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Sophia Loren Antes Up A Couple Of Years Late
We are no strangers here to certain women who promise to remove certain clothing items if other certain things happen in the world of sports. Anyone who followed the SHOTY competition knows exactly what we mean. We get our hopes up and what happens? Heartache, nothing but heartache!...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA with David Thorpe: What're you looking at? Well? (Throws elbow). • 2 p.m. Baseball America w/Jim Callis: What's with all the old pitchers? Is global warming somehow to blame? • 3 p.m. TENNIS Mag's Peter Bodo: What warrants th...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after another trip to the penis burn ward ... • NBA: Playoffs, conference semifinals, Chicago at Detroit, Game 5; Golden State at Utah, Game 5. Mulder believes the Warriors still have a chance. Scully does not. [TNT] • NHL: Playoffs, Western Conference final, Detroit at Anaheim, Game 3...
Drink, Hoof, Drink
It was only a matter of time until this happened: Barbaro-branded bourbon....
There Are Now No Gay Lacrosse Coaches (That We Know Of)
Kyle Hawkins coached the Unversity of Missouri men's lacrosse team for nine seasons, but only this past season was it known that he is gay. And now — surprise! — he's been fired....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. MLB Inside Rob Neyer: Is calculating OBP more fun after 2 a.m.? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with Terry Blount: In retrospect, should a pit crew even bother with the rear-window de-fogger? • 4 p.m. NFL with Pro Football Weekly: Is it so wrong...
Send In The Clowns
We have always been amused by lacrosse, which is America's oldest sport and tends to put us in the mind of butterfly collecting. It is also the only sanctioned activity in which it is legal to poke your opponent repeatedly with a stick. But we also knew that the pro version was missing one key ingre...
Ken Griffey Jr. Knows How To Deal With Hecklers
Because it's apparently an all-jockstrap Monday here at Deadspin, here's an outstanding heckler story involving Ken Griffey Jr. from over the weekend at Dodger Stadium....
Taint Sweat Sold Separately
Say what you will about the intensity of Bears fans, but some bits of memorabilia are out of the range of reasonable and rational thought, even to them....
Reintroducing Jack Cust
Anyone who has paid attention the world of sabermetrics and Baseball Prospectus over the last few years is probably familiar with Jack Cust. For years, he was that supposed slugging Colorado catcher we were all waiting to take over the National League, the guy we hoped no one else in our fantasy lea...
The Edge Of Wetness
The other day we reported on the glory that is Pee Your Pants For The Brewers, the site that wants you to pledge to pee your pants should Milwaukee win the NL Central (no fair buying pre-peed pants). In less than a week, an additional 1,644 people have vowed to wet themselves should the Brewers do t...
We Have To Ask
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 10 a.m. Monday's Morning Buzz: Tank Johnson is in a tree in my front yard. Can the Humane Society shoot him with a tranquilizer gun and relocate him further back into the woods? • 1 p.m. AFL w/Rush DB Jeremy Unerti: Is there a more fut...
That Lovable Losing Bull Moose
The continued futility of Teddy Roosevelt to ever win one of the presidential mascot races at RFK Stadium has been well documented, but no one has ever thought to ask Teddy what he thinks of all the trouble he has been having. Finally, The Washington Post sits down Mr. Bull Moose for a loser's lamen...
This Is A Little Hard To Believe, Even For The Orioles
Notes on a day in baseball:...
The Suns Have Made Tim Duncan Into A Bully
In the press conferences following the Spurs/Suns game yesterday, the same reporter asked both Tim Duncan and Mike D'Antoni if they thought the series was physical....
Michael Vick, Somehow, With Even Less Credibility
The hole that Michael Vick is in keeps getting bigger and bigger, like an infected puncture wound on the muscular neck of a not-quite-ferocious enough pitbull....
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NFL Network. NFL Europa Football. Frankfurt Galazy @ Rhein Fire. 2:00, NBC. PGA Golf. The Players Championship, Third Round. 2:00, ESPN2. LPGA Golf. Michelob Ultra Open, Third Round. 3:00, ABC. IndyCar Racing. Indianapolis 500 Qualifying, Pole Day. 3:30, Fox Soccer. MLS. Chicago Fire @ Toronto...
About Last Night...
• NBA. Golden State 125, Utah 105. In case you were wondering if the people in Golden State still believed, their t-shirts indicated that they do. They lose points for using Thunder Stix last night. Disgraceful. • NHL. Red Wings 2, Ducks 1. The Red Wings are far superior to the Ducks in the area of ...
A Tribute To All The Sports Moms Out There
As we remind you to grab your cards and flowers for Mother's Day on Sunday — we are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to be in Mattoon this Mother's Day — we thought we might take a moment and remember some of the special mothers in the world of sport....
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Fantasy league injuries. Ow, my diverticulitis! • 1 p.m. Page 2's D.J. Gallo: Don't you wish that someone would occasionally order you to pick the Pirates? • 2 p.m. NASCAR with David Newton: Didn't I just see Dale Earnhardt Jr....