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Where's The Love For Jered Weaver?
The headline on SI.com this morning reads, Weaver-Mania hits LA. As well it should: Jered Weaver won his seventh straight start on Sunday for the Angels ... that's seven career starts, and seven wins. Not since Fernando Valenzuela started 8-0 as a rookie for the Dodgers in 1981 has something like ...
Stephen A. Fesses Up
Well, there's finally some closure in the whole Stephen A. Smith/Dusty Baker/Cubs blogs/hey-how'd-WE-get-involved-in-this? situation from last week. If you'll recall, Cubs manager Dusty Baker cancelled his appearance on "Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith" because a staffer encouraged people to b...
The Closer: Can't Anyone Follow A Simple $%#&%! Order?
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Finally, YouTube Of Monday-Cooper, Part II
We know, it's a week-and-a-half old now, but we never did get a hold of YouTube of the gripping finale of the Carl Monday-Mike Cooper saga, and it has been nagging us, since we this whole thing started from YouTube anyway....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while making out with Calamity Jane ... • Motor Sports: Denny Hamlin overcomes a black flag (is that like a red card?) to win Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway; and look ... a fight! • MLB: Vernon Wells helps Blue Jays administer a good ol' country beating on Yankees, 13-5. • Tennis...
The Haka Scares Me
That is the Haka of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby team. I don't know how the Australians fared on that particular day, but if I played on an opposing team, and I saw those guys doing that dance, I would run like hell in the opposite direction while screaming about my plans for immedia...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies. Two sub-.500 NL teams that actually have an outside chance at a wildcard. Eh, it's better than the ESPYs. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie. Codebreakers. Once again... there is nothing on tonight. 8:00, ESPN Classic. • USL Soccer. Whoever's in charge of naming USL t...
A Subtle Statement On The Evolutionary State Of Poker Players?
I've gotten a few tips about this Mikey the Chimpanzee who's apparently going to be entered in the World Seris of Poker's main event. There's some lady who travels with him, and has "trained him" to play "poker."...
LeftoverDome...
• Yahoo! Sports evidently has a hit out on Tiger Woods' wife. [Yahoo! Sports] via [NBX Sports] • A five-step program to make yourself an MLS fan. Admirable. Bit of a pipe dream, maybe... but admirable. [SoccerNista] • Why the paucity of Jews in sports? Rivalfish investigates. [Rivalfish] • Bill Beli...
Today In The Premiership...
• Ruud Van Nistelrooy liked Germany so much that he wants to go back. Ruud wants his next season to be with Bayern Munich of the German Budesliga. Real Madrid had previously made a bid to acquire Van Niistelrooy, but it was rejected by Manchester United. I'm not ruling out the possibility that the...
A Bengal Gets The Taser
In their ongoing quest to become Blazers East, the Cincinnati Bengals have seen another member of their football team get arrested. And DT Matthias Askew has done it in grand style, somehow managing to get tasered after a parking violation. I am applauding politely....
Reggie Bush Doesn't Care About Black People
Because the people of New Orleans haven't been through enough, Reggie Bush and his agent are threatening to sit out the season and re-enter the 2007 NFL Draft. Saints training camp opens up on Thursday, and Bush isn't likely to be there. He might stop by for a quick photo op, but he won't actuall...
Tiger Woods Wins One For Earl
It's hard to muster up too much sarcasm after Tiger's victory at Royal Liverpool this morning. He tapped in for par on the 18th to secure his 11th professional major, gave a primal fist pump, and then broke down crying in his caddie's arms, thinking surely of how his father wouldn't be there to gi...
Floyd Cruises
It was Floyd Landis, as expected, rolling to victory in the Tour de France. Thor Hushovd won the final stage, which earns him not much more than a hearty pat on the back. It's Floyd who will sip the victory champagne, maybe for the first time in his life. That's a guess. Floyd just looks like a g...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
8:00, ABC. Golf. British Open, Final Round. You can still catch a few holes of Tiger breaking out whoopin' stick if you hurry. 1:30, ESPN. IndyCar. ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt 225. Well, if nothing else, President Bush approves. You're doin' a heckuva job, Indy. 2:00, TNT. NASCAR. Nextel Cup, Pennsylva...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Padres 3, Giants 4. The Giants have now assumed the presitgious position of NL West leader....
Over The Line? Yes, I'd Say So
There's a sporting event going on in San Diego this weekend that's described here in the LA Times as "a beer-fueled nudity fest." It's a tournament for a game called "Over-the-Line," which is kind of like softball, but weird. The rules state that... ah, who am I kidding, you haven't been able to c...
To Watch Tonight...
• Movie. The Rookie. Man, there's really nothing on tonight. 8:00, ABC. • Soccer. FA Archives. Manchester United vs. Tottenham Hotspur. It's an old game, but I bet you don't know who won. 8:00, FSC • Boxing. Baldomir vs. Gatti. You might also see a replay Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas, if you're ...
Vlade Looks To Avoid Contact
A link in a previous Blogdome went to this post at To the People about Vlade Divac's noble interest in purchasing a heretofore government-controlled newspaper in Belgrade. That is not going to be happening now. Why? Well, mainly because Vlade Divac doesn't want to be killed. Vlade made this sorta ...
Jose Canseco Gets Familiar With Chico Police
You can take Jose Canseco out of the big leagues, but you can't take the big league out of Jose Canseco. Just hours after his victory in the Golden Baseball League's home run derby, Jose Canseco was involved in some kind of an incident with a woman outside of an Oxford Suites hotel room. No one wa...