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About Last Night
What you missed while mowing the front lawn with scissors ... • College baseball: No ants for you! Oregon State 7, UC Irvine 1. • MLB: Sammy Sosa hits No. 600, pending results of your analysis. • MLS: Just a glorified Crew ... Columbus over Kansas City 2-1, like we had to tell you....
Tim Floyd Likes Them Young
Since not every recruit can be OJ Mayo and just show up at your doorstep, USC coach Tim Floyd has had to get creative over the last two years. So, for the second season in a row, he has offered a full scholarship to an eighth grader....
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What you missed due to the mop fight ... • MLB: It's Twins! Mets fall 9-0, decide to disband. • College baseball: OK, who else is rooting for an Anteaters, Beavers final? • Tennis: There are some who call me ... Tim. Henman advances at Nottingham Open....
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What you missed while playing the German version of Wii Hole In One golf ... wait, what did it say on the screen? • MLB: Giants lose (we didn't even have to type that; just "right-click," "paste," as usual). • College baseball: Ward, I'm worried about the Beavers ... OSU's 12-6 win over Arizona Stat...
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What you missed while entertaining your octopus ... • MLB: They've got the blues ... Padres 11, Cubs 3. • Golf: Today Tiger Woods, tomorrow the Falklands! Angel Cabrera wins U.S. Open. • Tennis: Shazam, Andy! Roddick wins fourth Queen's Club title....
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• MLB. White Sox 6, Pirates 1. Mark Buehrle pitched well, and for a change, other White Sox did various other things well, too. • Arena Football. Dallas Desperados 67, NY Dragons 13. Thirteen points in an Arena game? I've got to believe that Tom Walsh was involved. • WNBA. Minnesota Lynx 83, Los Ang...
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• MLB. Rangers 7, Reds 6. Sammy Sosa's 599th home run dramatically lifts the Rangers to just 17 games under .500. • WNBA. Chicago Sky 73, New York Liberty 66. Having already equaled their win total from last year, the Chicago Sky are neither blue nor falling. • MLB. Mets 2, Yankees 0. Sooner or late...
We're Apparently Going To The Wrong Bars
You might have heard about Jeff Adams, the world-class wheelchair athlete who claimed a woman placed cocaine in his mouth, and that's why he later failed a drug test. (This inspired WBRS Sports Blog to note "it really makes you wonder what kind of person would forcibly put cocaine into the mouth of ...
What Will Be The Major Sports Story This Time Next Year?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
About Last Night
What you missed while shooting a brisk 110 holes of golf ... • NBA: The San Antonio Spurs' fourth world title in nine seasons, as told to Fyodor Dostoyevsky. • MLB: The tempest that is the Chicago Cubs. • Tennis: After further review, Roddick advances in London....
How Mark McGwire Will Get You On Jury Duty
Part of our job is to bring you the best links we can from around the Web, highlighting all the talented people doing amazing things simply because they love it. But the site we think might be the best, and the one we read more religiously than any other, is Viva El Birdos. We don't link it that oft...
A Requiem For Bad Moon's Money
For months now, we've been trying to figure out why, during our exhibition football game against Andre Rison and Kordell Stewart, Rison felt obliged to hug us. We felt we had competed hard, but not quite worthy of a hug. We thought maybe Andre was just lonely. Maybe he missed Left Eye?...
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What you missed while mourning the death of Mr. Wizard ... • NBA: What, they're stopping after three quarters now? Spurs win 75-72 to go up 3-0 on Cavaliers in NBA Finals. • MLB: Justin time, I found you Justin time ... Verlander brings the no-hitter back to Detroit after 23 years. • Soccer: Ha! Tak...
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What you missed while folding prison laundry ... • MLB: Mariners Raul! ... Ibanez leads Seattle to fourth straight win. • College baseball: Fierce Beavers beat Wolverines, advance to CWS. • Soccer: As if you didn't know, Canada beats Haiti 2-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup Match....
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What you missed while trying to parallel park ... • MLB: Milagro Beanball War continues: Braves 5, Cubs 4. • Tennis: Nadal beats Federer for French Open title. Cue the Spanish National Anthem! • NBA: "Bring Out LeBroom," Spurs take 2-0 lead on Cavaliers....
Thank You, Deadspin, And Goodnight!
The past two days have been so much fun that they've reminded me of nothing if not... groin shots. One long string of groin shots. Now, I know this "too-hot-for-TV" beer ad has made the rounds, but — just like the genre was at the Springfield Film Festival — you simply can't get enough of it. I figu...
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What you missed while observing the eternal battle of evil between Count Chocula and Frankenberry ... • NBA: Well, that was unfortunate. Doesn't look like this is going to be much of a series, eh? • MLB: Dare we call them the "surging" Cubs? Chicago 2, Atlanta 1. • Golf: Everything you've ever wante...
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What you missed while being decidedly more awake today than yesterday ... • NHL: Mighty Impressive ... Ducks bring Lord Stanley to California. • MLB: He's the Hoff ... Trevor Hoffman and the 500 saves. • College softball: Ladies ... Taryne Mowatt pitches Wildcats to title....
Watch, Hoof, Watch!
You've sat through "The Sopranos," waiting for them to just settle the whole matter already so you can stop seeing ads for it. You ordered HBO for one reason only. And the night you've been waiting for is among us: It's the HBO Barbaro Documentary....
With Special "Look For Real Killers" Action!
This is going to sound morbid, but we've always wanted the opportunity to play as O.J. Simpson in a football video game. His combination of speed, power and downfield slashing action, we've always thought, would make us unstoppable. And, of course, deadly....