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Canseco To Unveil His Pitching Wizardry Tonight
Because Jose Canseco is a man who wants to be taken seriously ... because he is a man with pride ... because he once strode with the giants of major league baseball ... he will now take the next logical step in the twilight of his once-great career. He will pitch in the Golden Baseball League All-...
Gammons Out Of The Hospital
Excellent news: ESPN's Peter Gammons is out of the hospital and entering a rehabilitation center. It has been three weeks since his brain aneurysm, and his wife says he and his doctors are pleased with the progress he has been making....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxer Ray Mancini: To your knowledge, are you the only person on the ESPN payroll whom people call "Boom-Boom"? We mean, besides, Berman? • 2 p.m. NCAA hoops w/Kyle Whelliston: Bally! We've missed you, you little round bastard!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Jerry Crasnick: It's so rare that I get an opportunity to discuss Royals' pitcher Ambiorix Burgos before lunch. • 1 p.m. Contender winner Sergio Mora: So, is there a Mrs. "Latin Snake?" • 4 p.m. IRL's Firestone 20...
An Empty Desk Is An Efficient Desk!
Mistakes? We don't make mistakes. So, this is your receipt for your husband, and this is our receipt for your receipt....
Reds Fans Not Handling Kearns Trade Well
The first big trade of the baseball season went down yesterday, and, to just from the popular reaction, you'd think the Washington Nationals were in wild-card contention and the Cincinnati Reds were selling off. The Reds traded Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez, two of their best young hitters, for a...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard: You've been on since 6 a.m. Please, no mas! • 11 a.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: We're sure that Bud Selig has plenty of crazy, evil schemes up his sleeve. Superman, we need you! • 4 p.m. NFL with Jeremy ...
Run, You Stupid Linebacker, RUN!
Just to be clear on this, if some guy stabbed us, in a bowling alley or elsewhere, we would never stop crying. We're a bleeder. We would wail and scream and whine and plead and any other verb that connotes sniveling wimpdom....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL With Matt Williamson: No offense, sir, but we don't know who you are. • Noon Author Seth Mnookin: Did you feed the monster before you left this morning? • 8 p.m. NASCAR's Jeff Burton: It's hard not to love a man with a spar...
Spend The Day With Stephen A. (Kinda)
We all know it's not particularly difficult to get tickets to "Quite Frankly" tapings — a guy we know in New York for the summer has gone three times already, and he's been here, like, a month; we have no idea why he keeps putting himself through this — but that doesn't mean a meet-and-greet with ...
"Dad, I'm Totally Gonna Get You For This Someday"
Since the Home Run Derby on Monday night, we've been trying to track down a photo of Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski and the horror he subjected his daughter to. And now that we've found it ... we can't quite put our finger on why it fills us with such dread....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Page 2's Bill Simmons: Seriously, when you gonna grow the beard back? • 4 p.m. All-Salary Cap team w/John Clayton: Your bird-like countenance leads me to believe that the field will be made up primarily of players from the Eagle...
The Diligent Fact-Checking Of Sports Radio
Dan Serafini was a journeyman pitcher in the late '90s, not doing much to distinguish himself, save for maybe being traded for Brandon Pernell. (Note: Brandon Pernell is no one of note.) But a Cubs fan looking to muse on all matters bloggish decided to name his site Serafini Says, because he used ...
Manny Has To Be Involved In This Somehow
It's only been less than two years, but, if this eBay auction can be believed, someone's already selling their Red Sox World Championship ring. We actually went back to check to see if Jose Canseco had some role with this team; he didn't, so it's not him....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. Lunch with Buzzmaster: Not exactly like lunch with Ari at Spago, is it? • >B>1 p.m.. Boxer "Sugar" Shane Mosley: Is it true that the FDA has changed your nickname to "Whole Grain and Nuts" Shane Mosley? • 3 p.m. NHL with Scott Bu...
We Have To Ask ... Special Bud Selig Edition
Tomorrow afternoon, baseball commissioner Bud Selig will host a live chat with fans from the All-Star Game festivities in Pittsburgh. The chat isn't live, necessarily, considering you can submit your questions a day early. But Selig will be there, probably, and it's possible his typist might even ...
Spend Tonight With The Cansecos
Anyone who might be hanging around the Pittsburgh area over the next few days is encouraged to hit the party to end all parties: The All-Star Ball With The Cansecos!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.: NCAA FB With Joe Schad. Do you think Woody Hayes ever had a GHB dosage problem too, like Frank Solich? How about Schembechler? • 1 p.m.: Lightweight champ Juan Diaz. Do you think we could beat up a flyweight guy? Those guys ru...
Go Crazy, Folks
The reverberations from minor league manager Joe Mikulik's impassioned freak out last month are still being felt — and will continue to be until the beginning of September. The crafty promotions team of the Augusta (Ga.)Green Jackets is preparing for when Mikulik's Asheville (N.C.) Tourists come t...
Terrell Owens: Portait of a Franchise Killer as a Young Man
Surprisingly, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens used to be a little kid —with hopes, dreams, aspirations of making life miserable for his future employers and teammates—and the Philadelphia Eagles still, for some reason, have a little online scrapbook of T.O. as a pup on their Kids Club ...