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To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as we all, in our own way, refuse to give up our seat on the bus ... • College FB: Boston College at Virginia Tech. Let our football-viewing weekend officially begin. [ESPN] • NHL: Islanders at Rangers. The Islanders suddenly own this matchup, all due, of course, to Satan. [Fox Sports ...
More "Colbert Report" Than "After M*A*S*H*"
It is with much glee that we point out that the mad scientists at Yard Work — the brilliant satirical site featuring mock columns from ESPN luminaries, along with Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Guillen and countless others — have launched their first spinoff site: the affectionately named Hard Wood, whic...
Kruegergate Refuses To Die
Remember when Larry Krueger was fired from his job as late-night sports talk host at KNBR-680 in San Francisco back in August? You don't? Well, he was, and now he's back, waving legal briefs and suing everyone in sight....
Well, You'll Have To Wear Those Short Pants, First Off
In one of those stories you couldn't make up even if you were trying really, really hard, famed British Open choker Jean Van De Velde has announced he intends to try to qualify for the Women's British Open next year to protest the decision to allow women to qualify for the men's event....
Leftovers: Illegal Procedure, God, 15 Yards
• Two Eagles criticized for evangelizing at school — made to sit inside during recess. [Philly.com] • How to defend against the two-minute offense, and the ACLU — NM State FB coach Hal Mumme accused of harassment. [And All That Implies ...] • IOC says no to women's boxing, and also no to elephant po...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who's The Next Gay Athlete?
With Sheryl Swoopes' earth-shaking announcement that she was (no!) a lesbian, tongues are wagging (sorry) about who the next — i.e., actually surprising — athlete to come out of the closet will be. Our friends at Oddjack have helpfully lay out the odds on five heavily rumored to be gay athletes, p...
Another Way Of Alleviating Baseball's Aches And Pains
Excellent pick up by The Sports Frog: A "massage parlor" in Princeton, N.J., has been accused of doing more massaging on the lower ventral areas of its clients' bodies than on the upper dorsal. The Newark Star-Ledger — your source for all breaking illicit massage parlor news — says the woman who r...
Blogdom's Best: Miami Dolphins
It might not — yet — have the online fanaticism and cachet of baseball, but the NFL and its fans are starting to catch up in the world of team-devoted blogs. To this end, Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding blog for each NFL ...
Blogdome: What Happened To Steve Nash's Face?
• Seriously, did someone pull a Tom-Cruise-in-Vanilla-Sky on Steve Nash in the offseason? [J.E. Skeets] • Bad for Men's Journal, good for us: Mag kills great piece on Desmond Mason, blog posts it, more people will end up reading it now anyway. [True Hoop] • Should we be mad at Matt Leinart's continu...
Ted Williams Es Hombre Muy Macho
The Boston Globe brings up something about Red Sox great Ted Williams we'd never heard before: He was of Mexican ancestry on his mother's side. This is mentioned in the context of last night's "Latino Legends" ceremony before the White Sox's World Series win, in which the all-time Latino team was ...
The (Gasp) Michael Jordan Backlash
True Hoop brings up something we've been noticing in recent years: People are finding it acceptable to trash Michael Jordan. In retirement, it's safer to take jabs, we guess....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with Chad Ford: We had no idea BYU had a Hawaii campus, or that conflict resolution was a legitimate major. Any other wild claims, "Dr." Ford? • 4 p.m. Boxer Jeff Lacy: There's a guy we'd like roughed up a little who happens ...
The Link Between DeBerry, The Astros And Dubya
Fascinating column on the addictive, compelling site Black Athlete Sports Network comparing the situation involving Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry's comments on black athletes and the Astros' dubious distinction of being the first team since the 1956 Yankees to make the World Series without a sing...
Lou Piniella's Sad, Sunken Look
The following exchange just took place on "Cold Pizza:"...
Former Coach Picks Up Swoopes' Board
So ESPN has the "first-person" narrative from Sheryl Swoopes announcing that she's a lesbian — or, as YAYSports! put it, "Sheryl Swoopes Is Admitting To Hot Lesbian Action" — and it's a good read. The most fascinating part is how Swoopes made the transition from mother going through a divorce to a...
Your World Champion Chicago White Sox
Well, huge congratulations to the Chicago White Sox, winners of the World Series, a sentence that makes us feel crazy just to type it. People — including a few people already on our comment boards — may say that the White Sox caught all the breaks and only won close games, including last night, bu...
About Last Night
What you missed while federal prosecutors held you down and probed for leaks ... • World Series, Game 4: ChiSox beat Astros to win it all. And suddenly, you realize that summer is over. • NHL: Blue Jackets hand Predators first loss of season, and yes, we realize that five years ago that sentence wou...
Can The White Sox Become All-Time Greats?
Well, as Fear And Faith In Flushing sadly put it yesterday, we've reached that depressing point when we realize the baseball season is almost over. The White Sox could win their first World Series since before the Red Sox began all their suffering, and the Astros, as pretty much headline writer in...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as, somewhere, someone is buying this CD (shudder!) ... • World Series, Game 4: Roof open? Roof closed? We say bring back the multicolored jerseys — that'll turn the tide. Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros, tonight. [Fox] • NHL: Lightning at Devils. Continental Airlines Arena, prepar...
Who's The Mystery AL 'Roider?
Interesting tidbit in our copy of USA Today Sports Weekly that showed up in our mailbox today:...