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R.I.P., Josh Hancock
A week and a half ago, our parents went to San Francisco, ostensibly to visit our sister. As is always the case with the Leitches, they tied their visit to a Cardinals game; they come to New York once a year too, whenever the Cardinals come to Shea. These yearly visits, and their (and our sister's) ...
That's It For The Mavericks, Folks! Please Drive Safely
How quickly we forget the last time the East Bay lost a major chunk of freeway: 1989, when the Loma Prieta earthquake performed the honors. The Oakland Athletics won the World Series a couple of weeks later, of course. On Sunday it was Cledus Snow, sans Bandit, jack-knifing his rig in a fiery crash ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while stuck on the tarmac ... • NBA: Bulls beat Heat 92-79 to advance to ... oh no, Todd just had a heart attack! • We're three losses from Joe Torre returning to Yankee Stadium to find all of his crap out in the parking lot. Red Sox 7, Yankees 4. • NASCAR: What? Gordon won? That's s...
Think Twice Before Kicking Jimmy's Sorry Ass
If I did ever happen to find myself in a fight with Jimmy, he couldn't do anything to me worse than subject me to this woman's profane shrieking. Please, dude, can you stop whaling on Jimmy for a second, and Marty McSorley this broad?...
To Watch Tonight...
• 7:30, TNT. NBA Playoffs. Toronto Raptors @ New Jersey Nets. At home, Vince Carter doesn't have to deal with the meanies. • 8:00, ESPN. MLB. Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals. • 10:00, TNT. Dallas Mavericks @ Golden State Warriors. At this point, I'm really thinking that Stephen Jackson should hos...
Ryan Howard To Fight Michael Strahan For Jared's Meat
If you caught the afternoon baseball game on Fox yesterday, you might've seen the new Subway commercial starring Jared and Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. I didn't see it, myself ... but since it doesn't yet exist on YouTube, I have to assume that means that it's way less gay than the giggling Michael...
LeftoverDome...
• Kyle Busch indulges your desire to see a burning car flip 7 times. [YouTube] • Another fairly significant NFL trade: Darrell Jackson goes from Seattle to San Francisco. [MSNBC] • Rafael Nadal has won 72 straight on clay. He also wears teal with his capri pants. [USA Today] • Professional wrestlers...
Silence For Barbaro
Today, of course, is Barbaro's birthday, and I would like to mark the occasion with a moment of silence ... I'm not sure how to do a moment of silence on a blog, other than to just run a giant artist's rendering of a sad horse. I think I'm just going to ask you to silently ponder this piece and thin...
The WNBA Has Its Charles Oakley
It's a day or two old, but we've got a lot to catch up on with all the NFL Draft madness ... and we all love a good women's basketball brawl, don't we? Deanna Jackson of the WNBA's Chicago Sky was arrested and charged with assault in Jerusalem on Friday after brawling with an opposing player after a...
Alonzo Mourning Came Back For This?
The Miami Heat's comeback attempt down the stretch imploded because of a flurry of Dwyane Wade turnovers, and — of all things — Ben Wallace shooting free throws like Larry freaking Bird....
This Handsome Steelworker Needs A Name
Another slightly old bit of news that I wanted to touch on was the Steelers unveiling of a brand new mascot. He's part of the Steelers 75th anniversary celebration, along with some new throwback uniforms....
The Miami Branch Of The Ted Ginn Jr. Fan Club Is Struggling
Sticking with the Brady Quinn theme for a second (I can't help it, he's just so damned handsome), that's a Dolphins fan reacting to the Fish not selecting Brady Quinn yesterday. It's nothing personal, of course, Tedy Ginn....
Checking In On Brady Quinn's Finances
If Brady Quinn hadn't already signed that endorsement deal with Hummer, the poor guy might not be able to afford one (I can't find YouTube of that commercial, but I've seen it on ESPN.com about 18 times this weekend ... if you're looking for reasons to hate Brady Quinn, I can't recommend it highly e...
I Can't Even Picture Tom Brady And Randy Moss Standing Next To Each Other
I don't know if this will turn out to be good news or bad news for those of you who are sick of the New England Patriots being a model franchise. They have, according to Adam Schefter at the NFL Network, agreed to trade for Oakland's Randy Moss....
Grant Hill's Goodbye Party Was Not Much Fun
Out of politeness more than anything else, I thought maybe I should take a second to acknowledge that the NBA did still exist and actually operated on the NFL's special day. Its importance, obviously, is miniscule when in comparison to the issue of which college superstars will lead last year's 3-13...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, ESPN. NFL Draft. 12:00, NBC. National Heads-Up Poker Championship. 1:00, ABC. NBA Playoffs. Chicago Bulls @ Miami Heat. 1:00, Comedy Central. Movie. Coming to America. 1:00, CBS. Auto Racing. American LeMans Lone Star Grand Prix. 1:30, FOX. NASCAR. Nextel Cup. Aaron's 499. 2:00, ESPN2. Colleg...
Cardinals Pitcher Josh Hancock Killed In Auto Accident
Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in an automobile accident last night in St. Louis. There aren't a ton of details available at the moment, but police will make a statement later this afternoon....
About Last Night...
• NBA Playoffs: Spurs 96, Nuggets 91. Manu Ginobili appears to be physically incapable of staying on his feet for longer than ten seconds at a time. • MLB: Yankees 3, Red Sox 1. Joe Torre might get to keep his job a little while longer. • NBA Playoffs: Jazz 98, Rockets 85. If you tried to identify t...
The Best Possible Reason To Buy An MLS Jersey
I don't know if I can take another second of NFL Draft coverage. No matter what I look at now, a tree, a drunken hobo, a bag of cocaine, I see a scrolling "team needs" bar underneath it, and I hear Mel Kiper telling me about its ability to explode. So we leave you today with something, hopefully, ki...