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What you missed while keeping it real ... • NHL Playoffs: It's a team named after a crappy movie, whose mascot is better known for selling auto health insurance. But it is also a team in the Western Conference Finals after a 4-1 win over Colorado. Well played, Anaheim. • MLB: Braves treat Willis lik...

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What to watch as your hairline forms a Maginot Line, admittedly a desperate, last resort ... • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees. Steinbrenner is scheduled to erupt every half hour until 11 p.m., so don't forget the camera. [ESPN] • NHL Playoffs: Conference semifinals, Game 4, Ottawa at Buffalo; Game ...

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What you missed while starting an hour late ... • MLB: I'm stuck on you, sweetie pie ... Bonds still at 713 as Cubs beat Giants 8-1. • NBA Playoffs: Oh right, we're bigger than them. Clippers finally get rough, even series with Suns after 122-97 win. • NHL Playoffs: It took three overtimes, but Oile...

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What to watch while realizing it's incredibly difficult to pack a suitcase for a whole month... • LPGA: Takefuji Classic, first round, at Las Vegas. Don't miss The Golf Channel's newest feature, "Hanging With Hootie and Daly." Early, rejected title: "Hanging With Hootie and Jamal." [The Golf Channel...

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What to watch after Chris Berman steals your date ... • MLB: Toronto at Boston. How come we don't hear a big squawk about all of these people crossing our other border time and time again? [ESPN2] • Boxing: Welterweights, Paul Williams vs. Sergio Rios, at Lemoore, Calif. What is it about small, agri...

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What you missed while trying to guess the plot of The Simpsons movie ... • NHL: Red Wings beat Oilers 2-0 to clinch home-ice advantage, as Detroit is all of a sudden king of the professional sports world. • MLB: Mets beat Nationals 7-1 in boring, no-beanball affair. • Soccer: Donovan, Meola have rec...

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What to watch as your home is lifted by cranes and moved to a better neighborhood ... • NHL: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Flightless Sea Fowl in peril due to global warming, 31 percent winning percentage. [OLN] • MLB: Seattle at Cleveland. We're sorry, but that grinning Indians logo could not be more...

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What you missed during your rampaging crime spree ... • NBA: Anthony scores 28 as Nuggets clinch first division title since Chia Pets, Doogie Howser and Richard Marx were popular. • NHL: Ovechkin does it! Sixth rookie to score 100 points, as Caps beat Bruins 2-1. Hey wake up eh, I'm givin' hockey hi...

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What to watch as vultures circle your fantasy baseball team ... • Baseball: Philadelphia at Atlanta. Can Phils make it two straight? Ha ha. Just kidding. [ESPN] • NHL: Washington at Boston. With both teams out of the playoff race, record-seeking Ovechkin should get 50 or so shots, eh? [OLN] • NBA: N...

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What you missed while realizing it's unlikely your fellow mobsters will keep your little leather secret quiet ... • Masters: Mickelson wins second green jacket in three years, but what's the deal with that mullet? • NHL: Hey kids, it's that other New Jersey winning streak — Devils beat Rangers for s...

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• MLB: Cardinals @ Cubs. If the Cards can't manage to take at least one from the Cubbies, you're likely to get a very cranky Deadspin tomorrow....

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• Boxing: Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins unanimous decision over Zab Judah. Someone gets hit in the balls on America's Funniest Home Videos, and everyone laughs. It happens in a boxing match, and people flip out. Go figure....

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• MLB: A's @ Mariners: Let's try this again, shall we, Barry Zito?...

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• MLB: Red Sox 14, Orioles 8. Daniel Cabrera's line for the Orioles: 1.1 IP, 3 hits, 7 runs, 7 walks, 1 strikeout, and an ERA higher than Kobe Bryant's points per game....

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What to watch while booing Juan Encarnacion... • Boxing: Lightweights, Nate Campbell vs. Isaac Hlatshwayo, at Tampa. Yes, we must wear the mouthpiece while we watch, if it's any of your business. [ESPN2] • MLB: Atlanta at San Francisco. Come see Joe Simpson, Don Sutton and Skip Carey, the only broad...

Kornheisers On A Plane
One of the most common questions we received yesterday, in the wake of the release of the 2006 NFL schedule, was: How's new MNF broadcaster Tony Kornheiser going to get out to Washington for the two games in Seattle? The notoriously airplane-phobic (and Cruiser-less) "PTI" host seemed to be in a s...

Army Women's Coach Passes Away
In an unfathomably tragic story, Army women's basketball coach Maggie Dixon, who took the Lady Cadets to the NCAA tournament this year at the age of 28, died yesterday afternoon of a heart arrhythmia. Dixon, the sister of Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon had no history of heart problems and, after all...

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What you missed as your approval rating at home dipped below 35 percent ... • NBA: Nets, who may never lose again, win 14trh straight behind Kidd, Jefferson. • MLB: Now this is what we're talkin' about — threats, beanballs, Pedro Martinez wins first start ... it's what Mets vs. Nationals should be. ...

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What to watch as your collection of bobble-head dolls hold a closed-door meeting concerning your collection of Barbie dolls ... • College Ice Hockey: NCAA Division I tournament, semifinals, at Milwaukee, Boston College vs. North Dakota; Maine vs. Wisconsin. Our brackets are a mess; we're just watchi...

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What you missed while tearfully writing your very last love letter to Katie Couric ... • MLB: Rollins hit streak to 38, but Phils lose to Cards 4-3. Come on, people! Where's the love for Rollins? • NBA: Knicks top Cavs to end nine-game losing streak, but Larry Brown still isn't buying any new proper...