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Your Brewers-Cardinals, Weather-Permitting Game Three Open Thread
Tonight, Yovani Gallardo of the Brewers will face off against fake-ass Chris Carpenter of the Cardinals in a NLCS tied at one a piece. Gallardo isn't very good against the Cardinals, per a St. Louis newspaper and numbers. Meanwhile, Carpenter "has had hiccups" against the Brewers, per a Milwaukee n...

Your Rangers-Tigers Game Four Open Thread
The Rangers were up 2-0 on Detroit in the ALCS, cruising to the World Series yet again, until they slammed full-speed into the immovable force that is Doug Fister's right arm. Hi-ya, the Tigers swung that momentum, your local sports columnist probably wrote....

Your Rangers-Tigers ALCS Game Three Open Thread
The ALCS arrives in Detroit tonight with the Texas Rangers up 2-0 on the hometown Tigers. Colby Lewis (postseason: 1-0, 1.50 ERA) is pitching for the Rangers; Doug Fister (1-1, 6.52) for the Tigers. But, Lewis had problems with the Tigers this year, and Fister notched a big win over the Rangers, so...

Semi-Sentient Mammals Of The NFC North: Your <i>Monday Night Football</i> Open Thread
Cutler! Stafford! Suh! Urlacher! And a cast of 102 other players, many of them memorable in their own right. It's Bears/Lions on ESPN, with Detroit trying to keep pace with Green Bay, and Chicago merely trying to stay above water....

Your Cardinals-Brewers NLCS Game Two Open Thread
At least baseball had a rainout excuse when it came to the unfortunate-for-ratings start time of this afternoon's Tigers-Rangers affair. It has nowhere to hide when it comes to tonight's next installment of the NLCS, which will attempt to compete directly for eyeballs with Monday Night Football—and...

Your Tigers-Rangers ALCS Game Two Open Thread
OK, so this is a four o'clock championship series game on a Monday—essentially anathema to everyone but Phil Mushnick. But that's what happens when it rains. The game will probably preempt local Maury and Steve Wilkos Show telecasts. Joe Buck will be stuck with his smallest audience since two weeks ...

THIS Guy?! Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
The final game of the day. Always a bit of a bummer, unless you happen to be a Jets fan, in which case football no longer exists. ...

Your Rangers-Tigers ALCS Game Two Open Thread
So, the Rangers got all the runs they needed off the Tigers' Cy Young Award (soon to be) winning ace before a rain delay last night. You're supposed to win at home, but still, that's a big home win. Even if every win — whether home or away — is big this time of year, as everybody who has ever playe...

Rex Ryan Got Into The Hall Of Fame Before Bill Belichick: Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend. Come inside, come inside. ...

Your Cardinals-Brewers NLCS Game One Open Thread
The Brewers and Cardinals faced off 18 times during the regular season, with each team winning nine. Since Aug. 30, though, the Cardinals took five of six. That stat matters....

Todd Haley Face Beats Peyton Manning Face: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Week five. I hope you are all as despondent as I am. If not, you will be. You. Will be. As always, please join us down below for fun and games. ...

Your Rangers-Tigers Game One Open Thread
The AL (Eastless) Championship Series gets underway tonight. C.J. Wilson takes the home mound for the Texas Rangers (16-7, 2.94); Justin Verlander pitches for the visiting Detroit Tigers (24-5, 2.40). Enjoy....

Your College Football Night Games Open Thread
The network game: Ohio State at No. 14 Nebraska (ABC, 8 p.m.). The 7 and 7:30 p.m. cable games: Vanderbilt at No. 2 Alabama (ESPNU); Colorado at No. 7 Stanford (Versus); No. 15 Auburn at No. 10 Arkansas (ESPN); No. 12 Michigan at Northwestern (Big Ten Network); and No. 24 Texas A&M at Texas Tech (F...

Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
Florida visits LSU today. No. 17 (with a freshman QB) vs. No. 1....

Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
It's Red River Rivalry time on ABC as No. 3 Oklahoma faces No. 11 Texas in Dallas. That should be fun. Also in the noon-12:30 p.m. range: Maryland at No. 13 Georgia Tech (ESPNU); Connecticut at No. 16 West Virginia (ESPN3); Kentucky at No. 18 South Carolina (SEC Network); and No. 23 Florida State a...

Your Cardinals-Phillies Elimination Game Open Thread
Baseball! Baseball! Baseball! We've got two games this afternoon/night, both on TBS, and their outcomes will have another outcome, as these things tend to: We'll know who's in the National League Championship Series. Better still, we'll know whether the Editor Emeritus will get hit by a 90-mile-per-...

Your Phillies-Cardinals And Brewers-Diamondbacks Open Thread
The Phillies are up 2-0 in the second inning in St. Louis (sorry for being tardy), and the Brewers could knock the D-Backs out of contention in Phoenix at 9:37 Eastern. Join us here to talk your shit....

Your Yankees-Tigers And Brewers-Diamondbacks Open Thread
If the Yankees and/or Diamondbacks win tonight, their series is tied 2-2/down 2-1. If the Yankees and/or Diamondbacks lose tonight, the Yankees and/or Diamondbacks go home losers. It's really that simple....

Your Rangers-Rays And Phillies-Cardinals Open Thread
A full slate of the MLB playoffs is just about to get underway, with four games going all afternoon and well into the evening. Up first is Texas-Tampa Bay in Game 4 of the ALDS, with Matt Harrison going against Jeremy Hellickson. At 5 (EDT), Philly's Cole Hamels takes on St. Louis' Jaime Garcia at ...

Your Hank Williams Jr.-Free Colts-Buccaneers Open Thread
Do your Monday Night Football nasty, everyone. There are Colts, and there are Buccaneers, and these teams are playing one another on ESPN at 8:30 p.m. EDT. Yes, there is playoff baseball on the television, and perhaps that is more enrapturing, but this is much more fun to gamble on. Plus, Curtis Pai...