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About Last Night...
• NFL: Packers 3, Chargers 17. Phillip Rivers, 15/21, 169 yards, 1 TD in the first half. I'm pretty psyched about that. Of course, I once said the same thing about Ryan Leaf. • Boxing: Oleg Maskaev def. Hasim Rahman via 12th round KO. And America mourns. • MLB:: Giants 5, Dodgers 6. I keep waiting f...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Little League World Series Regional. I know it makes me a bad person, but I kinda like it when the kids cry. 7:00, ESPN. • Soccer. FC Barcelona vs. New York Red Bulls. The world's best vs. MLS's worst. 7:30, Fox Soccer. • Soccer. Real Madrid vs. Real Salt Lake. I think the "Real" works better...
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• Golf: It's the rare non-major tournament with golfers you've heard of: Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els... of course, your leader is a guy named Tom Pernice, Jr. • MLB: Mariners 7, Rangers 14. Congratulations to those of you with Mark DeRosa on your fantasy teams t...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you find there's still nothing better on HBO than Sopranos reruns ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Edner Cherry vs. Daniel Alicea, at Chester, W.Va. If his nickname isn't Cherry Bomb, it should be. [ESPN2] • Little League: All-Stars, regional final, at St. Petersburg, Fla.; regional fina...
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What you missed while being berated by Nick Saban ... • NFL: Manning plays one series, Rams beat Colts 19-17 in exhibition thriller game. • PGA International: Phil Mickelson cannot stop the might of Mathias Gronberg. • MLB: Redbird singing in the dead of night/take these broken wings and learn to fl...
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What to watch as Waldo gives up and finds himself ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox. Can no one stop this pinstriped juggernaut?[ESPN] • NFL: Preseason, Indianapolis at St. Louis. Sure to be a sellout, if only to enjoy the AC for three hours. [Fox] • Tennis: ATP Masters Series, Rogers...
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What you missed while keeping an eye out for an immature, blue-footed booby ... • MLB: Dodgers win 13th stra ... no wait, they blew it. • Tennis: Roger Federer advances at Rogers Cup with 50th straight North American hard court win, but Andy Roddick is still the winner in our book. • Soccer: What wa...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after taking Stampy out for a walk ... • Boxing: Trans America middleweight championship, Verno Phillips vs. Teddy Reid, at Ledyard, Conn. It's every young boy's dream to win a Trans America championship, especially if he's named Teddy or Verno. [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Yankees at Chica...
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What you missed while out fighting crime ... • World Series of Poker: Truthfully, we saw better acting in Gigli. • MLB: Isn't Taylor Tankersley a newspaper comic strip? Anyway, Marlins beat Nationals 4-2. • Celebrity Dating: Roddick, Sharapova have been an item for more than a year, according to the...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Soloflex in your den files for divorce ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox. While you're waiting for the game to begin, why not head over to Hawk Harrelson's blog and watch as he takes shots at Mickey Rooney for no apparent reason. [WGN] • Tennis: ATP Masters Series...
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What you missed while painting the lawn green ... • Howard's End: Ryan Howard hits 39th homer, gets 100th RBI to lead Phillies over Braves. • Tennis: David Nalbandian loses at Rogers Cup before we even learn how to pronounce his name. • World Series of Poker: Vegas baby, Vegas! Gold avoids being kic...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Madden's HOF induction speech enters its fifth hour ... • Basketball: Men's national team, USA vs. China, at Guangzhou, China. For those attending, here's how to get there. Find Hong Kong, then go north until you hit "a prosperous metropolis full of vigor." Oh, and also, here's who ...
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What you missed while trying to make yourself cry at will ... • NFL: Raiders beat Eagles 16-10 in Hall of Fame Game. • PGA: OK, now Tiger Woods is just showing off. • Horse racing: Dear Bluegrass Cat — You are a horse. You cannot read. This cannot be read to you. But nice going, and thanks for not b...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: Phillies @ Mets. I could gaze into Mr. Met's beautiful eyes for hours. 8:00, ESPN. • NFL: Raiders vs. Eagles. Whichever team has more fans arrested by halftime wins. 8:00, NBC. • Movie: Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo. Yeah, ball hair. What we need is a strike here. 8:00, FX....
About Last Night...
• NASCAR: Jeff Burton earns pole at Allstate 400. That means he gets a little bit of a head start on the other guys. • MLB: Indians 3, Tigers 4. I'm starting to think that Fausto Carmona was a bad idea for my fantasy team. • Eating: Kobayashi eats 58 bratwursts. It's a new world record. I would damn...
Dear Lord Baby Jesus, That Was Funny
I was fortunate enough to see Talladega Nights yesterday, and I'm damn sure not going to wait until the DVD comes out to see it again. It did not only tickle my funnybone, it made sweet love to it. I'm just itching to quote the movie here, but I think I should probably wait until the DVD comes out t...
To Watch Tonight...
• NASCAR. Busch Series, Kroger 200. Talledega Nights taught me all about the slingshot maneuver. 9:00, TNT. • World Cup Soccer. Czech Republic vs. United States. If the MLS All-Star Game didn't convince you that we still suck at soccer... Oops. 10:00, ESPNU. • NFL. Green Bay Packers Intrasquad Scrim...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Rockies 5, Giants 2. The fans litter the field with debris after Barry Bonds gets tossed. This may be the only time San Francisco will ever remind you of Philadelphia....
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What you missed while deciding, apropos of nothing, to work late on Friday ... • Boxing: Anthony Peterson vs. Jose Soto, at Memphis. What division is this? Flyweight? Paperweight? Pantyweight? [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: X Games, at Carson, Calif. Have you ever taken your bike off of some sweet jumps?...
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What you missed while listening to poker on the radio ... • Golf: Woods, Woody chasing Weir at Buick Open. Meanwhile, Wie woeful. • MLB: Utley hit streak keeps going, and it's becoming impossible to watch the Cardinals. • Basketball: Take that, small island territory! United States beats Puerto Rico...