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Stableford: Sharapova Fingered In Bananagate
Dylan Stableford is the editor of media blog FishbowlNY and will write occasionally on the U.S. Open....
Taking Down The Goal Posts: Lee Corso's Gray Anatomy
(1) Ohio State 24, (2) Texas 7. It doesn't fall into the "blowout" category, but Ohio State's win last night was pretty thorough. As a football team, they're just in a different class than Texas. The three best offensive players in the game all played for Ohio State: Ted Ginn, Anthony Gonzalez, and ...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:30, NBC. Gymnastics. 2006 Visa Championships. I'm sorry, I can't make myself care about the parallel bars unless there's an Olympic gold medal at stake. 1:30, ABC. IndyCar Racing. Peak Antifreeze Indy 300. Danica Patrick appears to be turned on by Peak antifreeze. 3:00, ESPN. PGA Golf. Canadian Op...
About Last Night...
• Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-4, 6-4. Nike evidently has invented the first ever cocktail dress/athletic wear. • MLB: Padres 4, Giants 5. Barry Bonds is slowly catching fire. Not literally, unfortunately. • College Football: Ohio State 24, Texas 7. Apparently, Matthew McCo...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 4: Maybe We Should Watch Tennis
This is the last one for today... I'm going to let you enjoy the rest of this Penn State/Notre Dame "game" on your own. You have let a nation down, Joe Paterno....
To Watch Tonight...
• NASCAR: Nextel Cup, Chevy Rock & Roll 400. When is the Gangsta Rap 400? 7:30, TNT. • Tennis: US Open, Women's Final. Maria Sharapova vs. Justine Henin-Hardenne. 8:00, CBS. • MLS Soccer: Real Salt Lake @ DC United. Salt Lake's been known to start a sissy slap fight when things don't go their way. 7...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 3: At Least You Aren't Northwestern
"Favorite Gameday sign: 'Did you know... That Bo Jackson ate more than 36 crabcakes before his first game in the NFL?' Followed closely by, 'Corso is a giant tool.'" - InTylerWeTrust23...
LeftoverDome...
• Hugh Johnson made another video, and he's taking the Hugh Johnson Football Project as a compliment. I don't know how to feel about that. I'll take suggestions for a new name... [8ClapSports] • Jags cornerback Brian Williams goes Mel Gibson on a cop. [NFL Fanhouse] • If you want your guy to win the...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 2: Blowouts And Bad Teams
"Rutgers football is making me more money than my job." - Unsilent Majority...
Today In The Premiership...
• Everton 3-0 Liverpool. Now that is how you embarrass a rival team. The Toffees served up an ass-beating to their neighbors, with Tim Cahill putting Everton on the board in the 23rd minute, and Andrew Johnson finishing Liverpool off with goals in the 35th and the 90th. Everton finds themselves at t...
Hugh Johnson Project, Update 1: Kicking Will When He's Down
WVU's Steve Slaton has 105 yards rushing with 6:35 to play in the first quarter....
Watching NASCAR Kills Six People Per Weekend, And No, It's Not Of Boredom
The Fire Department of New York came out with this neat little statistic yesterday: On average, six people die per weekend at a NASCAR race event. Six people per weekend! Six people DIE, on AVERAGE. What the hell goes on at these things? Do they let Ted Kennedy drive one of the cars? Are there ritua...
Don't Worry, The Lojack Will Not Affect His 40 Time
Interesting story in yesterday's Washington Post about a high school football player in Maryland. The young fellow's name is Pat Lazear, and there's a lot on his resume: 6'2", 225, 4.6 seconds in the 40, he starts at linebacker, running back, and punter, and oh yeah, he's facing armed robbery charge...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
The Hugh Johnson Project will be in full effect again today. If you're watching college football, and you've got some observations that might interest the rest of the Deadspin population, send them via AOL Instant Messenger to "Deadspin Football."...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Phillies 3, Marlins 2. Numbers 55 and 56 for Ryan Howard, who is personally making this a very enjoyable fantasy baseball season for me. • Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Amelie Mauresmo, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. I'm pretty sure Mauresmo would win in a fistfight, though. • Golf: Michelle Wie misses cut at...
Week In Deadspin: Bronzed Leather
• Presenting the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame. • You know, Dave Thomas used to do this all the time. • Bert Blyleven is f—-ing up that f—-ing thing. • Who will Bill Simmons put on notice? • Goodbye, croc hunter man. • Heath Shuler could actually be a winner. • This is how you comme...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you remain stunned that they don't sell booze inside Rutgers Stadium ... • Basketball: Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, at Springfield, Mass. (May be joined in progress if "Stump The Schwab" runs long). [ESPN Classic] • College football: Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. It's in Ohio, so wh...
The World's Smartest Athletes
So let's say, hypothetically, that someone were to walk up to you right now — or, say, type something you might be happening to read on their sports blog — and say that there was a sport whose players are, consistently, across the board, not just more intelligent than other sports' players, but in f...
Leftovers: Turkey Baseball
• We honestly cannot believe it took people this long to come up with turkey baseball. [Baseball Think Factory] • Brian Billick would like you to help him spy on his players. [The Fanhouse] • Waving Terrible Towels as a mayor's funeral procession comes by seems entirely appropriate to us, why? [The ...
Get Thee To A Newsstand (Or SI.com, At Least)
Though we grew up thinking he was the the best sportswriter on the planet — and one of our favorite journalists anywhere — we'll confess souring somewhat on Sports Illustrated scribe Gary Smith in recent years. His writing was still top-notch, but it was beginning to become repetitive. He'd either w...