port Page 972 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
The Hugh Johnson Project will be in full effect again today. If you're watching college football, and you've got some observations that might interest the rest of the Deadspin population, send them via AOL Instant Messenger to "Deadspin Football."...
Get Thee To A Newsstand (Or SI.com, At Least)
Though we grew up thinking he was the the best sportswriter on the planet — and one of our favorite journalists anywhere — we'll confess souring somewhat on Sports Illustrated scribe Gary Smith in recent years. His writing was still top-notch, but it was beginning to become repetitive. He'd either w...
Steelers Ruin Dolphins' Quest For Undefeated Season
The good news, Pittsburgh fans, is that you've won your opener 28-17 over the Miami Dolphins, behind three touchdown passes from Charlie Batch (!!!???) and an interception return for a touchdown from Joey Porter, who celebrated by setting the goalposts on fire and then eating them....
Hall Of Fame Inductee: Clinton Portis
Presenting the next member of the inaugural class of the Deadspin Hall Of Fame ......
You Take It ... No, You Take It ... No, YOU Take It!
From the Magazines That We All Loved As A Child And Now We Need To Be Reminded, In Fact, Exist Department, the St. Louis kids at The Sporting News learned today they have finally been sold, to, of all people, Si Newhouse and the Conde Nast empire....
Joey Porter's Eye On Romance
The best reason for seemingly archaic magazines like Sports Illustrated to exist is to humanize our athletes, to take them off the stat pages and bring them to life through real, vivid prose. (That, these days, runs about 1,100 words.) We can think of no other example than this week's profile of Ste...
Jeff George Was Fun While He Lasted
It might be the most talented class of roster cutdowns in NFL history. Charlie Rogers, Najeh Davenport, Ron Dayne, Lee Suggs, Marcus Vick, and quite sadly, Jeff George, were all released yesterday as NFL teams had to get down to the 53-man roster limit....
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
11:00 a.m., CBS. Tennis. Men's Third and Women's Fourth Round. Agassi's on right now. 1:30, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. State Farm Classic, Final Round. Your leader is the unfortunately-named Maria Hjorth. 1:30, ESPNU. Women's College Soccer. Santa Clara @ Notre Dame. I'm guessing that the Santa Clara team wi...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
College Football: And don't forget, today begins the Hugh Johnson Weekend Football Project. The AIM name is "DeadspinFootball". And I apologize in advance, if I don't get to reply to everyone. I have no idea how this is going to go....
Deadspin HOF Nominee: Clinton Portis
Before he was co-opted by The NFL Network and Daniel Snyder's presumably slave-waged garmentmakers, Redskins running back Clinton Portis consistently provided us immeasurable entertainment pretty much every Thursday for two months....
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, ESPN2. Women's Soccer. China vs. USA. Those are women? I'm going to need to see some... actually, no, I don't want to see any more. 1:00, TBS. MLB. Washington Nationals @ Atlanta Braves. Oscar Villareal is 9-1? How is anyone 9-1 on the Braves? 1:30, NBC. Champ Car Racing. Grand Prix of Montrea...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure
Noon, ESPN High School Football. Belle Glades Central (Fla) at Byrnes (SC). This... seems like a bit much. 1:00, CBS. WTA Tennis. U.S. Open Series, Pilot Pen, Final. Justine Henin-Hardenne vs. Lindsay Davenport. 1:00, Fox. MLB. Regional. Cubs @ Cardinals, or Nationals @ Braves. The Cubbies are a t...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, ESPN. Little League Baseball. Columbus, Ga. vs. Phoenix, Ariz. Famous athletes from Columbus, Georgia: Mack Strong, Frank Thomas, and Tim Hudson. 1:00, TBS. MLB. Atlanta Braves @ Florida Marlins. I'm a Hanley Ramirez fan, and nothing you can say is going to change my mind. 1:00, ESPN2. ATP Ten...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Yankees @ Red Sox, or Cardinals @ Cubs. I heard the Yankees and Red Sox were playing this weekend. Anyone know anything about that? 1:00, ESPN. Little League Baseball. Columbus, Ga. vs. Staten Island, NY. "That's because it's going to Columbus, Georgia. Not Columbus, Ohio. You see ...
For Those Who Can Handle Sports Radio
As we believe we've mentioned before, we don't listen to sports radio. We feel like we spend enough time around sports pontificators as is; we really don't need funny noises and people with names like "The Fat Guy" or "Dr. RJ Frank Dawg" screaming into microphones to make our sports fan experience m...
Clinton Portis' Illogical Soapbox
You know we love Clinton Portis, right? Our enjoyment of his play and his antics, we believe, is unquestioned....
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. MLB. Milwaukee Brewers @ Atlanta Braves. Two of the 19 teams that still have an outside chance at the NL wildcard. 1:00, ESPN. Little League World Series Regional. I'd bean that kid with the mustache. 1:30, NBC. NASCAR. Nextel Cup Sirius Satellite Radio at The Glen. I don't think any of t...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox. MLB. Angels/Yankees, Orioles/Red Sox, Tigers/White Sox. The upside to not being a Yankees fan: You don't have to listen to McCarver today. Find your game here. 2:00, NBC. Busch Series. Zippo 200. If you're looking for something to watch at 2:00, and you don't like baseball. This may be yo...
Arash Markazi's Outstanding Expense Account
If you've ever worked in the field of journalism, you know that, when it comes to travel arrangements, the media could use better travel agents. They almost always wait until the last minute to approve trips, which inevitably causes the price to be double or triple what it should have been. It's v...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, TBS. MLB. Braves @ Reds. It's up to John Smoltz to avoid the sweep. 1:30, ABC. Women's Golf. Weetabix Women's British Open. I think Laurie Davies should head to the OB/GYN to get her weetabix checked out. 2:30, NBC. NASCAR. Nextel Cup, All State 400 at the Brickyard. I don't think it's very sa...