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Cultural Oddsmaker: Bryant Gumbel's Burden
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email to let him know what you think of him....

He Can Eat 50 Eggs
He was smiling... That's right. You know, that, that Carl Monday smile of his. He had it on his face right to the very end. Hell, if they didn't know it 'fore, they could tell right then that they weren't a-gonna beat him. That old Carl smile. Oh, Carl. He was some boy. Cool Hand Carl. Hell, he's a ...

Hall Of Fame Nominees, The Day After
After witnessing, in slack-jawed awe, the truly beautiful thing that has been Deadspin Hall of Fame nomination post, we stand before you, at full attention, with the sharpest possible salute we can muster. That was so much fun to be a part of that the actual Hall of Fame almost seems redundant....

Blogdome: Helping A Sun Devil Out
• It's your Arizona State coaching aid. [The M Zone] • So, how did that Mirabelli trade turn out for the Red Sox? [Red Sox Stats Guy] • Forget your subway series, Mets. [The Bleacher Report] • The Phillies are not nice to their groundskeeper. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Sorry, ESPN: We know you don't reall...

NFL Season Preview: Buffalo Bills
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people paintin...

Our Near-Cameo In The Lesbian Cheerleader Non-Trial
It was just last November that Renee Thomas and Angela Keathley, the Carolina Panthers cheerleaders, were arrested after their little bathroom escapade. In January and March, Keathley and Thomas, respectively, pled out to avoid jailtime and agree not to make money off the case. (Hence, no Playboy sp...

The Lastings Milledge Ho-Down
We've had several people ask us this morning: Hey, how about those Cardinals? Actually, a few variations on the them, a 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould type of thing....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. USC DE Lawrence Jackson: Wasn't this headline unnecessarily harsh? • 3 p.m. Fantasy FB Injury Report: Terrell Owens re-injured his hamstring, and I'm not feeling so hot myself. • 3 p.m. Cal DB Daymeion Hughes: Hey, did you hear ...

But When You Get Down To It, Isn't Every Night K-Fed Night?
Whenever baseball fans are asked who they would most like to see honored at a minor league ballpark, the answer inevitably rings out: Kevin Federline! Well, the Fresno Grizzlies have heard your desperate pleas: Get ready for K-Fed Night, as Mr. Spears himself — a Fresno native — will be the focus ...

Albert Belle Can Now Only Stalk His Cellmate
Yesterday, Albert Belle, after being arrested and charged with stalking, pled guilty yesterday and will serve 90 days in jail. He has already served 29 of those, which means he has 61 left, though we bet Belle has added wrong....

"You Get To Hit Somebody And You See Them Fall Over"
Considering how it went last time we brought this up, we are extremely hesitant to do it again ... and as we do so, we remind you that this woman — girl, actually — is 16 years old and should probably be considered that way ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while realizing that pretty much anything you do today will be a letdown from yesterday ... • Daunte's Inferno: Panthers beat Dolphins 19-10 in NFL exhibition. • MLB: Vanilla Hose 5 1/2 back after 10-0 win over El Tigres. • World Basketball: U.S. humiliates small western African repu...

Your Hans Moleman Special
Because we have a busy day tomorrow, and because of Josh Levin's amusing "America's Funniest Home Videos" piece on Slate, and because we're blown away by the 300-plus (and counting!) brilliant comments on the last story, we happily reward you with one of life's basic, most human pleasures. Enjoy....

Introducing The Deadspin Hall Of Fame
As disconcerting as it might be to consider or even comprehend, our little Hall of Justice here at Deadspin is not yet one year old. We started up the day before the NFL season began last year. We are completely bewildered as to how to feel about our upcoming one-year birthday: It both seems ridicul...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as raccoons make a videotape of your captured dog ... • Little League World Series: USA semifinal, Portsmouth, N.H., vs. Columbus, Ga., at Williamsport, Pa. Since they're apparently cracking down on coaches hitting their players, there's little reason for us to watch. [ESPN] • MLB: St....

NFL Season Preview: Washington Redskins
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...

Leftovers: Goodbye, Senegal
• OK, we're gonna try real hard to get fired up for the basketball world championships now. [True Hoop] • Oh, it's not good to taunt Scott Boras. [ESPN] • In celebration of Julio Franco's birthday yesterday, here's a look at how he did each birthday game since he started. [High And Inside] • What wi...

The Padres Very Much Value Your Patronage
You know those annoying updates you get from MLB.com all the time, which pretty much come without mercy anytime you buy a ticket online, like, ever. (We're still getting Phillies emails once a week because we went to a game there three years ago.) We always assumed those emails were sent out by prog...

What Tiger Will Be Up To In Five Years
We don't get into Tiger Woods much around — except to make fun of his facial expressions — mainly because Tiger Woods is, by both design and nature, an intensely boring, robotic character. He wins, and he wins again, and he breaks into a recognizable human emotion every couple of years. This is not ...