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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...

Sorry, Cuz
• Ron Mexico's cousin apologizes for all the trouble. [Daily Press] • MLS fans are better soccer fans than you think they are. [Guardian UK] • Pat Burrell kills the Mets, and no one else. [Gowanus Baseball] • Seriously, what the heck is the problem with Mike Brown? [Winning The Turnover Battle] • At...

Heads Up!
• Rob Lowe hates Iowa and its goddamned birds. [Randball] • This guy is not the best principal; he's definitely not your pal. [NBC6] • Mark Cuban has lots of opinions. [Freaknomics Blog] • This man is rather boastful of his Tecmo Bowl skills. [Tecmo Bowl] • Perhaps everyone should settle a bit about...

To Watch Tonight
What you'll watch once you get to The Winchester ... • College softball: World Series, championship series, Game 3, Tennessee vs. Arizona, at Oklahoma City. One run to rule them all. [ESPN2] • MLB: Philadelphia at New York Mets. Danny DeVito, NOOO! [ESPN] • NHL: Stanley Cup Finals, Ottawa at Anaheim...

Blowing Up In Charlotte
• Goodbye to The Hive. [The Jaunt] • Of all the things to fight over in a divorce, why Braves tickets? [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] • The Nationals have a lot of nerve raising those ticket prices. [My Brain Says Rage] • Using betting lines to find the best team in the National League. [Vegas Watch...

The Comeback Guy Comes Back
• Welcome back, Josh Hamilton. [Red Reporter] • You know, a flag football team made up of suspended players would be rather imposing. [The Sports Oasis] • Why it's important to remember defense when you make baseball trades. [Sportszilla] • Bill Laimbeer coaches some crackheads. [New York Times] • S...

Gotta Support The Team
• Oregon State coaches are just handing out kidneys. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • More people trying to figure out Drew Gooden's hair. [Styledash] • Which sportswriters are overrated, and which are underrated? [Doberman Demeanor] • Who will hold out after the MLB draft? [I Want To Be A Sports Ag...

Hooray For American Soccer!
• Pretty bad-ass performance by our soccer team yesterday. [That's On Point] • Last night's Daniel Gibson breakout was not a surprise. [Breaking the Press] • Get some of those Goodyear Tires with the aqua channel things, and race, pussies. [TSN] • Duck defenseman Chris Pronger is suspended for Game ...

Travel Tips From An ESPN Producer
• A freelance producer who did work for ESPN shouldn't have taken that lighter on the plane. Or the drugs. Or the child porn. [KUTV Video Library] • Bobby Martin, who played high school football despite his lack of legs, is aiming to make the Arena or Canadian Football league. [Gelf Magazine] • Migh...

Mike And Mike Weren't So Bad, Actually
• Your complete Spelling Bee roundup. [Daily Sports Haiku] • About the other guy in the Armando Benitez trade. [Say Hey] • Do not steal the parking boot. [Loser With Socks] • Sidney Crosby, Penguins captain. [PopJocks] • Roy Jones Jr. likes his cocks to fight. [Steroid Nation]...

A Young Beckham, We Guess
• David Beckham's passport photo. [The Big Lead] • Ozzie Guillen, ready for his own firing again. [Foul Balls] • Are Cubs fans giving up? [Wrigleyville23] • Doesn't it seem like there should be more "Ian"s in baseball? Yeah, us neither. [The Feed]...

Tank Likes The Jerky
• Strange: Tank Johnson doesn't eat all that healthy. [Foul Balls] • The guy who homered of Roger Clemens in a minor league talks about how awesome it was. [Bugs And Cranks] • Look, the NFLPA remembered it is supposed to represent players. [The Tennessean] • Jason Giambi is a disingenuous fellow. [E...

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....