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Rooting For The Ol' Stripes and Stars
As we head into the second full night of coverage, the medal drama is building and one more tennis star drops as Ana Ivanovic withdraws due to a thumb injury. Chicken pox felled a Canadian swimmer and Team USA won an explosive basketball game against China. Tonight, we have swimming finals and gymn...
State Supreme Court Justice Shows Bad Form
A New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice is being sued for allegedly using his title to intimidate school officials following a dispute between his son and one of his former high school football teammates at Haddonfield Memorial High School . The suit, filed by Conor Larkin, claims that Justice Rob...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while mourning the loss of Chef... • Drag Racing: NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals (7pm, ET) Men in heels driving cars? Cool! Oh, not that kind of drag? [ESPN2] • MLB: Cardinals art Cubs (8pm, ET) Hehe..Poo-holes. [ESPN] • Olympics: Various events (7pm, ET) Details to come. [NBC]...
Hookers and Blow Just Aren't The Newsmakers They Used To Be
Matt Jones comes back and nobody mentions blow? Or his arraignment on felony charges tomorrow? How dare they talk about football during a football game. All joking aside (because we all know how funny felony coke charges are), I'm not sure if this is a racial thing, or just uninformed analysts. Or t...
Diseased Poon Not Good For Fellow Olympians
Mama always said bad poon could spread diseases. According to sources, Canadian swimmer Victoria Poon has come down with chicken pox and is now being quarantined at a hospital in Beijing. Commence poon jokes....now....
Boo Boo Is On His Way
Olympic boxing is by no means an indicator of future success at the sport's professional level, although often times it does serves as a showcase for an elite athlete's rise to prominence. The biggest name to arise from the '04 Olympics was England's young lightweight sliver medalist Amir Khan, who...
Bela Karolyi Wants to Train Your Babies
Famed U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi is not a fan of little girls. At least not ones who can beat his team in the Olymics. Karolyi is raising a fuss about the ages of the Chinese gymnast, claiming that they do not appear to be the competition legal age of 16. Clearly the world's most fam...
St. Pierre Busts Up Fitch, Retains Title
Last night's UFC 87 matches were some of the best of the year. There was blood, tears, and a 12 second knockout. And when all was said and done in the marquee match there stood two winners, one winner with a title and one winner who took the beating of his life and made it to the end. The blood that...
US Dominates China, Yao Is Hobbled
The US Men's basketball team is off to an excellent start on their bid for international redemption following a breezy 101-70 win over Yao Ming and the host nation. Dwyane Wade, looking every bit as unstoppable as he did before being beset by injuries, set the tone with 19 points on a perfect 7-7 f...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• In Progress - Olympics [NBC] • 2:00 - Golf: PGA Championship Final Round [CBS] • 2:00 - NASCAR: Sprint Cup [ESPN] • 2:00 - MLB: Red Sox at White Sox [TBS] • 4:00 - Bull Riding [ESPN2] • 4:00 -Olympics [CNBC] • 5:00 - Tennis: ATP Countrywide Classic [ESPN2]...
NFL News and Notes
The news out of Denver is that linebacker Louis Green has been released from the hospital after being carted off the field during the Broncos pre-season game against the Texans. After a serious collision with teammate DJ Williams in the first quarter, Green hit the ground and lay motionless while be...
USA/China Olympic Basketball Update
Over 1 billion people are expected to be tuning in to the USA/China matchup in progress in Beijing. In attendance are both Bush generations, the Chinese Prime Minister, and Henry Kissinger who appears to be sleeping in the stands. China has a big three that towers over the US team (Yao Ming stands a...
Contreras Injury a Blow To Chicago
It was the Sox Bowl Part II as the Red ones took on the White ones. And you know what happens when you put Red Sox in the mix with White Sox (besides all your shit turning pink). You get some pretty good baseball. Big Papi busted his slump with a three-rub double off the wall in Boston's 6-2 win ove...
More Gold, Another Record
Sunday has already come and gone in Beijing and our Sunday's just getting started. What a bunch of underachievers. With the second day of competition behind us, we have some new medalists, additional qualifiers, and another new world record. Go tune in to NBC right now. The U.S. basketball team will...
Our President Loves the Olympics, So Should You
It's tomorrow in Beijing and the events are about to start up again. There are a few medals up for grabs, as well as some qualifyers. Americans Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff, as well as naughty Aussie Stephanie Rice are all making finals debuts tonight and the men's gymnasts will take a shot at the ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while partying with Jared Leto... • Football: Pre-season, Buffalo at Washington (7pm, ET). Great. I get to watch the boyfriend scream at the practice squad for three hours. [NFL] • Baseball: Red Sox at White Sox (7pm, ET). Francona vs. Guillen: Who ya got? [WGN] • UFC 87: George St. P...
Kobe's Huge in China
His name may sound Japanese, but the Chinese sure do love them some Kobe. It's no secret that the NBA guys are superstars over there, but this is just silly. I mean imagine. There you are at a women's basketball game and Kobe is the main attraction? Have they not seen the WNBA? (video courtesy of ...
Athletes Might Be Cheating, You Say?
As the medals are handed out, the accusations of cheating begin. And the Chinese swimmers always seem to be involved in speculation. But if you're going to cheat, shouldn't you make it believable? And the idea of this "shadow" team intrigues me. Can you imagine if our pro sports had such teams? Bett...
As the Season Looms Clubs Look to Reload
Whether or not you can believe it, the English Premier League season is right around the corner. While tomorrow's Community Shield match between league champions Manchester United and the FA Cup winners from Portsmouth marks the unofficial opening of the ten-month season the official matches begin ...
Peter King Will Eat Your Pie
MDS has a great interview over at FanHouse with Josh Elliot about Sports Center going live. Elliot, who admits to being a Deadspin reader, talks about the impact blogs had on ESPN's decision to change the format. The whole interview is a great read, but this little gem about Peter King caught my eye...