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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. CWS with Kyle Peterson: Yes, you played in the majors, but you won only five more games than I did. This makes you an expert commentator? • 1 p.m. College FB with Bruce Feldman: North Carolina really has a player named Richie R...
Mark Cuban's Courtside Blogging Madness
Last night's NBA Finals Game 1 Mavericks victory over the Heat was an impressive one, and a fun one to watch; we feel optimistic about the series as a whole. (Though a scary part inside us keeps whispering nasty matters about a sweep.)...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while reading up on this sport called "soccer" that they speak of ... • NBA Finals: Terry's 32 help solid-hoofed herbivorous mammals beat the Heat in Game 1. • French Open: Say it with us; Justine Henin-Hardenne. No, once again you've mispronounced it. Anyway, she's in the finals aft...
So ... We've Got Some Affidavit Names
Everyone's guessing about who the blacked-out names in the Jason Grimsley report are, and it has been a fun parlor game so far. But we all knew eventually the names would get out. And we've been digging around ... and some sources have given us some names....
NBA Finals Pants Party: Mavericks Vs. Heat
We all used to complain that the NBA playoffs took too long to finish, that there were too many games, that it was just all too much. Now, the complaints are about having to wait too long for the Finals to start. Yeah, we'd call that progress....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Yankees prepare to call you up if there's one more injury ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees [ESPN], Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati [WGN], Atlanta at Houston [TBS]. Warm up that remote thumb, Kookie. You got some serious surfing to do. • NBA Finals: Game 1, Miami at Dallas. As th...
Leftovers: Angry Big Ben
• Ben Roethlisberger is angry with Pittsburgh media coverage. Because they've been so critical of him in the past. [Times Online] • You, too, could win the right to buy Mike Mamula's lunch. [Philadelphia Will Do] • What the Phoenix Suns can teach you about your workplace. [Zembla] • Why are the Mets...
Sie Sind Mit Mir, Leder!
In honor of tomorrow's beginning of the World Cup, and in honor of the T-shirts finally shipping this week, a reader presents us the world's greatest pickup line in all its international glory:...
Introducing Your World Cup Closer
Joining us on our World Cup Blog team, starting Tuesday, will be David Hirshey, known both as "one of America's leading soccer experts" (Soccer America) and "an insufferable soccer poet" (Tony Kornheiser). We're honored to have him penning the World Cup Daily Closer throughout the tournament....
World Cup Preview: Group E
The World Cup is almost here! So that you aren't caught flat-footed, we're previewing each group, in no particular order, to explain why your team has no chance to win (you'll thank us later). Today: Group E! This is the last one; the footy begins on Friday, friends....
Blogdome: The Final Fan Interviews
• The interview series talking to a fan of all 32 World Cup teams has been completed. Very cool stuff. [Sportolysis] • So yeah, we'd totally see a movie about Cheeseheads. Who wouldn't? [10000 Takes] • The worst spot in the first round of the NBA Draft to have? No. 7. [ArmchairGM] • All the finger d...
Blogdom's Best: The World Cup
It's hard to believe that the World's Biggest Sporting Event is but one rotation of the earth away (or maybe it's already here; international time confuses us). Come with us now to the far reaches of the blogosphere, as we survey the playing field just hours befor the big kickoff....
The End Of The Kyle Boller Era Of Joy
Yesterday, after much debate and "controversy," the Baltimore Ravens finally traded for Steve McNair. Until McNair's legs fall off — we have Week 8 in the pool — he will take over the starting job for Brian Billick and his Nevermores....
Great Moments In NFL Marketing
Some guy with a comic book blog went digging through some of his old files — or "nerd containers," as some might call them — and unearthed a bit of a gem: The "NFL SuperPro" character, from a Marvel Comics series in 1991....
Unfortunately, They Can Only Use Their Hands
If you thought human beings were the only species with a World Cup this week ... think again, you human-centric bigots! It's the Ant World Cup!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Baseball with Jayson Stark: Now it can be told: I, too, took steroids. In the break room at T.G.I. Friday's, where I work. I calmly await the authorities. • 2 p.m. Chivas USA coach Bob Bradley: You play in the Home Depot Center i...
It's A Hat! It's A Hearing Aid! It's A Utensil!
A site we'd never heard of but are now addicted to called Patently Silly takes a look at all the ridiculous "inventions" that receive patents from the goverment. Recently, they featured. something called "Multi-Purpose Headgear", from a company called Sportniks. What are the multi purposes of this...
All Right, Maybe It's Time To Panic
OK, we have clearly attempted to keep our wits about us during this whole Albert Pujols injury situation ... but we're officially out on the ledge now....
The World Cup Is Clearly Ready To Rock
We're just more than 24 hours away from the start of the World Cup, and various Deadspinners have arrived in Germany and are already casting their arrogant American eyes — as opposed to their humble American wrists — to the glory that is the world's biggest sporting event....