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The French Are Shockingly Persistent With This
The French media's treatment of Lance Armstrong is starting to make the American media's treatment of Barry Bonds look downright Jason McElwain-ish. They're still hung up on the idea that they can somehow prove that Lance Armstrong used steroids, EPO, or some other sort of performance enhancer....
Mama Said Knock You Out
Today begins the World Cup knockout round, where a ton of different clichés apply: Do or die, there's no tomorrow, win or go home, don't take any wooden nickels, etc. Only sixteen of the world's teams are privileged enough to be here....
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox (East Coast): MLB. Phillies @ Red Sox or Astros @ White Sox or Reds @ Indians. Find your game here. And if you're not getting the game you want, then I at least hope you're lucky enough to get the Tim McCarver broadcast. 3:00, ESPN: World Cup. Argentina vs. Mexico. I think you'll enjoy thi...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Mets 6, Blue Jays 1. Tom Glavine wins #286, and is now tied for 25th all-time with Robin Roberts. SportsCenter, Good Morning America, 286 wins... is there nothing that woman can't do? Game recap here at MiracleMets.net. • Track and Field: Marion Jones, Justin Gatlin win 100m events. American ...
Week In Deadspin: The Many Names Of Jay Mariotti
• The Mets, on the whole, are fairly tame partiers. • Hockey ended. • Mickey Mantle, charmer. • David Hirshey was consistently awesome all week. • Was that really YWML on "TRL? Yipes ... it really was. • Michael Doleac, NBA champion. • You might have noticed this, but we did a lot of World Cup live ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as as you wonder why you can never get a date ... • Boxing: Featherweights, Gamaliel Diaz vs. Roberto Guerrero; super middleweights, Andre Dirrell vs. James Morrow; Anthony Dirrell vs. Marcus Don Hall, at Oakland. We're betting a couple of these middleweights aren't so super. [Showtime...
Leftovers: Til Death Do Us Root
• Get your favorite players face ... on your casket. [Eternal Image] • The French just won't leave this Lance Armstrong business alone. [Saved By The Blog] • Bill Plaschke, not exactly a soccer expert. [Fan's Attic] • Now this is a seriously pissed off junior high basketball player. [ABC News 49] • ...
Live Blog: Switzerland Vs. Korea Republic
The tightest of all the groups, Group G has three teams all with legitimate chances at making it into the next round. But these are the only two who control their proverbial destiny. The winner here automatically wins the Group and advances to play Ukraine next Monday. A draw means all kinds of ch...
Live Blog: France Vs. Togo
Ah, France. The French might have won the whole business two World Cups ago, but right now, they're looking like they could be in serious trouble. They need a win here, obviously, and then they have to either win convincingly or hope the Switzerland-Korea game doesn't end up in a draw. That's what...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Isiah And The Knicks
A.J. Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Send him all kinds of fan mail....
We Don't Know If There's Anything Wrong With Us Because We Don't Know How Other People Are
We didn't ask for a shrink; that must've been somebody else. Also, that pudding isn't ours. Also, we're wearing this suit today because we had a very important meeting this morning and we don't have a crying problem....
Another Potential Duck Redesign
If you thought the Oregon Ducks' uniforms were ugly, Puck Update comes up with a redesign of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks that, frankly, would make us like both hockey and the Ducks much more than we do now....
Blogdome: From Germany To The US?
• Could the German soccer coach really be taking over for Bruce Arena? [Fox Soccer Blogs] • It has been 25 years since the 33-inning minor-league game. [Futon Report] • In defense of trophy wives. [Out Of Left Field] • What the future of steroid admissions might look like. [Sethmnookin.com] • The re...
They Got To Gammons Too
It was one thing when Mel Kiper had to deal with the indignity of having his daggum top 10 messed up. It was another when Stephen A. Smith smugly pointed out to Tim Legler that all those papers were holding him back. It was another when Trey Wingo invaded our home through direct mail....
No One Will Ever Know Your Dirty Knicks Secret
Let's say you want to check the Knicks score* on your Trio, but the darned glare won't let you see the screen. Or perhaps you're watching PTI on your Watchman, and you just want a little privacy, dammit. Inspired by the wildly popular Burka, it's the Tech Addict Scarf! Yes, finally your prayers ha...
How Not To Run A Cheerleading Squad
As Every Day Should Be Saturday put it, this is a story that's best read while listening to the "Benny Hill Show" music....
Brett Myers Punched His Wife In The Face
It is commonplace among Major League Baseball teams to send the starting pitchers for upcoming road series ahead of the team, allowing them to get on a normal travel schedule. That's what the Philadelphia Phillies did with starter Brett Myers, who was scheduled to pitch against Boston tomorrow after...
They're Baaaack ... What They're Saying About Clemens and Pujols
It was the day we've all been waiting for; sitting on the edge of our bed in our Cardinals pajamas (your pajamas may vary). The glorious return of Albert Pujols and Roger Clemens. And even though both got upstaged (by Anthony Reyes and Francisco Liriano, respectively) and their teams lost on Thurs...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Turns out Victor Conte was behind the release of the movie Gigli as well. That heartless bastard. • Noon NFL with Keith Kidd: With college games freely available on TV, aren't NFL scouts kind of, um, wo...
Live Blog: Spain Vs. Saudi Arabia
It is not entirely outside of the realm of possibility that Saudi Arabia could somehow sneak into the next round; they would need a (huge) upset win here and then ... well, they'd need a lot to happen. Meanwhile, Spain is already cruising into the Round of 16 and is (mostly) assured of the top seed ...