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CC'S In Town, Arena League Coach Wigs Out, And Stu Scott Is Scared Of The Internet
(Ed. Note: The Gawker video bin is malfunctioning. That's why there was no video yesterday and why this one is appearing so late in the morning and via You Tube. Awful Announcing is still with us. Things should be running normally, ...soon? )...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch when bored with your collection of octopus porn ... • Arena football: Divisional playoffs, Cleveland at Georgia (8 p.m., ET). Wait ... who is that coming out of the tunnel? Is it Bernie Kosar? [ESPN2] • MLB: Minnesota at Boston (7 p.m., ET). I'll be watching Little Big League. [ESPN] •...
Jenn Sterger Fondly Remembers Erin Andrews When She Was Just An Attractive Nobody
Floridian Jenn Sterger, owner of the most popular cleavage in college football and budding something-or-other, appeared on"THE KILLER B's" ESPN 1470 (Tampa) Radio show and decided that her opinion about ESPN's sideline princess, Erin Andrews, was important and needed to be heard. Needless to say, St...
LenDale White Hates Tecmo Bowl, America
I'm a Titans fan so I was willing to overlook the man boobs, the Hershey's Kisses on the sideline, and even the plodding 3.467 yards per carry. But then, LenDale had to go and insult Tecmo Bowl....
Pester Ozzie Guillen Enough On E-mail And He Will Respond Accordingly
White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's verbal attacks on reporters, general managers, players, fans, and blow-up dolls are somewhat disturbing, if not highly entertaining for those of us who don't have to deal with them directly. But did you know you too can be eviscerated by Ozzie if you type with the a...
Examining The Balance Of Power In The AL East
I've been in a meat coma since The Fourth, and have only just seen this great moment from Friday's Yankees-Red Sox game. A couple of questions here, of course: What if the ball had stayed perched atop the fence, instead of falling back onto the field of play as it did? And what's the ruling if, say,...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you tearfully raise your fist with pride and chant "USA! USA!" ... • Major League Soccer: Houston at Real Salt Lake (10 p.m., ET). How to change the station without using my hands? [ESPN2] • Motor sports: NASCAR Sprint Cup, Coke Zero 400, practice, at Daytona Beach, Fla (4 p.m. and ...
Stu Scott's Well-Wishes Are Much Appreciated
Washington Post Bog maven Dan Steinberg once again caught up with everybody's favorite late night text-messager, Stu Scott, for a little chat about, oh, anything he could think of at the time....
Olympic Criminals Are No Match For The Chinese Scooter Police
You may think that you're a clever subversive, plotting to wreak mayhem at the Olympic Games. But you didn't count on the Glorious People's Scooter Police. Hands up, terrorist dogs! Hey, no fair fleeing over that slightly uneven terrain! Come back here!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after trading sex for gasoline ... • Boxing: Heavyweights, Brian Minto vs. John Poore, at Butler, Pa. (9 p.m., ET). I've never heard of these guys, so they must be good. [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at Tampa Bay (7 p.m., ET). This series is getting virtually no publicity. [ESPN] • Swimming: U...
Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley: Where Wife-Punching Pitchers Go To Die
Phillies opening day starter Brett Myers, has thrown his last high fastball up in the zone at the major league level for a little while. The Phillies, fed up with his putridity, have decided to send Myers down to the minors, in a last ditch effort to salvage his once formidable arm....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while bidding on a potato ... • Swimming: U.S. Olympic trials, at Omaha (8 p.m., ET). Katie Hoff > Aquaman. [USA] • MLB: Mets at Cardinals (8:15 p.m., ET). What fresh Hell for Mets' fans now? [SNY] [FSN] • MLB: Red Sox at Rays (7:10 p.m., ET). Joe Maddon controls space and time. [NESN]...
ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as a new era dawns ... • Arena Football League: Playoffs, wild-card round: Orlando at Cleveland (7 p.m., ET); Grand Rapids at Arizona (9:30 p.m., ET). Let's go on a Rampage! [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Mets at St. Louis (7 p.m., ET). Kyle Lohse goes for 10th win. Will goes for 11th jumbo p...
We Who Are About To Die Salute You
The Cubs really don't have a reasonable explanation as to why they suck so relatively badly on the road. The White Sox beat the Cubs 5-1 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep, the North side's eighth loss in the past 12 games. And here we see Mr. Kerry Wood trying to explain it, as you probably s...
From Cowboy To Commune To Caretaker
Until last season, Frank Clarke held the Cowboys' single-season receiving touchdown record. After being the team's first black star, he went onto become the first black sports TV anchor in the Dallas area and the first black NFL analyst on CBS. There were rumblings that he would run for political of...