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Week In Deadspin: What The Fungus??!!
• Jeez, lady, just hush already. • It was very sunny in Philadelphia last Sunday. • A tragedy in New York. • Soccer's Buckner. • Maybe the Vikings will spend their off week on a band bus. • Albert Pujols, enjoying the hometown product in a visually disturbing way. • So this is why Brett Favre won'...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after observing Jim Rockford run afoul of the local authorites once again ... • College football: Pittsburgh at Central Florida. We're not familiar with either of these teams this season ... but ESPN would never schedule it if they weren't good. Right? [ESPN] • MLB: American League Cha...
We'd Love To See Schilling And A-Rod In The Cockfighting Arena
While rooting around the world's strangest billionaire creation today, we came across this mock ad for a Red Sox-Yankees game on ESPN — apparently, its makers wanted it to be bought by a network somewhere, but had no luck — and we were immediately charmed. Frankly, all sports should be cockfighting....
Leftovers: Bad Day For Illinois Basketball
• Top recruit Eric Gordon breaks oral committment to Illini and heads to Indiana. Commence screaming. [Chicago Tribune] • Some guy simulated a tournament involving all Division I-A and I-AA football teams. His champion? Tennessee. [Bracketmaker] • Why blogs, specifically NBA blogs, are important. [D...
It's The Vikings' Bye Week!
Not sure if you noticed or not, but the Minnesota Vikings have a bye this week. And we all know what that means!...
Cultural Oddsmaker: The Gottfried Mask
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
We Love Hitmen: No Matter What You Do To Them, You Don't Feel Bad
The night's as hot as hell. It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. We're staring at a goddess. She's telling us she wants us. We're not going to waste one more minute wondering how we've gotten this lucky. She smells like angels ought to smell, the perfect woman ... the Goddess. Goldie. ...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Atlanta Hawks
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 begin the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Blogdome: Out With The Pink Hats!
• Time to finally get ride of the pink Red Sox hats. [Keep Your Sox On] • An interview with perhaps the next ESPN Page 2 writer. [The Big Lead] • Why does Temple even have a football team? [Sports Montage] • Could the Yankees actually hurt agents? [I Want To Be A Sports Agent] • It's pretty likely J...
Behold The Glory That Is Gilbert
In case you had any doubt that Wizards superstar Gilbert Arenas is the most subtly weirdo human in sports right now, DC Sports Bog invites you to check out this month's Esquire interview with Agent Zero himself. The level of pure oddity is pretty much off the charts. Some highlights, culled from DC ...
Cory Lidle: Enough Already?
Some of you may be a bit weary of Cory Lidle coverage by now, and if that's the case, you are sympatico with Planet Haystack. The Maryland-based blog, as always, has a slightly different, definitely un-P.C. take on the entire affair. An excerpt:...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NFC East with Chuck Knox Jr.: Is it true that when you played Frisbee with your dad, you walked it back and forth to each other instead of throwing it? • 1:30 p.m. Duke's Josh McRoberts: Just looking at your point totals against ...
Ethan Albright Is In Fact Able To Walk Upright
As Madden 07 obsessives know, Washington Redskins lineman and ginger kid Ethan Albright is the lowest-rated player in the game, with a rating that barely gives him enough aptitude to stand up and walk in something resembling a straight line. We have wondered if Albright knows about this, or cares, a...
Some Fans Are, Well, "Special"
Sure, you might, on the surface, think that the University of Tennessee calling a boisterous fan at home and asking her to shut the hell up is over the top, rude and all together unacceptable. But, then again, you haven't actually heard her....
Playoff Blogdome: Cardinals at Mets, Game One
Canvassing the blogs on the Mets' 2-0 win over the Cardinals in Game One of the NLCS:...
Everywhere One Looks, It's Beltran
Yesterday, we talked about the 2004 National League Championship Series between the Cardinals and Astros, and how it was the best series we had ever seen. We, stupidly, did not mention the words "Carlos Beltran," which was odd, considering the guy showed up in our nightmares for months afterwards. (...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while painting a tunnel entrance onto a boulder to fool the Roadrunner ... • MLB: That happened fast ... we mean, that really escalated: Glavine, Beltran, Mets get off on good foot vs. Cardinals in NLCS Game 1. • College football: Boston College 22, Va. Tech 3. Steve Aponavicius: Kno...
All Right, Weaver, Put Down The Smokes And Let's Go
The weather reports appear to be clear as one could reasonably hope for this evening, so it looks like the Cardinals and Mets are finally going to kick off their NLCS, with Jeff Weaver taking on a now very rested Tom Glavine. Because of the rainout, the series is going with five games in five days, ...
To Watch Tonight
What to finish watching before attending to your severed hand ... • MLB: National League Championship Series, St. Louis at New York Mets, Game 1. A sad time, but New Yorkers soldier on, as they always do. Except when it's raining. We hate that. [Fox] • Auto racing: NASCAR Nextel Cup, pole qualifying...
Thank Heavens He Doesn't Play For Colombia
So yesterday was a key Euro 2008 soccer qualifier between Croatia and England, everyone all fired up, everything second counting ... and then goalie Paul Robinson made the mistake of his life....