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Goodbye, Isiah. We Shall Never Meet Another Like You
The NBA Playoffs schedule is all set, and we'll certainly be overflowing with coverage and discussion and all you might expect from your sports blog, but we really need to start today off with a eulogy. At some point today, if it hasn't happened already (and the ESPNews crawl seems to think so), Is...
About Last Night
What you missed after adding a little flourish to that job interview ... • MLB: So, that was four hours well spent. Yankees 15, Red Sox 9. • NHL: My Jarko Ruutu bobblehead is rocking out today ... Penguins sweep. • NFL: Los Angeles may finally get a new NFL stadium. Finding a team to play there is a...
Allison Stokke Madness Resurfaces With A Vengeance
Once again, University of California pole vaulter Allison Stokke is being hunted by the wandering trolls of the internet, thanks to the emergence of new photos featuring the athletic teenager wearing her required sporting uniform and holding a giant pole .Her dad, the chronically annoyed and litigio...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize that HBO is rerunning Deadwood episodes, so time is at a premium ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Peter Quillin vs. Antwun Echols, at New York (10 p.m. ET, same-day tape). Don't tell me who won! (Claps hands over ears). [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at New York Yankees (7 p.m....
Sean Avery Might Be The NHL's Most Compelling Idiot
Say what you will about the Rangers' Sean Avery, but in an NHL devoid of any discernible personalities, he's definitely becoming the most entertaining to non-puckheads. Courtesy of FanIq comes these two Avery gems, one before and one after his whole bizarre stick waving incident with Martin Brodeur...
Make Sure Your Child Is Born In August, People
Slate, continuing to obsess over the arcane and curious, has discovered that an unusual number of baseball players are born in August. Consult your astrology guides!...
A Sad Good Night For Jose Lima
We feel like we write this every few months, but this time it looks like it's for real. Yes, the Jose Lima Era in baseball appears to have actually ended....
Jeff Weaver Finds Himself A Home
Who says Scott Boras has lost it? Sure, he bombed out the Alex Rodriguez negotiations, and he ended up putting Kyle Lohse, the supposed top free agent pitching name, in St. Louis at an extreme discount. But look at what he's done with Jeff Weaver!...
Timberwolves Double Down On The Lottery
When you're the Minnesota Timberwolves, you have to lure in season ticket buyers by any means necessary. So they've come up with quite the novel plan: They're tying ticket prices to which lottery pick the team gets....
Nothing Good Comes Out Of A Bottle Of Belvedere
In looking at this picture of a gangsta-casual Stephen Jackson swigging from a Belvedere bottle at a party, it's impossible not to worry about the potential repercussions he'll have to endure once this photo hit the web. Because, remember what happened to the last person who took decided that aggre...
Stephen Colbert Unveils Latest In Philadelphia Sporting Attire
Stephen Colbert is in Philadelphia this week to film his PA primary-centric version of "The Colbert Report" and is ingratiating himself with the local animals quite nicely. Last night, he showed off this multi-teamed jersey that would surely be a big hit with some of the more ardent and more fashio...
Becks: Shalom, Brother
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Jackie Chan Threatens To Chop Protesters, Make 'Rush Hour 4'
Leave it to diminutive Kung Fu dervish Jackie Chan to put this Olympic Torch protest thing into perspective. Chan, who will be a torchbearer when the relay comes to Beijing next week, says that he will deal harshly with any miscreants who might try to grab the flame from his tiny, powerful mitts....
Tracking Erin Andrews' Web-Centric Path To Stardom
Swoopy-haired USA Today writer Michael Hiestand has a mini-profile of everyone's favorite TV sports princess, Erin Andrews, which attempts to tactfully explain her internet popularity without sounding sleazy or sexist. He succeeds (mostly), and serves up this McDonald's-friendly description:...
T-Bones Welcome Michael Vick To The Neighborhood
It's the glorious return of Minor Enterprise, a celebration of God's gift of Minor League baseball promotions. Also, we will plagiarize some Rachael Ray recipes....
The Very Limber Jason Taylor
• We're sorry: "Dancing With The Stars" freaks us out. [The Sports Hernia] • Joe Borowski, DL'n' it, kind of. [Legend Of Cecilio Guante] • What's the best way to remember Jackie Robinson? [Bean Town West] • Was Michael Beasley the best freshman ever? [Rush The Court] • Along with Alfonso Soriano's o...
Carmelo Anthony Absolutely, Unequivocally Bombed Out Of His Mind, Say Cops
The latest reports out of Denver about the DUI arrest of the booze-addled, snitch-averse Carmelo Anthony say that the Nuggets' star's level of impairment was, according to investigating officers, "extreme."...
Media Approval Ratings: Rob Neyer
As he loves to point out, Rob Neyer has written more words for ESPN.com that just about anyone over there, and if you've read Simmons' two-part NBA MVP series, you know that's no small feat....
Gus Johnson Is Still The Dancing Queen
Proving once again that Meryl Streep made an awful career decision starring in "Mamma Mia;" this belonged to Gus, obviously, from the get-go....
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......