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The Daily Closer: Red Pinstripes In Morning, NL Take Warning
Notes from a day in baseball:...

Waiting Patiently For Art Modell To Die
I know this is perverse, but I can't quite decide just how perverse. Actually, I probably know, but choose not to acknowledge it, because I also find it amusing....

To Watch Tonight...
• College Football. Kentucky @ Louisville. I think the winner should be awarded a lifesize, bronze, Rick Pitino. 8:00, ESPN. • MLB Baseball. Angels @ Tigers. The Tigers haven't been on Sunday Night Baseball since 2000. 8:00, ESPN2. • NASCAR. Nextel Cup, Sony HD 500. Most people will be watching in s...

To Watch Tonight...
• Tennis. US Open, Men's @ Women's, Third Round. Or, whatever they decide to show in the event of a rain delay. 7:00, USA. • College Football. BYU @ Arizona. Get ready for some hot Mormon action. 10:15, TBS. • College Football. Notre Dame @ Georgia Tech. Hopefully, Brady Quinn's sister can pull hers...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as, for some reason, the cat seems to be missing and the dog is wearing a bib ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Allan Green vs. Emmett Linton, at Tulsa. Cut me, Mick! [ESPN2] • College football: Nevada at Fresno State. Now we're talkin'. Think we'll see some offense? [ESPN] • MLB: Atl...

This Book Costs More Than Most People's Yearly Salary
How much do you think you would pay for the greatest book in the world? We're talking about the definitive book on the planet, one that would somehow combine what every other book you've ever read has done for you, change your life, maybe even take out the trash from time to time. How much would y...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as a grassroots effort begins to bring new support to the lagging Barbaro HOF campaign ... • College football: South Carolina at Mississippi State. Remember Bulldogs fans, Dean Wormer says there will be no fun of any kind! [ESPN] • MLB: San Francisco at Atlanta. Our homer friends in th...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after police return your enormous burrito ... • MLB: Detroit at New York Yankees. A preview of the ALCS (oops, did we say that out loud?) [ESPN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, men's first and women's second round, at New York. Oh Squeegee boy, you missed a spot ... [USA] • WNBA: Finals, Game 1, ...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Richardson prays to the antler gods for another season of Deadwood ... • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh. They have to play. It's the law. [WGN] • Tennis: U.S. Open, first round, at New York. Come watch the tournament that Al-Jazeera refuses to acknowledge. [USA] • Soccer: 2006 FIFA...

To Watch Tonight
What not to watch after living in parts of three centuries ... • Little League World Series: Championship, at Williamsport, Pa., Kawaguchi City, Japan vs. Columbus, Ga. Our 'Welcome, Japanese Overlords' sign is ready. [ESPN2] • MLB: Boston at Oakland. Which team will make more contact tonight? The G...

To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards look for the sweep. The Cubs are like those scrub college football teams that powerhouses schedule just because they want a cheap win. 8:00, ESPN. • MLS Soccer. Columbus Crew @ New England Revolution. There's no better way to spend your evening th...

The Media Creates $9,500 In Fines For Terrell Owens
No one involved wants to comment on it, but the Dallas Cowboys have finally fined Terrell Owens $9,500 for missing a team meeting, missing a rehab session, being late to an offensive meeting, and, according to Bill Parcells "being such a dick."...

To Watch Tonight...
• Little League Baseball. Mexico vs. Japan. The battle for the right to be the team that everyone in America roots against tomorrow. 8:00, ESPN. • WNBA. Sacramento Monarchs @ Los Angeles Sparks. I wonder if the Maloof brothers feel obligated to attend these things. 9:00, ESPN2. • NFL Preseason Footb...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch to avoid another one of those a troubling dreams involving Mr. Celery ... • MNF: Steelers vs. Eagles, preseason. We're sure the fans from both sides will be quite genteel. [ESPN] • Tennis: Pilot Pen Tournament, at New Haven, Conn. "I may be old, but I'm spry." [ESPN2] • MLB: Yankees at...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as raccoons make a videotape of your captured dog ... • Little League World Series: USA semifinal, Portsmouth, N.H., vs. Columbus, Ga., at Williamsport, Pa. Since they're apparently cracking down on coaches hitting their players, there's little reason for us to watch. [ESPN] • MLB: St....

Barlow Apologizes For Dropping H-Bomb On 49ers
You know, you can almost understand why an athlete would drop a Hitler reference so flippantly, without much thought. We mean, do you really think they have spent a lot of time studying the time frame? Do you really believe Kevan Barlow is like, "As a World War II scholar, I understand absolutely ...

To Watch Tonight
Come on, those chicken nachos aren't going to eat themselves ... • Little League World Series: U.S. semifinal, Illinois vs. Oregon. Who will earn the right to get humiliated by Japan? [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Detroit. Notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers [ESPN2] • Mot...

Drew Henson, Man Of Many Ugly Hats
Has there ever been an athlete more consistently overconsidered, for such an extended period of time, as Drew Henson? The guy has been all potential, zero performance; he's Ryan Leaf, except he did it in two sports ... and he wasn't very good in college either....

Willie McGinest, Logic Monolith
This picture of new Cleveland Browns defensive end Willie McGinest — by the way, did you realize where Browns training camp was? Berea! — shows him wearing No. 55, the number he has worn since he played for USC more than a decade ago....

The ULTIMATE Electrolyte Power Boost!
It has been a while since we have played any organized competitive athletics, so we're a little behind on all the latest innovations in the world of sports beverages meant to quench thirst and replenish, uh, fluids or something....