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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while mourning the loss of Chef... • Drag Racing: NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals (7pm, ET) Men in heels driving cars? Cool! Oh, not that kind of drag? [ESPN2] • MLB: Cardinals art Cubs (8pm, ET) Hehe..Poo-holes. [ESPN] • Olympics: Various events (7pm, ET) Details to come. [NBC]...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• In Progress - Olympics [NBC] • 2:00 - Golf: PGA Championship Final Round [CBS] • 2:00 - NASCAR: Sprint Cup [ESPN] • 2:00 - MLB: Red Sox at White Sox [TBS] • 4:00 - Bull Riding [ESPN2] • 4:00 -Olympics [CNBC] • 5:00 - Tennis: ATP Countrywide Classic [ESPN2]...
Our President Loves the Olympics, So Should You
It's tomorrow in Beijing and the events are about to start up again. There are a few medals up for grabs, as well as some qualifyers. Americans Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff, as well as naughty Aussie Stephanie Rice are all making finals debuts tonight and the men's gymnasts will take a shot at the ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while partying with Jared Leto... • Football: Pre-season, Buffalo at Washington (7pm, ET). Great. I get to watch the boyfriend scream at the practice squad for three hours. [NFL] • Baseball: Red Sox at White Sox (7pm, ET). Francona vs. Guillen: Who ya got? [WGN] • UFC 87: George St. P...
Gamers and Playmates and Heroes! Oh my!
This year is the 20th anniversary of John Madden football and to commemorate this historic occasion, the folks at EA Sports are holding a "MaddenPalooza" event in Los Angeles. Deadspin has dispatched Michael Tunison to cover some of the sights, sounds, and overall geekiness. If you have any sugges...
For Your Viewing Pleasure
• In Progress - Olympics [NBC] • In Progress - Little League World Series Midwest Regional [ESPN] • 1:00 - NFL: Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots replay [NFL] • 2:00 - Golf: PGA Championship [CBS] • 3:00 - Racing: NASCAR Nationwide Series: Zippo 200 [ABC] • 3:30 - MLB: Yankees at Angels [FOX...
Reporter Doused By Blue-Painted Cubs Fan Outside Wrigley Field
Molly Dapier was doing freelance reporting for mouthpiece sports outside Wrigley Field. She's a tall, attractive blond reporter who appears to be minding her own business. Unbeknownst to her, however, a Chicago Cubs fan covered entirely in blue paint decided that he needed to dump a cooler full of w...
Ohio University Lineman Wins $250k in Lottery
Mike Eynon, a 6'3 305 pound senior lineman, walked into a BP just off campus and emerged with a winning ticket. As befits life as an indentured servant to the NCAA, one of his first telephone calls was to the campus compliance officer to ensure that winning the award didn't violate NCAA rules. He go...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while eating your Mafia Salad ... • Little League Baseball: Southwest regional final, Richmond, Texas vs. Lake Charles, La., at Waco, Texas (9 p.m., ET). These poor kids have been playing baseball since April. Enough! [ESPN2] • NFL preseason: New Orleans at Arizona (8 p.m., ET). Why no...
The Daily Dicky Comes to Kentucky
In the form of Kentucky's outspoken wide receiver Dicky Lyons, Jr.. You'll recall that Lyons spent SEC Media Days discussing his dreams about Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford trying to steal away his fiancee. Now he's providing daily video updates as Kentucky prepares for their opening game agai...
University of Colorado Announces Valet Bike Parking For Football Games
Surely you jest. The University of Colorado couldn't really—this has to be made up, right? You can't expect to beat or even compete with five of the top 14 teams in the country if your university community is focused on valet bike parking. Well, you can if you're the crazy uncle of the Big 12. Welc...
The Questionable Madness Of Shawn Andrews
Shawn Andrews has always been a different type of guy. The line on him through most reporters is this: he's got his quirks, but he's a helluva football player and a really decent human being. Often times he's described as child-like (his nickname is the "Big Kid" after all, and he has a room in his ...
O.J. Simpson Down to One Co-Defendant; Other Four Have Now Copped Pleas
This is why when you want to commit a crime and get away with it you have to go get a knife, kill two people, and then blame racist cops when the DNA proves you did it. Otherwise you're just setting up your co-defendants to testify against you. Which is exactly what Charles Ehrlich just agreed to do...
Jessica Simpson Is Webcam Stripping For Tony Romo During Training Camp
Because otherwise he gets lonely. At least according to the always reliable Sun newspaper. Do you think Nick Lachey is more jealous of Tony Romo than he is of his ex-wife? I sort of do. I'm picturing Lachey reading this and thinking, "Damn, that could have been me on the webcam with Tony." Anyway, ...
Georgia Football Players Celebrate Number 1 Ranking With Bar Brawl; Public Urination
You could totally see this coming. The Georgia summer semester ends on the same weekend that Georgia gets the number one ranking in the Coaches' Poll. And you expect college football players to behave themselves? Son, when were you born? Two Georgia players were treated at a hospital after being st...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you are done watching this (just consider yourselves lucky I write 3,000 words of journoporn)... • NFL Hall of Fame Game: Indianapolis Colts vs. Washington Redskins. Sure the Redskins have pretty much nobody playing, but I'm not too proud to watch the whole thing. Who knows, mayb...
For Your Viewing Pleasure: Football Is Back, Kind of!
• 1:00pm - Golf: Women's British Open [ABC] ...
For Your Afternoon Viewing Pleasure
•1:00pm - Boxing: Muhammad Ali vs Douglas Jones, 1963. [ESPN Classic] •2:00pm - Golf: Third round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. [CBS] •3:00pm - X-Games: Skateboarding; bike stunts; Moto X; lots and lots of hair gel. [ABC] •5:00pm - Horse Racing: West Virginia Derby. [ESPN] •9:00pm - Movie: H...
Eric Montross is Paying Hush Money For John Edwards's Love Child?
Once a Tar Heel always a Tar Heel, I guess. Politics and sports make strange bedfellows. The John Edwards love-child affair hasn't really crossed over into the mainstream media because, honestly, I have no idea why it hasn't. Probably because most of the people who would be reporting on the matter ...
Scott Ferrall Needs Some Publicity
Sirius/XM Satellite Radio host Scott Ferrall actually had Ron Artest on-air last night and asked the forward about the pending trade to Houston. Unfortunately, Artest wasn't aware of the trade at that time. "I had my phone off," Artest tells the raspy-voiced Ferrall. Although he was a little shocked...