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Stink Goes Off, Bowden's Speeches And The Rays....Wait A Tic....
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Morning Blogdome: This Woman Is What You Call Very Hands-On As A Sports Executive
• Cougar Loose On The Field! Henrietta Rushwaya, the CEO of the Zimbabwe Football Association, is accused of "tiring out" certain members of the Zimbabwe national team before World Cup qualifying matches. Yes, that means what you think it means. [Unprofessional Foul] • Three-way sex is different on ...
T.O. Still Loves Pacman, Clinton Got Big Timed By Alexander And The Phillies Celebrate
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
I Don't Believe What I Just Saw...
1988 was a year I didn't watch as much sports as I used to because I discovered Headbanger's Ball and had hair that looked like this, but I did watch the one-legged walk-off game by Kirk Gibson. (Most likely while ironing a Megadeth back patch to my jean jacket. Who got all the chicks?) As you may k...
The New York Times Helps Matt Stairs Retrieve His Masculinity
Matt Stairs' stay as a Philadelphia's favorite 40-year-old beefy homer-hitting Canuck continues today, with a story about him in today's New York Times that gives America's baseball nation a closer glimpse at the 16-year vet. The whole piece focuses on Stairs' everyman-ness and how he's a "guys' guy...
You Can Take Our 240 Gallons Of Booze, But You'll Never Take Our Freedom!
How to describe the Tartan Army, the kilt-clad fans of the Scottish national soccer team? This photo should give you a taste. But wait, that depicts only two or three drunken Scotsmen. For a true depiction of these dedicated fans, one should read the following account of a police crackdown prior to ...
Morning Blogdome: Devin Harris Will Never Live This Down
• Devin Harris vs. Stuart Tanner: Missed this yesterday, but it is quite enjoyable. Stuart Tanner, a " London playground legend", puts a move on Harris that just makes the Nets' point guard look silly. [ Ball Don't Lie via True Hoop]• Jessica Simpson would like Tony Romo to make her six babies: S...
Preseason Game Thread: Knicks vs. Sixers- 10-14-08
Our Knicks tip off their first home preseason game tonight at 7:30. The opponent is Shawn Bradley and the Sixers for the second time in a row. The game will be televised on MSG and I'll be watching and providing a recap soon enough. Get them comments flowing. I'm shooting for 1,000,000. That's right...
Pacman Out, Roy Williams In And The Rays Win Game Four Of The ALCS
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Home Health Remedies With Vitali Klitschko
Are your knuckles sore from punching people in the face for 25-30 minutes at a time? Well, current WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko knows a thing or two about that, and he's used every trick there is to try and reduce the swelling of bruised and busted hands. But now he's finally found the ...
You Should Probably Stop Having Birthday Parties When You're 11
I turned 33 over the weekend. There's something inherently sad about a single 33-year-old man hosting his own birthday party. I remember when my father turned 33; I was 11. It was my parents, my sister and myself eating tacos and watching the Cardinals game. That was pretty fun. I've had birthday b...
Morning Blogdome: Pete Rose Will Pick Apart Your Flaws If You Don't Buy an Autograph
• Charlie Hustle's post-career popularity continues to soar: A fan with a speech impediment reveals his run-in with baseball's all-time hits leader at a memorabilia show: " I told him how much I used to love to get up Saturday mornings with my sister to watch 'The Baseball Bunch,'" said Scornerston,...
The 'Boys New QB, The Rays And Phils Win Stunners And The Browns Own Eli
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Goodbye, Big Brown; You're In A Better Place Now ... Jersey
As we told you earlier, tragedy befell Aqueduct racetrack early this morning when Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown injured his right front hoof during a workout. He was immediately retired. And as you may have guessed, it didn't take long for horse fans to burst forth with their emotion...
Today's Drunken Ping Pong Karaoke Peeing Incident Brought To You By China
This story has it all: Ping Pong, drunken urination, karakoe, and of course at the center of it all a man named Wang Hao. Wang, who is China's most famed table tennis player, was involved in an altercation with a security guard on Thursday when the guard tried to stop him from urinating outside of a...
Morning Blogdome: It's the Second Most Important Thing You'll Vote on This Fall
• America's future hangs in the balance: It's Lindsay Soto vs. Jill Arrington in the "...Would you do?" championship. The town hall debate portion of this race was electrifying. [The Big Picture] • Boston fan sues over rights to crappy Bon Jovi song: Samuel Bartley Steele, of Chelsea, says that Bon ...
Seacrest Likes His Blackberry, The Dodgers Show Some Fight And Week Six In The NFL
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USMNT Crushes Cuba; Donovan Pretends He's a Pirate
The United States Men's National Team was firing on all cylinders against a depleted and disorganized team of Cubans last night in the cozy environment of RFK Stadium. The stadium's notorious supporters of DC United were joined by a crowd of over 20,000 bouncing fans. The US scored in droves, but t...
Samuel Peter Had a Bad Day; Klitschko and Dawson Win Big
Vitali Klitschko made his return to the ring after a retirement that lasted nearly four years, all the while looking like he'd never left the gym. The man who retired with the WBC heavyweight title showed his age in the form of some gray hairs and a slightly softer torso, but his precision in the r...
How To Cost Your Team A Win In World Cup Qualifying
First-time Scotland national team player Chris Iwelumo choked on an open net in World Cup qualifying yesterday. The 30-year-old received "a perfect ball across the face of goal to Iwelumo just a few yards out with the net gaping." ...