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So What's On The Menu, Baby?
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after colliding with a suspected llama ... • MLB: Houston at Milwaukee (8 p.m., ET). CC Sabathia tries to extend Brewers' sellout streak to 16 games. [ESPN2] • NFL: Preseason, Cleveland at New York Giants (8 p.m., ET). We want Quinn! We want Quinn! [ESPN] • Olympics: Gymnastics, Indivi...
Removing Vowels Make Comments Appear to Be Written in Bulgarian
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, Commenting Guru Rob Iracane will write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week. Mr. Iracane, co-proprietor of the brilliant Walkoff Walk , is also the guy who approves comments a...
Phelps' Facebook Page, Brett The Jet And Reggie Bush Hurdling Grown Men
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
Got Any Tips, Mister?
Hey. I'm Josh Zerkle. Most of you probably know me as Monday Morning Punter from Kissing Suzy Kolber. I also help out here on occasion, and I even did some stuff over here as well. I'll be running the show over here for the weekend. Some of you already know what I bring to the table. The rest of you...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch with your new, hairy houseguest ... • Boxing: Tony Thompson vs. Ishmail Arvin, at Washington, (9 p.m., ET). You can watch boxing all night. Nirvana. [ESPN2] • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa. (8 p.m., ET). Any arms that aren't dead by now? [ESPN] • MLB: Chica...
Beijing Opening Ceremony Performers And American Astronauts Have Much In Common
Say, remember those Opening Ceremonies from Beijing the other night? Pretty awesome, right? There was a globe! And glowsticks! And a scrim! And all kinds of crazy shit! As we now know, many of the elements from the ceremony were faked (or as fake as something involving a staged presentation can be)...
Forget Michael Phelps, We're All Manly Enough (Or Womanly Enough) To Watch Some Gymnastics Right? Right?!
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while staying out of the ocean ... • Olympics: Men's volleyball, USA vs. Bulgaria (8 p.m., ET); Beach volleyball, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, U.S., vs. Liesbeth Von Breedam and Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (9 p.m., ET). Due to a leaky roof, the men's game will be played outdoors as w...
Costas And Carillo Try Scorpion, Woody Paige Is Creepy And Ocho Cinco Has Lost It
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after carving Olympic symbols into your child's head ... • Boxing: Light middleweights, Joel Julio vs. Jose Varela, at Hollywood, Fla. (9 p.m., ET). I'm wearing a mouthpiece while I watch this, and no one can stop me. [ESPN2] • MLB: Texas at Boston (7 p.m., ET). You mean they have pitc...
So, This Is What It Looks Like When Your Elbow Decides To Quit On You
The horrific video of Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's elbow dislocation has been pulled from YouTube apparently, but I'm sure there are some more floating around.(Like after the jump.) Lucky for everyone who just could not stand watching the thing, the Daily Mail has all the dislocation shot...
Manny's Prostate, The Sawx Win A High Scoring Affair And Phelps Picks Up Two More
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after riding your 3,000-pound stingray ... • Little League Softball: World Series, semifinals, teams TBA, at Portland, Ore. (7 and 9:30 p.m., ET). ESPN must be stopped. [ESPN2] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Atlanta (7 p.m., ET). Just not the same without Harry and Skip. [WGN] • Olympics: Boxi...
Mike Nadel Keeps His Erin Andrews Takedown Fame Afloat For One More Day
Mike Nadel has had an interesting couple of weeks after his feisty Erin Andrews column made the rounds and became the nexus of debate for both female and male sports reporters across the country. That type of traction on a story is something most sports columnists would probably cut off their chubby...
Stu Scott: Born On The Street And Hard As Hootie
Fresh off this year's Jimmy V Classic post-event celebration in Raleigh, N.C, Stu Scott and some other famous, not-so-famous and ubiquitous "celebrities" sauntered out into the night for a karaoke croon-fest like no other. Scott was the star, though, unleashing a set of pipes that show why he's des...
The Rodgers Era Begins In Green Bay, Adande's Facebook Page And Michael Phelps Is A Machine
Each weekday morning Awful Announcing, video slash and grab extraordinaire of the sports blogosphere, gives us a visual rundown of everything you missed from the night before. If there's something sports-related you'd like to see with your coffee, shoot him an e-mail and let him know....
To Watch Tonight ...
When your name is Almighty Supremebeing Allah, you probably shouldn't be caught with cocaine in your car ... • Little League Baseball: Mid-Atlantic regional final, teams TBA, at Bristol, Conn. (8 p.m., ET). You've never heard of smores? You're killing me, Smalls! [ESPN2] • MLB: Philadelphia at Los A...
Sean Salisbury Has Finally Conquered His Fear Of The Internet
There have been numerous stories about what Sean Salisbury's been up to since his unfortunate dismissal from ESPN last winter: He's been sulking quietly at home; he's been popping up at random football camps; he's just been hanging out doing his Salisbury-thing, embracing his new found freedom to c...
Did The White Sox Just Win The Central?
So the White Sox lost Jose Contreras for the season on Saturday in a loss to Boston, falling out of first in the Central. That made Sunday's contest somewhat more than your run-of-the-mill game. And Chicago's 6-5, come-from-behind win over the Red Sox just may have put them back into first place for...