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Red Sox Don't Have The Required 15 Pieces Of Flair
What they're saying out there in "the creative underclass" about Cleveland's 3-1 lead over Boston in the American League Championship Series ......
It's True: The Red Sox Have Become The Yankees
The kewpie doll this morning goes to commenters Chad Sexington (who provided us with this wonderfully ironic photo (and this animated GIF) and, especially, Fiddling While Jim Rome Burns, who came up with a theory that just might explain what's happening to the Red Sox right now. He calls it The Keki...
About Last Night
What you missed while taking care of business, Scarlet Knights style ... • MLB: Manny flap helps Byrd, Indians to 3-1 ALCS lead. • NHL: No, Anze Kopitar is the real Purple Jesus! Kings 4, Wild 3. • NBA: Another day, another exhibition game flagrant foul ejection....
Behold The Wonder That Is Tim Wakefield
The man you see in this picture, about to knuckle that wildly bouncing arrow into the leg of the man standing next to him, is Tim Wakefield. He has been with the Red Sox since 1995 and has ridden all the postseason waves that have surrounded the team during that time. And tonight, he has to save th...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Cindy takes out the entire Brady family with a machete while they sleep ... • Boxing: Welterweights, Alfonso Gomez vs. Ben Tackie, at Carson, Calif. I opened a can of Whoopass, but it spilled all over the linoleum. [ESPN] • MLB: American League Championship Series, Game 4, Boston at...
She's Like The Biff From The Future!
We know this story's from a couple of weeks ago, but we're still rather entranced about it: The mother of a recent Kentucky Wildcats basketball recruit is a real, live prophet....
Frank TV, The Show We Hated A Month Before It Began
It's a sad day, folks: This is the end of our Frank TV advertisements. The NLCS ended too quickly; we felt like we were just getting to know young Frank Caliendo....
Look For The Large Wide Receiver At Your Door Today
You know how Pizza Hut offered to explain the importance of tipping to Lions wide receiver Roy Williams, a notorious avoider of the practice. Well, today, Roy Williams is doing his part to understand how the other 99 percent lives....
A Peek Inside Mike Holmgren's Genius
Enjoy The Enjoyment points out something that we missed yesterday: A closeup of Seattle coach Mike Holmgren's play-calling chart....
Kevin Johnson Has Little Use For Your Meat
Have you been wondering what former Phoenix Suns guard Kevin Johnson has been up to? We know we have! Well, we'd like you to sit down and write down 49,125 different guesses of how Kevin Johnson spends his time these days. We're gonna bet you don't come up with the right answer. (And we're sorry thi...
Meet Eric "Whizzer" Schnupp
The man you see here is Eric Schnupp, the offensive line coach for the Baylor Bears. Saturday afternoon was a rough one for Schnupp and his team; they lost 58-10 to undefeated Kansas. Fortunately, Schnupp was unfazed by the shellacking and found a way to inspire his troops....
The Super Bowl In England? Bollocks!
• The notion of having the Super Bowl in England just seems wrong. [Juiced Sports Blog] • The UFC fighters probably need a union, even if it will assuredly ruin everything you like about the UFC. [Chicks Heart Fights] • Watch out for those toothpicks on the football field. [Futon Report] • We might ...
This Week In The SSW
For years — OK, a couple of days — Slate writer Robert Weintraub has been tinkering with a concept called The SSW, short for "The Sean Salisbury Wisdom," which tracks the consensus of the football punditocracy to ensure those triumphant declarations from Friday aren't flushed down the memory hole on...