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To Watch Tonight
What to watch after putting the final touches on your re-make of Elie Wiesel's "Night" starring Pokémon characters... • MLB: Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 8 p.m. In preparation, Jon Miller will receive a piece of paper with the names of all the players, and what team they play for. [ESPN]...
Ride, Raghib Ride, Upon That Mystery Bull
The man you see on the right, riding the large coconut wedge is former NFL wide receiver Raghib Ismail, and he's just one of nine celebrities partially recognizable names partaking in a reality-based TV show called "Ty Murray's Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge." (Note: When "celebrity" and "reality-b...
Hockey may not have offseason tales of dogfighting, point-fixing referees, steroids, or strip club altercations, but they did have an underage drinking party busted. Hey, maybe the NHL isn't in such bad shape. Heck, I can even watch the games on TV, provided I cover my dog in tinfoil and stand him o...
German Soccer Shaving Scandal Raises Questions, Blinds Thousands
All things considered, all you folk have been on your best behavior this weekend. Which makes it all the more difficult to ruin a perfectly beautiful Sunday afternoon by throwing some nightmare fuel onto the fire....
Apartheid? More like Aparth-tied
• If your South African netball team achieves racial balance, you start out with six points. [Doberman on the Diamond] • Bobby Cox's eventual ejection record has steroids written all over it. [Log's Blog] • A written transcript of what you might've heard if you watched last night's Redskins game wit...
Darren McFadden's NFL Draft Status Downgraded From "Yes" To "Probably Yes"
Yesterday, in a story which Deadspin suspiciously omitted, ESPN reported that Darren McFadden was declaring for the NFL after his upcoming junior season, so sayeth his momma after a chat with Pat Forde. Because that was such a news scoop. After all, rarely do exciting, electric football players ever...
It's Like, Major League Soccer, Only Overseas And Interesting
By popular demand: Recapping the first weekend of Premier League soccer action, without having a damn clue what I'm even writing, despite having Hirshey's EPL preview open in a separate window:...
Sergio Garcia's Mind, It Likes To Wander
Have we picked on Sergio Garcia enough this weekend? Indeed we have, but just as you can never have enough bacon, you can never try hard enough to destroy the psyche of an athlete whose sport is 90 percent mental. But maybe we don't need to do any of the work. The Sports Elitists recounts a Sergio ...
He's A Rick ... House
When Rick Ankiel made his debut, I was sort of hoping he'd continuously foul tip the ball to the backstop, just like old times when he was a pitcher. But rather than indulge in my fantasy, Ankiel basically shut all of us up Thursday night, then duct taped our mouths shut Saturday night with his fir...
What Sergio Garcia Is Watching Today
Already In Progress — PGA Championship, Final Round [TNT] 1:00 — Movie: Waterworld [Sci-Fi] 1:00 — Women's Soccer: New Zealand at United States [ESPN2] 2:00 — PGA Championship, Final Round, the good stuff [CBS] 2:00 — Nextel Cup: Centurion Boats at the Glen, Watkins Glen, New York [ESPN] 2:30 — Movi...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying out your homemade helicopter... • NFL Preseason: Browns 16, Chiefs 12. Charlie Frye won the coin toss, but not our hearts. • MLB: Angels 4, Twins 3. Maicer Izturis, so hot right now. • IRL: Tony Kanaan wins, Dario Franchitti goes airborne, Danica Patrick cuts a tire. Jus...
Side Effects Of Finasteride May Include Dizziness, Shortness Of Breath, And Suspension
Rick Guttormson had it all. Baseball talent, beautiful hair, a last name that rolls off the tongue, and the adoration of countless Japanese fan dancers. When the American Dream doesn't come through for someone, this is probably the next best thing. Then it all came crashing down in the form of a 20-...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the tower fan in the corner scans the room, quietly plotting its revenge... • IRL: Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway, 6:30 p.m. When you think about it, you never see open wheel cars on cinder blocks. [ESPN2] • Little League Baseball: Great Lakes Region final, Hamilton, OH vs. New Alb...
Sergio Garcia Struggles With Remedial Math
The Deadspin Comment Threadjackal System really works, because without it, I may have missed a goldmine unfold before our eyes. The world's foremost hard-luck PGA golfer, Sergio Garcia, was disqualilfied from the PGA Championship for signing his third round scorecard with an incorrect score. But he'...
Fox Sports Protects Us From The Horrors Of Boof
By now we're all deathly familiar with ESPN's travails trying to moderate comments with little ####ing success. And if ESPN opts not to be the bastion of uncensored response in user-generated content among network giants, where else do we turn? Fox Sports? Try again....
When Fantasy Owners Hold Closed-Door Meetings
• A casual fantasy baseball owner verbally rips his players new ones. [McSweeney's] • At least one SEC coach knows how to execute the perfect diving backflip. Too bad it's not Bobby Bowden. [Sports By Brooks] UPDATE: No, Bobby Bowden doesn't coach in the SEC. I couldn't think of any other overweight...