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About Last Night ...
What you missed while getting in some extra toadying at the office ... • World Cup: Brazil 4, Japan 1. OK, Ronaldo is fat. But to paraphrase Lincoln's quote on Grant, "Tell me what food that Ronaldo likes. I would like to send some to my other players." • Perfect 10: Braves still stick in the well, ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you try and erase the mental image of Angelina Jolie nursing Ted Williams (thanks, Letterman) ... • College World Series: Rice vs. Oregon State. Never before has an owl fought a beaver with so much on the line. [ESPN2] • MLB: Toronto at Atlanta. Can the losing streak reach 10 games?...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while you and the other Wiccans were celebrating the summer solstice ... • MLB: No streak for you! Marlins can't reel in 10th straight win, lose to Bedard, Orioles. • World Cup: Several Portugese players injure themselves trying to pronounce "Gelsenkirchen," but beat Mexico anyway, 2...
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What you'll miss as Lassie watches you drunkenly fall into the well one too many times and refuses to get help ... • College World Series, North Carolina vs. Cal State-Fullerton, at Omaha; Rice vs. Oregon State/Miami (Fla.) winner. Nowhere else will you ever see these five schools in the same paragr...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while driving to the bad part of town to score some Kryptonite ... • Tall Men Hugging In A Non-Sexual Way: Wade's 32 leads Heat to first NBA title, 95-92 over Mavs. • X-Men: Xavier Nady's two homers lead Mets over Reds 9-2. • Word Association Football: England wins Group B after 2-2 ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you begin to fear that you're starting to like soccer ... admit it! • College World Series: Oregon State vs. Rice or Miami (Fla.). Usually the choice is rice or baked potato. [ESPN2] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Cleveland. What happens when a cartoon Indian battles a cute juvenile bear? Y...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while mushing from Nome to Fairbanks ... • NHL Finals: Hurricanes prove that water beats oil, although it took %@*!$# long enough to do it. • MLB: Extra! Read all about it! Big Unit, Yankees foiled by Phillies, Myers, 4-2! Hey mister, it costs fifty cents! Hey! • World Cup: Generalis...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the house actually does start to clean itself ... • College baseball: World Series, Rice vs. Miami (Fla.). It's Rice, you see ... RICE! [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Yankees at Philadelphia. We'll be watching this from a JetBlue airplane, and we're still going to hear the boos. [ESPN] • S...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while telling your General Custer stories to the kids with, remarkably, no profanity ... • NBA Finals: It's still quite possible we'll never see a road Finals win in our lifetimes. Heat lead Mavericks 3-2. • World Cup: You cannot stop Fred, you can only hope to contain him. Brazil be...
To Watch Tonight...
• NBA. Mavericks @ Heat, Game 5. Your last chance to see 19,000 people clad entirely in white. Unless you're attending some sort of a massive Klan convention soon. 9:00, ABC. • MLB. Red Sox @ Braves. Schilling looks for his 10th win. John Smoltz looks for someone on his team to get a damn hit every ...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Dodgers 4, A's 5. Congratulations to those die-hard fans who stuck it out for 17 innings and were then rewarded by seeing a dramatic game-winning... walk. • Boxing: Jermain Taylor draws with Winky Wright. And people complain about the ties in soccer... • MLB: Orioles 4, New York 2. 8 innings,...
To Watch Tonight...
• Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina @ Edmonton. Carolina with another opportunity to close it out. Boy, I've really ignored that one, huh? Sorry. 8:00, NBC. • College Baseball: NCAA World Series, Game 4: Miami vs. Oregon State. I wonder if Dennis Erickson will be watching this one, feeling all torn-up in...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Orioles 6, Mets 3. Mets go 9-1 on a road trip, then lose their first game back at home to the sad-sack Orioles and Erik Bedard, he of the 5.60 ERA. • Golf: David Duval shoots a 68. I don't have any idea how it happened, but it's sort of exciting. If you aren't familiar, Duval is sort of the R...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Big Ben goes helmet shopping ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Anthony Peterson vs. Adan Hernandez, at Memphis. Just once we'd like to actually see the old horseshoe in the boxing glove gag. [ESPN2] • College World Series: at Omaha, Game 2, Cal State-Fullerton vs. North Carolina. Do one t...
About Last Night ...
What you missed due to jet lag ... • NBA Finals: Road Worriers — Heat beat Mavs to even series 2-2. • World Cup: They're not booing, they're saying "Rooooooney!" England advances to second round. • MLB: Todd Hollandsworth's three-run homer leads ... Todd Hollandsworth? You cannot be serious. Anyway,...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after Shamu looked at you in the front row, suddenly making you feel like lunch ... • Golf: U.S. Open Championship, first round, at Mamaroneck, N.Y. Yes, we are wearing a Jim Furyk t-shirt under our regular shirt. What of it? [NBC] • MLB: Atlanta at Florida. Remember, 'catch and releas...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while searching for ... a shrubbery! • NHL Finals: They're baaack! Oilers win in OT to come within 3-2 of Hurricanes. • MLB: Better Living Through Chemicals: Giants beat D'Backs as Bonds hits No. 717. • World Cup: Germany beats Poland in penalty time, leaving fans on both teams worke...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your clumsy attempts at romance earn you yet another yellow card ... • Boxing: Welterweights, Oscar Diaz vs. Chris Smith, at Dover, Del. Fisticuffs? In Delaware? [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Mets at Philadelphia. Let's watch as the Mets screw up terribly, yet still manage to win. [ESPN] ...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while recreating the Battle of Waterloo entirely with chickens ... • NBA Finals: Not quite time for Miami fans to get excited yet, but it's a start. Wade leads two-point win over Mavericks. • MLB: Glavine roughed up, but Mets beat Phillies anyway. • World Cup: Goooooooo oh, forget it...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while wishing your mom a happy birthday ... Happy birthday, Mom! ... • NBA playoffs: Finals, Game 3, Dallas at Miami. Hey, winning four out of five — at least one of them in Dallas — that's not too much to ask. Right? [ABC] • WNBA: Charlotte at Washington. The NBA just better hope this...