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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 ......
To Watch Tonight
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....
To Watch Tonight
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.)...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch now that you have a little freakin' peace and quiet ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Peter "Zucchini Bread" Manfredo Jr. vs. David "Mary Poppins" Banks, at Ledyard, Conn. [ESPN2] • College baseball: World Series, at Omaha, Oregon State vs. UC Irvine. When the Beavers meet the 'Eaters...
Police Make It Rain On Pac Man
So much for Pac Man Jones just being an innocent bystander in that strip club shooting ... he's been formally charged with two counts of felony coercion....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while the new White Stripes melts your face off • College baseball: World Series, at Omaha, UC Irvine vs. Arizona State. ZOT! [ESPN2] • Golf: CVS/pharmacy Charity Classic, final round, at Barrington, R.I. We could go on about this, but it doesn't have anything to do with Tiger's baby, ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after posting bail for God ... • MLB: Boston at Atlanta. This just doesn't seem right somehow. [ESPN] • Arena Football: Chicago at Colorado. Kyle Moore-Brown has been in the AFL for 13 years? That seems like a very long time. [ESPN2] • College baseball: World Series, Arizona State vs. ...
Quite A Year So Far For Ejections
As Braves manager Bobby Cox inches closer to the all time ejections record, One More Dying Quail takes a look at all the ejections in baseball so far this year. Some fun tidbits:...
Surely, President Bush's Favorite Day Of The Year
Occasionally, when President Bush meets a sports team that has won a title, it means something. When the Red Sox visited after winning the World Series in 2004, not only was it a historic victory, but it also allowed Curt Schilling — who had campaigned heavily for Bush after the Red Sox won — to rec...
You Know, You Think You Know A Guy
One would think that, after all that's gone down with him over the past year or so, Pac Man Jones would steer clear of the following things:...
To Watch Tonight...
7:00, ESPN2. College Baseball. NCAA World Series. Teams TBA. Actually, the teams have probably already BA. And if you care, you probably already know. Sorry. 8:00, ESPN. MLB. Mets @ Yankees. It's Hernandez vs. Wang in the rubber match. 9:00, NFL Network. NFL Football Follies. You can always, always ...
To Watch Tonight...
• 8:00, TNT. Movie. Remember the Titans. If you want to play football on this team, you will answer me when I ask you who's your daddy. Who's your daddy, Gary? Who's your daddy? • 7:00, ESPN. College Baseball. NCAA World Series, Game 4: Cal State Fullerton vs. Oregon State. The Beavers are going to ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch from the comfort of your giant toilet ... • Boxing: Super middleweights, Lucian "I Love Big" Bute vs. Sakio "Super Happy Fun Time" Bika, at Montreal. [ESPN2] • College World Series: North Carolina vs. Mississippi State. F### everything, we're live-blogging this one. [ESPN2] • Golf: U.S...
MLB Reminds You That It Owns The Rights To Richie Sexson's Batting Average
Now that Bud Selig has this steroids problem completely under control, he's turning his lawyers loose on the real enemy: Unlicensed fantasy baseball leagues. We eagerly await the first major enforcement incident. We see police shouting instructions into a house through a bullhorn, followed by a paun...