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What to watch as the roller coaster ride hits the apex, and things begin going downhill ... • College World Series: Game 3, North Carolina vs. Oregon State, at Omaha. This is for everything ... all the marbles. The dreams of many young men ride ... you've swtiched the station already, haven't you? [...
Dan Fouts, Unplugged!
In honor of Bill Simmons' and ESPN's discovery of YouTube today — and our cameo appearance — we thought we'd dig up a fun old YouTube of Verne Lundquist and Dan Fouts, on CBS, killing some time before the start of a Cowboys game. We love the facial expressions Fouts makes into the camera here. We th...
Jay Mariotti's Desires Slowly Revealing Themselves
Sometimes, it's instructive to look at why some stories go away within minutes of coming out — Peter Gammons' accidental plagarism — and some stories linger indefinitely, like that sticky film that just won't rinse away....
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• NCAA World Series, Game 2: . Oregon State @ North Carolina. Let's all get behind the Beavers tonight. 7:00, ESPN2. • MLB: Houston Astros @ Chicago White Sox. Eventually, the Astros are just going to stop showing for games against the White Sox. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie: Braveheart. It would seem a litt...
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• NCAA World Series, Game 1: Oregon State @ North Carolina. I sorta feel robbed when college baseball is on TV and the Wichita State Shockers aren't taking part. 7:00, ESPN. • IndyCar Racing: SunTrust Indy Challenge. Helio Castroneves won last year. If you miss this one, don't worry, there are only ...
Ozzie Guillen Has Had Just About Enough Of You
In the aftermath of calling Jay Mariotti a hag (or something like that), Ozzie Guillen was ordered by Bud Selig to undergo sensitivity training. Ozzie said he wasn't going to do it, the media grilled him about it last night, and then Ozzie slipped back into Ozzie mode....
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What to watch as as you wonder why you can never get a date ... • Boxing: Featherweights, Gamaliel Diaz vs. Roberto Guerrero; super middleweights, Andre Dirrell vs. James Morrow; Anthony Dirrell vs. Marcus Don Hall, at Oakland. We're betting a couple of these middleweights aren't so super. [Showtime...
They're Baaaack ... What They're Saying About Clemens and Pujols
It was the day we've all been waiting for; sitting on the edge of our bed in our Cardinals pajamas (your pajamas may vary). The glorious return of Albert Pujols and Roger Clemens. And even though both got upstaged (by Anthony Reyes and Francisco Liriano, respectively) and their teams lost on Thurs...
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What to watch as you try and erase the mental image of Angelina Jolie nursing Ted Williams (thanks, Letterman) ... • College World Series: Rice vs. Oregon State. Never before has an owl fought a beaver with so much on the line. [ESPN2] • MLB: Toronto at Atlanta. Can the losing streak reach 10 games?...
A Helpful Tip For Ozzie Guillen, And It's Free
Last night, before yet another brutal pasting of the Cardinals — hey, look, the White Sox just put another 10-spot on the board, and it's only noon! — White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized for his reference to Chicago Sun-Times and "Around The Horn" "reporter" Jay Mariotti as a "fag," but not t...
The Moment You've All Been Waiting For
Ladies and gentlemen, this man — this guy — has been rewarded for the job he has done over the last three years. Larry Brown has been fired, and Isiah Thomas — Isiah Thomas! — will take over as coach and general manager....
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What you'll miss as Lassie watches you drunkenly fall into the well one too many times and refuses to get help ... • College World Series, North Carolina vs. Cal State-Fullerton, at Omaha; Rice vs. Oregon State/Miami (Fla.) winner. Nowhere else will you ever see these five schools in the same paragr...
Your Gay Sports News Roundup
Whether it's celebrity deaths or gay sports stories, it seems big news always comes in threes. (That is how the expression goes, yes?) All kinds of gay news this Wednesday afternoon....
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What to watch as you begin to fear that you're starting to like soccer ... admit it! • College World Series: Oregon State vs. Rice or Miami (Fla.). Usually the choice is rice or baked potato. [ESPN2] • MLB: Chicago Cubs at Cleveland. What happens when a cartoon Indian battles a cute juvenile bear? Y...
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What to watch as the house actually does start to clean itself ... • College baseball: World Series, Rice vs. Miami (Fla.). It's Rice, you see ... RICE! [ESPN2] • MLB: New York Yankees at Philadelphia. We'll be watching this from a JetBlue airplane, and we're still going to hear the boos. [ESPN] • S...
Howard's Boner (Or, Why Refs Are A Natural Male Enhancement)
Another reason that it would have been more fun to live in the early 1900s rather than now — also on the list: speakeasies, jalopies, no Internet — is the fact that they used the word "boner" to describe embarrassing mental missteps. We wish this were still true today; we'd have Buckner's boner, W...
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• NBA. Mavericks @ Heat, Game 5. Your last chance to see 19,000 people clad entirely in white. Unless you're attending some sort of a massive Klan convention soon. 9:00, ABC. • MLB. Red Sox @ Braves. Schilling looks for his 10th win. John Smoltz looks for someone on his team to get a damn hit every ...
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• Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina @ Edmonton. Carolina with another opportunity to close it out. Boy, I've really ignored that one, huh? Sorry. 8:00, NBC. • College Baseball: NCAA World Series, Game 4: Miami vs. Oregon State. I wonder if Dennis Erickson will be watching this one, feeling all torn-up in...
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What to watch as Big Ben goes helmet shopping ... • Boxing: Lightweights, Anthony Peterson vs. Adan Hernandez, at Memphis. Just once we'd like to actually see the old horseshoe in the boxing glove gag. [ESPN2] • College World Series: at Omaha, Game 2, Cal State-Fullerton vs. North Carolina. Do one t...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after Shamu looked at you in the front row, suddenly making you feel like lunch ... • Golf: U.S. Open Championship, first round, at Mamaroneck, N.Y. Yes, we are wearing a Jim Furyk t-shirt under our regular shirt. What of it? [NBC] • MLB: Atlanta at Florida. Remember, 'catch and releas...