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Your NL East "Preview"
It is important to point out, before we start predicting our final division, that we have picked a team other than the Braves to win the division for five consecutive years. As if you needed any more assurance that our predictions are always wrong....
Leftovers: The Right Way To Pay Off A Ref
• It is apparently legal to bribe referees in Nigeria. Don't even pretend you're surprised. [ESPN] • Bring us the head of John Wooden! Seriously ... somebody bring it. [Yahoo Sports] • Scranton's sports columnist might very well be a pedophile. Seriously. [Delco Times] • We live in a great world whe...
John Wetteland Apparently Needs Some Cash
We knew that times were sometimes tough for former baseball players, but we never expected that former Yankees closer John Wetteland would resort to selling his 1996 World Series Ring on eBay....
It's A Final Four Pants Party
Obviously, the best story at this weekend's Final Four in Indianapolis is George Mason, but we've found the best story of that best story: It turns out that until this weekend, the George Mason fight song had no lyrics. Seriously; they had to write a whole batch just because the NCAA was asking fo...
Enhance Your Pud
So, should Barry Bonds be in the Hall of Fame if it's proven (again) that he used steroids? If he makes it, he won't be the first guy to use performance enhancers in Cooperstown. NPR's blog tells the story today of Pud Galvin, a 19th century pitcher for Pittsburgh....
Don't Call Us Stupid
Our sponsors think the Gettsyburg Address is where Lincoln lived....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Padres
We're two days away from Opening Day (two days!), so it's time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're 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 tips@deadsp...
Blogdome: Time For Yard Work
• Kabir (and Yard Work) forecast the upcoming season. [Yard Work] • A Clippers blog emerges from the womb, all colicky and covered in muck. [Clipper Blog] • All three major sports leagues made very strange decisions, in the span of a week. [Dave's Sports Views] • Who are the ugliest people in the Wo...
Your AL East "Preview"
Obviously, the landscape of the American League East obviously changed dramatically yesterday, but we're gonna go ahead and try to forecast matters anyway. It's hard, but we must tredge forward, regardless. We must stay strong. Some bad predictions:...
As Much As It Hurts, We Have To Accept That It's Over
Well, now that the dust has settled a bit, now that we've all had time to collect ourselves, rest up, sleep it off and compose ourselves ... we think we're ready to dig back into the Anna Benson divorce story....
In Praise Of Lacrosse
Although he has been following the story pretty closely, Todd Blumbergs doesn't have a lot of time to obsess over the Duke lacrosse team case; he's got things to do. The coach of the Woodside (Calif.) High boys lacrosse team is in the middle of his season in the Peninsula Athletic League, and with...
The Week In Photos
We find all sorts of photos around this here inter-web. Here are a few....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NBA with Bill Walton: Imagining you hunched over a keyboard, typing, is a comical notion. I suspect you pay someone to do it; possibly Luke. • 11 a.m. Two-Way with Stuart Scott: So ... both chats at 11 a.m. ... does this mean t...
It's An Honor Just To Be Nominated
So, who remembers the Bill Simmons cartoons? Launched, what, a year ago now, the three one-minute tidbits of the life of The Sports Guy were almost universally derided, first by readers, then, ultimately, by Simmons himself. (He called them "a mistake on a lot of levels.")...
Another Great Staring-Into-The-Camera Rap
"I have one thing to tell you, T.O.: I. Hate. You. You like writing disses? I can write them right back to you."...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while standing in line to buy the latest Paris Hilton rap CD... • College Basketball: South Carolina wins second straight NIT Tournament title, first time that's happend since 1943-44, for whatever that's worth. • Exhibition Baseball: Bonds receives standing ovation in first plate ap...
The Day The Music Died
Each generation has its cultural touchstones, those moments when everyone remembers where they were, at that specific moment, from that second until the day that they die. Late at night, at a dinner party or social function, someone will mention the event, and the party will hush, and recollections ...
Your NL West "Preview"
You know what? This might sound kind of crazy, but we think it's possible that the NL West might not be any better than it was last year. The only way there's any team better than last year's Padres is if Los Steroido somehow stays healthy (and eligible) all season ... and even then we're kind of pu...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch to get your mind off of your paralyzing fear of peas... • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament championship, at New York; Exhibition, slam dunk and 3-point contest, at Indianapolis. Because college basketball isn't enough of a sick, gaudy, moneymaking spectacle as it is. ...
Your Daily Dose Of Billy Packer Bile
WJFK Radio in Washington, D.C., is, like most of the country, awash in George Mason Mania these days. How could they not be? And, this morning, the Junkies Radio show dug up an old interview with none other than Mid-Major Public Enemy No. 1 Billy Packer....