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We Now Return You To "The Man From Rio" Already In Progress
Now Ted, a person's life is filled with a zillion little experiences. Some which are insignificant, have no meaning, and, you know, you forget them. Others, you remember for the rest of your natural life. Now, since what we're proposing here is so unusual, so outside the norm, this is a good bet tha...
Minor Enterprise: Fisher Cats Fans, Assemble!
What's coming up in the world of minor league baseball ... it's the triumphant return of Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!...
Blogdome: The Devil You Don't Know
• Careful of who you're hiring there, WVU. [Deuce Of Davenport] • Weird, anonymous goings on at Penn State. [The Wizard Of Odds] • A breakdown of the whole Ice Girls incident. [Rangerland] • Fantasy baseball's historic context. [Blogmogger] • Jim Rice, charming. [Random Thoughts] • Las Vegas, oddly,...
Devin Hester Is Virtually Fast
If you're like us — and Lord help you if you are — much of the summer is spent counting down the days until the new version of Madden is released. (This year, the Buzzsaw is gonna be good! Leinart to Boldin ... Buzzsaw!) Even though the NFL Draft still hasn't happened, they've already released some ...
It's Possible Garret Anderson Might Be Missing The Point A Bit
Several prominent black baseball players — not that many to choose from anymore — have taken the opportunity to honor Jackie Robinson by wearing No. 42 on April 15, the 60th anniversary of Jackie's first day in the bigs. (It was initially Ken Griffey Jr.'s idea, though, sadly, coming up with it caus...
From One Billy To Another
According to the estimable Pat Forde at The Leader, Billy Gillespie is leaving Texas A&M to become the new coach at Kentucky. Wildcats fans seem mostly pleased by the move, though they're still clearly recovering from their Billy Donovan envy....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy League injuries: Ow, my hair! • 2:30 p.m. Inside College hockey: Let's go right to the action, shall we? • 3 p.m. Force's WR Chris Jackson: Think Tampa Bay could use you now? We do....
Jay Buhner, Happy To Be Back Among The Boys
From With Leather yesterday: For the Seattle Mariners' home opener, they brought out some great names for Mariners lore. Making an appearance: Jay Buhner, who has been out of the game for a while and is perhaps confused how the whole "ass pat" thing works....
NBA Roundup: Feel The Heat
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
The Big Lead: Still Down. Thanks, Schrutebag.
If you have attempted to access The Big Lead over the last 24 hours, the attractive image above — good Lord, those rectangles are ENORMOUS ... and they're headed straight for us! — is all you've been able to see. It's pretty, but it ain't that pretty....
The Daily Closer: Just Call Him A Good Pitcher And Leave It At That, OK?
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while in custody for attacking people with fresh fruit ... • MLB: No soup for you! Daisuke Matsuzaka fans 10 in seven innings in Yankees Red Sox debut. • NHL: Brodeur, Devils are Kings of the Atlantic. • NBA: Heat are in the playoffs, and those Cavs jerseys are making us thisty for o...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Cincinnati mayor Mark Mallory tries again ... • Auto racing: Formula One, practice for Malaysian Grand Prix, at Kuala Lumpur. If you plan to watch this, well, here's to you. [Speed Channel] • College hockey: NCAA Division I Frozen Four at St. Louis, Maine vs. Michigan State; North D...
That's Right! TBS Is Doing Non-Braves Games This Year! We Forgot!
These two handsome gentleman were once called "athletes," fairly recently, which is kind of funny, when you look at them....
Leftovers: Massive Double Standard, Or Something
• Why is the NBA considered more of a "thug league" than the NFL? [The View From The Top] • Looking back at the WNBA Draft, which was crazy, apparently. [The Daily Forecast] • Chicago probably shouldn't actually want the Olympics. [The Edge Of Sports] • Look! It's Raef Lafrentz! [The Fan's Attic] • ...
Joe Tiller Has Had It Up To Here With Your HTML
The life of a college football coach is fraught with peril. Boosters are constantly breathing down your neck, players are temperamental and inconsistent and, of course, there's always the possibility that some crazed fellow will end up finding all your cellphone records. But if you're Purdue coach J...
Some Lucky Prison Will Soon Have A Wacky Costumed Mascot
We're a bit late on this, but no matter: When the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Triple-A baseball team changed its affiliation from the Phillies to the Yankees this year, their mascot, The Grump, decided to celebrate in his own special way. Jay S. Hastings, who wears the mascot costume for the Yankees...
Somewhere, There's A Little Dot That Looks Like Bob Huggins
One of our favorite innovations on this here Internets is the ability to track flights online using their flight or tail number. We've never been on a flight that has Web access, but if we ever do, we're gonna track ourselves, because if the flight crashes, we'll want to be the first ones on the pla...
Hey, Maybe Kentucky Should Try To Rehire Tubby Again
Continuing with our afternoon pro-Florida theme ......