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Spreading The Buckeye Love In Iraq
We've had more than our fair share of big fun at the expense of Ohio State of late, so we thought we'd try to even matters out by pointing out this picture, taken by Corporal Adam Knox, from Whitehall, Ohio, currently serving in Iraq. He's the brother of Deadspin reader Tom Knox, who forwarded the p...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Cold Pizza's Skip Bayless: Your barber swears that the birthmark he found on your scalp reads "999," but we know better, right Skip? • 4 p.m. NFL with Pro Football Weekly: Just as a precaution: Should I wear a helmet during this...
Your Big Ben Morning Roundup
As we revisit the circumstances of Ben Roethlisberger's accident from yesterday, before we talk about Big Ben himself, we feel obliged to mention: Boy, Charlie Batch sure made it to the hospital awfully fast! Certainly it was somewhat unseemly for Batch to have shown up so quickly? Was Roethlisber...
Hirshey: We Waited Four Years For THIS?
David Hirshey's World Cup Closer begins today. Enjoy....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while furiously scrubbing red-white-and-blue paint off of your face ... • NHL Playofs: Hurricane Recchi puts Carolina one step from Stanley Cup. • World Cup: George and Yortuk Festrunk, the two wild and crazy guys, feel a bulge in their tight American pants at this result: Czech Repu...
Picking Through The U.S. Carnage
One of the funnier bits "The Daily Show" has done of late was to run training video of late terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi set to the "American Idol" song "Bad Day," which was always played when a contestant was voted off the show. It somehow summed up so many conflicted and complicated wor...
One Last Word On Grimsley ... For Now
Well, it's been a fun weekend around these parts, with our sudden popularity on Kansas City talk radio and our father's concerned, confused "The man on the radio says you said Albert Pujols did steroids. Did you say that, Will?" (No, Dad, we didn't. What did we tell you about sports talk radio, Dad?...
Saying Goodbye To Rick Ankiel, Once Again
With all the activity in the world of our St. Louis Cardinals over the last week, one story slipped through the cracks a bit: Terminally tortured "prospect" Rick Ankiel, who is now 26 years old and can hardly be classified a prospect anymore, underwent surgery on his left knee and will miss the re...
Roethlisberger Injured In Motorcycle Accident
A serious story coming out of Pittsburgh: It appears Super Bowl hero Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was involved in a motorcycle accident about 45 minutes ago (11:30 a.m. ET) in Pittsburgh. Quoth TV station KDKA:...
Live Blog: United States-Czech Republic
All right! GO AMERICA! The one World Cup moment the majority of Americans will actually be paying attention is upon us: The red, white and blue is going soccering!...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. USA-Czech World Cup chat: Does pulling out my hair and screaming incoherently count as 'chatting?' • 3 p.m. MLB with Steve Phillips: If you had gone with this steroid thing, you'd still have a job with the Mets. • 4 p.m. Paul Shi...
Live Blog: Japan-Australia
All right, if you enjoyed yourself a solid weekend of World Cup action — yeah! we sound like a Coke commercial! — but you're stuck back at work, not quite woken up yet, sad you're not at a pub somewhere ... worry not! We're here for you....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while hitting Bullock's knuckles repeatedly with your face ... • NBA Finals: Shaq gets schooled, ducks press, gets fined, Mavs go up 2-0 on Heat. • Franch Open: Nadal wins it all ... come on, he was player Federer. Nadal owns Federer. • MLB: Cubs beat Reds 9-3, ushering in baseball's...
Justice For Barry Bonds
A little upset that Jason Grimsley had been stealing his thunder, Barry Bonds is back in the headlines. He's dropped his lawsuit against Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, authors of "Game of Shadows," a book that contained parts of his grand jury testimony. The lawsuit was intended to stop the...
About Last Night...
• NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina 1, Edmonton 2. Well, when you can't figure anything else out, just plow into the goalie and hope for the best. Seems like it's a series now....
Lord Stanley Sashays Over To NBC
In case you haven't noticed (and judging by the ratings, you haven't *), the Carolina Hurricanes have opened up a 2-0 lead against the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Finals. The series moves back to Edmonton (and back to network television) this evening....
Let's Get French For A Second
Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4 this morning to win her third Freedom French Open, and her second in a row. It is the fifth Grand Slam win of her career....
About Last Night...
• MLB: Phillies 8, Nationals 9. Twelve innings and thirteen pitchers used in this one. The 10,000th fan in the building today gets to throw the 9th inning for the Nationals....
KC Trainer Responds, Denies Affidavit Cameo
OK, probably time for a Jason Grimsley update....
Live Blog: Germany Vs. Costa Rica
All right, well, we told you we were going to be live-blogging each weekday World Cup match, and we weren't kidding around. They're about to kick off in Munich in the opening game of the World Cup, and we're gonna live blog the thing for you....