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Tiger Woods Successfully Completes High Five
As we congratulate Tiger Woods for finally figuring out the correct way to slap another man's hand with his own, we take a look at the Masters, which, for all its bluster and Carlyle Group vibe, is the one golf tournament we look forward to every year, even if it's just because it reminds us that ev...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your collection of bobble-head dolls hold a closed-door meeting concerning your collection of Barbie dolls ... • College Ice Hockey: NCAA Division I tournament, semifinals, at Milwaukee, Boston College vs. North Dakota; Maine vs. Wisconsin. Our brackets are a mess; we're just watchi...
Chicago Baseball Executives Vs. Jay Mariotti (And The People Vs. Both Of Them)
Sometimes, a story comes along with absolutely no rooting interest, no good guys at all, that you end up hoping everyone will end up in a Reservoir Dogs-esque Mexcian standoff, guns aimed at each other's heads, all pulling the trigger....
Leftovers: Bonds (And Only Bonds) On Bonds
• Well, we probably could have seen this coming: "Bonds On Bonds" not actually improving on the ratings of whatever what on that channel before. [USA Today] • Somehow, we always knew Tom Lehman would end up involved in a drive-by shooting. [KTVU] • The Cardinals have this all figured out: Raise tick...
"Healthy Woman Roof"
A story yesterday in The New York Times detailed when Americans get sayings from other countries as tattoos ... and those sayings turn out to be wrong. The story includes the famous Britney Spears mixup, when she got a Chinese tattoo she thought said "mysterious" but actually said "strange."...
Look! It's A Big Sheet Of NFL Lists!
Ordinarily we make fun of ESPN overkill around these parts, but we won't lie to you: We have absolute no problem with the network's around-the-clock, BREAKING NEWS, live live live! coverage of the release of the complete NFL schedule. If you're not around a TV, it's really something to watch; they...
The Knicks Are Willing To Try Anything
When we interviewed Sam Walker, author of Fantasyland and columnist for The Wall Street Journal a while back, he spoke at length about the prevalence of fantasy baseball and the changing face of the game. We let the guy expound for a while, and expound he did. And at the end of the interview, when a...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Diamondbacks
Baseball is here! Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're previewing the season by going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. Today: The Arizona Diamondbacks. Tomorrow we c...
Blogdome: NBC's NASCAR Screwup
• Yeah, that NBC/NASCAR stunt they pulled on "Dateline" wasn't just bad journalism, it was extremely bad business. [World Chumps] • Don't expect to see your local news with NFL highlights next year. [Orange And Teal] • Brian Giles cup check! [Gaslamp Ball] • So what weird crap are the Pirates puttin...
Another Great Sideline Reporter Snafu
This guy right here is Ryan Field. He is not to be confused with Ryan Field, the football stadium for the Northwestern Wildcats. Field is the sideline "reporter" for Fox Sports Detroit, and during last night's Detroit-NOOCH game, he "reported" on a flood in the NOOCH locker room....
Jim Nantz, King Of The WASPs
As The Masters tee off today — complete with cigarettes and littered beer cans everywhere — we cast our eyes again to Jim Nantz. After playing toadie to Billy Packer for a while — and is there a worse possible job description on earth than "Billy Packer's toadie?" — Nantz heads to Augusta, a place...
Power To The Peepl
Reaction continues to pour in on yesterday's spelling bee post (OK, we got one note, which was attached to a rock and thrown through our window). Toward the end of the post we noted that there are actually people who protest in front of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.; folks ...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS star Alecko Eskandarian: Oh, like you had to put "MLS star" in front of this name? Isn't that like putting "Golf star" in front of Tiger Woods? • 3 p.m. Baseball author Nate Silver: Hit me with some obscure statistics, you g...
As Much NBA Fun As PhotoShop Allows
Reason No. 452,591 that the Interweb is a beautiful, frightening place: As found on Scamboogah! comes some incredible pictures made by some crazy person in Australia....
Anybody Actually Watching This Show (Other Than Us)?
Here's the thing about the ESPN "reality" series Bonds on Bonds; everyone seems to have an opinion on it, but practically no one has actually seen it. Even Barry himself missed the debut episode on Tuesday. We don't know what the ratings were, but they can't be good; ESPN went into damage control ...
Blowing Ben Wallace Up
So here's a phrase you weren't ready to hear on a Thursday morning: "Ben Wallace Blow-Up Doll."...
The Closer: East Coast Bias Edition
Five tidbits from a night of baseball ... • 1. We Love Living In New York. Honestly, New York newspapers are insane. After the Yankees scored 15 runs in their opening night win over the A's, the Daily News actually ran a story asking whether or not this Yankees offense was "the best of all time." ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while tearfully writing your very last love letter to Katie Couric ... • MLB: Rollins hit streak to 38, but Phils lose to Cards 4-3. Come on, people! Where's the love for Rollins? • NBA: Knicks top Cavs to end nine-game losing streak, but Larry Brown still isn't buying any new proper...
Duke Lacrosse Team Cancels Season; Coach Resigns
This was just posted on Duke's Web site: The University has cancelled the rest of the lacrosse season, and coach Mike Pressler has resigned, effective immediately....