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Short People In Riding Pants Running
Because nothing amuses us like jockeys, here's a neat — if not necessarily new — promotion they're trying at Calder Race Course this weekend: A jockey race! Because nothing's more compelling that five-foot-tall guys sprinting....
Sir ... Do We Get To Win This Time?
Deadspin, John J. Born 7-6-47 in Bowie, Ariz.. Of Indian-German descent: That's a hell of a combination. Joined the army 8-6-64. Accepted special forces, specialization: light weapon, medic, helicopter and language qualified. 59 confirmed kills. Two Silver Stars, four Bronze, four Purple Hearts. Dis...
Ben Roethlisberger, Pure Country
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, fresh off his apparent facial reconstruction that has somehow made him much more normal looking (and vaguely lobotomized) than he did before his motorcycle accident, is going to appear in a country music video. That in itself is no big deal. It's...
Blogdome: A Pink Tie Domi?
• Those NHL jerseys ... well, heck, they're PINK! [copyranter] • Which baseball player would a guy least want to have sex with his sister? [Rivalfish] • A look back at the classic WizzNutzz takedown of Scoop Jackson. [WizzNutzz] • Some good old-fashioned rugby violence. [The Red Terror] • The name t...
Hey, Coaches, Leave Those Kids Alone
If you enjoy watching tiny basketball players running rings around their confused, older and larger opponents, and you can't wait for the Golden State Warriors' season to start, then you'll enjoy the video here, which is part of a Washington Post story on 10-year-old phenom Justin Jenifer of Balti...
Not The Best Way To Protect Valuables
There's no way of verifying whether or not this is real — our spider senses say no — but even if it's not, it's something we've all been afraid of. A German fan on his way to the World Cup, showing off his tickets to a fellow traveler, has a serious mishap....
The Post Where Stephen A. Calls Us A Liar, And We Return The Favor
On Wednesday, we told you about how several Cubs blogs reported receiving emails from "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" staffers encouraging them to come out and boo Cubs manager Dusty Baker. Well, it turns out, Baker caught wind of the emails and cancelled his appearance on the program. In th...
A Game Grows In Brooklyn
One of our favorite places to watch a baseball game is KeySpan Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. It's small, intimate and yet still has the carnival atmosphere we love minor league baseball games to have. Well, yesterday, they had the ultimate baseball experience: They...
Chalk One Up For The Little Guy
And so the debate rages: Does Johnny Damon, or doesn't he, suck? We refuse to take sides, but one thing we can report is that our nation's babies are now involved. A New Bedford housewife, still miffed over Damon's defection to the Yankees, had been trying to sell "Johnny Damon Sucks" baby bibs on...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. EA Sports' Kendall Boyd: Wait ... my joystick's not working ... • 3 p.m.. UFC champion Tim Sylvia: Ever gouged out a guy's eye and then hit him with a log? • 4 p.m.. Texas Tech WR Joel Filani: Think you're going to beat Alabam...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while apologizing for still not being able to send out email ... • Golf: Well, well, look who has taken over at the British Open. • MLB: What, Me Worry? Bonds homers to lead Giants. • Tennis: Serena Williams makes quarterfinals of Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Op ... ah,...
"Indictment? What Indictment? Let's JAM!"
As it becomes clear that Barry Bonds will indeed not be indicted today, with the possibility it could still happen hanging out there, we can look forward to a few more weeks of will-he or won't-he? The parlor game often distracts from the real story, and the real story, we can proudly say, was Bonds...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Margaret Hamilton blows by in midair on her bicycle ... • MLB: Houston at Chicago Cubs. This could be the day that Dusty gets fired. You wouldn't want to miss that, would you? [WGN] • MLB: New York Yankees at Toronto. Well, they won't have Shea Hillenbrand to kick around anymore. [E...
The Final Death Knell For ESPN Mobile
We know you don't need us to occasionally remind you just how much of a disaster ESPN Mobile has been for the Worldwide Leader ... but we thought we'd go ahead and try anyway....
Leftovers: Getting To The Bottom Of Tillman
• So here's the best thing the ESPN E Ticket has ever done. [ESPN] • Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo, still fighting. [Boston Herald] • The only possible explanation we have seen so far that makes sense as to why Barbaro is so "popular." [The Mighty MJD] • Aw, an NFC West preview. We can never get enough...
Where To Get Your NCAA Football 2007 Rosters
This was covered rather thoroughly in the awesome entertaining NCAA Football 2007 comments thread yesterday, but in case anybody didn't sift out the information, there are two sites, we're told, where you can get the rosters for NCAA Football 2007, on PS2 or XBOX....
Whitlock Tells Us How He Really Feels About Scoop
In case there were any lingering doubt what ESPN.com columnist Jason Whitlock thinks of ESPN.com columnist Scoop Jackson, allow Whitlock's Kansas City Star column should clear it up for you. In a column about a study showing how white the sports journalism industry is and what that means, or doesn...
Blogdome: Shea Buttered
• Boy, Shea Hillenbrand is a little fussy right now, no? [The Hater Nation] • You, too, could party with Mike James. [10,000 Takes] • True Hoop has all you need to know about the Sonics business. [True Hoop] • This probably makes more sense than we'd like to admit. [Rubber Arm] • Look at all those N...
Ladies And Gentlemen, Meet Lucious Pusey
The Realests are going bonkers this morning over their latest discovery, but we have to say that we do not find this funny at all. What is so hilarious, after all, about a college football player named Lucious Pusey? (Roman guard begins to giggle). Centurion, why do they titter so? Just because I ...