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About Last Night ...
What you missed while attending a classical concert and head-butting The Three Tenors ... • Howard's End: Phils' Ryan Howard finishes strong to win Home Run Derby. Wee! • Marte Gras: Indians' prospect Andy Marte goes totally nuts in Minor League All-Star Home Run Derby. • World Cup: Italian team cro...

We Have To Ask ... Special Bud Selig Edition
Tomorrow afternoon, baseball commissioner Bud Selig will host a live chat with fans from the All-Star Game festivities in Pittsburgh. The chat isn't live, necessarily, considering you can submit your questions a day early. But Selig will be there, probably, and it's possible his typist might even ...

Chris Berman's Big Night
Well, the day you've been dreading has arrived: It's Chris Berman's yearly night to shine. Of all Berman's glucose-drenched warblings, he is never worse than he is tonight, during the Home Run Derby. It's the event that Berman was born to host: Nothing but spectacle, thunder and bluster. Home runs...

Spend Tonight With The Cansecos
Anyone who might be hanging around the Pittsburgh area over the next few days is encouraged to hit the party to end all parties: The All-Star Ball With The Cansecos!...

Some Things, Ron Artest Shouldn't Joke About
Temporarily sane Sacramento forward Ron Artest gave an interview to the Sacramento Bee over the weekend that covered his future with the team, his dogs and Donald Trump. But the most frightening section came from when Artest was asked about whether or not Bonzi Wells will return to the team next y...

Hirshey: Madness, Glory And The Self-Correcting Aneurysm
Madness. Can there be any other word for both this World Cup and the way it ended? It would be like Tiger Woods, moments from donning another green jacket at the Masters, bringing his putter down on top of Vijay Singh's skull. Or Michael Jordan stepping up to the free throw line in the final ticks...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.: NCAA FB With Joe Schad. Do you think Woody Hayes ever had a GHB dosage problem too, like Frank Solich? How about Schembechler? • 1 p.m.: Lightweight champ Juan Diaz. Do you think we could beat up a flyweight guy? Those guys ru...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while wondering who decided to invent granola ... • Brad Lidge wants to get the number of the Aaron Miles that keeps hitting him. • Ladies and gentlemen, the Mets' magic number is 63. • Someone should keep an eye on this Federer fellow....

About Last Night
What you missed while you were setting the cat on fire and scraping your feet......

Todd Sauerbrun Gets Suspended for Fat Kid Pills
The Denver Broncos Todd Sauerbrun will most likely face a one month suspension after his pee -pee test revealed that he had dietary supplement Ephedra in his system. As you may remember, Ephedra was a popular drug used to curb people's appetites, speed up their metabolism, and, oh yeah, possibly k...

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What you missed while using the leftover hamburger meat to make pants......

It's 40 Percent Cheaper To Support US Soccer
The excellent blog Copyranter points out this special promotion for helping support U.S. Soccer. Of course, this raises the question: If you are wearing a wristband to support U.S. Soccer, is it possible to wear it in a non-ironic fashion? Isn't it kind of like wearing a Eddie Griffin jersey right...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Columnist Gene Wojciechowski: Did you really write a fake Barbaro interview in which you had the horse say "Talk to the hoof?" They made you senior writer for that? • 2 p.m. World Cup with Michael Davies: What do you thank Ital...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while you begin to realize that maybe you should have bought a Mac ... • Golf: We won't say that Tiger is struggling in the Western Open, but he's still on the ninth hole of the first round ... • MLB: Big Unit, Yankees thump Indians again, 10-4. You know it's special when the name "R...

The Ballad Of The Bengals Fan
You know how we love a good and dopey fan-written team tribute song — Sweet Shaun Alexander still wins the prize for the worst, if you ask us — and this one's a particularly fun one, "The Ballad Of The Bengals," about how Cincinnati is finally going to take out Pittsburgh this year, or something, we...

Manny Will Be Manny, Just Not In Pittsburgh
Far be it from us to imply that someone isn't taking the All-Star Game seriously. But the facts are these: Manny Ramirez was the top vote-getter in the American League this year. And Manny isn't going. He says he has a sore knee, so you know, count him out. We know you are shocked by these develop...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11:30 a.m.. The Buzzmaster!: The exclamation point does little to mask the pain of lonliness and regret. • 1 p.m.. LIVE from Wimbledon: It's always been my dream to communicate electronically with someone who is watching tennis. • 2 p....

Hirshey: One More Time For Some Old Frenchmen
David Hirshey — whose beauty has been captured photographically at ESPN.com — is writing for Deadspin throughout the World Cup....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while teaching E.T. to talk ... • MLB: Braves beat Cardinals 14-4, but St. Louis is still in first, so it didn't really happen. But hey ... Jeff Weaver! • ZZ Top: Zinedine Zidane's PK sends France to face Italy in World Cup final. • Wimbledon: Do not $%&#; with the Swiss! Roger Feder...