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What to watch as you start to wonder if anyone's uglier than Sidney Ponson ... • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa., Surrey, B.C. vs. Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Beaverton, Ore. vs. Columbia, Mo. Having fun, kids? Only two more weeks 'till school. (That'll quiet 'em). [ESPN2] •...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while searching for bliss but not even finding your pants ... • Red Sox Nation ... Not in the best of moods this morning. • NFL: Manning paints portrait of perfection against Seahawks ... before subs gag on it. (Sorry, Lil' Ronnie). • MLB: A's improve to 25-11 since All-Star break wi...
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• MLB Baseball: Yankees @ Red Sox. Might it be possible for us to borrow Little League's mercy rule for this one? 8:00, ESPN. • Little League Baseball: Lemont, Ill. vs. Staten Island, NY. Here's a satellite image of LeMont, in case you were interested. Looks like they play a lot of baseball there. 8...
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• NFL Preseason: Cardinals 3, Patriots 30. Matt Leinart completes 4-of-11 for 45 yards in his Cardinals debut, and reminds many of a young Neil Lomax. • Busch Racing: Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins Carfax 250. Sometimes, in order to win, you have to completely screw Carl Edwards. • Swimming: Aaron Peirsol ...
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• Little League Baseball: Columbia, Mo. vs. Portsmouth, NH. Portsmouth is 93.55% white. 8:00, ESPN. • MLS Soccer: New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew. Because you know you miss Bruce Arena. 7:30, Fox Soccer. • NFL Preseason Football: New York Jets @ Washington Redskins. Clinton Portis hopes someone e...
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• MLB: Yankees 14, Red Sox 11. Not a lot of love for Johnny Damon in Boston right now, I'm guessing. • Track and Field: Asafa Powell ties 100m world record. It feels weird to mention something like that and not use the word "steroids." • WNBA: Sparks 72, Storm 84. Lauren Jackson has 22 and 9 for Sea...
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What to watch as firefighters arrive to put out your Dell computer ... • Basketball: Men's World Championship, preliminary round, USA vs. Puerto Rico, at Sapporo, Japan. "Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves" [ESPN2] • Boxing: Middleweights, Sam "Slap Fight" Soliman vs. "Passin' Gas" Enrique Ornelas...
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What you missed while cheering on Roger Ebert to come back... • NFL: Eli's Comin' ... Manning leads Giants to rout of Chiefs. • MLB: Return of The Gambler ... Rogers gets first win since July 5, as Detroit beats Texas 4-2. • Golf: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson? Naw, try Lucas Glover and Chris Riley...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while waiting for Aunt Lou to finish cooking dinner ... • MLB: Texas at Detroit. We won't predict anything here. Nope, don't wan to jinx either team. We are silent, because (Detroit will win World Series). Doh! [ESPN] • NFL: Preseason, Kansas City at New York Giants. Let the sobbing (C...
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What you missed while vaccuming the lawn ... • Tennis: It's not the Roger's Cup anymore ... Roger Federer ousted in second round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters by a teen. • MLB: Bruce Froemming umpires 5,000th career game, receives tribute mooning from Red Sox mascot. • Soccer: En...
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What to watch as the Aflac Duck finally develops nuclear capability ... • Little League Softball: World Series, championship, at Portland, Ore. We do not have money on the Pequannock, N.J. team! [ESPN2] • MLB: Detroit at Boston. We thought interleague play was over. Oh, wait. [ESPN] • Tennis: ATP, W...
Tony Kornheiser Should Probably Take A Deep Breath
Something that has surprised us — but probably shouldn't have — about the aftermath of Tony Kornheiser's debut on "Monday Night Football" has been his reaction to (relatively small) criticism of his performance. For a guy who, being in the media, should be used to all this, he's lashing out a lot. H...
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What you missed while being amused at the idea of Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner being roommates ... • MLB: Jose Reyes asks what the heck he has to do to win a game for the Mets. • World Basketball: U.S. pummels far east peninsula known for cooking cabbage underground. • Tennis: Federer begins defense...
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What to watch as the team on CSI: Miami scrutinize your pants ... • Little League Softball: World Series, semifinal, teams TBA, at Portland, Ore. Wait, Little League what? So it's come to this, ESPN? [ESPN2] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Houston. Oh, you know you'll watch. [WGN] • MLB: Orioles at Yankees. ...
(Almost) Everybody Loves Kornheiser
Well, the early reviews on Tony Kornheiser's debut on "Monday Night Football" are in ... and they're almost universally positive. Here's a sampling:...
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What you missed while dreaming of Bob Newhart with a headset... • NFL: Raiders' Randy Moss throws a bit of a hissy fit in game with Vikings as we suspected he might. • MLB: We still scoff at a grown man named Chipper, but he hit three homers, tying a major league record, to lead Braves' romp over Na...
Kornheiser's Big Debut On MNF; Hey, Watch Those Hands, Tirico
This tastefully choreographed publicity shot of what can probably best be described as "Mike Tirico Microphone Bukkake" signifies one thing: The new ESPN "Monday Night Football" crew is indeed kicking off tonight. Ignoring the wisdom of CBS banning sideline reporters entirely, the crew consists of...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while being nine years old and having to listen to this "Joe Morgan" guy lecture you for HOURS about the best way to get the runner from second to third with no outs ... • MLB: San Francisco at San Diego. It was so much more fun when Petco fans went bonkers over Bonds. [ESPN2] • Little...
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What you missed while praying for Janky Spanky... • MLB: Michael Tucker Must Die: At least the Nationals think so after 3-1 loss to the Mets. • Tennis: Federer almost blows a Gasquet, rallies to win second straight Rogers Cup. • Basketball: US stops Lithuania 111-88. We'd say this is probably a foul...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: San Francisco Giants @ Los Angeles Dodgers. Rivalry game. Let's see if we can make it to the stadium by the 4th inning, Dodgers fans. 8:00, ESPN. • College Basketball: 2006 Duke @ Florida State. The game that made Florida State believe they deserved an NCAA bid. 8:00, ESPNU. • College Footbal...