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Leftovers: That's All For Yzerman
• Saying goodbye to Stevie Y. [Detroit Free Press] • Who might take over for Bruce Arena as US Soccer's head honcho? [ESPN] • A Devil Rays fan wonders if the Red Sox have turned into Duke. [Rays Index] • Running down the NBA free agent pool. [SI.com]...
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• Germany's Lukas Podolski... is going to get laid. Paris Hilton is interested. [The Wade Blogs]...
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Since I merge the Blogdome and Leftovers into one happy little post on the weekends, I thought it should have it's own name. See what I did there? I merged the name, too....
Leftovers: Mariotti Continues To Not Do Himself Favors
• Jay Mariotti tells his tale of woe and bats up his arse sideways. [Chicago Reader] • Big Tour de France dopey scandal grips ... well, some French people, we guess. [Cycling News] • Lamar Odom's son dies in his crib. [Los Angeles Times] • We couldn't possibly be happier that The Mighty MJD has deci...
Leftovers: McNeeley Robs The High-Rent Places
• Peter McNeeley arrested for stealing from a Walgreen's. [DonChavez.com] • The inside story of Kerry Wood's labia repair. [Radosh.net] • Kent State says no more athletes on Facebook. To "protect them." Yep. [Daily Tech] • Some final thoughts on the draft. [Complete Sports] • So, how did the draft "...
Leftovers: Smell The Glove
• Gustavo Chacin's hairless cologne has now gone mainstream. [Fan 590] • The NBA is no longer with leather. [NBA.com] • This has nothing to do with sports, but when Axl Rose bites someone, we're going to mention it. It's who we are. [The Hater Nation] • Wintrop's coach heading to College of Charlest...
Leftovers: Losing Isiah?
• Isiah Thomas has one year to turn the Knicks around. What could possibly go wrong? [New York Post] • You don't think the NBA listens? Look, they're putting up ads for referees? [NBA.com] • The Weekly Standard takes on soccer. You can probably guess what happened next. [The Weekly Standard] • Hones...
Leftovers: The Math Of Penalty Kicks
• Inside the game theory (and randomness) of penalty kicks. [Slate] • "The Apprentice" is doing halftime shows at MLS games. Whom does this debase more: "The Apprentice," or MLS? [Reality Blurred] • NBA good guy: Andrei Kirilenko, who gives back to the community and gives one free pass a year from h...
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• Transcripts of the messages waiting for Shandon Anderson on his answering machine. Poor Karl Malone. [Zembla] • Fun facts about each of the 16 teams in the World Cup's knockout round. Did you know that a Swedish playwright once tried to kill himself by running repeatedly into a tree? [I Dislike Yo...
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• A great recap of a day spent watching Togo and France at the World Cup. Man, that sounds like fun. I gotta get to one of these World Cups. [The Third Leaf] • Superagent Scott Boras has convinced someone, somewhere, that he is in fact God. [Farther Off the Wall] • An argument for the lifetime ban o...
Leftovers: Til Death Do Us Root
• Get your favorite players face ... on your casket. [Eternal Image] • The French just won't leave this Lance Armstrong business alone. [Saved By The Blog] • Bill Plaschke, not exactly a soccer expert. [Fan's Attic] • Now this is a seriously pissed off junior high basketball player. [ABC News 49] • ...
Leftovers: Do Not Anger The Canadian
• The U.S. ambassador to Canada says hockey isn't the best sport. Man, the Canadians are pissed now! [National Post] • The St. Louis Blues have a new owner. And he's a buddy of Jim Dolan. AWESOME. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • A surprisingly funny Brewers commercial with Derrick Turnbow. [Brewers.com]...
Leftovers: Careful Of Nolan's Cattle
• Someone stole Nolan Ryan's cows. What? Did we read that right? [TMZ] • Bernie Kosar says he was a little wacky as a husband, but not a druggie. So you know. [Newsnet5] • Keith Hernandez, Mr. Hip! [Out Of Left Field] • It's drunk athletes as "The A Team," we think. [Gheorghe: The Blog]...
Leftovers: Anna The Author
• Anna Benson is writing a book. We assume it will be written in deer's blood. [GalleyCat] • Uh, is Jim Otto out of his mind? Actually, yeah: He pretty obviously is. [The Hater Nation] • To buy Dr. J's house ... you have to buy another house? [The 700 Level] • Jack Kemp, still not a soccer fan. [Tow...
Leftovers: Goodbye, KMOX
• What are the real effects of the Cardinals (and other teams) abandoning their old radio stations? [WSJ.com] • Michael Wilbon looks back at Len Bias, 20 years later. [Washington Post] • Calling bullshit on how Brazil is playing so far. [Sportolysis] • You know, Santonio Holmes is not endearing hims...
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• Hey, Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. To celebrate, here's a warm and fuzzy list of a list of the kids of current and former big leaguers playing in the minors today. [Inside Pitch]...
Leftovers: Baseball/Soccer Synergy...
• The unwritten rules of baseball, written. Had they done this a few days ago, they could've saved Sean Tracey a lot of aggravation. [action-squad]...
Leftovers: The End Of Tiger Stadium
• And, at last, they're finally taking down old Tiger Stadium. [Detroit Free Press] • Looks like Tiger's miss that thar cut. [US Open] • That A's mascot sure does have some nifty dance moves. [Oakland A's Days] • A Dumb American's guide to following the World Cup. [Deadly Hippos] • Hey, happy father...
Leftovers: Get Your Motor Runnin' ...
• Esteban Loaiza, getting his Redick on. [San Francisco Chronicle] • Sidney Ponson tried to steal a base last night. It didn't go well. [YouTube] • Groupies in the shower? Really? No! [The Big Lead] • A soldier in Iraq writes — quite well, we might add — about a baseball game in the desert. [Chicago...
Leftovers: Page Six Blows Our Mind
• Paris Hilton did a striptease for Eli Manning? What? [Page Six] • Those Red Sox, they sure do love their dog poop. [Boston Herald] • Dr. Z runs through forgotten injured quarterbacks from days past. [SI.com] • Wrigley Field ... wireless! [The 700 Level] • Anybody looking for some live World Cup au...