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God, We Hate The Buzzsaw
It is a sublime pleasure, TOTALLY, for a national audience to see just exactly what life is like as a fan of The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals. Jesus. Welcome to the desert, Matt....
Welcome To The NFL, Matty
Because everyone we talk to in St. Louis says it's been raining all day and is likely to rain all night, so we are less than optimistic that we'll see the NLCS Game 5 tonight. Therefore, we must receive our sporting fix tonight from Monday Night Football, or, as we like to call it, "Tony Kornheiser ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you lounge on the Beanbag Chair of Highly Questionable Taste ... • MLB: National League Championship Series, Game 5, New York Mets at St. Louis. Oh no, Lou Piniella's in the booth! No one's job is safe! Run! (Note: This game is unlikely to be played. Freaking rain.) [Fox] • NFL: Chi...
The Tigers Are Making The World A Better Place
OK, now that we have the floor, we, like pretty much everybody not from the Bay Area, were ecstatic to see the Detroit Tigers clinch their first World Series trip since 1984 over the weekend, in pretty much the most exciting way possible: A walk-off shot at home. We love the above Getty Images photo...
Leftovers: Lou Piniella Heads To Wrigley, Ken Macha Heads Home
• Please, don't mention anything about his ability to speak two languages. [Chicago Tribune] • Oh, and see ya, Muppet Macha. [San Francisco Chronicle] • After a nasty server outage at the worst possible time, Baseball Prospectus is back online. [Baseball Prospectus] • Duke's Greg Paulus hurts his fo...
Eric Byrnes' Hair Isn't The Problem: YOU ARE
So let's get this straight: Eric Byrnes shows up to the set of a national televised broadcast looking like this, and he thinks people aren't going to talk about how stupid he looks?...
Look, It's That Guy Who Invented The Wave! Let's Get Him!
So The Wave turned 25 years old on Sunday, and get this: Someone is actually taking credit for it. We've talked about this before, but George Henderson, aka Krazy George, lays claim to inventing the crowd participation novelty at an Athletics-Yankees playoff game in 1981, when he was Oakland's desig...
Trying To Make Sense Of Anything Involving Steve Lyons
MJD covered this over the weekend, but we really feel like we had to weigh in: We have absolutely no idea what was racist about what Steve Lyons was fired for saying during Friday's A's-Tigers broadcast....
Coming To You Live From The "Underground"
We make fun of ESPN a bit around here, but it's all in fun: We recognize that it's still the station that sports fans watch more than any other, mostly because of the healthy discourse and thought-provoking analysis of Colin Cowherd, Stephen A. Smith and John Kruk. They are open and forthright and d...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Orlando Magic
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Blogdome: Hey, Lou: Shut It
• Lou Holtz should be careful where he casts those stones. [Rants And Rumors] • When Kyle Korver and Nate Robinson fight, we all win. [Need4Sheed] • Sweet heavens, it's nice to have Wizznutzz back. [Wizznutzz] • The silencing of the Stephen Colbert hockey mascot. [microbano] • Scoop Jackson talks ab...
Juan Uribe Is Sensitive About His Jeep
Taking a page from the Ugueth Urbina playbook, it appears White Sox shortstop Jose Uribe and his brother Elipido got themselves in a little bit of trouble this weekend. The kind of trouble that features people shooting each other....
An Update On Commenting
A while back, we told you about our new commenting system, and how if you were not a registered commenter, you could submit a comment and if it met the standards set by The Commentist Manifesto, you'd be approved and your comments would start showing up....
Back To You In The Booth, Lamar
So it may not come as a surprise to anyone that more suspensions have come down following the steel cage match between the University of Miami and Florida International football teams on Saturday. A total of 31 players have been dinged — and must sit out their respective games this weekend — 18 from...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NCAA MBB with Andy Katz: In high school, you were always the guy who had his homework done ahead of time and often passed out while running the mile in P.E. Am I close? • 2 p.m. Panthers G Alex Auld: We'll try to keep this simple...
Hirshey: Don't Blame It On The Meds
Let's not beat around the bush: ARSENAL WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP. That is not a statement I imagined I would be making as recently as a month ago, and one that has absolutely nothing to do with the fistful of painkillers I'm required to take every day since tearing the miniscus in my left knee att...
NFL Roundup: Payton's Saints Run
News and notes from Week 6 in the NFL ......
Playoff Blogdome: NLCS, Game 4, Mets At Cardinals
Canvassing the blogs after New York's 12-5 win over St. Louis in Game 4 of the NLCS:...
This Morning, It Seems Like Everyone Is Named Carlos
As usual when we watch a playoff baseball game involving our beloved Cardinals, we spent the first four innings of last night's Mets-Cardinals NLCS Game 4 pacing around the room, muttering to ourselves, randomly spitting out expletives and all together looking like anything but someone engaging in a...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while falling into a burnin' ring of fire ... • MLB: National League Championship Series ... Hello, I'm Carlos, and I'll be your waiter this evening. Tonight our special is battered Cardinal. Our series is tied 2-2, so enjoy. • NFL: Denver's defense reaches milestone, but then it was...