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More Fun With Joe Morgan
Internet baseball fans never tired of making fun of ESPN baseball analyst Joe Morgan, and the crazy kids at Large Regular are no different. They offer up a mock conversation with Morgan about the release of the new Harry Potter book, clearly playing around with his noted "I haven't read Moneyball"...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch with binoculars on your neighbor's new plasma screen TV ... · Giants at Cubs. Dusty Baker sure glad he left that sinking ship. · Lincoln Financial Battle of The Bridges Golf Tournament. Or, Battle at the Bridges (ESPN describes it both ways). Anyway, Tiger Woods is on one of the bridge...
Those Partying Sabremetricians
Now, we're not saying that the sainted members of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) are complete dorks or anything, but witness these earth-scorching quotes from their announcement that the 2006 SABR convention will be held in Seattle....
Leftovers: Herrrrrrrrre's Jack!
· Will the last brain cell to leave Jack's head please turn out the lights: Nicholson bans Celtics gear from movie set. [Defamer] · U.S. barely beats tiny, monkey-infested nation for Gold Cup. [Sports Network] · Dalembert, 76ers to renew their vows. [Philly.com] · Ty Law will work for food, $1 signi...
Blogdom's Best: Phillies Will Make You Sick
News and Views From The Pocket Protected ... · It's official: Watching the Phillies is like getting knocked in the stomach. [Balls, Sticks & Stuff] · All you could possibly want to know about the new NHL rules. (And more, obviously.) [Off Wing Opinion] · Hockey now pricing opponents like baseball. G...
Today In Oddjack
What you're mising over at Oddjack, the site for both the discerning speculator and the degenerate gambler... Jonesing to lay some dough on the Devil Rays? Um, OK. Here's an excuse ... Odds that Lance Armstrong will now get a paper route: 15-1. Barry Zito, make my dreams come true....
Toe Rasslin'!
Many aspects of the World Toe Wrestling Championships, held last weekend in England, are hysterical. Here are a few:...
Blind Item Guessing Game: Sports Edition!
National radio DJ Ben Maller passes along this juicy tidbit:...
Robinson Boozes It Up At The Wrong Time. Again
We aren't one to talk about public drunkeness, but we still feel obliged to point out that when former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Koren Robinson decided to show up at his one-day jail sentence for a DUI conviction, well, he probably shouldn't have been drunk. Just a thought. The good news: Bei...
Today In MLB Blogs
Casting a wide net, MLB Blogs.com has recruited Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti to its stable of writers. We weren't quite sure what Alter Bridge was, so had to Google it (they used to be Creed). For those of you now looking up Creed, just skip this item entirely, OK? Attempting to mix profe...
We're Not Gonna Make A Joke ... We're Not Gonna Make A Joke ...
Italy won the Homeless World Cup yesterday. Good for them. (Ahem.) A proud victory. (Cough.) They've done their country proud. (Er, yes.) No reason for any other comment....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... ·Noon. MLB with Steve Phillips: This is Mets' General Manager Omar Minaya. Could you please return the office supplies? ·1 p.m. NCAA football with Trev Alberts: How good do my grades have to be in college so that I don't wind up analyzin...
Proving Once Again: Best-Selling Authors Are Morons
The book Freakonomics has become a mammoth bestseller, with its askew looks on just about every measure of economic analysis. As would have to inevitably happen, one of those askew looks ended up landing on baseball, specifically Michael Lewis' own bestseller Moneyball and the Oakland A's. Author St...
Who's The Worst ESPN Personality Of Them All?
The folks at BravesBeat are making the world a better place. They have created an official 64-man tournament bracket to decide who exactly the most loathsome ESPN personality is. It's a doozy of a bracket: No. 1 seeds include Stephen A. Smith, Chris Berman, Stuart Scott and Dick Vitale. (No. 2 see...
Schilling's Late Night At The ESPYs
There are all kinds of reasons to not get enough rest before a baseball game in which you are required to perform. Maybe you had a crying baby who woke up at inconvenient hours. Perhaps you're jetlagged from an overnighter to Colombia. It's possible that you just, lo, spent a little too much time ...
At Least He Hasn't Shown Up At Training Camp Yet
New Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones is a bit of a mystery to many NFLers; he has almost unnatural physical gifts, but no one is sure he will make the transition to the pro game. Fortunately, for only $350, you can answer the question about one section of his physical gifts: What's hi...
Oprah Winfrey, The New Lombardi
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson is notorious for being talented, brash and way-too-loud-mouthed. Kind of like Oprah! OK, not really, but Johnson confesses that the real point of his football career is to figure out a way to make it on Oprah's show. Johnson says:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while setting up the world's longest line of dominos ... oops. · Armstrong can now drink a margarita out of a different Tour de France trophy every day of the week. · Busch wins Pennsylvania 500, Wallace second after stopping for a family of ducks. · Ben Crane shoots 69 to win US Ban...
Leftovers: NHL, Players Hold Hands, Make Love
NHL players, owners officially engage in hot makeup sex. [NHL.com] You are not a Jedi yet: Creamer stomping Wei at LPGA Evian Masters. [Hawaii Channel] Selig to make ruling on Rogers, then duck quickly. [MLB.com] Dean Wormer gives Royals pitcher 10-day suspension. [Kansas City Star]...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as the Oompa Loompas do your household chores ... Dodgers at Mets. Jeff Weaver vs. Victor Zambrano for all the marb ... for, ah, third place in their respective divisions. PGA U.S. Bank Championships: "Gambling is illegal at Bushwood Sir, and I never slice. ... Damn!" Foot Fetish: NE R...