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Jesus Gets An Automatic Major For Cross-Checking
Finally, the protection you need to ward off Miroslav Satan during the power play. Or possibly for that problematic away game against the New Jersey Devils. Over at Christian Throwback Jersey.com, no sport is untouched by the power of Christ. In the basketball section, for instance, there are even...
Blogdome: The Most Annoying Guy To Watch A Game With
• Yeah, we'd lose our mind if we had to watch football with this fellow. [Extrapolater] • The worst champions of the last 30 years. Guess who's No. 1. [Rich Kotite Banged Your Mom] • The New York Giants, in hip-hop form. [Off Season On Smash] • On the potential offensiveness of Halloween costumes. [...
See? It's Not So Hard To Get Hired By ESPN
We've mentioned this before, but we have much sympathy for the plight of the veteran female sideline reporter. Lots of these women, Lesley Visser, Suzy Kolber, so on, have been working the NFL beat for years, and not only do you have to deal with Joe Namath trying to lick your face, you have to also...
Free Darko Previews: Amare Stoudemire
We're at the start of the NBA season, with all its drama storylines and sturm und drang and months of madness. To us, part of the beauty of the NBA is that its focus, while ultimately on the team, falls on the individual. The plight of one player becomes an epic tale in the shadow of Jordan; who is ...
Drew Brees Hates The Witch He Has For A Mom
If Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his mother were, you know, speaking to each other, this would make for a rather awkward Thanksgiving. Fortunately, he hates her!...
Steelers Choose To Stay The Course
We should be saving this for our Heartfelt Fridays post, but, you know, we couldn't wait. So ... sorry. In the Steelers' press conference on Tuesday, coach Bill Cowher said that he is officially taking the blame for the team's 2-5 start, warning everyone to lay off of quarterback Ben Roethlisberge...
The Skinny On The Harold Reynolds Lawsuit
Mr. Balk mentioned this yesterday, but we'll never stop having fun with The Smoking Gun's copy of Harold Reynolds' suit against ESPN. For a document put together simply to defend Reynolds' high moral character, it's full of juicy details. Some highlights:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Um ... what? • 2 p.m. NBA with Kiki Vandeweghe: Did Larry Brown ever "flex the real hard juice card" when he coached you at UCLA? • 5 p.m. Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith: This may be the only reason I've seen...
NBA Roundup: Ring Of Fire
The NBA opened its regular season on Tuesday with two games ... hardly enough to action to get our basketball engines revved. But they did involve the Lakers and Heat, so let's examine Day One with a little tiny NBA Roundup....
It's Morning In America!
So, hey, good morning, everybody. What'd we miss?...
About Last Night ...
What you missed after kissing the family and departing to follow the McRib Farewell Tour ... • NBA: Lakers, sans Kobe, still do pretty OK vs. Suns. • NHL: Senators lose their majority sooner than expected ... also, Sharks win despite distractions. • Wagering: Deadspin editor makes bet with Wonkette ...
Message From the Guest Editor: Checking Out
So last night I psyched myself up for this task and came up with a little arc about how the day was gonna go: We'd start off as enemies, you mocking me relentlessly, me crying into my seventeen iced coffees as I frantically tried to provide content for two sites at once. But surely, I thought, as th...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your paperboy looks at you from outside, weeping softly ......
Adventures in Obscure Sports: Rootball
Earlier this month, the East Coast Championships of Rootball were held in Asheville, NC. An area correspondent reports:...
Leftovers: Once More For Red
• "If they think we got an edge, we got an edge." Nice old Esquire collection of wisdom from one of the true legends of the game.[Esquire] • NBA Board of Governors passes rule to rein in unruly owners, i.e. Mark Cuban. No word yet if the legislation allows for Hannibal Lecter-type restraints, but ...
ESPN Will Give You Fries With That, Not Much Else
How nicely does ESPN treat its employees? We've been forwarded a memo that demonstrates their level of appreciation to a crew that has to endure an association with Tony Kornheiser:...
Breaking: Athletes Also Like to Jack Off to Internet
ESPN reports on a dangerous new problem facing that country's footballers:...
Will a Picture of a Drunk QB Shut You Up For a Little While?
I know, I know, you miss Will. Believe me, so do I. In the interests of moving us a little closer to the goal line, here's a drunken athlete photo: It's Giants QB Eli Manning, although whether or not his expression here is one of inebriation or, you know, the default genetic Manning visage is a ques...
Drew Brees' Mom Probably Won't Be Appearing in Any Soup Ads Anytime Soon
Drew Brees, your New Orleans Saints quarterback, has had a rocky relationship with his mom ever since he refused to sign her as his agent when he came out of Purdue. Unfortunately, things seem to have taken a turn for the worse:...
Harold Reynolds Should Have Gone To Outback Steakhouse
As is usually the case, The Smoking Gun swoops in and gets the documents filed against ESPN by grabby announcer Harold Reynolds. We don't have much to add except to say that we would have been more upset by being taking to Boston Fucking Market than by the actual "innocuous hugging." Happy readin...