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Rich Garces Will Never Leave Us
Because the world is a better place when Rich Garces holds a prevalent role in it, we bring you a definitive Rich Garces profile....
Yao Ming's Fantasy Wedding
Rockets center Yao Ming got himself hitched yesterday — or today, or whatever the hell the time change makes the actual date — in front of 70 onlookers and about 100 media people hanging out in the lobby waiting for interviews. It must be so odd to have people wanting to interview you after your wed...
Byrd Is the Word
Behold the leg kick, the high socks, the windmill windup; all he needed was the little stubby-billed cap to make one think that it was Christy Mathewson out there befuddling the Twins....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while opening 130 cans of Fancy Feast ... • MLB: For a couple of hours on Monday, the Yankees were tied for the wild card lead. Yeah, weird. • Tennis: Who is this Legg Mason, and why does Andy Roddick seem to own his tournament? • MLB: Barry Bonds fails to solve the baffling puzzle t...
Our One Moment Of Grace, Coming From A Guy Who Pees On Teammates
As Barry Bonds goes to finally break the record this weekend, we hark back to the only real revelatory moment of this "chase:" Greg Maddux's performance against Bonds on Friday night....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the garbage actually does take itself out ... • MLB: San Diego at St. Louis. Our long national Bonds Watch seems to be over. [ESPN] • Pool: 2007 World Summit of Pool. Yes, it's August. [ESPN2] • World Combat League. With pool cues. [Versus]...
I-G-G-L-E-S Fans Are Scary And Awesome
Say what you will about Philadelphia sports fans — they hate everything involved with any of their hometown teams, including themselves, and would have absolutely no idea how to handle sustained, championship-level success ... you know, stuff like that — but you cannot say they don't care....
Lil Romeo, Undersized, Shoot-First Point Guard
We've already shared with you our joy that Michael Jordan's son is going to be playing for our Illini this season. He's not all that good, but he's not costing a scholarship, and it'll make sure his dad impregnates a few co-eds. It'll be fun....
The Next Guy To Be Immortalized In The Record Book
As we come to terms with the fact that Barry Bonds is now the all-time home run leader — and no one is coming to terms with it better than The Dugout — we look to the future. Specifically, we look to the time that Alex Rodriguez breaks the record himself....
Your Essential EPL Preview
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer. Here is his preview of the upcoming EPL season, which begins August 11....
Hey, Wait A Second, Gilbert
• Maybe Gilbert Arenas deserves a little more criticism for stealing that shark joke. [The Serious Tip] • Tiger's nice win yesterday. [Log's Blog] • On seeing A-Rod's 500th. [Just Call Me Juice] • Remembering the career of Erik Morales. [Rumors And Rants] • Great hitters who also pitched. [One More ...
NFL Season Preview: Buffalo Bills
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
You Threadjackin' It?
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
Hey Kids! Jay Mohr Is Back!
Unsilent mentioned this briefly over the weekend, but in case you missed it; Jay Mohr is back with his weekly column, and just in time for football season! You may remember Mohr from his cable series with ESPN (canceled) and column with SI.com (dropped), and for such films as Community Service. Well...