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What to watch after pummeling guests with a car jack at the baby shower ... • Auto racing: Formula One, practice for Chinese Grand Prix, at Shanghai (2 a.m., ET). No Chinese fire drill jokes will be accepted. [Speed] • College football: Florida State at N.C. State (7:30 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Brigham You...
30 Previews In 30 Days: The Minnesota Timberwolves
NBA training camps have begun; the season is rapidly approaching. Can you dig it? I knew that you could. And so we continue our previews: 30 of them in 30 days. Up next is a team that, due to its role in Boston's resurgence, is like the bizarro NBA champions: The Minnesota Timberwolves. When last we...
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What to watch while you eat the world's biggest pumpkin pie ... • MLB: NLCS, Game 5, Philadelphia Phillies at Los Angeles Dodgers (8:22 p.m. ET) That's just Manny being eliminated? [Fox] • Soccer: Men's World Cup Qualifier: USA vs. Trindad and Tobago (8:00 p.m., ET) Well, that doesn't even seem fair...
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What to watch while you declare yourself a "sovereign nation" ... • MLB: ALCS, Game 4, Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox (8:00 p.m. ET) Welcome to "Wake up, Wakefield." [TBS] • NHL: Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins (7:00 p.m., ET) Our hockey moms can beat up your hockey moms. [Versus] • Mov...
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What to watch while you win all your money back ... • MLB: ALCS, Game 3, Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox (Right NOW!) Tazers on stun! [TBS] • NHL: Vancouver Canucks at Washington Capitals (7:00 p.m., ET) Ovechkin cares not for your "goalies." [Versus] • MLB: NLCS, Game 4, Philadelphia Phillies at L...
Snip My Child's Foreskin, Please!
So what did we learn today? Other than maybe learning that Mack Brown can win the big games, RichRod can't win the little games, and that taking the points against Utah is wallet suicide, I learned this...and I don't have any clue how to react: Friend of Deadspin and unabashed Tim Tebow superfan Dan...
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What to watch while you hold your breath for Axl Rose ... • MLB: NLCS, Game 2, Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies (Right NOW!). Hey, where'd the boss go? [Fox] • NHL: Montreal at Buffalo (7:30 p.m., ET) Stuff your sorrys in a Saku Koivu [RDS Canada, MSG] • College football: Louisville at M...
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What to watch while scaring the beejeezus out of the neighborhood kids ... • College football: Clemson at Wake Forest (7:30 p.m., ET). Oh look, another black out. That's original. [ESPN] • MLB: National League Championship Series, Game 1, Los Angeles at Philadelphia (8 p.m., ET). Relax, it's just A....
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What to watch while you contemplate your career choices ... • Classic Boxing: Holyfield/Bowe I and II. (8:30 ET) Wait, really? This is what we're reduced to? [ESPN] • Series: "South Park"/"The Sarah Silverman Program", Season Premieres (10:00 ET) When you're not just sure ... you're HIV-positive. [C...
Why Yes, Tim McCarver <i>Does</i> Have An Opinion About Manny Ramirez
The NLCS starts tomorrow ON FOX! We know Joe Buck is amped, but how does Tim McCarver feel about covering the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the story of the moment—i.e., Manny Ramirez Reborn? Well, let's just say Tim should bring some extra towels with him if he decides to head down to the Dodger locke...
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What to watch while you fail geometry class. Again ... • College Football: Troy vs. Florida Atlantic (8:00 ET) Agamemnon is pleased. [ESPN2] •: Movie: "The Last Samurai" (8:00 ET) Despite the movie's flaws, the ninja attack scene is the most underrated action sequence in film history. Discuss. [AMC]...
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What to watch while you try to figure out how to replace the dead power adapter for your laptop. Grrrrr ... • MLB: ALDS, Game 4: Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox (NOW) Love lifts Upton where he belongs? [TBS] • NFL: Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints (8:30 p.m., ET) One dome is as good as th...
Michael Phelps Gill Nets Him A Keeper
We can forgive Michael Phelps for tapping a far-off state for girlfriend material, and for picking a Miss California runner up. But what's unforgivable is sporting a Tigers cap when everyone knows you were born and raised in Baltimore. Attending the University of Michigan is no excuse; you support t...
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What to watch while you fake a heart attack to try and sell more MP3 players ... • MLB: ALDS, Game 2: Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays (6:00 p.m., ET) Help them, Obi-Wan Guillen. You're the city's only hope. [TBS] • WNBA: Finals, Game 2: Detroit Shock at San Antonio Silver Stars. (7:30 p.m., ET) ...
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What to watch while you wonder what they did with the body ... • MLB: NLDS, Game 2: Milwaukee Brewers at Philadelphia Phillies (6:07 p.m., ET) No one here really cares about this one, right? [TBS] • College Football: Pittsburgh vs. South Florida. (7:30 p.m., ET) Don't these kids ever study? [ESPN] •...
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What to watch while you attend flute practice ... • MLB: NLDS, Game 1: Los Angeles Dodgers at Chicago Cubs (6:37 p.m., ET) How much mojo can one city hold? [TBS] • WNBA: Finals, Game 1: Detroit Shock at San Antonio Silver Stars. Remember when the Spurs played the Pistons in the Finals? Of course you...
Gators Now Answering To A Higher Power
Florida suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, and Christ — who apparently had a few sheckles on the outcome — is not amused. So he distpatched Eric Brown, the 31-year-old minister at Gainesville's Campus Church of Christ, to keep Tim Tebow out of trouble for the next few weeks. Brown, a...
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What to watch while you "ride the giant jellyfish" ... • MLB: Division Playoff: Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox (7:30 p.m., ET) Experts agree: There's an excellent chance that both teams could lose. [TBS] • College Football: Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee St. (8:00 p.m., ET) On a Tuesday?...
Monday Night Football: Ravens-Steelers
It's the rarest of sights. Two teams in the AFC North Division with functional motor skills on the same football field at the same time. Baltimore puts their vaunted undefeated season on the line in Heinz Field against the 2-1 Steelers. If you blog it, they will jump. * * *OK, Overtime For Rills Thi...
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What to watch while you fight back against boondoggles ... • WNBA: Eastern Conference Final, Game 3. New York at Detroit (7:00 p.m., ET) Ypsilanti on fire! [ESPN2] • NFL: Monday Night Football. Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgt Steelers (9:00 p.m., ET) Hey, is that another sack? [ESPN] • Movie: "First ...