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About Last Night
What you missed while "topping it off," as they say ... • MLB: The Monroe Doctrine ... Tigers beat Yankees in ninth, avoiding doubleheader sweep. • Tennis: '24' ... Andy Roddick celebrates birthday by advancing in U.S. Open. Come on Andy, we're running out of time! • Softball: Meanwhile, in China .....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after police return your enormous burrito ... • MLB: Detroit at New York Yankees. A preview of the ALCS (oops, did we say that out loud?) [ESPN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, men's first and women's second round, at New York. Oh Squeegee boy, you missed a spot ... [USA] • WNBA: Finals, Game 1, ...
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What you missed while finishing up some last-minute National Chicken Month shopping ... • NASCAR: Rusty Wallace unhurt after collison with ... a woman in a 2004 Mercedes? • MLB: Ow, ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! • Tennis: All U.S. Open matches rained out, and yet FEMA does nothing!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Richardson prays to the antler gods for another season of Deadwood ... • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh. They have to play. It's the law. [WGN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, first round, at New York. Come watch the tournament that Al-Jazeera refuses to acknowledge. [USA] • Soccer: 2006 FIFA...
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What you missed while teaching your dog to drive. • NFL: Carson Palmer's bionic knee holds up just fine as Bengals devour Packers 48-17. • MLB: Hey, wouldn't it be funny if the Marlins ended up winning the World Series? Funny, right? Anyone? • Tennis: "I'm not dead yet!" Agassi wins in first round o...
To Watch Tonight
What not to watch after living in parts of three centuries ... • Little League World Series: Championship, at Williamsport, Pa., Kawaguchi City, Japan vs. Columbus, Ga. Our 'Welcome, Japanese Overlords' sign is ready. [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at Oakland. Which team will make more contact tonight? The G...
About Last Night ...
What you missed despite the best efforts of the Gay Assistants Corps ... • NFL: Well, that was a fine homecoming ... Kubiak, Texans lose to Broncos 17-14. • MLB: Tigers continue to do just enough to cling to AL Central lead, despite our best efforts ... Little League World Series: Final is rained ...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards look for the sweep. The Cubs are like those scrub college football teams that powerhouses schedule just because they want a cheap win. 8:00, ESPN. • MLS Soccer. Columbus Crew @ New England Revolution. There's no better way to spend your evening th...
About Last Night...
• FIBA World Championships: USA 113, Australia 73. The Australian team played like Greg Norman on a Sunday at Augusta. More on this in a bit. • NASCAR: Matt Kenseth wins Sharpie 500. And in doing so, he clinched a spot in the "Chase," which I'm told is a big deal. • MLB: Yankees 7, Angels 12. Yankee...
To Watch Tonight...
• Little League Baseball. Mexico vs. Japan. The battle for the right to be the team that everyone in America roots against tomorrow. 8:00, ESPN. • WNBA. Sacramento Monarchs @ Los Angeles Sparks. I wonder if the Maloof brothers feel obligated to attend these things. 9:00, ESPN2. • NFL Preseason Footb...
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• NFL: Steelers 7, Eagles 16. David Akers is in midseason form, hitting from 40, 49, and 52. • MLB: Astros 5, Pirates 1. Roger Clemens got his 347th career win, but since it came against the Pirates, I've still got him at 346 . • NFL: Cardinals 23, Bears 16. Matt Leinart's line: 15-of-21 for 144 yar...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch to avoid another one of those a troubling dreams involving Mr. Celery ... • MNF: Steelers vs. Eagles, preseason. We're sure the fans from both sides will be quite genteel. [ESPN] • Tennis: Pilot Pen Tournament, at New Haven, Conn. "I may be old, but I'm spry." [ESPN2] • MLB: Yankees at...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while realizing that pretty much anything you do today will be a letdown from yesterday ... • Daunte's Inferno: Panthers beat Dolphins 19-10 in NFL exhibition. • MLB: Vanilla Hose 5 1/2 back after 10-0 win over El Tigres. • World Basketball: U.S. humiliates small western African repu...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as raccoons make a videotape of your captured dog ... • Little League World Series: USA semifinal, Portsmouth, N.H., vs. Columbus, Ga., at Williamsport, Pa. Since they're apparently cracking down on coaches hitting their players, there's little reason for us to watch. [ESPN] • MLB: St....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while waiting for Amazon to just deliver the damned game already ... • IBA World Basketball: The words "Angola" and "triple overtime" just don't seem to go together. And yet ... • MLB: Yankees pummel Mariners behind Chien-Ming Wang. We're calling it for ... ah, not yet. • Soccer: Aja...
To Watch Tonight
Come on, those chicken nachos aren't going to eat themselves ... • Little League World Series: U.S. semifinal, Illinois vs. Oregon. Who will earn the right to get humiliated by Japan? [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Detroit. Notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers [ESPN2] • Mot...
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What you missed while blowing up your new football without aid of a pump ... • Tennis: Agassi, Serena Williams fail to get U.S. Open seedings. We will not sleep tonight. • MLB: Takeout Piazza ... Mike Piazza's single drives in only run of game as Padres beat Dodgers. • Motor Sports: NASCAR fines Car...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as all the people in your photo album come to life and begin plotting your demise ... • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa.: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia vs. Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Columbus, Ga. vs. Lemont, Ill. Stacked on each other's shoulders, the Saudi Arabia tea...
Kornheiser's Second Evening Of Fun
Lovable Grumpy Gus Tony Kornheiser broadcasted his second "Monday Night Football" game last night, and it has created decidedly less conversation — "buzz," if you will — than his debut did a week ago. We only watched a few minutes of the game, so we don't feel qualified enough to make much judgment....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while drubbing Qatar in basketball ... • MLB: Nasty collision between Aaron Rowand and Chase Utley mars Phillies' 6-5 win over Cubs. • NFL: Cowboys, sans T.O., throttle Saints 30-7 in first NFL game in Shreveport since 1970, y'all. • Tennis: Your Rogers Cup winner is ... not Roger. N...