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Those Chinese Certainly Know How To Conduct A Job Search
It's been both enjoyable and sad to see some of the stories coming out of Beijing. It's been seemingly one unpleasant discovery after another, between the poor girl who was deemed unpretty enough to sing the Chinese national anthem and the faux ethnic kids around the flag during opening ceremonies. ...
Peyton Manning Finds One More Thing To Endorse
You'd think Peyton Manning would be happy with his Super Bowl ring, numerous lavish endorsement deals, and the adulation of Hindi children everywhere. Not so. Now he wants to win a gold medal, and has prepared a pitch for the unwashed masses. We're unwashed because he's never endorsed soap, you see....
Welcome to England, Monsieur Nasri
The English Premier League's new season is officially underway, and newcomer Samir Nasri has already made his mark with Arsenal. The dynamic young Frenchman scored the Gunners lone goal in this morning's (lunchtime over there) first match against newly promoted West Bromwich Albion. Arsenal dominat...
Margarito Questions De La Hoya's Machismo
By the grace of God it doesn't appear that Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will be able to settle on financial terms for a proposed fight. This means that the door has re-opened (albeit by a crack) for the possibility of a real farewell fight against Antonio Margartio. Of course it should come ...
USA Basketball Beat Spain By 37 With Perimeter Shooting, Superior Apparel
The United States' And 1 Mix Tape Tour quest for their first gold medal in basketball in eight years claimed another victim this morning. America shot 12-of-25 from behind the freaking arc as Spain was blown out, 119-82. Eight Americans scored in double-digits as Spain was held to just 39 percent sh...
Little League World Series, Presented By Boston Market, Or So We Wish
Listed in order of start time...Little League World Series: Pool play. Players will not be permitted on the field within one hour of their last meal. ESPN, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; ABC, 3:30 p.m. Tennis: ATP Tour, Legg Mason Classic, semifinals. They still play tennis while the Olympics a...
Gay Can't Come Up With Burst In Heat, Denied Shot At Gold
By now you've almost certainly realized that American sprinter and butt-end of sophomoric humor (hehe, butt) Tyson Gay didn't even qualify for the final in the 100-meter (328 feet) dash, which was won in record-breaking fashion by Jamaica's Usain Bolt. Two great last names, each respectively illustr...
Morning Blogdome: Consuming Each Other's Time As A Cohesive Unit
Alright guys, this is how it works. You have a blog. You send me something you've posted on your blog. I indiscriminately post it, along with some idle commentary that I'll pass off as witty and insightful. Your pageviews get a nice little weekend bump and maybe some new regular readers. I get away ...
Daryle Ward Will Eat Your Children In Broad Daylight
The Chicago Cubs have just won their ninth straight game. In related news, Hell has frozen over, pigs are flying, gas is now 75 cents a gallon, and Andy Dick just had sex with a girl. This wild chain reaction began when Ward, in the midst of an 0-for-13 slump, hit a three-run homer in the ninth to p...
Amid Protest, Use Of Instant Replay, Phelps Wins 7th Gold
Michael Phelps, arguably the face of the United States contingent in these Beijing games, is seven-for-seven. Last night, he came from behind in the 100-meter (328 feet) butterfly, edging out Serbia's Milorad Cavic by 1/100th of a second. It appeared to some that Cavic had beaten Phelps to the wall,...
Got Any Tips, Mister?
Hey. I'm Josh Zerkle. Most of you probably know me as Monday Morning Punter from Kissing Suzy Kolber. I also help out here on occasion, and I even did some stuff over here as well. I'll be running the show over here for the weekend. Some of you already know what I bring to the table. The rest of you...
Buzz Bissinger Seems To Be Enjoying His Summer
Is Buzz Bissinger missing a finger? Was that the result of the tussle with the College World Series security beatdown? Or is he making gang signs? Can't tell. This photo was sent to us from a reader and I'm not quite sure what it means. Either way, Roger Goodell would like to have a word with Buzz i...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch with your new, hairy houseguest ... • Boxing: Tony Thompson vs. Ishmail Arvin, at Washington, (9 p.m., ET). You can watch boxing all night. Nirvana. [ESPN2] • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa. (8 p.m., ET). Any arms that aren't dead by now? [ESPN] • MLB: Chica...
Afternoon Blogdome: This Is The Epitome Of Nightmare Fuel
• So this is how he spent his Tuesdays with Morrie: I have no idea why the image of Mitch Albom getting a foot massage in Beijing is so captivating, but it is. I thought elves had little hooves for feet? [The Big Lead] • No, you're more famous!: Michael Phelps meets Tom Brady. Or "Gold Medal Swimmer...
Shaunie Loves Shaqie
A couple months ago, Shaq was in New York jokingly (but bitterly) freestyle rapping about Kobe Bryant, asking his former teammate to comment on the savoriness of his gluteus maximus. The source of Shaq's ire was apparently revealed in the freestylin' line: "I'm a horse, Kobe ratted me out, that's wh...
College Football Previews: #16 Arizona State
We're counting up in the top 25. Today's preview of #16 Arizona State is from Mark Rafferty of Pitchfork Nation. In addition to his preview he takes an early run at breaking down the Arizona State-Georgia intersectional tussle. Enjoy. Much has been said of the Arizona State Sun Devils and their Sep...
Good Lord - I've heard about this - cat juggling! Stop! Stop! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Week
ESPN scoured its message boards to find its boldest, cleverest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ... • "Incredible. If he isn't the greatest Olympian ever, who is?" — StlrsfanforlifePrevious ESPN Featured Comment of the Week, plus a Featured Deadspin Response or two ......
College Football Previews: #17 BYU
BYU clocks in at #17 in our college football previews. Much thanks go out to all of you who offered to preview BYU earlier this week. The most rapid responder was CGB who not only writes using his initials but also blogs at CollegeGameBalls.com. By god, the initials match the blog. What a coinciden...
Robots In Spandex, Sleeping Until Noon And Falling On Your Ass
Once upon a time, a site called The Black Table had a regular feature entitled Waxing Off, in which women gathered in an online roundtable to discuss issues of the day, and also to make fun of Will Leitch's shoes. And so we got to thinking: With so many great female sports bloggers out there, why no...