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What to watch as you pray for Roger Federer ... • Arena football: Wild-card playoffs, Orlando at Philadelphia. Philly football fans, indoors? Wow. We'll watch on TV, thanks. [ESPN] • Boxing: Cruiserweights Darnell "The Hobbit" Wilson vs. Emmanuel "Armchair Doily" Nwodo, at New York. [ESPN2] • Golf: ...
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What to watch when you're done riding your zebra horse ... • NBA: Draft, at New York. Kevin Durant ... come on down! [ESPN] • Soccer: MLS, Colorado at D.C. United. Apparently they frown on the jersey exchange among fans. [ESPN2] • Golf: Nationwide Tour, Peek'n Peak Classic, first round, at Findley L...
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What to watch as you brush your woolly mammoth ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Yusef (Easy) Mack vs. Jose Juan (Gone) Vasquez, at New York. [ESPN2] • MLB: St. Louis at New York Mets. This time, it's personal (not really). [ESPN] • MLB: Nationals at Braves. Bring me the head of Screech the Eagle. ...
What The Hell's Going On With This Redesign?
As you surely notice looking around the site, there's some massive design changes going on. (You'll notice that it looks suspiciously similar to Gawker.) We're not exactly sure how this is all gonna work either, and we're working through it ourselves, but let's try to explain what's going on and the...
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What to watch as you await Young Frankenstein, the musical ... • MLB: Colorado at Chicago Cubs. The barefoot guy tried to take the field, security refused to yield, do you recall what was revealed the day, the Rockies died. [WGN] • WNBA: New York at Sacramento. Liberty. Monarchs. We're getting the h...
It's Raining Boxers! Hallelujah!
This man is Kelvin Davis, an American heavyweight boxer who was schedule to fight in New Zealand in a couple of days. He was out running across a bridge as part of his training and suddenly felt threatened by the oncoming cars. So ... he jumped off the bridge. It didn't work out well....
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What to watch as the robots take over ... • MLB: St. Louis at New York Mets. The beer is on us! Literally! [ESPN2] • Arena Football: Dallas at Colorado. Here, they play football outdoors in the winter, and indoors in the summer. Sounds logical to us. [ESPN2] • MLB: Rangers at Tigers. By the power of...
China Insists That Boston And Philly Are Grand Places For The Chinese
The NBA Draft is now just three days away, and since everybody knows how the first two picks are going down, the main intrigue — other than the usual sartorial speculation — involves the three Florida players and Chinese mystery Yi Jianlian. He's either Dirk Nowitzki or Wang Zhi-Zhi, and he's either...
To Watch Tonight...
• 7:00, ESPN2. College Baseball. NCAA World Series, Game 2. Oregon State @ UNC. Oregon State, one win away from a national title. • 8:00, ESPN. MLB. Detroit Tigers @ Atlanta Braves. And with this, we put interleague play to bed. • 9:00, NBC. Friday Night Lights. I was so disappointed when Smash star...
Dustin McGowan Is Making Canada Happy
I don't know if it's possible to jinx these things with blog posts, but I'm going to go ahead and risk it: Blue Jays pitcher Dustin McGowan has a no-hitter going through 8 innings. Just one walk allowed, too....
To Watch Tonight...
• 7:00, ESPN. College Baseball. NCAA World Series Championship, Game 1. It's UNC vs. Oregon State. We get a few more days of Beaver puns. • 8:30, ESPN2. NASCAR Racing. Busch Series AT&T 250. Or, you could rent Talladega Nights. • 9:30, Fox Soccer. MLS. DC United @ Real Salt Lake. It's too bad Salt L...
If Nenad Krstic Wasn't Such A Sex Object, This Wouldn't Be Happening
The man just puts people in the mood for porno. And soon, Nets fans won't have to go far to satisfy their jones....
Way Less Charming Than Harold And Maude
There's a lot of track and field on TV today, but it's the boring kind. It's the kind where the female athletes are older than 16, and they aren't married to their 40-year-old track coaches. But don't worry, we've got that covered, too....
Pacman Jones Murders Pacman Jones' Dreadlocks
It always seems like the hair is the first casualty in the cleansing of one's image. Pacman Jones, seen there to your right, has not only washed the stripper glitter off of his face, but he's shorn his traditional dreadlocks. His agent says he was going for a more clean-cut, less dangerous image ......
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What to watch as you rake the living room ... • NHL: NHL draft, day 1, at Columbus, Ohio. We're in front of the TV until Monday. [Versus] • Motor sports: NASCAR Nextel Cup, Toyota/Save Mart 350, practice and pole qualifying, at Sonoma, Calif. We can never find a good parking place at these things. [...
Which Athlete Will Be The Next Gay Blog Obsession?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
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What to watch as Bell refuses to share his outline, calling you a pimp ... • College baseball: College World Series, at Omaha; North Carolina vs. Rice. Do owls have large talons? [ESPN] • Soccer: MLS, Chivas USA at Houston. Soccer, you have glanced off of the crossbar of our heart. [ESPN2] • Soccer:...
All The Big Stars Come Out To St. Louis
Texas Tech coach Bob Knight and "Arliss" — sorry: "Arli$$" — star Robert Wuhl were guests of Cards manager Tony La Russa during last night's brutal, nasty, hideously played 14-inning Cardinals-Royals game. (The Cardinals won, but it was not something they should be proud of.)...