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Manny Will Be Manny, Just Not In Pittsburgh
Far be it from us to imply that someone isn't taking the All-Star Game seriously. But the facts are these: Manny Ramirez was the top vote-getter in the American League this year. And Manny isn't going. He says he has a sore knee, so you know, count him out. We know you are shocked by these develop...
"He's The Hoff"
We did everything in our power to avoid this story, but sometimes these things take on their own inertia. Can't be stopped, can't be helped: You know how it goes....
Scott Speed's Impressive Size And Girth
If you're not a Formula One Grand Prix fan — like, say, just about everybody — you might not know that Scott Speed, last weekend in Indianapolis, became the first American to drive Formula One in 12 years. It was a short ride, though; he crashed in the first lap....
Another Reason To Leave The MLS
The joke about employees skipping out of work to watch the World Cup has become so prevalent that even ESPN is making the joke (and setting it, cleverly, to a U2 song). But what about when one of your employees is, well, a soccer player?...
Blogdome: Is Freddy Cleanup?
• McSweeney's looks at the best serial killer roster. [McSweeney's] • We're just gonna let you watch this on your own, without us. [The 700 Level] • A soccer house. No, really, a soccer house. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • Another We Hate The Yankees blog. You honestly just can't have enough. [Th...
Look! A Funny Gary Williams Photo!
Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's a rather silly photo of Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams. Careful with those wings, Coach....
Of Streaking And Shrieking
At first we thought all the shrieking coming from Maria Sharapova on Tuesday was because of this guy. Apparently not. Sharapova, it seems, has a habit of screaming on every shot, something of which we were blissfully unaware until today, due to the fact that we watch her matches with the sound off. ...
Dog Day Afternoon
We don't see how this was any different than the Fouth of July barbeque at Warren Sapp's house, but everyone's making a big deal out of it. We kid, of course; you know how much we love the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Takeru Kobayashi of Japan ate 53 3/4 hot...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a.m.. The Buzzmaster!: The exclamation point does little to mask the pain of lonliness and regret. • 1 p.m.. LIVE from Wimbledon: It's always been my dream to communicate electronically with someone who is watching tennis. • 2 p....
Hirshey: One More Time For Some Old Frenchmen
David Hirshey — whose beauty has been captured photographically at ESPN.com — is writing for Deadspin throughout the World Cup....
Well, This Is Kind Of The Best Dunk You'll Ever See
We've been sent this video so many times over the last few days that we felt we had to post it just so people would stop. It's in one of those "And 1" leagues that Sports Illustrated was all the rage about a while ago, and the dunk is by Taurian "Air Up There" Fontenette, a guy so cool that not even...
Baby, Don't Forget Our Number
We come to you with all kinds of issues of a technical variety, and this time, they're not even the fault of the hamster-powered servers around these parts. Instead, our beloved Thunderbird email server has decided not only to not load any of our email messages, it's even killed our a ton we had i...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while teaching E.T. to talk ... • MLB: Braves beat Cardinals 14-4, but St. Louis is still in first, so it didn't really happen. But hey ... Jeff Weaver! • ZZ Top: Zinedine Zidane's PK sends France to face Italy in World Cup final. • Wimbledon: Do not $%&#; with the Swiss! Roger Feder...
The Glory That Is Jose
OK, we had to dig back into this Jose Canseco asking for a trade....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as firemen sift through the burnt rubble of what used to be the back end of your house (it was quite a party) ... • Boxing: Light middleweights, Jerome Ellis vs. Neil Sinclair, at Colorado Springs. Isn't Colorado Springs more than a mile above sea level? Just how I like my boxing; with...
ESPN And Its Lack Of Properly Ordered Ducks
Since a lot of you probably weren't working on Monday — like we were — you might have missed this: ESPN announced that it wants to be the MySpace of sports by hosting fan sports blogs on its site come September. Ignoring the failed MLBlogs model on this — though it kinda seems like they're just st...
Leftovers: More Bulls Maneuvering Ahead
• The Bulls might have many more moves left to make, post-Wallace. [SI.com] • Professional mini golf ... it's taking the country by storm. [Washington Post] • Well, at least SOME Edmonton Oilers are enjoying their summer vacation. [Sports Matters] • Joel Przybilla is everywhere. [Manute's Webb]...
And They Call It The Streak
There are few things of which we are certain, but one is this: When we get out of bed at an ungody hour to view Maria Sharapova playing Elena Dementieva in the Wimbledon quarterfinals (Sharapova won, 6-1, 6-4), what we don't want to see is this (pictured). We want this. And perhaps this. Under no ...
Live Blog: France Vs. Portugal
We're down to the final three teams in the World Cup — unless you count the third-place game, and who counts the third place game? — and we're knocking out one of them right now. The first team in the World Cup Finals is Italy; who will be the second, as they say?...