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Leftovers: Zook The Conqueror
• The Illini get the top wide receiver in the country? Really? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • What's the big deal if Michael Jordan isn't around Charlotte? [SI.com] • Craig Biggio, back in Houston, where he belongs. [Baseball Musings] • How screwed up is instant replay in college football? [Yahoo Sport...
SI.com Is So Nuanced You'd Never Notice
Here are some stats for you, via CBS MarketWatch: SI.com has 7 million unique visitors a month, far behind ESPN's 20.4 million visitors. This is a rather large discrepancy — Yahoo and Fox Sports are ahead of SI as well — but one that SI.com doesn't worry too much about....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you confirm the existence of New York, NM ... population 362 ... • College football: Louisville at Rutgers. Back in August, this didn't look so compelling. But now ... [ESPN] • Golf: HSBC Champions, second round, at Shanghai. Thanks for killing one of our rare Pandas with that slice...
Blasted Apart, With Just A Hint Of Juniper
Ladies and gentlepersons, we proudly introduce you to SeasonShot. What is it? It's a shotgun that saved you the trouble of having to spice your meat! You can blast a bird out of the air and lightly pepper it with coriander at the same time! We'll let the inventors describe it:...
Leftovers: NASCAR: Still White
• The whole blacks-in-NASCAR thing? Not working. [New York Times] • Dance, Saints fan ... DANCE! [The Fanhouse] • An outstanding collection of truly worthless baseball cards. [Joe Sports Fan] • This painting of Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager is making us giggle. [And Here Come The Pretzels]...
How To Deal With Angry, Suing Fans
Remember that A's-Rangers game from a couple of years ago, when Rangers reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the stands and broke some lady's nose? Well, that lawsuit in still going on, and it appears the Rangers are sparing no expense in their quest to discredit the lady's husband, whose hec...
Introducing The Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year Tournament
Since Sports Illustrated is making its unveiling of the 2006 Sportsman Of The Year award into a two-month enterprise, we figured we could do the same thing. Therefore, we are introducing the Deadspin Sportshuman Of The Year tournament, where 16 nominees will compete for the sainted title. We've put ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Yogi Berra says something that makes our head explode ... • College men's basketball: 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, New Orleans vs. Hampton; Maryland vs. Vermont, at College Park, Md. We love college basketball before the offense is put in. [ESPN2] • Golf: HSBC Champions, first r...
Leftovers: Bo Knows Fight Songs
• Ah, the great Burger King college fighting song commercials. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • Some fun elections over at KSK. [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Boise State tells ESPN to stick it. [Scout.com] • The BCS is hardly democratic. [The Fish Of Death]...
Etan Thomas Has Got Your Peace RIGHT HERE
When Washington Wizards forward Etan Thomas isn't busy extolling the virtues of Abe Pollin's prostate in lyrical poem form or reminding us that David Stern doesn't care about black people, apparently, he whittles away the hours getting in fights with teammate Brendan Haywood....
An Excuse To Break Out Our Ditka Wine!
If an alien race ever decided to attack us, we know of one sure-fire way to hold off the destruction. Just send this ad into space. It's sure to render potential invaders hopelessly befuddled, so that they veer off toward a stable planet, like Saturn. Heck, we live here, and we're frightened by this...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your local Diebold machine launches your vote into the cold, dark reaches of outer space ... • College football: Toledo at Northern Illinois. We came for Marty Casey and the Lovehammers, we're staying for the sake of Huskies Pride. Oh, and of course the beer. [ESPN2] • NHL: Carolina...
Leftovers: What Not To Do With A World Series Trophy
• Hey, Chris Duncan ... please don't dry hump the World Series trophy. Please. [The FYC] • Making an eighth grade strip and suck his thumb on the baseball field? You can't do that? Really? [Local 6 News] • A cause worth checking out. [Superhero Historians] • Fun video of that knee to the groin, if y...
Not Even "Hard Harry" Can Save This Game
Ordinarily, we've tended to make fun of "Monday Night Football"'s tendency to bring "celebrities" into their booth to banter with Bald 1, Bald 2 and Mouthy; it's always a distraction from the game and excruciating to listen to. ("So, uh, guy from 'Desperate Housewives" ... er ... so you're in a coma...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while saluting the sainted soul that is Ruben Sierra... • NFL: Oakland at Seattle. This probably looked better in July. [ESPN] • NHL: Boston at Atlanta. God shuffles through papers trying to figure out where he wrote down "ice hockey in Georgia." [Versus] • NBA: Bucks at Bulls. Come se...
Leftovers: A New Rangers Skipper
• Who's the recipient of the Buck Showalter Theory? Ron Washington! [Dallas Morning News] • What exactly do the Knicks want you to experience, again? [copyranter] • Crown their ass! [CrownTheirAss.net] • A consistently funny site about wacky hockey logos. [Bush League Factor]...
Another "Outstanding" Regular Season Manning Triumph
There is a temptation to point out that if Peyton Manning had thrown four interceptions at home on national television against his biggest rival, he would have been vilified by anyone with a keyboard yet again for being a choker; because it was Tom Brady who did it, it was just an "off night" for ...
Cut. That. Meat.
Well, the time has finally come. It's almost time for the Colts and Patriots to kick off, and thus, for Peyton Manning to engage in a no-win situation. If he loses, he's still firmly entrenched in the role of Tom Brady's lawnboy. If he wins, it's a meaningless regular season game that won't even be ...
To Watch Tonight...
• NFL: Indianapolis Colts @ New England Patriots. I wonder if Bill Belichick gets a new sweatshirt for every game, or just keeps wearing the same one. 8:15, NBC. • College Football: Southern Mississippi @ Memphis. This may lack the star power of Colts/Patriots. 8:00, ESPN. • College Football: Moreho...
LeftoverDome...
• Sammy Sosa's considering a return to baseball. Buy stock in cork. [USA Today] • Elect John L. Smith. No, not the Michigan State doofus... a completely separate doofus. A distinction he makes clear. [John L. "Jack" Smith] • "As everybody should know by now, I remain firmly committed to the goal of ...