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Big Bad Schaub Is An Inch Shorter Than Big Bad John
I couldn't possibly wait 'til tomorrow to post this. It just felt wrong, you know? Via Hashmarks and Sox & Dawgs, comes this Matt Schaub-inspired remake of "Big Bad John" written and performed by the Houston Chronicle's Texans beat team. Please pray that Matt doesn't get trapped in a mine on his way...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure ...
12:00 — College Football. Georgia Tech at Miami [ESPN] 12:00 — College Football. Illinois at Iowa [ESPN2] 12:00 — Movie. The Royal Tenenbaums [Comedy] 1:30 — Golf. Woman's Samsung World Championship [NBC] 1:30 — Movie. Shaft [TNT] 2:00 — TV. Survivorman [Discovery Channel] 3:00 — Movie. Blues Brothe...


Groundskeeper Willy To The Rescue
Did I stay up late to watch Willy Taveras' amazing game-saving catch? No. Red Bull tends to give me the runs, not wings. But have I already watched it a few hundred times on SportsCenter this morning? You betcha! God is good, Christopher Llyod is great....


The Red Sox Look Like They've Been Here Before
So much for that Game 1 pitching duel we were promised. Josh Beckett threw six innings of four-hit ball to outpitch (and outbanjo) C.C. Sabathia as the Sox squashed the Indians 10-3. As Beckett rolled — even after giving up that early "wind-homer" to Hafner — Sabathia struggled from the get-go. The ...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while finding Carmen Sandiego. Finally ... • MLB: Good LCS: Rockies 3, D-Backs 2. Bad LCS: Red Sox 10, Indians 3. • NHL: Jagr's nickname is 'The Big Smooth'? Seriously? Rangers 3, Caps 1. • NBA Preseason: LeBron hurts his shoulder; Durant shoots 5-of-22. Ugh....

A Week Of Buggin' Out
• We really enjoyed the Jambaroo this week. • Favre, man ... FAVRE. • Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Roger. • ESPN will come after you even in death. • Jacqueline Gagne, hanging out with the ESPN Conversation folks. • Stanford! Holy crap! • The bleacher peeing lady. • Baseball video game...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you wonder if you're weird enough to run for mayor of San Francisco ... • College football: Hawaii at San Jose State. Another Colt Brennan performance for East Coast writers to ignore. [ESPN] • MLB: American League Championship Series, Game 1, Cleveland at Boston [Fox]; National Lea...

ALCS Pants Party: Red Sox Vs. Indians
It is merely a warped factor of history that we might consider these teams somehow equivalent victims of fate. The Indians are "Major League;" the Red Sox are "Fever Pitch." This is not your fault, Red Sox fans, but the truth, nevertheless....


Jonathan Papelbon Is The Lord Of The Dance!
They've stolen me Lucky Charms! Just to get your ready for tonight's American League Championship Series game, we thought we'd show you this, from, I guess, when the Sox clinched the East. You may have already seen it, but it really cannot be emphasized enough. I can't quite put my finger on why, b...

USC Seniors Are Not Smarter Than A Fifth Grader
Chris Washington is a senior at USC with a GPA of 3.50. And even though he had several of his fraternity brothers rooting him on in the front row during the game show Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? last night, he still seemed a bit confused. Below are a list of the questions that he got wrong:...

What's Stu Scott's Next Poetry Jam?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

You Always Were An Asshole, Gorman
Just tell us one thing, Burke. You're going out there to destroy them, right? Not to study. Not to bring back. But to wipe them out....

The Packers Are Bringing Sexy Back
Before the Bears-Packers game on Sunday night, some of those celebrity types were wrangled up and escorted into a holding pen, lest their celestial superpowers overtake those of Brett Favre. In the above picture, James Van Der Beek — most famous for his role as Lincoln Rogers Dunnison in 2001's Te...

Nail That 7-10 Split
• You can go bowling with Jeff Garcia's wife. [The Serious Tip] • Kind of a rough weekend for the Big Ten coming up. [Suddenly Stuttin'] • Remembering Boston College's amazing upset win over Notre Dame. [One More Dying Quail] • In praise of Pat Fitzgerald. [The Angry T] • Wait, the Braves can own a ...