing in July on SpikeTV and hosted by Chiefs tight end Tony Gonzalez, the series "...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while coughing up that piece of wax fruit ... Arrivadercci Amare: Spurs reach NBA Finals. First Day, Scripps National Spelling Bee: Evan O'Dorney of Walnut Creek, Calif., advances by nailing "lederhosen." Lee's five hits power Cubs past Dodgers. In Juan Gonzalez terms, that's five se...