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Week In Deadspin: Anybody Watching Sports This Week?
• Matt Leinart is hitting the books hard this year. • The NFL Network hates stoners, but doesn't mind wife-beaters. • Hey, speaking of wife beaters! • Oliver Stone and Jose Canseco, together at last. • Stat nerds are apparently chopping their penises off. • The trophy wife as cheerleader. • As a pat...

Chris Matthews, Sports Journalist
MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews might be all over the Katrina coverage, but he certainly doesn't know his sports well, according to the Sports Frog....

Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • Hitching your wagon to Steve Spurrier's star — for one week, anyway. • Hey, live a little, and double down on the Phillies. Come on, don't be afraid ... • "Attention gamblers! Please bac...

Blogdome: It's College Football Time!
News and Views From a Galaxy Located Somewhere Near Your Basement ... • Boy, it sure is nice to see people previewing an actual college football game. [Sporting Fool] • Life can get treacherously dull in September when you're a Cubs fan. [Bleed Cubbie Blue] • Jajaja! [Yard Work] • He may be cuddly, ...

NFL To New Orleans: Let Them Eat Cake
We live in New York City, which inexplicably does not carry the NFL Network — write your Congressmen! — so we missed a pretty huge faux pas from the league. Fortunately, those intrepid souls at Football Outsiders watched it for us....

Outdoor Life Network Wants Baseball. That's Kinda Cute
We're not sure how this is going to work out for them, but the Outdoor Life Network — all uppity after agreeing to be the main NHL network this season — is going to try to bid on Major League Baseball next season. The goal is to pry away those Sunday night and Wednesday night games when ESPN's con...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. College Football with Todd McShay: Dude, if that's you on the far right of this picture — and we're pretty sure it is — we're gonna have to throw the flag for illegal contact beyond five yards. • 3 p.m. College Football with Kir...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while stuck firmly in the tire swing ... • MLB: Pedro tees 'em up, Phillies hit 'em out. Ah, that's the Mets we know. • A day after taking first batting practice, an exhausted Bonds takes a day off. • Marlins' Hermida peaks at 21; hits grand slam in first major league at-bat....

Nick Lachey Simply Will Not Go Away
You know when we were joking earlier about ESPN finding more airtime for Nick Lachey? Uh, it looks like we weren't kidding, and we didn't even know it....

Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • So, it's come to this — you're betting on the Royals. Sigh. We begged you to get help. Well, the good news is Mike Wood is pitching tonight. • Let's face it, money is infested with germs...

Blogdom's Best: Arena League Shenanigans
News and Views From 40-Year Old Virgins ... • Apparently, they pay you enough in the Arena Football League to afford cocaine. Who knew? [Can't Stop The Bleeding] • Mets fans are losing their collective shit. [Faith and Fear in Flushing] • It just looks kind of weird, the White Sox having a magic num...

Today In MLB Blogs
The facts: Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti has an MLB blog. Tremonti is pals with Boston's Johnny Damon. Damon is rumored to be one of the next big names to go down in baseball's steroids sweep. How about some insight, Mark? Dish, baby. ...

Piazza Just Came Here To Rock
On the list of Things That Make Us Glad To Be Human, this photo of Mets catcher Mike Piazza, via Can't Stop The Bleeding, has to be in the top 100. Interesting enough, this was taken right after Piazza learned that Alan Cumming's new fragrance was out....

ESPN Trims SportsCenter Fat
In case you were having difficulty spreading out your hate among all the SportsCenter anchors, take heart: They're making it more concentrated for you. In a move that had been anticipated, ESPN announced yesterday that it's going to three two-man teams. And "two-man teams" is accurate too; it's al...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 p.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: We are typing this from an 11th-story ledge outside the window of our office building, the only thing keeping us from plunging into the abyss being your assurances that we might somehow obtain Angels sta...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while chasing ghosts with your three friends and a large Great Dane ... • MLB: A's win seventh straight, set stage for disappointing their fans once again in playoffs. • Roddick ousted in U.S. Open despite good looks. • WNBA Playoffs: Indiana Fever beat New York Liberty. Honestly, we...

To Watch Tonight ...
What To Watch After You've Been Cut By The Denver Broncos ... • MLB: A's at Angels. Doesn't it seem that these teams play each other every day? • WNBA Playoffs. The excitement is palpable.* • U.S. Open tennis. Hey, why is the court blue? * = may not be true....

Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler • Your pathetic attempts to deceive your friends into revealing their fantasy football plans have amused us, until now. • Attention everyone, soccer star Wayne Rooney needs a name for his chil...

Skip Bayless vs. Stuart Scott: Whom Do You Hate More?
We have reached the finals of The Road To Bristol, the ongoing, months-long battle to discover, once and for all, the most loathsome ESPN "personality."...

Dudes on Skates, Punching Each Other
We can't believe this wasn't on Pay-Per-View, but this weekend was the first annual Battle of the Hockey Enforcers, which just eliminated the middle man and just had hockey players beat the crap out of each other. The winner was Dean "The Machine" Mayrand, a Toronto resident (obviously), though mo...