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We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m.. World Cup with Phil Holland: As Argentina meets Germany today, we have to ask which is creepier: This, or this? • 1 p.m.. Wimbledon with Todd Martin: Thanks to the British judicial system, I have learned that there is a fine li...

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....

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...

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...

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....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. ESPYs with Buzzmaster: Any way we could get Ozzie Guillen to host this? • 1 p.m. Knicks protester Mr. Orange: There is no Mr. Orange. You're Mr. Brown, because I say you're Mr. Brown. End of story. Be happy you're not Mr. Yello...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. MLB with Jerry Crasnick: Turns out Victor Conte was behind the release of the movie Gigli as well. That heartless bastard. • Noon NFL with Keith Kidd: With college games freely available on TV, aren't NFL scouts kind of, um, wo...

Hirshey: Gonzo About Ghana
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....

Well, That Was Miserable
Yeah! Soccer! Reading through the comments from the United States-Ghana live blog — the United States lost, by the way, if you didn't hear — pretty much prepared us for the postgame comments of ESPN analyst Eric Wynalda (whom we've actually enjoyed thus far): "Bruce Arena screwed up this World Cup f...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Fantasy Baseball Focus: With the acquisition of Chone Figgins, at last my three-year master plan is complete. World domination is mine! Ah ha ha ha ha! • 10 a.m. Buzzmaster: USA vs. Ghana: Oh sorry Ghana, we didn't see you; we ...

Live Blog: United States Vs. Ghana
Well, here we go: It's the game that will let us know whether we're gonna have a rollicking drunk Tuesday 11 a.m. party next week, or whether ... well, whether the United States will be playing during said drunkenness. As you know, the United States needs an Italian win and a win here, both of whi...

Not That Many Hours Left 'Til Gametime
Since it's a one of those 10 a.m. starts tomorrow, we figure this is as close to a preview of tomorrow's United States vs. Ghana matchup as we're going to get, considering the sleep schedules of your average Deadspin reader....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. World Cup with Phil Holland: Whoa, the correct term is Phil Netherlands, pal. • 3 p.m. MLB & Steroids w/Shaun Assael: MLB & Steroids; kind of goes together like Siegfried and Roy, doesn't it? • 4 p.m. World Cup with Heather Mitt...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. ESPN Radio's Mike Greenberg: We want a divorce! Thanks for nothing, jerk. • 2 p.m. NBA Draft with Andy Katz: Oh Andy, down at the pub again? Your wife is gonna be mad! Will you never learn? • 4:30 p.m. College World Series Focus...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Soccernet's John Brewin: This is getting ridiculous. I get a red card simply for going to the restroom before halftime? • Noon: Stanley Cup with E.J. Hradek: Suddenly there's an unlikely Game 7 in the Finals one year after hock...

A Closer Look At Jorge Larrionda
I don't often blames losses on officiating. And I'm not doing that here, either, particularly since there was no loss to speak of, and sure, both the Italian and United States sides have complaints. But there is plenty of controversy concerning red-card happy official Jorge Larrionda of Uruguay. ...

A Love Letter To Ghana
With their courageous defense and scorching balls, Ghana has provided hope and inspiration to a United States soccer team that can use all it can get. With their unlikely 2-0 drubbing of the Czech Republic, a US win over Italy today leaves Group F wide open....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Baseball with Jerry Crasnick: Wouldn't it be easier just to place an asterisk next to the names of the players who aren't taking steroids? • Noon. NBA Finals with Chris Sheridan: I've begun a support group for people who have b...

Taking 'Group Of Death' A Little Too Literally
It may be of interest to our men and women soldiers serving overseas that war is just like the World Cup. So says U.S. forward Eddie Johnson, anyway. The U.S. team was at Ramstein Air Base outside Kaiserslautern, Germany, where they will play Italy on Saturday. Johnson stopped by on Wednesday to say...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 2 p.m. World Cup with Dale Johnson: iTS hARd too tyupe with&out usng my6 handds ..3 • 3 p.m. Page 2's Michael Davies: We understand that you're responsible for "Win Ben Stein's Money." Therefore, we would like to talk to you. • 4 p.m. ...