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Live Blog: Braves vs. Astros, Game 1
If you're stuck at work at 4 p.m. ET or fortunate enough to live in a time zone that doesn't involve staying up past midnight just to watch a darned playoff baseball game, we're here to help. We'll be live-blogging Game One of the Atlanta Braves-Houston Astros game. We will do our best to appear m...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as the real estate bubble hovers just above your head, then pops ... • ALDS Game 2: Red Sox at White Sox. Wells vs. Buehrle in the matchup you've been waiting for. Well, not really — just play along, OK? [ESPN] • ALDS: Game 2: Yankees at Angels. For some reason we're wondering what bar...
Macha Out As A's Manager
Just to show you the magical power of blogging, we are the first people on the Web to break the news that Ken Macha is leaving as manager of the Oakland Athletics. According to Peter Gammons, Macha wanted more money than general manager Smilin' Billy Beane wanted to pay, so he's now a "free agent....
Leftovers: Call the Fashion Police
• If there's one thing that's needed in sports, it's a dress code in the NBA. [The Airing Of Grievances] • It's a NASCAR thing, you wouldn't understand: Waltrip's penalty rescinded. [Newsday] • Alex Smith thrown to the wol ... gets starting nod for 49ers. [Mining The Gold Rush] • What, now you can't...
Whose Fans Are The Worst? All Of Them!
Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer directs our attention to a column by poker dolt Norman Chad who, having decided that life just ain't worth it anymore, decides to rank the baseball playoff teams by their fans. Just a litany of insults all around, and hey, who doesn't like insults? A rundown:...
Today In Oddjack
What you're missing over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler ... • We've always said it — never bet on the fat pitcher when there's pie waiting in the clubhouse. • Football picks guru Brandon Lane coasting on fame ... you, not so much. • That urge to be...
Welcome Back, Vinny
Well, that didn't take long at all: Vinny Testaverde has returned as starter for the New York Jets. We're not sure he'll be any better than Brooks Bollinger, but he most certainly will be more fun. Our favorite part of Madden 2005, by the way, is signing Vinny to The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Ca...
Woody Paige Bites The Hand That Fed Him
After pointing out last week that "Cold Pizza"'s Woody Paige had been reduced to eating dog food live on camera, we've heard some more news about everybody's favorite "columnist."...
Playoffs Pants Party: Braves vs. Astros
As Astros blogger Crawfish Boxes points out, the general consensus about the Atlanta-Houston series is that the Astros should win going away. We understand this, somewhat — we begrudgingly picked the Astros to make the World Series, after all — but it seems awfully lopsided, considering the Braves...
Blogdom's Best: Cleveland Indians
More than any other sport, baseball lends itself to individual blog obsession. Every Major League Baseball team has several blogs obsessed with chronicling the ins-and-outs of everything. Deadspin salutes these modem-addled souls and proudly presents Blogdom's Best, given to the most outstanding b...
Blogdome: Hello, Toronto!
• Toronto: The place where NBA careers go to die. [True Hoop] • When Juan Gonzalez is your main defender, you have problems. [The Sports Frog] • Quien es mas macho? Bruce Weber, or Bill Self? [Illini Wonk] • The key moment in yesterday's Cards-Padres game involved Mark Loretta, Chris Carpenter and a...
Hey, Hockey's Back!
We used to work for a sports magazine, and one of our favorite people there was an older guy named Ray. Ray was the biggest hockey fan we knew; just being around him made you want to grow a mullet. Every year, when the hockey playoffs were about to start, he would call everyone into a conference r...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB with Gary Miller: We see they've moved you from Insider and are now offering your columns for free. Welcome to coach class. • 3 p.m. Writer Frank Deford: Do you sometimes catch you own reflection in the mirror and just stare ...
McDonald's New Smack Attack
We've said it before and we'll say it again: if there's one problem with people today, it's that they don't talk enough smack. It's "Thank you" this and "Pardon me" that and "So sorry I sat on your tiny dog, madam." Whatever happened to "Feel my Wrath!" and "Taste the turf!"? Our friends at McDon...
Mark Cuban Is Totally Crushing, Yo
We continue to love that Mavericks owner Mark Cuban continues to blog about his team; checking in with him throughout the season is always one of our favorite NBA highlights. He files today's report from the Mavs' first practice, where he details new acquisition Doug Christie's sessions with a new...
Another Freaking GM Who Doesn't Need To Shave
Honestly, at some point, we're gonna end up seeing baseball owners sitting at the bedroom window of high school Strat-o-Matic games, wearing sun visors, peering through binoculars and feverishly scribbling in a notebook. After Rangers general manager John Hart resigned yesterday, the team hired 28...
For Relaxing Times, It's Dunleavy Time
Via Pardon The Eruption and Yay!Sports comes this pretty classic photo of Warriors guard Mike Dunleavy Jr. It was taken on Golden State's media day, apparently some part of a "promotion," though the only thing we can imagine this is "promoting" is a reason for Oakland-area women to stay single....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while poking the Pillsbury Dough Boy a little too often and a little too vigorously ... • ALDS: Yankees' Mussina does his part to head off disaster that would be an Angels-Padres World Series. • NLDS: Jake Peavy discovers broken rib, Padres discover they're down 0-1 to Cardinals. • A...
Live Blog: White Sox vs. Red Sox, Game 1
If you're still stuck at work at 4 p.m., or if you're any further west yonder down the country, we are here to help. After a surprisingly stressful Cardinals-Padres live blog, we're back to do the same for the Red Sox and White Sox. Email us and let us know your thoughts....
To Watch Tonight ...
• MLB: NY Yankees at LA Angels. Shhh, don't let this get around, but the game's really in Anaheim. [Fox] • College FB: Troy Trojans at North Texas Mean Green. Nothing like a little Sun Belt Conference to take your mind off of your Padres' 0-1 start. [ESPN2] • "Bound For Glory." We know this Dick But...