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To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize that playing against Teen Wolf is more dangerous than it used to be ... • College football: Northwestern at Nevada. After the game, please enjoy our legal brothels! [ESPN2] • MLB: St. Louis at Houston. Adam Wainwright, the new Bobby Jenks. Sure. [ESPN] • Prep football: O...
Leftovers: Maurice's "Profile"
• Unfortunately, this is what Maurice Clarett's trading card looks like now. [Ohio Department Of Rehabilitation And Correction] • Etan Thomas fires back at right-wing Washington columnist who accused him of having a poor work ethic. Unfortunately, he doesn't do it through poetry. [Wizards Front Offi...
Must Be Sittin' In The Front Row!
Earlier this week, we heard rumors of a fan and his girlfriend / wife / mistress / crossdresser, while in the top level of the mostly empty RFK Stadium, uh, enjoying themselves in a way that you can't exactly enjoy yourself in the crowded Yankee Stadium bleachers. We weren't going to run anything ab...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you snack on the last of the tainted spinach ... • Basketball: Women's world championship, semifinals, USA vs. Russia, at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Do you believe in miracles? (We're just asking in general). [NBATV] [FSN] • College football: Virginia at Georgia Tech. We had a Cavalier atti...
Leftovers: Those Wacky Namaths
• Joe Namath's daughter wants to kiss you. Well, if you have money and are married. [New York Post] • The Bengals must be playing well: Bootsy Collins is back again. [Channel Cincinnati] • Phantom stolen gnome returns for Steelers game. OK, that was a weird sentence we wrote just there. [Don Chavez]...
Look, It's Tony Kornheiser Eating
The Big Lead, which has really been sizzling of late, has come across this bizarre, soundless video of "Monday Night Football" and grumpy gus Tony Kornheiser being approached by a panhandler in a Jacksonville restaurant....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while listening to this over and over and over ... • Basketball: Women's world championships, quarterfinal, USA vs. Lithuania, at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Are their cheerleaders at a women's basketball game? Are they men? [NBATV] [FSN] • MLB: Detroit at Chicago White Sox. The Tigers fall out...
Leftovers: Lamenting The U
• Kind of weird not to have Miami in the top 25, isn't it? [The Sports Oasis] • It's football in the Arctic. [Anchorage Daily News] • We were wondering why NBC's "Football Night In America" left us unfulfilled. [Slate] • Look, ladies, you like football too! [The Female Fan] • It's a song about Xavie...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you pine for the NHL ... • MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres. You stay classy, Whale's Vagina. [Channel 4 Padres] • Minor League Baseball: Triple-A Bricktown Showdown, Toledo (International League champion) vs. Tucson (Pacific Coast League champion), at Oklahoma City. Mr...
Leftovers: Voting For Peter
• You can vote Peter Gammons as Boston's best "blues act." Go to it! [Boston Music Awards] • Barcelona is available to the highest bidder. [IHT] • Jay Mariotti, taking "credit" for the White Sox losing ways. [Tom Fornelli] • This guy's mom used to know West Virginia's coach. (Not in the Biblical sen...
The NFL Doesn't Want You To Get Drunk
So the NFL is running a contest called Take A Player To School Day, which encourages kids between the ages of 6 and 12 to apply for a player to accompany them to school....
Deadspin Moral Quandary: PK Vs. KSK
Contrary to the popular opinion concerning blogs, we consider ourselves pretty nice guys. We mean well for humanity, pet puppies, occasionally give change to the homeless, say please and thank you, all that. But there's still this mindset that blogs are somehow mean. Therefore, we're looking inward ...
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
By now you've probably heard about the "apology balls" story, in which Pete Rose is supposed to have signed 300 baseballs with the words "I'm sorry I bet on baseball — Pete Rose", and is set to sell them at $1,000 a pop. That's what the New York Daily News said on Monday, anyway, in a rather glaring...
Look Inside Big Ben. WAY Inside
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made his return from an appendectomy — and, ostensibly, from that little head-vs.-pavement business — last night, and it didn't go well, with the Jaguars shutting out Big Ben and the Steelers 9-0 on Monday night. It was the lowest scoring game in Monday Night ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch instead of, you know, doing this ... • MNF: Pittsburgh at Jacksonville. Only one NFL game tonight? Ripoff! [ESPN] • Basketball: Women's world championships, second round, USA vs. Czech Republic, at Sao Paolo, Brazil. Women must reclaim the men's honor. (Sigh), as usual. [FSN] • MLBl: A...
Leftovers: Footie Problems
• There could be some real trouble in UK soccer when a TV program runs tonight. [Soccernet] • What are the Yankees going to do with Gary Sheffield? [Baseball Musings] • The NBA would like to know what's in your heart, literally. [True Hoop] • Hurry up, RajaBell.com! [YAYSports!]...
It's 3 1/2 In The Pokey For Clarett
Word just came in about an hour ago: Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett has pled guilty to two felonies and will spend at least the next 3 1/2 years in prison. Jury selection was about to begin in the case, but lawyers accepted the plea of 7 1/2 years, with the first parole opportunity p...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB. Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees. I heard that the standings don't matter when these two teams play. 8:00, ESPN. • Movie. Major League. Forget about the curve ball, Ricky. Give 'em the heater. 8:00, ESPN Classic. • NFL. Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys. I just wish NBC would find a way t...
LeftoverDome...
• NBA.com is taking their sweet time in getting their 'Gay' jerseys available. Rudy will be taking the court this year in a jersey that reads "Alternative Lifestyle" on the back. [High and Inside] • I know that you think you want to know all about ESPN broadcaster Chris Fowler's engagement and his w...
That's Never Been MY Experience
Do me a favor. Click this link, check out the headline, then come back. I'll wait....