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Hirshey: Now It REALLY Begins
David Hirshey is writing throughout the World Cup....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while arbitrating wth Paulie and Silvio ... • It's The Halladay Season: Blue Jays peck Nationals into submission, 8-4, as Roy Halladay earns 10th win. • Venus Rising: After starting slowly against Lisa Raymond, Venus Williams rallies for 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2 second-round win at Wimbledo...
Heckling Stephen A. Without Mercy
The raucousness of the crowds at the NBA and NFL Drafts in New York are somewhat legend, and last night, from many accounts, nobody was hit harder than ESPN's resident screamer Stephen A. Smith. And now it's all captured on video. Stephen A. is hit repeatedly in this video, for his Cheese Doodles,...
Rick Reilly's Wide-Eyed Reaction Shots
Back in April, we told you about "The Beer Belly," a contraption that allowed you to sneak beer into stadiums through a fake beer gut. You would then drink there beer through a tube, or something like that....
Grand Theft Auto: BALCO
So in the new Grand Theft Auto game, one of your "missions," according to Sam at SLAM Online, is to hunt down and kill an informer planning on giving a doping report on "our country's most famous athletes" to the FBI. The man, we're told, has more than a passing resemblance to BALCO barker Victory C...
Get Ready For Tourgasm, 2006
Lance Armstrong will not be participating in the Tour de France this year; he got word that astronomers have found traces of his lost home planet, and he's gone there to investigate. So that leaves it to the mortals to fight over the remains, and if early indications are correct, the French aren't g...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: Yes, I'm the one who took Joe Mauer with my team's 16th pick — 141st overall — in our office draft. Am I a genius or what? • Noon. NBA draft recap w/Chad Ford: My preferred team did not select the athlet...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while Joe Mauer was raking you for another couple of hits ... • Wimbledon: Roddick, Federer, Venus, Sharapova, McEnroe, Laver, King, Connors all win. • Lee Shall Overcome: Derrek Lee's first homer in three months leads Cubs over Brewers. Cubs win! Cubs Win! • Soccer ... Yes, Soccer! ...
A Sunshine Reunion With History Ignored
As all of Boston celebrates the return of Pedro Martinez tonight, Seth Mnookin, whose upcoming book about the Red Sox tells all these stories from the inside out, reminds everyone that just because everyone's all lovey-dovey now doesn't mean that the truth is the way everyone would like it to be....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. World Cup with Tommy Smyth: What's uglier, England's play so far or the current condition of Ben Roethlisberger's face? • 2 p.m. Baseball America's Jim Callis: Isn't Griffey overdue for his next injury? • 7 p.m. NBA Draft LIVE f...
Hirshey: France Is Dead, Long Live France!
Admit it: After weeks of watching the Beckhams , Ballacks , Figos and Tonis and the rest of the preening World Cup showponies parade their smoldering good looks and luxuriant manes around the field after a match, didn't it feel good yesterday to see a couple of ancient chrome domes like Zidane and B...
All Hail The Glorious People's Italian Football Collective!
Reverberations from Italy's 1-0 World Cup win over Australia on Monday continue. The Italians won on a disputed penalty kick in the final seconds of stoppage time, and it's caused a whole fuss. Australian assistant coach Graham Arnold told the Australia Daily Telegraph that "FIFA didn't want us here...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while trying to sneak your Viagra through customs ... • Net Gains: Federer, Agassi advance at Wimbly-don. • All They Found Was The Letter 'Z' Carved Into Raul Gonzalez's Shorts: Zinedine Zidane leads France over Spain in World Cup. • Crimson Slide: Griffey hits No. 550, but Reds blow...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m.. Baseball with Joe Morgan: Hi Joe, I would like to ask an important qu ... wait, just got a phone call. Gotta run. • Noon.. Lunch with Buzzmaster!: I can think of nothing less appetizing, unless the Appelbee's guys are playing....
Hirshey: B'Day, Mate
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while Sponging your Bob ... • When Beavers Attack: Oregon State wins first-ever College World Series title. And the crowd goes wild (yay!). • Foul Mood: We'd like to get worked up over the penalty call, but it's soccer, and we have kind of have no idea. Sorry. Italy beats Australia 1...
Ben Roethlisberger, Elephant Man
Earlier today, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made his first public appearance — kind of — since his motorcycle accident, showing up at Pittsburgh Steelers headquarters....
Michael Strahan's Real "Alternative Lifestyle"
Last week's silly Michael Strahan could be gay rumor — started by an estranged wife in the midst of divorce proceedings — has been pretty much discredited by everyone, including the woman who made the allegation. But if you weren't convinced enough, a reader sends in a story of seeing Strahan and ...