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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you eat the world's biggest pumpkin pie ... • MLB: NLCS, Game 5, Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers (8:22 p.m. ET) That's just Manny being eliminated? [Fox] • Soccer: Men's World Cup Qualifier: USA vs. Trindad and Tobago (8:00 p.m., ET) Well, that doesn't even seem fair...
Rayhawk Kid's Punishment Continues; Must Appear On Doomed ESPN Show
Remember Zachary Sharples, the Florida 12-year-old who was suspended by his middle school for showing up with a Rayhawk haircut? As you may have guessed he's now a minor celebrity, having been invited onto the field at Tropicana to meet Rays players on Saturday, and appearing on ESPN's First Take th...
Kellen Winslow May Soldier On Against Redskins Despite Unfortunate Ball-Related Emergency
Kellen Winslow's mysterious "undisclosed illness" which has been rumored to be swollen balls according to Pro Football Talk, might still keep him out of this week's action against the Washington Redskins. Winslow's illness is still private, but according to Coach Romeo Crennel, he's recovering nicel...
Afternoon Blogdome: "Would You Like To See My Hustle?"
Gutsy: Tyler Hansborough chats up Stacey Dales. You really have to admire his courage. [The Big Lead, via Rush the Court] A winning tradition: George Steinbrenner will spare no expense to make MIT the number one sports program in the country. He's even talking to the biology department about re-anim...
LA Sports Bar Bans Dodgers Gear ... Phillies Gear OK, Though
My sports bar of choice when in the Los Angeles area? Big Wangs, of course. Now with two locations — Hollywood and North Hollywood — making it more convenient to head on over to watch Game 5 of the NLCS, and enjoy a heaping basket of Wangs Wings. Of course, if you're planning on wearing your Dodgers...
Welcome To Midnight (Or Anytime You Want, Really) Madness
It's that time of year again ... the time when your favorite college basketball program gets you super-pumped up with a glorified pep rally then makes you sit on your hands for three weeks waiting for the big tip off against Marathon Oil. Go team! This institutionalized blue balls is brought to you ...
The New York Times Helps Matt Stairs Retrieve His Masculinity
Matt Stairs' stay as a Philadelphia's favorite 40-year-old beefy homer-hitting Canuck continues today, with a story about him in today's New York Times that gives America's baseball nation a closer glimpse at the 16-year vet. The whole piece focuses on Stairs' everyman-ness and how he's a "guys' guy...
Tony Gonzalez to Chiefs: Thanks, You Have Ripped Out My Soul and Left Me For Dead
It was a little surprising to have Tony Gonzalez still stuck in Kansas City at the end of yesterday's riveting NFL trade deadline but the 32-year-old Pro Bowl tight end's quest for a Super Bowl will apparently have to wait another lifetime. Even though Gonzalez had politely requested a trade while ...
The Plymouth Whalers Plan To Frighten Breast Cancer Into Submission
When it comes to Breast Cancer Awareness Week, the Plymouth Whalers have set the bar impossibly high. Where can you go after this move, in which every member of the Ontario Hockey League team on Tuesday dyed their hair pink? There's just nothing left to dye after this (don't go there, bro). Here we ...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Miami Heat
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that can only get better because they couldn't possibly get worse (I think): The Miami Heat. When last we saw them: Finis...
Fun With Ad Placement: Football Edition
If you're like me, you scour the Internet daily for wacky, unfortunate ad placement ... here's one of my favorites. And in a little added bonus to our coverage of that Ohio prep football fight yesterday, a reader points out a very hilarious ad placement on the Dayton Daily News web site. Notice that...
Ah, F&%# It, Gimme A Beer
Hey, if this guy can't spur the Red Sox on to victory, no one can. What they're saying on the intertubes about Tampa Bay's 13-4 victory over Boston in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series ... • ALCS Game 4: Postgame Thread. Did you watch game four? Are you unhappy about it? Ask your doc...
You Can Take Our 240 Gallons Of Booze, But You'll Never Take Our Freedom!
How to describe the Tartan Army, the kilt-clad fans of the Scottish national soccer team? This photo should give you a taste. But wait, that depicts only two or three drunken Scotsmen. For a true depiction of these dedicated fans, one should read the following account of a police crackdown prior to ...
Morning Blogdome: Devin Harris Will Never Live This Down
• Devin Harris vs. Stuart Tanner: Missed this yesterday, but it is quite enjoyable. Stuart Tanner, a " London playground legend", puts a move on Harris that just makes the Nets' point guard look silly. [ Ball Don't Lie via True Hoop]• Jessica Simpson would like Tony Romo to make her six babies: S...
Did MMA Fighter Lloyd Irvin Really Thwart A Home Invasion Robbery?
A world champion athlete and his family are taken hostage in their own home by gun-toting robbers, one of whom demands cash and valuables. But suddenly, using his martial arts training, the athlete disarms one of the gunmen, and chases them both away. Family safe. If you're wondering why you haven't...
Selig Must be Nervous: LCS Ratings Down, and Now Tampa Has Pushed Boston to the Brink
We’re sure plenty of Boston fans will cling to hope in the ALCS by pointing out that the Red Sox rallied from a 3-1 deficit to defeat Cleveland in last year’s postseason. Three minor differences: they had a healthy and overpowering Josh Beckett in Game Five, came home for games six and seven, and Or...
Q&A: MetsBlog and Minaya on Murphy
Matthew Cerrone, from MetsBlog: Thanks for making time to talk with me, Omar, I really appreciate it....
1000th Post Countdown…The Nine
Does anybody else remember this show? It was this group of (wait for it) nine people who were in a bank during a robbery. I faintly remember seeing an episode or two and recognizing that guy from “Party of Five,” even though I never watched that show. I kinda wished it had more episodes during it’s ...
We Meet Again, Penguins...
The scheduling gods have once again blessed us by inserting a Flyers game in between the majestic events of the Phillies postseason. Your girlfriends and wives may or may not agree, but if you're a Flyers fan, odds are you'll be hard pressed to take a night off from sports....
Preseason Game Thread: Knicks vs. Sixers- 10-14-08
Our Knicks tip off their first home preseason game tonight at 7:30. The opponent is Shawn Bradley and the Sixers for the second time in a row. The game will be televised on MSG and I'll be watching and providing a recap soon enough. Get them comments flowing. I'm shooting for 1,000,000. That's right...