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When Male Cheerleaders Attack
We'd like to congratulate THE Ohio State University for their convincing victory over Texas on Saturday night. We are also pleased that the Buckeyes waited until 2006 to beat the Longhorns, rather than 2005; last year's game was in Columbus, this one was in Austin and that meant all fires and riot...
The Fast And The Furryous
If you sat through more than one college football game on Saturday, then obviously you forgot that this past weekend was also the opening of hamster ball racing season. PETCO sponsored races at nearly all of its 800 stores in the U.S. on Saturday, which they called the Hamster Ball Derby. Accordin...
Hirshey: Sweetness And Light In The Prem
David Hirshey writes weekly about the Premiership for Deadspin....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. IRL champ Sam Hornish Jr.: So, do you guys have OnStar? • 3 p.m. NCAA FB with Mark Schlabach: Before Saturday's Penn State-Notre Dame game, when was the last time that two non-helmet logoed teams have met? • 12 p.m. NFC East bre...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while securing your clove hitch ... • Tennis: Switzerland Rules! ... Roger Federer tops Andy Roddick 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 for third consecutive U.S. Open title. • NFL: Rush Limbaugh's favorite quarterback throws three TDs as Philadelphia Eagles stifle Houston No-Bushes. • MLB ... AL We...
About Last Night...
• Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-4, 6-4. Nike evidently has invented the first ever cocktail dress/athletic wear. • MLB: Padres 4, Giants 5. Barry Bonds is slowly catching fire. Not literally, unfortunately. • College Football: Ohio State 24, Texas 7. Apparently, Matthew McCo...
About Last Night...
• MLB: Phillies 3, Marlins 2. Numbers 55 and 56 for Ryan Howard, who is personally making this a very enjoyable fantasy baseball season for me. • Tennis: Maria Sharapova def. Amelie Mauresmo, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. I'm pretty sure Mauresmo would win in a fistfight, though. • Golf: Michelle Wie misses cut at...
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...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Who was your toughest opponent, Red Rocker or Blue Bomber? • 3 p.m. FB Injuries with Will Carroll: Who do you think will ... ow! My spine! • 3 p.m. Musician Robert Randolph: What's more prestigous, playin...
An Odd Way To Get Your Coach Off Your Back
Because we're just the kind of sniggering, obnoxious, wisenheimer 14-year-olds you think we are, we thought we'd giggle a bit this morning at Steelers lineback Joey Porter, who is in serious danger of becoming a staple around these parts....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while, as you get ready to watch your Illini on Saturday, you try to figure out how to get from the New Brunswick train station to the Rutgers Stadium ... anybody happen to know how? ... • MLB: Mets 7, Dodgers 0 ... the magic number is 7. • "There is something you do not know ... I a...
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....
It's About Damned Time Charlie Batch Got Some National TV Exposure
You know the NFL season is upon us when Charlie Batch fastens his chinstrap and storms onto the field. It's really what the league's all about, no?...
NFL Pants Party: NFC West
It's our division, the one our Buzzsaw was shipped to so they didn't have to travel to New Jersey, Texas and Pennsylvania every year. And we've (obviously) never won it. Someday ......
Stephon Marbury Is Really Hungry For Some Reason
One of our favorite jokes on The Smoking Gun is the big list of backstage demands all the different rock stars have. There's something beautiful about learning that Kansas insists on being provided prune juice....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. MLS with GK Dario Sala: Your family shootout to determine who empties the garbage is most amusing, if a little odd. • 3 p.m. NCAA FB with Kirk Herbstreit: You have made the traveling team of my heart. • 4 p.m. Football Scientist...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while doing time for tackling a Pee Wee football player ... • MLB: Mets beat Braves ... we have a magic number, folks. Repeat: We have a magic number. • Tennis: Andy Roddick milks that applause a little too much. Wonder who his coach is? • European Championship qualifying: France bea...
"Justify The Size Of Your Head, Sir"
We were particularly amused this afternoon by this clever piece on McSweeney's, otherwise known as "the Web site for those who don't actually have time to finish anything but can still call themselves a writer by getting a sestina about 'Survivor' published." (We kid McSweeney's; we love McSweeney's...
NFL Pants Party: AFC North
This might be our favorite division in football. Big Ben's bashed up face/appendix combo, Joey Porter, the Bengals cavalcade of feloniousness, Ray Lewis and sex tapes and murder raps ... oh, and the Browns too. What do the kids think?...
NFL Pants Party: AFC South
Because the season starts, oh, tomorrow, we figured it was probably time to start laying out some of the predictions for you, division by division. So here's a quick roundup of predictions from around the series of tubes we call the Internet....