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Four Tiny Tidbits On: Japan
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Japan! And for World Cup previews that...
Blogdome: Uh, Ouch
• Man, Aaron Rowand worked himself over a bit there. Sheesh. [The 700 Level] • The Chris Rix training academy. No, really. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • The blog equivalent of the SI cover jinx. [Noobsports] • More on the fastest man alive. [Chris' Sports Blog] • Ladies and gentlemen, the pink bu...
Carnival Of The NBA No. 28: Darko Is Free
After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs. — Emily Dickinson...
Why Your Team Isn't Named "The Cute Cuddly Animals"
Where we grew up, in the humble burg of Mattoon, Illinois, there was a small town nearby called Fisher. The town was tiny, but large enough to have a piddly little high school. The nickname for the school's sports teams: The Fisher Bunnies. It was difficult to be too intimidated....
"Hey, Let's Play 'Seventeen' Again." "Yeah, Bro!"
We'd like to thank Boston.com for this staggeringly brilliant photo of Doug Flutie, bringing some goddamn RAWK....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m.. Boxer Rocky Juarez: OK, so originality isn't your strong suit. Let me guess: Is your dog named Rover? • 2:40 p.m.. IRL's Castroneves, Hornish: It was going to be 2 p.m., but, you know, traffic. • 3 p.m.. Writer and author Chris...
If Barry Bonds Falls In The Forest, Does He Make A Sound?
The photo at left kind of tells the whole story about public reaction to Barry Bonds these days. You have the guy on the left screaming insults, the guy on the right applauding politely, the guy with the camera phone snapping a dark, crappy picture for posterity, and the guy in the front row, far ...
Dolphins Not Liable For Future Damages, So You Know
We don't mean to imply that the Miami Dolphins are covering their tailfeathers a bit with Marcus "New Mexico" Vick, whom they just signed to a free agent contract, but here's what was included in the official press release about the signing....
The Closer: Fate, Thy Name Is Josh Beckett
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Somehow ... The Series Is TIED?
As we wait for Mark Cuban to sleep off what is almost certainly an enormous (and well-earned) hangover, we turn our morning attentions to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. (No offense to the Mavericks, of course; we are one step closer to the sublime possibility of David Stern handing the ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while building a Lego city, where you are undisputed king ... • NBA Playoffs: Never before have we heard so much about offensive rebounding in the playoffs — Mavericks take 3-1 series lead over Spurs. Oh, and LeBron ... • MLB: Rangers, Millwood make silence hobbling Yankees, 4-2. It'...
Hey, These Playoffs Are Getting Kind Of Fun
If you're one of those cynical souls who doesn't take Rasheed Wallace's word as gospel, we should be in for quite an intriguing evening of basketball. In the first game, we get to find out if this will be a forgettable early chapter in LeBron James' playoff career or if becomes something unique, spe...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the cast of "Lost" discover that they are really the cast of "Lord of the Flies," just older ... • MLB: Boston at Baltimore. Do they give the cast of "The Wire" free tickets? [ESPN] • MLB: San Francisco at Houston. Hey, the circus is in town! Come see A .217 hitter get an intentiona...
Hello, Boston!
As that picture brings you back to the immortal "Does "More Than A Feeling" Really Have The Same Guitar Riff As "Smells Like Teen Spirit?" argument, we let you know that we are going back out on the road. (Book promotion never ends.) As soon as we finish up this here site today, we're heading Bost...
Leftovers: All The Best Football Is In Canada
• As has been mentioned, nothing could be more fun than a Ricky Williams-Marcus "New Mexico" Vick backfield. And look! Eric Crouch is on that team too! [San Jose Mercury News] • You know, you have to be pretty fired up for hockey to boo the Canadian national anthem. [Sportsnet] • Clearly, Fred Smoot...
Jose Canseco Is Staying Active
Outstanding work by the Los Angeles Times this morning; the paper has tracked down Jose Canseco. The steroidal monster, apparently having struck out as an action film star (we're still waiting for someone to get a hold of his famous karate demo tape and send it to us), is playing in the Los Angele...
Goodnight, Sweet Dougie; May Your Dreams Involve Much Frantic Scrambling
He made it official earlier today at a press conference in waterlogged Foxborough: that scrappy, lovable Doug Flutie has finally retired, at the age of 43. As disappointed as we are to see Flutie retire — we always kind of figured he'd play until he was 60 — we are relieved as well; Flutie seems l...
A Lovely Way To Spend Mother's Day
Todd Munson is a Deadspin reader who lives in Los Angeles and — like all good sons — went home to see his mother yesterday, in Omaha, Neb. When he was walking down Dodge Street, the main Omaha drag, he noticed the word "WHORE" on a sign hanging from the pedestrian bridge just above....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: France
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: France! And for World Cup previews tha...
Blogdome: No More Cocktails?
• Georgia president wants to get rid of "the world's largest outdoor cocktail party." That game was always pretty different than any cocktail party we'd been to anyway. [The Wizard Of Odds] • For those who just can't get enough of college hazing pictures, here's some juicy ones from the Northwestern...