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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as mankind prepares for the Potato Wars ... • Baseball: San Francisco at Atlanta. If we could get a Bobby Cox ejection during a Bonds home run, that would save endless time. [TBS] • NFL: Preseason, Miami at Kansas City. Yes, I have Brodie Croyle Fever. Why do you ask? [ESPN] • Tennis: ...
The Super Bowl Gets More SUPER
You might think that Richard Simmons hanging out with Howie Long and company is just an anomaly, a tiny bit of happenstance. But then again, you don't know who's hosting the pregame and halftime festivities for Fox at Super Bowl XLII....
Jason Grilli Is Pretty Sure He Has Fans
Any athlete with his own Web site has several options. He can be entirely weird and wonderful. He can speak blandly about this team and life As A Baseball Player. He can sporadically update and ask for charitable donations. Or he can just try to sell shit. Or, if you're Tigers pitcher Jason Grilli, ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you send your robot squirrel out to take care of the rattlesnake ... • MLB: Detroit at Cleveland [ESPN]; Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs. "He can't hit he can't hit he can't hit, Su-wing batter!" [WGN] • Tennis: ATP, Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, early round, at Cincinnati....
ESPN.com EIC Knows What The Kids Want
A couple of weeks ago, we helped rid you of the annoying video on the front page of ESPN.com. Well, good news: If you weren't able to figure out how to do that, new ESPN.com editor-in-chief Rob King is gonna take care of that for you....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch when you finally get out of the safe ... • MLB: Twins at Mariners. [Fox Sports Northwest] • MLB: Tigers at Indians. [Sports Time Ohio] • Little League softball: World Series, semifinals, at Portland, Ore. You know you're totally down. [ESPN2]...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you use the remote left-handed for tonight only ... • MLB: Houston at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers need a mascot. Come on, make Lasorda earn his pay. [ESPN2] • NFL: Preseason, Denver at San Francisco. Wait, the 49ers have the better quarterback here? Weird. [ESPN] • Little Leagu...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after putting the final touches on your re-make of Elie Wiesel's "Night" starring Pokémon characters... • MLB: Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies, 8 p.m. In preparation, Jon Miller will receive a piece of paper with the names of all the players, and what team they play for. [ESPN]...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the tower fan in the corner scans the room, quietly plotting its revenge... • IRL: Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway, 6:30 p.m. When you think about it, you never see open wheel cars on cinder blocks. [ESPN2] • Little League Baseball: Great Lakes Region final, Hamilton, OH vs. New Alb...
Jon Miller Learns Carlos Lee Trivia The Hard Way
We can't always be on our "A" game every single weekend. (Lord knows I'm hoping that's true.) Sometimes the perfect storm of events jar one's concentration just enough to experience a near meltdown. In my case, the day was June 25, 2007. I had locked my keys in a rental car. But keeping it together ...
Titans To Pacman: You Shant Pretend Wrestle
When we last left our intrepid yet suspended NFL hero, which was yesterday, we were speculating the possibility of wrestlers exacting revenge on Pacman Jones for what one of Jones' lackeys did to a strip club bouncer-slash-wrestling hopeful. So either the Tennessee Titans are afraid something might ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after both your father and your son get arrested on "Cops" ... • Boxing: Heavyweights, Terry "Cloth" Smith vs. Rob "Petrie" Calloway, at Springfield, Mo. [ESPN2] • MLB: Atlanta at Philadelphia. This had better not interfere with the Bill Engvall Show. [TBS] • NFL: Buffalo at New Orlean...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Ned makes you the perfect cup of hot cocoa ... • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Colorado. The freefall continues? [WGN] • NFL: Preseason, Indianapolis at Dallas. Games that don't count where the players don't try which we watch for reasons we don't quite understand. [Fox] • Soccer: MLS, Los A...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as tiny woodland creatures help with the housework ... • Boxing: Joe "Not Especially Mean" Green vs. Darryl "Fish Face" Salmon, for the NABA middleweight title, at Hollywood, Fla. [ESPN2] • MLB: Atlanta at New York Mets [ESPN]; Chicago Cubs at Houston. Why must you tease your fans so, ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after loading all torpedo bays ... • MLB: Yankees at Blue Jays. Is this the face of the Yankees' salvation? [YES Network] • WNBA: Indiana at Chicago. I know not these nicknames. Somebody help! [ESPN2] • MLB: Indians at White Sox. Let's get it started, in here. [WCIU]...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while opening 130 cans of Fancy Feast ... • MLB: For a couple of hours on Monday, the Yankees were tied for the wild card lead. Yeah, weird. • Tennis: Who is this Legg Mason, and why does Andy Roddick seem to own his tournament? • MLB: Barry Bonds fails to solve the baffling puzzle t...
Our One Moment Of Grace, Coming From A Guy Who Pees On Teammates
As Barry Bonds goes to finally break the record this weekend, we hark back to the only real revelatory moment of this "chase:" Greg Maddux's performance against Bonds on Friday night....