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About Last Night ...
What you missed while you and the other Wiccans were celebrating the summer solstice ... • MLB: No streak for you! Marlins can't reel in 10th straight win, lose to Bedard, Orioles. • World Cup: Several Portugese players injure themselves trying to pronounce "Gelsenkirchen," but beat Mexico anyway, 2...
Not That Many Hours Left 'Til Gametime
Since it's a one of those 10 a.m. starts tomorrow, we figure this is as close to a preview of tomorrow's United States vs. Ghana matchup as we're going to get, considering the sleep schedules of your average Deadspin reader....
To Watch Tonight
What you'll miss as Lassie watches you drunkenly fall into the well one too many times and refuses to get help ... • College World Series, North Carolina vs. Cal State-Fullerton, at Omaha; Rice vs. Oregon State/Miami (Fla.) winner. Nowhere else will you ever see these five schools in the same paragr...
The Deal With The TRL Thing
Back when we announced the sale of the "You're With Me, Leather" T-shirts, we promised a free post for whichever reader was able to feature the shirt on national television. But we — obviously — never dreamed it would be the host of TRL....
Leftovers: Careful Of Nolan's Cattle
• Someone stole Nolan Ryan's cows. What? Did we read that right? [TMZ] • Bernie Kosar says he was a little wacky as a husband, but not a druggie. So you know. [Newsnet5] • Keith Hernandez, Mr. Hip! [Out Of Left Field] • It's drunk athletes as "The A Team," we think. [Gheorghe: The Blog]...
Live Blog: Argentina Vs. Netherlands
This is, from almost all accounts, the most entertaining game of the day; two teams who both will be in the next round but are playing for the No. 1 spot or the No. 2. A win or a draw gives Argentina the nod, and a Netherlands win does it for the Dutch/ Netherlanders/ Hollandaise....
Live Blog: Serbia & Montenegro Vs. Cote d'Ivoire
OK, so fine: This is another one of those games that doesn't mean anything. The Poland-Costa Rica game yesterday was supposedly "meaningless" too, and that didn't stop it from being perhaps the most entertaining game of the day....
The Only Logical Choice For ESPN Soccer Analyst
If you're like us, you've been repeatedly jabbing objects both sharp and blunt into your ears while listening to the ESPN soccer announcers, particularly the "lead" team of Dave O'Brien and Marcelo Balboa, whose extensive yammering and criminal butchering of the English language — respectively — hav...
Mark Cuban's Relaxation Techniques
Our affection for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is well-documented, and we certainly don't mean to pile on during what's assuredly a difficult day for him. But nevertheless, we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't show off these photos sent to us this morning, supposedly taken last Friday nigh...
Your Gay Sports News Roundup
Whether it's celebrity deaths or gay sports stories, it seems big news always comes in threes. (That is how the expression goes, yes?) All kinds of gay news this Wednesday afternoon....
Blogdome: Say Goodnight, Braves
• Last night officially marked the end of the Braves "dynasty." [mlbeat] • Introducing ... The Big Ten Channel. We'll absolutely watch this. [The Wizard Of Odds] • It's Diego Maradona's great goal(s), recreated in Nintendo soccer. [The Wade Blogs] • An extremely strange look at what the U.S. World C...
Good Morning, Socceroos
For those of you who have been searching for an alternative to "Mike & Mike in the Morning," and don't mind detailed analysis of pelvic thrusting, there's this: Dribble with Roy and H.G., a World Cup soccer studio show out of Germany, with Australian hosts. (So right away you know it's good.)...
Coach K Speaks!
Our long national nightmare is over. We can all rest a bit easier now, because Coach K is finally weighing in on the Duke lacrosse case. Our parents tell us stories of how they feared world events in the 1960s would overwhelm them, and how they would tune in to the CBS news every evening, and things...
Nothing Like Some Singing Limeys
Say what you will about those Brits, but they sure can freaking sing....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. World Cup with Phil Holland: Whoa, the correct term is Phil Netherlands, pal. • 3 p.m. MLB & Steroids w/Shaun Assael: MLB & Steroids; kind of goes together like Siegfried and Roy, doesn't it? • 4 p.m. World Cup with Heather Mitt...
Hirshey: Get It Together, Turniphead
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
The Closer: Royals-Pirates; The Awful Truth
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Live Blog: Portugal Vs. Mexico
It's bright and early today, perfect for a particularly rocking soccer game. (Match. Pitch. Whatever.) This one, similar to the Germany-Ecuador game yesterday, could be for the top seed in the next round, though Mexico hasn't nailed down their spot just yet....
Live Blog: Iran Vs. Angola
You might be sitting there at your computer, saying silly things like, "Why would I need a live blog of a game between Angola and Iran? Isn't there an excellent Mexico vs. Portugal game right next door?...
The Faces Of Champions
That's right, folks, the wait is over: Antoine Walker, Shandon Anderson and Michael Doleac are finally champions....