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Not To Pile On The Red Sox Here, But ...
We know that often American celebrities will do advertisements in other countries — or their home countries — that they might not necessarily want to be seen doing here. But that doesn't change the bewilderment of seeing David Ortiz ... doing a boner commercial? Really? Can anybody translate?...
A Tortured Tour Through Red Sox Land
After the brutality of the last few days, it seems almost cruel to make the Red Sox and their fans go through one more game this afternoon. At this point, what's one more loss and humilation? Even the famous Boston Massacre was only four games....
The Closer: "Those Guys Are Not Playing Around"
Notes from a day in baseball:...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB Baseball: Yankees @ Red Sox. Might it be possible for us to borrow Little League's mercy rule for this one? 8:00, ESPN. • Little League Baseball: Lemont, Ill. vs. Staten Island, NY. Here's a satellite image of LeMont, in case you were interested. Looks like they play a lot of baseball there. 8...
A Warning To The Women Of San Antonio
This comes our way from Media Take Out, and there's probably no real reason to believe that it's true, but it's a hell of a story nonetheless. A woman claims that she met former New York Knick and current San Antonio Spur Jackie Butler at the 40/40 Club in New York a few months ago....
To Watch Tonight...
• Little League Baseball: Columbia, Mo. vs. Portsmouth, NH. Portsmouth is 93.55% white. 8:00, ESPN. • MLS Soccer: New York Red Bulls @ Columbus Crew. Because you know you miss Bruce Arena. 7:30, Fox Soccer. • NFL Preseason Football: New York Jets @ Washington Redskins. Clinton Portis hopes someone e...
This Is Rapidly Becoming Anti-Climactic
The Yankees are in the process of ghetto-stomping the Red Sox again today, probably ensuring victory in the five-game series, and sort of letting the air out of the build-up for the series. The game was tied heading into the top of the 6th, until the Red Sox walked in two runs, and then gave up a ...
LeftoverDome...
• If Jim Durham and Fran Fraschilla seemed distant and deatched in their commentary last night, they were. [Boston Sports Media] • Isiah Rider... come on, man. [SFGate.com] • There is now a Family Circus about the Zidane headbutt. I will now hate Zidane forever. [I Dislike Your Favorite Team] • Pred...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as firefighters arrive to put out your Dell computer ... • Basketball: Men's World Championship, preliminary round, USA vs. Puerto Rico, at Sapporo, Japan. "Showdown at the House of Blue Leaves" [ESPN2] • Boxing: Middleweights, Sam "Slap Fight" Soliman vs. "Passin' Gas" Enrique Ornelas...
Leftovers: Hey, Busch Ushers, Lighten Up
• The Busch Stadium ushers are kind of being dicks. [SportingNews.com] • Renaldo Balkman really does look pretty stoned all the time. [Need4Sheed] • Speaking of the Cardinals ... Preston Wilson. Kick ass. No, not really. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • If this guy is young enough to be in Little League,...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Based On An Inspiring True Story ...
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Let him know what you think of him....
Here We Go Again
We take a lot of pride around these parts in avoiding the typical East Coast knob-slobbering that goes on; rarely do people accuse one of a "Central Illinois Bias." But even we can't ignore a five-game series at Fenway Park in a tight August pennant race between the Red Sox and Yankees. Bronx Bant...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while waiting for Aunt Lou to finish cooking dinner ... • MLB: Texas at Detroit. We won't predict anything here. Nope, don't wan to jinx either team. We are silent, because (Detroit will win World Series). Doh! [ESPN] • NFL: Preseason, Kansas City at New York Giants. Let the sobbing (C...
Leftovers: Who Is The Mystery Mets Sponsor?
• What the heck is Azek Trimboards? [High And Inside] • Yeah, you just try and find Rrett Bomar on the cover of an Oklahoma calendar. [The Wizard Of Odds] • It's NASCAR love affair intrigue! [Scene Daily] • Hey, MLB Advanced Media: Screw off. No, really, we mean it. (Seriously: Show us the part on o...
Ron Artest Talks With Kids: Can World Peace Be Far Behind?
From the looks of things, it's only a matter of time before Ron Artest is asked to appear on Sesame Street. We're a wee bit late on this, but fortunately TrueHoop was paying close attention to Artest's first day of mandatory community service yesterday, which was part of his punishment for the 2004 ...
Tom Brady Linked To ... Uh ... A Phone Call, We Think
You can forgive Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for wondering this morning, "Jeez, of all the seedy, steroid-infested, slimy illegal gin joints in all the world, I had to walk into his."...
We're Only 99 44/100ths Percent Pure, Ourselves
The woman on the left in this photo is Danika Schroeter. She finished second in the Canadian downhill mountain biking championships last week, finishing just one second behind Michelle Dumaresq. Dumaresq is the woman in the middle. The lady on the right ... we don't know who the lady on the right is...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Aflac Duck finally develops nuclear capability ... • Little League Softball: World Series, championship, at Portland, Ore. We do not have money on the Pequannock, N.J. team! [ESPN2] • MLB: Detroit at Boston. We thought interleague play was over. Oh, wait. [ESPN] • Tennis: ATP, W...
Leftovers: Big Ben And The Povertyneck Hillbillies
• Remember that Ben Roethlisberger country music video from a while back? Well, it's out, and it's terrifying. [Rust Records] • So what IS the deal with this Malkin fellow? [TSN] • Which NBA player are you? (We were Tony Parker, strangely.) [Rum And Monkey] • It would be a grand irony if the "Game O...
Tony Kornheiser Should Probably Take A Deep Breath
Something that has surprised us — but probably shouldn't have — about the aftermath of Tony Kornheiser's debut on "Monday Night Football" has been his reaction to (relatively small) criticism of his performance. For a guy who, being in the media, should be used to all this, he's lashing out a lot. H...