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Heath Shuler Will Always Be Heath Shuler
• Heath Shuler, still bad at sports. [Roll Call] • Rod Beck, what a closer should be. [Signal To Noise] • How the WWE screwed up the Chris Benoit "tribute." [Simon On Sports] • Today's Happy Gilmore moment. [Fox News] • Bulls not going after Kobe. [SI.com]...
Whither Wrigley?
• About that whole impending Cubs purchase. [Fortune] • Marion Jones has no money. [The Sports Elitists] • Who broke up Dustin McGowan's no hitter yesterday? How about The Mighty MJD? [Cousings Of Ron Mexico] • Bill Simmons is wrong: Lots of people enjoyed the NHL Draft. [German Village Media] • The...
Filling Your Need For Construda
• Laurence Maroney just keeps bringing the Kool-Aid. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton beat up Diego Corrales last night. [Rumors and Rants] • Meet the dickweed who yells "It's in the hole!" after every shot at a golf tournament. [JoeSportsFan] • Mark Messier, honored for his ability...
Tank Johnson Stays In Character
• Really, Tank Johnson? Really? [Sports Oasis] • Watch Justin Morneau bruise his lung. [Lion in Oil] • Bill Simmons, as much as he loves the NBA Draft, has made some really bad calls. Which makes him like a lot of NBA GMs. [The Realests] • The odd travails of that guy who tried to break the world tr...
Grumbling About ESPN
• Joe Theismann is not happy with ESPN ... [Metro Boston] • ... but this guy is REALLY not happy. [The Big Lead] • This punter be badass. [WBRS Sports Blog] • Bud Harrelson is grouchy. [One More Dying Quail] • Making it rain keeps going mainstream. [College Gameballs]...
The College World Series, DIRTY
• Ah, the ole' porn names game. Love it. [extrapolater] • Brian Urlacher has had it up to here with your RULES. [Foul Balls] • One should always smoke weed before a big game. [Kentucky.com] • Nike ads in Asia. [Deuce Of Davenport] • Everyone's being traded! [The Basketball Jones]...
Nice Try, Mike
• Mike Conley thinks he's name-dropped in a new hip-hop song. We're not so sure. [Bad Idea Blue Jeans] • Latrell Sprewell's lawsuit against the New York Post is thrown out of court. [Law.com] • About that Michael Barrett trade. [Rumors And Rants] • Who has the easiest college football schedule? [Ker...
Not A Coach, But He Played One On TV
We happily welcome Reggie Theus, mustached oiled man of mystery, back to the NBA, thanks to his new gig as head coach of the Sacramento Kings. Theus, of course, is probably more famous for his modeling and thespian work than his coaching, though he did bring New Mexico State to the NCAA tournament l...
People ... Vince McMahon Is Not Dead
• Heavens ... it's not too difficult to "fool" WWE fans. [CNBC] • Robinson Cano, ambulance chaser. [New York Times] • Brits, THIS is how football works. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • The Devil Rays manager is a fan of the Buzzsaw. Figures. [Arizona Republic] • Alexi Lalas somewhat overstates the importanc...
Nice Shades, Papi
• David Ortiz receives strange gifts for Father's Day. [Red Sox Monster] • Packers in a bar fight! [SI.com] • Kevin Millar is somewhat fiery. [The Angry T] • This baseball card tournament has been quite amusing. [Babes Love Baseball] • U.S. soccer has enough problems with their uniforms. [Slate] • H...
Brett Hull, We Hardly Knew Ye
• NBC has apparently let Brett Hull go ... yeah, he was the reason for the low ratings. Of course, it also seems entirely possible that they just couldn't afford to pay him. [Barry Melrose Rocks] • Former Houston Oiler Sean Jones is a real dick. [Money Players] • Mark Cuban ... doing just fine these...
Roman Colon Sounds So Unpleasant
• Solid headline for a blog entry: "We had righteous grass until the Police showed up." [Athletics Nation] • Damon Jones has a huge impact on the NBA ... gamblers. [Just Call Me Juice] • Antonio Alfonseca appears to be kind of awesome. [Bugs and Cranks] • Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing Larry Brown tak...
Never Too Early For Soccer
• The EPL schedule is out. [Being Sven] • An interview with Amanda Beard. [This Suit Is Not Black] • The Red Sox miss Orlando Cabrera. [Fire Brand Of The American League] • Some steroid troubles in the MMA world. [Stiff Drinks] • Nick Saban, not making friends. [SI.com]...
Lookin' Sharp!
• Mike Nolan's suit is enough to almost make us want to root for the 49ers this year. [With Leather] • Goodbye, Sal. Goodbye. [The 700 Level] • Haiti's soccer team tries to defect. [This Is American Soccer] • Wait, you can sell season tickets for a franchise you don't own? [The Star] • Bill Simmons ...
Watch The Felt
• Snooker players, fighting. Fun! [Deuce Of Davenport] • Just to remind you, Ankiel's still hitting the crap out of the ball. [Memphis Commercial Appeal] • Placido Polanco, with whom we share a birthday, is atop the AL second basemen in All-Star voting. [MLB.com] • Darren Rovell explains what it mea...
One Eager Eagle
• Boy, Donovan McNabb is back on the practice field fast. Is this a good thing? [Melblog] • Has Shaun Rogers been out gropin'? [FanNation] • The Hearst Corporation wants some steroid names, and it wants them now. [New York Times] • A Page 2 ode to our man Rick Ankiel. [A.M. Jump] • Matt Leinart has ...
There Is Such A Thing As Too Much Sports Cream
• Apparently you have to be careful with your Ben Gay. [ESPN] • ESPN really loves themselves some Patriots. [The Big Lead] • More fun with Julian Tavarez. [The Smittblog] • The umpires in baseball might be out of control again. [Out Of Right Field] • Well, somebody's into the MLS, anyway. [Informati...
The Weekend's Big Winner, a Top 5 Ballot
As the weekend rolls to a close - and with newfound, mind-eroding respect for both MJD and Will for their work in these here parts - I find myself completely immersed in thinking back over this weekend. Here are the winners that stand out for me:...
Roger Goodell's MySpace Page
• Roger Goodell's MySpace page [Joe Sportsfan] • Lewis Hamilton: F1's Tiger? [The F-1 Blog] • More fun with LOLSports [Dear Mr. Supercomputer] • Niedermayer vs. Selanne: In Hotness [SportSquee] • A couple Jeff Weaver converts [Enjoy the Enjoyment] • Kobe Bryant gets Mantle book treatment [LA Observe...
The Ben-Gay Tragedy and More
• H.S. track star dies of Ben-Gay O.D. [NY Post] • Is Clemens bad for Baseball? [Shakedown Sports] • Bee King O'Dorney is o-r-n-e-r-y [Say Hey] • What was Schilling thinking as no-no went no-no? [Ghosts of Wayne Fontes] • About that "creamy" Homer Bailey... [Homer Bailey Facts • Jose Reyes' "Spanish...