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Gagne is French Canadian for "No Longer the Closer"
• Game 2 of the Doubleheader - Angeles 7, Red Sox 5. After losing the first game 8-4, the Angels were able to take advantage of "Mr. Blown Closer" Eric Gagne and score 5 runs in the final two innings. Gagne left the clubhouse without talking to the press, and seemed to only have the tepid endorsemen...

About last night...
What you missed while syncing your cycles... • Baseball: Brandon Webb just doesn't give up runs anymore. Diamondbacks 4, Braves 0 • Gymnastics: David Durante won the Men's All-Around at the Visa Championship. • NFL Preason: Vince Young was sacked four times by the Patriots. Well, at least the team w...

Ladies... Weekend
Good morning, gentleman. We trust that you are all well rested. This is a crazy weekend for us, as not only are we covering Deadspin, but about half of us are on the road visiting fine ballparks across this great land of ours. (Which may or may not be overstating the fact, since Metschick did choose...

Watch Your Hands, Lady
• One excitable cancer kid. • Barry Bonds and Alan Thicke, ice skatin'. • Seattle will say goodbye to the Sonics. • Super! • Will Demps is tired of your breasts. • Hirshey wraps up the first weekend of the EPL. Oh, and Beckham scored. • Hey, the MNF crew sounds pretty good so far. • Stoner GMs, man....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you are stalked by your Slinky ... • NFL: Preseason, Minnesota at New York Jets. New York is gripped with Jet Fever (don't worry, it'll pass).[Fox] • Little League Baseball: World Series, pool play round, at Williamsport, Pa. Hormones are nature's steroids. [ESPN] • Tennis: ATP, Wes...

Another Young, Ready To Rampage
Thank you, Dan Steinberg, for introducing us to "Damage." This is Damon Young, son of "Meat Hook" Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young, and he insist that you call him "Damage." And that, friends, is a mohawk. Clearly, this is not a boy with whom to trifle; boom bitch....

Who's The Next Old, White Lady To Get Humped by a Black NBA Player?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think....

Bide Your Time And Everything Becomes Clear, And You Can Act Accordingly
You tell them, you tell them we're coming. Tell them we're fucking coming!...

Who's A Good Dog? Who Gets A Michael Vick Chew Toy?
Time once again to check in on the world of minor league baseball, with Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!...

Beef De Genki!
• Nolan Ryan wants the Japanese to buy our beef. [Lion In Oil] • Spin the Pac Man Jones Wheel Of Bad Ideas! [The Serious Tip] • The Raiders really care about body language. [Shakedown Sports] • Baseball just hasn't worked out well for Matt Bush. [Rumors And Rants] • Fall, Ed Wade, fall. [The Daily E...

NFL Season Preview: Atlanta Falcons
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....

Peter King's Onion Doppleganger
It's almost NFL season, which means we're all about to experience a solid five months of Peter King. This is fine; King knows more about football than almost everyone we know. But be prepared: MMQB is about to take up residence in your brain and lay eggs....

Today's A Perfect Day To Not Do Any Work
So, if you've been too caught up in not watching David Beckham and the MLS, you might have missed it, but we're in the midst of a rather unprecedented pennant chase in Major League Baseball. That is to say: Every single division race, not to mention the wild-card run, is close; the biggest gap betwe...


We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Injury report with Stephiana Bell: Ow, my pants! • 1 p.m. MLB senior writer Jayson Stark: Do you answer hypothetical questions about sex? • 4 p.m. NFL with Scouts' Jeremy Green: This chat is what we thought it was!...

As Long As You Don't Pan Back, It's Amazing
Sports By Brooks points out what many missed after David Beckham's first MLS goal the other night: There were hardly anybody in the stands. Attendance was 17,223 at an arena that holds 27,000, and reports are there were 8,000 tickets given away. We doubt this will be a problem at the Meadowlands th...

There Are Safeties Weaker Than Ryan Seacrest
You know, we didn't mean to come across as openly derisive toward Ryan Seacrest yesterday when we pointed out that he will be a co-host of the Super Bowl this year. In fact, we clearly underestimated the guy....