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To Watch Tonight...
• Little League Baseball. Mexico vs. Japan. The battle for the right to be the team that everyone in America roots against tomorrow. 8:00, ESPN. • WNBA. Sacramento Monarchs @ Los Angeles Sparks. I wonder if the Maloof brothers feel obligated to attend these things. 9:00, ESPN2. • NFL Preseason Footb...
LeftoverDome...
• Assigning various song titles to college football teams. West Virginia gets to be Aretha Franklin. [Chicago Sports Review] • A look back at Randy Walker's finest games as head coach of Northwestern. [Also Receiving Votes] • For a Jersey guy, Jay Williams seems okay. [Choke Artist] • Left-handed NF...
Today In The Premiership...
Fulham 1-0 Sheffield United. It's Jimmy Bullard's world. You just live here. After scoring the game winner for Fulham against Bolton earlier in the week, Jimmy Bullard singlehandedly carried Fulham to victory over Sheffield United. Bullard also leads the league in pretty hair curls and weirdfuck p...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch to avoid another one of those a troubling dreams involving Mr. Celery ... • MNF: Steelers vs. Eagles, preseason. We're sure the fans from both sides will be quite genteel. [ESPN] • Tennis: Pilot Pen Tournament, at New Haven, Conn. "I may be old, but I'm spry." [ESPN2] • MLB: Yankees at...
Leftovers: Pacman Caught By Ghosts Of Drunk
• Rough night last night for Pacman Jones. [1450 WGNS] • This Steve Nash "workout" video is oddly hypnotic. [Awful Announcing] • So, what did Dusty mean? Or was it just nothing? [Ron Karkovice Fan Club] • Ortiz spent the night in a hospital. Whoa! [Boston Herald] • That guy who tried to pretend he w...
Introducing The Deadspin Hall Of Fame
As disconcerting as it might be to consider or even comprehend, our little Hall of Justice here at Deadspin is not yet one year old. We started up the day before the NFL season began last year. We are completely bewildered as to how to feel about our upcoming one-year birthday: It both seems ridicul...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as raccoons make a videotape of your captured dog ... • Little League World Series: USA semifinal, Portsmouth, N.H., vs. Columbus, Ga., at Williamsport, Pa. Since they're apparently cracking down on coaches hitting their players, there's little reason for us to watch. [ESPN] • MLB: St....
NFL Season Preview: Washington Redskins
We are officially less than a month before the start of the NFL season, so it's probably time to start previewing the monster. The key to the NFL's success — other than fantasy football and gambling, of course — is the rabid nature of its fans. That is to say: You don't see a lot of people painting ...
Leftovers: Goodbye, Senegal
• OK, we're gonna try real hard to get fired up for the basketball world championships now. [True Hoop] • Oh, it's not good to taunt Scott Boras. [ESPN] • In celebration of Julio Franco's birthday yesterday, here's a look at how he did each birthday game since he started. [High And Inside] • What wi...
A Board Meeting With LT
Can you imagine being in a corporate conference room with Lawrence Taylor? Wouldn't that have to make your week? If it happened on a Monday, we'd coast around our cubicle with a happy, dancing, spritely air ... Lawrence Taylor was here! In our conference room! Fucking shit up!...
The Wrong Way To Impersonate A Blue Jay
Last night, after the A's victory over the Blue Jays, a fan ran on the field. This will happen from time to time, of course, particularly at the end of a game, after a few Molsons. But see, this fan, he had a special trick in mind: He would be wearing a Blue Jays jersey....
To Watch Tonight
Come on, those chicken nachos aren't going to eat themselves ... • Little League World Series: U.S. semifinal, Illinois vs. Oregon. Who will earn the right to get humiliated by Japan? [ESPN] • MLB: Chicago White Sox at Detroit. Notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers ... notjinxingtigers [ESPN2] • Mot...
Leftovers: So Solich Wasn't Date Raped After All
• Sorry, Solich: Judge says his "I was GHB'd" defense doesn't fly. [Athens Messenger] • Wait, how come nobody cares about THIS horse? [Fox Sports] • The Tigers aren't shy about bumping up their ticket prices, are they? [Detroit News Online] • Cedric Benson is not particularly popular among his teamm...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as all the people in your photo album come to life and begin plotting your demise ... • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa.: Dhahran, Saudi Arabia vs. Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Columbus, Ga. vs. Lemont, Ill. Stacked on each other's shoulders, the Saudi Arabia tea...
Leftovers: So Who's The Starter Again? Nice, Coach
• Yeah, see, they're having all kinds of trouble with Sun Devils football. [San Jose Mercury News] • Brady Quinn's sister, not pregnant. So that's clear. [NBC Sports] • A very entertaining interview with former SI scribe Bill Scheft. [The Big Lead] • So, Shaq, whaddya been up to? Cool, cool ... [NBA...
Kornheiser's Second Evening Of Fun
Lovable Grumpy Gus Tony Kornheiser broadcasted his second "Monday Night Football" game last night, and it has created decidedly less conversation — "buzz," if you will — than his debut did a week ago. We only watched a few minutes of the game, so we don't feel qualified enough to make much judgment....
The Closer: "It Was Mayhem Down In The Tunnel"
Notes on a day in baseball:...
New Buzzsaw Stadium Could Be Named After Female Genitalia
You might know that the Buzzsaw's new STATE OF THE ART football stadium currently is called "Cardinals Stadium," which, considering its lack of proper monetary compensation, is not a name that's likely to stick any longer than Bill Bidwell can cash a check....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you start to wonder if anyone's uglier than Sidney Ponson ... • Little League World Series: Pool play, at Williamsport, Pa., Surrey, B.C. vs. Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Beaverton, Ore. vs. Columbia, Mo. Having fun, kids? Only two more weeks 'till school. (That'll quiet 'em). [ESPN2] •...
Leftovers: Glavine In Trouble
• Very scary times for Tom Glavine. [New York Daily News] • Wilt Chamberlain would have been 70 years old today. [NBA.com] • Neither Bill Simmons nor Anna Benson are in this poker tournament. [Reuters] • This LA-area columnist appears to be doing OK for himself. [The Big Lead] • Inside the 1986 Mets...