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Come See Rick Reilly Make Armpit Noises
We've encouraged you to come to the Varsity Letters Reading Series in New York before, but if you come to tonight's endeavor, you'll be in for a special treat. (Depending on how you define "special.") The headlining reader is Sports Illustrated columnist/stand-up comic Rick Reilly. (Donald Evans and...
Protect Your Jewels, Macaulay!
Our childhood obsession with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is well documented, to be sure. But exactly how would we have been scarred if we had somehow stumbled onto this version? The mind reels....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while helping Jamison Stone stalk his next kill ... • MLB: It's almost as if Alex Rodriguez is telling the world %$#! You! Yankees 7, White Sox 3. • Tennis: An American No Longer In Paris ... Serena booed, ousted by Justine Henin. • Women's softball: College World Series, Arizona bea...
It's Tough To Pass A Grenade Off Your Head
We're now eight hours in on this project, and we'll say this: We're about to pull the same stunt on our television that these soccer fans almost did after their team lost last week....
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What you missed while looking for a phone booth ... • NHL: Duck Tales ... the Stanley Cup is one win from coming to California. Woooo! • MLB: It goes to 11 ... Mark Ellis hits for cycle as A's beat Red Sox in extra innings. • Motor Sports: Bang the Brake Drum Slowly ... Bill France Jr., RIP....
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What you missed while holed up in the attic, waiting the apocalypse ... • MLB: Lou Piniella watches on TV as Cubs beat Braves, 10-1. • Motor Sports: We love it when chicks fight guys in the pit. • Golf: Thank you, Obi-Wan Nicklaus. K.J. Choi wins Memorial....
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• NBA Playoffs. Cavs 98, Pistons 82. I don't think Rasheed Wallace is taking this well. • MLB. Padres 11, Nationals 3. Justin Germano refuses to lose. Ever. • NHL. Senators 5, Mighty Ducks 3. Candadian pride might yet be salvaged....
You Say 'Monster Pig,' I Say 'Fred'
I could be wrong about this, but I think hunters would be less likely to thoughtlessly pump bullets into animals if they knew they had names. For instance, that giant pig that the 11-year-old killed? Would it have been so easy to pull the trigger (9 times) if the enormous animal had been wearing a n...
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• MLB. Yankees 9, Red Sox 5. Good news: Game 1 of the series, and we've already had 5 beanballs and 2 ejections. • Arena Football. Desperados 59, Soul 56. Desperado has finally come to his senses, it appears. • WNBA. Liberty 70, Lynx 60. Minnesota's 0-6, and I'm sure you know this, but that's the th...
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What you missed while frogging ... • MLB: Well, of course Bonds didn't hit a homer in the Giants' loss to the Mets. The clubhouse was too hot! • Tennis: Venus Williams bids France adieu. • NBA: LeBron, the number 48, and the Cavaliers up 3-2 on the Pistons....
Hog Kid Gets Swiftboated ... We Suppose It Was Inevitable
The legend of Hogzilla II ... was it all a hoax? Did 11-year-old Jamison Stone really down a 1,000-pound feral pig in the Alabama woods, or was he home watching The Andy Griffith Show that day? As a couple of commenters pointed out yesterday, the size of said pig may have been via Photoshop. And in ...
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What you missed while observing your sea monkeys ... • NHL: Senators, give in to the Dark Side you knobs. Ducks take 2-0 lead. • NBA: No team with baby-blue uniforms will ever win an NBA title ... not on our watch. Spurs oust Jazz, 109-84. • MLB: Randy Johnson — totally wearing 49ers colors these da...
Of Hogs And Men
Shooting a giant wild hog: Is it sport, or murder? We figured that it would only be a matter of hours before our young hog hunter, Jamison Stone, began receiving hate mail. We just didn't know the letters would be so entertaining....
Kobe Bryant, All About The DRAMA
We have a hard time firing ourselves up about front-office intrigue, mainly because it's usually just people posturing about money and "respect" and all kinds of silliness. But we have been enjoying this Kobe Bryant and the Lakers business, if just because it's not every day that a guy who was once ...
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What you missed while battling Gamera ... • NBA: Dan-iel Gi-b-son? Cavaliers even series with Pistons 2-all. • MLB: Balk this way ... give it up ladies and gentlemen for Giants reliever Armando Benitez! Mets 5. Giants 4. • Tennis: Roddick now free to sample all the exotic cheeses he wants....
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What you missed while enjoying the new side of Darth Vader... • NBA: Spurs lead Jazz 91-79 after three quarters in their ... wait, what? That's a final? • NHL: Year of the Duck ... Anaheim takes 1-0 lead over Senators. • MLB: Milestone for the Braves! No, Cox wasn't ejected; it was Jones' 350th home...
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• NBA: Jazz 109, Spurs 83. And to think, I ridiculed their t-shirts. My apologies. • MLS: Wizards 4, Revolution 3. And it's a hat trick for Eddie Johnson. That guy's a wizard. • MLB: Padres 6, Brewers 3. Justin Germano: 4 starts, 3 wins, 1.08 ERA....
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• MLB. Red Sox 10, Rangers 6. Matsuzaka left after five innings due to what Terry Francona describes as "the most covered case of intestinal turmoil ever." • WNBA. Mercery 111, Comets 85. I guess every basketball team in Phoenix scores a lot of points. • AFL. Blaze 65, Predators 62. Lookin' good, Jo...
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What you missed while checking the dictionary for spelling errors ... • NBA: OK, LeBron took the shot this time! Now what? Pistons go up on Cavaliers 2-0. • MLB: Back to the Future ... Smoltz, Braves beat Mets, Glavine 2-1. • Motor Sports: Hello ... Newman. Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch give Penske Racing...
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What you missed while, as an old R.E.M. fan, getting obsessed with this site ... • MLB: Oliver! Perez denies Braves extra gruel yet again, leading Mets to 3-0 win. • NFL: Keyshawn Johnson retires to work on ESPN catchphrases. • MLB: It's Magglio Ordonez time! Tigers snap Angels' six-game win streak....