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About Last Night ...
What you missed while out enlisting the aid of Mad Max for your village ... • World Series: Carpenter Rules ... Cardinals take 2-1 series lead after 5-0 win over Tigers. • NHL: Penguin Lust ... Malkin leads Pittsburgh over New Jersey 4-2. • Tennis: We hate to be the ones to tell you that top-seeded ...
It's Nice To Have Chris Carpenter
Sometimes we forget that sometimes, all you need, is a dominant No. 1 starter — even one who claims his favorite band is the Dave Matthews Band — and an opposing pitcher with bloodshot eyes who throws 100 mile-per-hour fastballs five feet to the left of an already-running third baseman....
Time For Game 3 At Busch
We'd like to thank Joe Sports Fan for this photo of a true Cardinals superfan; this is exactly what we're wearing to the game tomorrow....
To Watch Tonight
What to change the channel to when you notice Yosemite Sam switching to armor-piercing bullets ... • Major League Baseball: World Series, Game 3, Detroit at St. Louis. Six NFL teams will be mathematically eliminated before we're done with baseball. [Fox] • NHL: New Jersey at Pittsburgh. Will it be M...
Ben Roethlisberger Falls To Pieces
We don't mean to imply that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is suffering from an alarmingly high number of ailments right now, but we think we saw this sign on a telephone pole outside our current Mattoon dwelling earlier today....
Leftovers: Lettin' 'Em Fly In Louisville
• You know, it really is fun to shoot paintballs at unsuspecting people. [Louisville Courier-Journal] • When Shaq and Carl Monday get together, man, that fur will fly. [With Leather] • How the Madden franchise has changed the NFL. [Escapist Magazine] • Why everyone's so obsessed with Jim Leyland's s...
Well, That Didn't Take Long At All
Not that you couldn't see this coming, but we'll confess, it's somewhat sooner than we necessarily expected....
He's Got Some Great Open-Field Moves
We did not see this over the weekend, but apparently, after California's win over Washington on Saturday, Golden Bears running back Marshawn Lynch got a hold of the motorized stretcher cart and went to town. This is yet another reason, as we all know, we need the bullpen car back....
The Cardinals Always Bring Much Rock
We're not heading to St. Louis until tomorrow, and that's probably for the best: Sometimes, it's kind of difficult to be a Cardinals fan....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Minnesota Timberwolves
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Northwest Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Blogdome: Who's More Fun Than Joey Porter?
• Joey Porter busts down. [The Fanhouse] • Another fun college football power poll. College Humor] • "Tony Romo looked mobile in trying to chase down the DB that picked off his pass." [Critical Sports] • Yet another site for Jay Mariotti to freak out about. [Fire The Fucktard] • Who predicted the Ti...
Know How We Know You're Gay? You Watch 'Tweenies' (Just Kidding, Please Don't Punch Us)
The Mirror of London hits us today with 21 Things You Didn't Know About Roo; Roo of course being soccer star Wayne Rooney. Among the things you'd expect — likes to visit prostitutes, etc. — there are other things that would seem to indicate a softer side of Rooney; a sweet, nurturing side. Not that ...
Time's Running Out To Get Your Dork Costume
As Halloween approaches, and you think about your costumes and their potential offensiveness or lack thereof — tips: Buck O'Neill, OK; Cory Lidle, not so much — we'd like to direct you to this fellow, who two years ago dressed up as a hardcore Celtics defensive enthusiast, a persona now commandeered...
Page 2 Hands Out The Lucre
Well, it appears Page 2 is filling in some voids left by the Whitlock/Shanoff/Bayless exodus: According to The Big Lead, they have hired the Orlando Sentinel's Jemele Hill to a two-year deal....
We Have Ways Of Making Your Mascot Talk
Oh, those crazy Ivy Leaguers. What won't they do in the name of ribald gridiron revelry?...
Re-Examining The Shotgun Formation
Castro Valley, Calif.'s reign as Deranged Youth Sports Capital of the U.S. lasted exactly 24 hours. Today Philadelphia wrestles away the title with determination and panache, as one of its wonderfully colorful youth football parents sets the bar impossibly high. Let's look in, shall we?...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Joe Morgan: Is it true that if you watch a play for too long, Jon Miller reaches over and steals your sandwich? • Noon. Baseball with Rob Neyer: Now, pine tar in your shorts, that's a whole different violation, ri...
Stepping Away From Rogers, And Toward Leyland
All right, we're gonna make a vow: We're pretty tired of this whole Kenny Rogers business, and we're not gonna talk about it anymore. We know controversy is fun, and we know Rogers probably had pine tar on his hand, and we know Tony LaRussa probably should have had him thrown out of the game. But ...
That'll Be All, Bill
You know, it's funny: The Dallas Cowboys' season appears to be disintegrating, and even though Terrell Owens had to go so far as to try to kill himself to derail the team, he seems to be the least of their problems....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while planning your Halloween costume ... • NFL: ... Tony Romo, not a restaurant chain, charges off bench, leads Cowboys to 36-22 loss to Giants. • NHL: Fools! You can't stop the Buffalo Sabres! • Look, Russian tennis! Jarkko Nieminen downs Janko Tipsarevic in the first round of St. ...