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Tigers Don't Need Gary Sheffield After All
Detroit has dumped their $14 million DH with 499 career home runs. Oh, don't worry ... he gets to keep the money! [MLB; But The Game Is On]...

D Train Goes Slightly Off The Tracks
The Tigers got clearance from the commissioner's office to put Dontrelle Willis on the DL with an anxiety disorder on Sunday. I thought only Tigers fans got those....

Tiger Woods Now Fully Armed And Operational
GolfBot 5000 birdied 18 to complete a five-stroke comeback and destroy yet another helpless victim yesterday at Bay Hill. Golf was fun while it lasted, huh, folks? [Los Angeles Times]...

NCAA Sweet 16: (2) Memphis vs. (3) Missouri
West Region: No. 2 Memphis (33-3) vs. No. 3 Missouri (30-6) When: Thursday, 9:37 p.m., EDT Where: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona MEMPHIS TIGERS 1) Crack open those history books Although the casual college basketball fan knows Memphis for their recent run of Elite 8 appearances (...

Tigers' Game Called Due To Lightning, Plague Of Locusts, Flood
If Jesus is indeed a Tigers' fan, he can't be pleased with this. The Detroit Tigers are the only MLB team to have scheduled a game during the holy hours on Good Friday....

Hall Of Fame Tiger George Kell Passes Away
The passing of an 86-year-old former baseball player—even a Hall of Famer—may not elicit much more than a shrug from most, unless that old man played a pivotal role in your early sports life....

NCAA Tournament - Round Two, Evening Games
What to watch while planning your family vacation to beautiful downtown Baghdad......

NCAA Second Round, Second Round
Let's hope these next games are better than the Villanova-Duke UCLA* suckfest in Philly. Jay Bilas called that "men against boys", and while that seems a little like piling on, he'll hear no argument here....

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (3) Missouri Vs. (14) Cornell
Your live blogger for this game will be Jess Faneuf, who once guest wrote on NY Times' Fifth Down blog....

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (7) Clemson Vs. (10) Michigan
Your live blogger for this game will be Montreal native Daniel Salama, who once upon a pageview live blogged a World Cup game for this very site....

Your Bracket Is Already Sweating Buckets
Two games in, everything's already turned to poo. Memphis unexpectedly found themselves in a drunken bar fight with 15-seeded Northridge, who trail by four points with five minutes remaining. TORO! TORO! [Northridge-Memphis Live Blog]...

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (2) Memphis Vs. (15) Cal State Northridge
Your live blogger for this game will be Queens resident Ben Muschel, who — until he finally starts law school — blogs about The West Wing. Please don't tell him how it ends....

NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (8) LSU Vs. (9) Butler
Your live blogger for this game will be Chuck Myron of the NBA blog Time Stops For No One. He also works out of his own car....

NCAA First Round: (3) Missouri vs. (14) Cornell
West Region: No. 3 Missouri (28-6) vs. No. 14 Cornell (21-9) When: Friday, 3:00 p.m., EDT Where: Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho MISSOURI TIGERS 1) Forty Minutes of...well, something. Here's what's so awesome about this year's Missouri team: you really, reeeeally don't know what you're going to see ...

NCAA First Round: (7) Clemson vs. (10) Michigan
South Region: No. 7 Clemson (23-8) vs. No. 10 Michigan (20-13) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m., EDT Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri CLEMSON TIGERS 1) Clemson Tigers, Naughty By Nature? Clemson University is a public school located in the northwest corner of South Carolina in Clemson, South C...

NCAA First Round: (2) Memphis vs. (15) Cal State Northridge
West Region: No. 2 Memphis (31-3) vs. No. 15 Cal State Northridge (17-13) When: Thursday, 12:25 p.m., EDT Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri MEMPHIS TIGERS 1) A little charity? Last year, everyone told Memphis that their horrendous free-throw shooting would come back to haunt them, but no...

NCAA First Round: (8) LSU vs. (9) Butler
South Region: No. 8 LSU (26-7) vs. No. 9 Butler (26-5) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m., EDT Where: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina LOUISIANA STATE TIGERS 1) Welcome to the Century Club. LSU celebrated its 100th year of existence this season by naming its All Century Team, an impressive ...

Curse Of The Colonel Update: Now PETA's Involved
Of course they are. The animal rights organization has sent an impassioned letter to the Chicago Cubs, advising them not to accept a Japanese baseball team's offer of a curse-breaking Kentucky Fried Chicken statue....

Can Japanese Colonel Sanders Statue End The Cubs' Curse?
This handsome statue, plucked from the watery depths of a Japanese river, is being offered to the Chicago Cubs as curse-breaking material. I see no way this can fail....

Die, Shark. Die, Shark. Die, Shark.
Here's a pretty amazing story about one brave spear fisherman who went all Stabby McStabberson to keep a hungry tiger shark from eating his friend....