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What to Watch Tonight
What to watch as you finally come to (25 cent beers will do that to you)... • 7:00 pm — US Championships in Gymnastics [NBC] • 8:00 pm — Sunday Night Football: Giants at Ravens [NBC] • 8:00 pm — Sunday Night Baseball: Cardinals at Cubs [ESPN] -Metschick Ever say something over a year ago in the comm...

Who's A Good Dog? Who Gets A Michael Vick Chew Toy?
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For One Magical Evening, The Great Potato Caper Lives Again
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Minor League Mascots, Assemble! (Um, Except For The Duck)
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Childhood's End
What were you doing when you were five? (My answer revolves around cartoons and mud). Sacramento-area native Jan Silva is attending a tennis academy in France, all expenses paid. In fact, the academy's owner, Patrick Mouratoglou, will pay an estimated $140,000 this year to train him. Did I mention t...

The Age Of The Asterisk Is Here: Shift/8, Bitches!
With all that's happening these days in the the world of sports, it has become clear: We need the asterisk now more than ever. And on Wednesday, the Hagerstown Suns — a Class-A South Atlantic League baseball team — will pay tribute to that tiny, brave footnote indicator with its Tribute to the Aster...

The Green Bay Packers Understand The Internet
We're pretty used to professional sports teams and leagues making ridiculous policies for their Web sites. But the Green Bay Packers might have just taken the taco....

Chatter Haunts Your Dreams, And Sees Straight Into Your Soul
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The Kansas City T-Bones, The Universe, And Everything
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Kicking Pepperoni On The Ump
There are so many ways to express your displeasure with an umpire. You can boo; some do this quite effectively. You can send him angry letters. You can say nasty things about him on a message board. Or you can throw pizza at him....

The Whitecaps Will Summon Your Inner Geek
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The Kansas City T-Bones Will Bag You A Possum
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Gentlemen, Start Your Mullets
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East Side Little League Will Cap Your Ass
First of all, this is not a hockey post. This Wade Campbell is a Little League dad, who, concerned that his son wasn't getting enough playing time, had a cheerful discussion with his coach. Yes, the term "shot down like a dog" was used, but only in the most constructive of ways....

Humanity Prepares For The Terrible Reign Of Mr. And Mrs. Bubbles
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Golfers, Getting Huge
MJD told you a little about this weekend, and it's certainly been discussed, but damn: Tiger Woods is really freaking jacked all of a sudden. It has some wondering whether Tiger's appearance is what inspired the PGA to finally instate steroid testing, just a few days after the U.S. Open and after ye...

A Fitting Tribute To Larry O'Brien, If Larry O'Brien Was A Drunk
It lacks the Stanley Cup's charming ability to serve as a giant alcohol dispenser, but the NBA's Larry O'Brien trophy can be surrounded with what appear to be empty beer cans. The picture was sent in by a reader who's friend works in Cleveland across from the Ritz, and snapped this photograph the mo...

Hagerstown. That's How We Roll
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Who's Now, America? WHO'S NOW?
Oh, how to fill those dog days of summer, when the sports marketplace bleeds into a repetitive cycle of baseball highlights and reports from NFL minicamp. (And occasional WNBA scores.) ESPN has come up with a clever way of spicing matters up. And by "clever," we mean, "soul-crushingly lame." And it'...

Oh, What A Night
What's coming up in the world of minor league baseball ... we proudly give you Rick Chandler's Minor Enterprise! Not content with the more pedestrian promotions often associated with the minors, the Long Beach Armada (Independent Golden League) are into the higher concepts. They ask the really big ...