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Saying Goodbye To Tuffy
It's a sad day in the world of sports: Tuffy Rhodes has retired days after being cut by his hometown Cincinnati Reds....
Working The Refs, The MISL Way ...
So is it open season on soccer officials or something? Why were we not notified? It seems that on Saturday, Baltimore Blast head coach Tim Wittman was hauled off by the cops after he attacked a referee at a Major Indoor Soccer League game in Stockton, Calif. Wittman charged official Yader Reyes an...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while practicing with your coconuts ... • NBA: Knicks encounter some rare bad luck as Frye injures knee in loss to Raptors. • MLB: Devils win! Ortiz homers in spring debut, but Red Sox still fall to Devil Rays. • NHL: Devils lose! Gagne's 40th goal helps lift Flyers....
The Post-Game Congratulations And Hand Jobs
We don't know who Annalisa Ellis — if that's her real name — is, but we have a feeling she's about to become very popular in the Boston area....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after no one will play you in tetherball ... • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, second round, South Carolina at Florida State; Minnesota at Cincinnati. Boy, if the Bearcats don't win this thing after all the complaining they did on Selection Sunday ... [ESPN] • NBA: ...
New Mexico's Woes Continue
Bad Jocks has been all over this story, and they've got their confirmation from the NFL Draft Almanac: Apparently Marcus "New Mexico" Vick scored a lowly 11 on his Wonderlic test at the NFL combine last month. That's slightly better than Vince Young's badly graded score, but somehow still lower th...
Leftovers: Hey, The Season's Already Over!
• For those who like their sports played in theory more than they like them played in practice — and we're sometimes prey to this ourselves — we present: The 2006 baseball season! [Replacement Level Yankees Weblog] • We might not know the difference between soccer and rugby, but hey, ESPN has proble...
On Scene At The World Baseball Classic
Not that they would have ever hosted the World Baseball Classic at Shea or anything — too many rats — but we're very envious of anyone who went to the WBC Final in San Diego last night. On television, it looks like endless fun, and in person, it seems endlessly entertaining....
You Know She's Getting Her Own Show Within A Year
For those of you who don't plan on using tonight's night off from major sporting events to, you know, heading outside or perhaps conversing with loved ones, you should know that tonight, everyone's favorite Not Really That Attractive But Unusually Loud baseball wife Anna Benson will be appearing o...
Get Your T.O. Slice Of Funk
The official Terrell Owens Web site has been playing an odd game of hide-and-seek with its T.O. Cowboys rap. One minute it's on the site, the next minute it's off. We don't know what its deal is....
Haka Haka Haka!
In New Zealand, the All Blacks-inspired "Haka" routine has caught on in a big way, to the point that other teams are complaining. We know we're not soccer rugby experts around here, but still: We had no idea this was common....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Rockies
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, 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@deadspin....
Blogdome: The Ballad Of Isiah
• The travails of Isiah Thomas, set to music. [Sportszilla] • Would Condi Rice really be an adequate NFL commissioner? [Dave's Football Blog] • Thad Matta is Gargamel, and we will hear no arguments to the contrary. [White Magics Lair] • Comparing Joey Harrington to Alfonso Soriano. [The Hater Nation...
What About The Fantasy Owners?
The moment of truth finally came for Alfonso Soriano and the Washington Nationals yesterday ... and everybody lost....
In Defense (Kinda) Of Billy Packer
Few constants exist in this world, but here's one: Billy Packer should probably not try to be funny. In his interview with SI.com's Julia Morrill, Packer bizarrely jokes about the games being "fixed" by the referees, which is pretty funny only if you find angry phone calls from Myles Brand to Pack...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. NFL draft with Todd McShay: Just the thought of Condoleeza Rice introducing Reggie Bush to his new team on draft day is a little bit more than I can stand. • 2 p.m. Sweet 16 with Pat Forde: Let's examine your office pool bracket...
The Dangerous Rebel With The Fresh Pine Scent
The Ron Artest of sports mascots? Clearly it's the Stanford Tree, in trouble yet again after another shameful display at a basketball game. You may recall back in February, when the Tree was ejected from a men's basketball game between Stanford and Cal for being drunk. (He/she/it registered a Brea...
Do Not Paint Carlos Boozer's House Purple
Things that are hysterical about The Smoking Gun report about a feud between Utah Jazz forward Carlos Boozer and Prince. (Yes, that Prince.)...
I Caught You A Delicious Bass ...
While Japan and Cuba were duking it out in San Diego for the first World Baseball Classic title, a few miles away two other sportsmen were writing their own chapter in the history books. Meet Mac Weakley and Jed Dickerson, who on Monday caught a 25.1-pound bass. That's one whopping huge-ass bass i...
Bobby V's Day To Shine
Japan beat Cuba 10-6 last night to win the inaugural World Baseball Classic, a tournament that — save for the Jay Mariottis of the world — was an unmitigated success for everyone involved, save for maybe Al Leiter and Buck Martinez. Japan's victory assures even more players to migrate over to the ...