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Chris Cooley's Gonna Have A Hot Wife

And now, boys and girls, it's time for a love story. It may resemble one you yourself have encountered, except this one involves people prettier than you. It's a story we've all heard: boy meets girl, girl is a cheerleader, boy meets another cheerleader, girls lose jobs because of boy, boy wins back...

Because Romeo Crennel can't decide which of his Cleveland Browns should start at quarterback for the first preseason game, he'll do the noble thing: flip a coin. Maybe before the game, refs will decide who receives the ball first based on which team performed best at training camp. [Sox & Dawgs]...

Jon Miller Learns Carlos Lee Trivia The Hard Way

We can't always be on our "A" game every single weekend. (Lord knows I'm hoping that's true.) Sometimes the perfect storm of events jar one's concentration just enough to experience a near meltdown. In my case, the day was June 25, 2007. I had locked my keys in a rental car. But keeping it together ...

Titans To Pacman: You Shant Pretend Wrestle

When we last left our intrepid yet suspended NFL hero, which was yesterday, we were speculating the possibility of wrestlers exacting revenge on Pacman Jones for what one of Jones' lackeys did to a strip club bouncer-slash-wrestling hopeful. So either the Tennessee Titans are afraid something might ...

Everyone's favorite volatile, chubby golfer isn't exactly atop the leaderboard, meaning he can't treat himself to whiskey and poker. Yet he hasn't totally collapsed, meaning he can't drown his sorrows in whiskey and poker. He's just sort of inhabiting this mellow, scary middle ground. I like my John...

The Real Pennant Race Borders Lake Michigan

• Ha-Ha, My Win Cancels Out Your Win. Looks like the NL Central is the lone division that knows how to orchestrate a damn pennant race. The Chicago Cubs won 6-2 over the Colorado Rockies, and they remain just ½ game behind the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers also won, but with a smaller margin of vic...

Quite Exciting, This Television Magic

Already In Progress — PGA Championship, Third Round [TNT] 11:30 — Nextel Cup: Qualifying, Centurion Boats at the Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. [ESPN2] 12:00 — Little League: Midwest Region final, Rapid City, SD vs. Coon Rapids, MN [ESPN] 12:00 — Movie: Little Giants [ABC Family] 1:30 — WNBA: Indiana Feve...

About Last Night...

What you missed while browsing our nation's logoriffic suspects... • PGA Championship: Relative unknown Tiger Woods shoots a 62½ and almost makes history. • MLB: White Sox beat Mariners 5-3, as Bobby Jenks also nears history. • Preseason NFL: Rams beat Vikings 13-10, although nothing from this game ...

Bonds Brings Us Down, But Ankiel Lifts Us Up

• All the EPL you can handle. Remember to meet Mr. Hirshey this weekend for EPL opening weekend. • Bonds hit his damn homer already. • Rick Reilly ... shirtless! • It's always fun when Irish pick up prostitutes. • Remember to join the Deadspin Pants Party College Pick 'Em Pool. • Duck! Jay Mohr's ba...

Try as they might, John Thompson and David Falk can't get anyone to call Ball State racists. [The Big Lead]...

To Watch Tonight

What to watch after both your father and your son get arrested on "Cops" ... • Boxing: Heavyweights, Terry "Cloth" Smith vs. Rob "Petrie" Calloway, at Springfield, Mo. [ESPN2] • MLB: Atlanta at Philadelphia. This had better not interfere with the Bill Engvall Show. [TBS] • NFL: Buffalo at New Orlean...

Of the five most expensive college football tickets this year, four of them involve Notre Dame. Ball State at Illinois is not among the top 10. Log's Blog]...

Welcome Back, Lil Penny

There's a bunch more right here, by the way....

He's A LumberJax And He's OK

Now you, too, can have a career in professional lacrosse. Just marry the owner! It's easy, and will result in absolutely no ribbing in the team locker room for years to come....

Who's The Next Punter To Attempt To Kill Off His Competition?

AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

Red, It Took Us 16 Years To Get Here. You Play Us, And I'll Give Ya The Best We Got.

You're better than any player we ever had. And you're the best God damn hitter we ever saw. Suit up....

A sumo wrestling story that is bigger than Barry Bonds in every way (except for the head). [CNews]...

For One Magical Evening, The Great Potato Caper Lives Again

Time once again to root around in the world of minor league baseball with Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise!...

Ripken, Representing AMERICA

• Cal Ripken is now literally a diplomat. [Lion In Oil] • Someone voted for Duke in the college football Top 25 polls. [Mac Gs World] • Action stars, and the two-minute drill. [Deadly Hippos] • Why do high school baseball players get to have agents? [The Feed] • The intense demand for bobbleheads ne...

NFL Season Preview: Denver Broncos

Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....