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Leftovers: Smart People On The NBA
• Malcolm Gladwell points out that basketball statistics tell you more than you thought you knew. Or something. We liked the story about the dog whisperer. [The New Yorker] • Mets fans are feeling pretty cocky after their weekend series. [Mets Are Better Than Sex] • Ozzie Smith and Tony LaRussa are ...

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• Here's a hip Muhammad Ali song, if you're into a blues-y, horns-y type of groove. By a guy named Cory Branan. [The Hell You Say]...

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• So, a rugby guy gets suspended for a positive drug test, and most people see to think it was the yayo. He's 31 years old. He and a scout believe that he has a future in the National Football League. In related news, I believe I will one day dunk on Dikembe Mutombo. [Armchair GM]...

Leftovers: Don't Let Him Drive Into The Sunset
• Longtime coach Eddie Sutton all set to retire. [ESPN] • Your early season Win Shares leaders. [Hardball Times] • Joey Harrington ... unleashed! [The Sports Frog] • What's it like to have a business meeting with Ron Artest? This is pretty much what we imagined. [Bad Idea Blue Jeans]...

Leftovers: Those Youngs Are Awfully Angry Folks
• Tigers' Dmitri Young charged with domestic violence. [Detroit Free Press] • It's Vijay Singh's Sex Tips For Girls. [Utter Wonder] • Yankees fans and Red Sox fans apparently remember experiences somewhat differently. [Harvard Gazette] • The marketing director of Applebee's has resigned. "Just sit r...

Leftovers: Plunking Barry
• Inside the night of the guy who kept trying to hit Barry Bonds. [ESPN] • What's funnier than Larry Brown and Isiah Thomas playing a game of chicken? Not much, really. [New York Daily News] • Inside the mind of Steve Nash's cat. [The Mighty MJD] • So BadJocks has officially gone dog nutty over hazi...

Leftovers: CSI: Big Unit
• So, seriously, what IS going on with Randy Johnson? [SI.com] • Uh, Reggie Bush's hamstring is all right, right? Right? [Rotowire] • What would have happened to Steve Nash, had he not been a basketball player. [SPIN] • Minor league team responds to asshead who sued over not receiving free tote bag ...

Leftovers: All The Best Football Is In Canada
• As has been mentioned, nothing could be more fun than a Ricky Williams-Marcus "New Mexico" Vick backfield. And look! Eric Crouch is on that team too! [San Jose Mercury News] • You know, you have to be pretty fired up for hockey to boo the Canadian national anthem. [Sportsnet] • Clearly, Fred Smoot...

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• I know what you're wondering: which NFL quarterback/running back tandems would make the best partners in a buddy cop movie? Here are the NFC East and NFC North. And yes, Clinton Portis and Mark Brunell are very strong contenders. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team]...

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• "Shaq, how would Chewbacca defend you in the post?" Shaq answers, and Shaq does not disappoint. And Dan LeBatard really, really, likes to talk. [SporTech Matter]...

Leftovers: Is Yadier Molina A Better Hitter Than You?
• Introducing the newest statistical category: Value Above Regular Person. [Inside STL] • Italian soccer caught up in a nasty match-fixing scandal. [IHT] • Now THIS is a devoted Clippers fan. [Los Angeles Times] • Bernie Kosar is going through a bit of a messy divorce. [Cleveland Plain-Dealer] • Oh ...

Leftovers: Whither The Three-Bagger?
• Is nobody hitting triples anymore? [Hardball Times] • Duke, Gonzaga to meet at the Garden next year. [SI.com] • Heh. Some guy is suing, saying he was discriminated against by not receiving the free gate gift for those 18 and under. We love earth. [Los Angeles Times] • Floyd Patterson dies at the a...

Leftovers: One Broke Red Wing
• Darren McCarty is not so good with the cash. [Detroit Free Press] • An opposing viewpoint on "Bonds On Bonds." [WSJ.com] • An in-depth look at the USA World Cup team, complete with profanity. [Noobsports] • Time for NASCAR bikinis. We guess this makes sense. [USA Today] • An impassioned defense of...

Leftovers: More Money In Chicago And Boston
• Extensions, extensions, extensions, for a couple of very big baseball players. [BartCop] • Is LenDale White tanking his workouts on purpose? [Dave's Football Blog] • Big national trivia tournament — original home of Ken Jennings, "Jeopardy" Mormon at large — finishes its big tournament. [NAQT] • "...

Leftovers: Replacement Umps?
• Umpiring trouble in the minor leagues. [Toledo Blade] • We're not sure why anyone would want a press pass anyway, but MLB continues to refuse them to just about anyone who writes online. [Denver Sports Zone] • Jeffrey Meier is turning out to be quite the ballplayer. [Wesleyan Athletics] • Duke lac...

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• 21 reasons for a Buffalo Bills fan to think it's just not worth it anymore. [ForwardProgress.org]...

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• Thin, blonde, figure-skater... you know you'd hit it. [news-press.com]...

Leftovers: A Joyride From The Past
• The alleged victim in the Duke lacrosse case has a brush with the law in her past, when she took a cab driver's car for a "joyride" while under the influence of alcohol. Some say it brings up questions about her credibility, but we think it has as much to do with whether or not she was raped as th...

Leftovers: Bonds (And Only Bonds) On Bonds
• Well, we probably could have seen this coming: "Bonds On Bonds" not actually improving on the ratings of whatever what on that channel before. [USA Today] • Somehow, we always knew Tom Lehman would end up involved in a drive-by shooting. [KTVU] • The Cardinals have this all figured out: Raise tick...

Leftovers: Nationals Are Kicking Out The Gays
• As if they hadn't had enough problems with the upcoming Washington baseball stadium, now it looks like it's going to shut down all the gay bars. [Gridskipper] • Yep: This is exactly what everyone was like in our fantasy draft. For the record, we're "the Ken Griffey Jr. guy." [Cracked] • Check out ...