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Leftovers: Win A Trip To Bristol! Really!
• Now this is a promotion worth winning! [The 700 Level] • Some stories just make us too uncomfortable to even comment on. [SI.com] • Could two catchers win the batting titles this year? [A Trivial Pursuit] • Jon Stewart is doing a television show about minor league baseball. Sounds right up our all...
Minor Enterprise: A Mighty Wind
Welcome to Minor Enterprise, where each Wednesday we preview, and occasionally review, the great events and promotions of minor league baseball. If you have a tip about a minor league promotion, or perhaps you're dressed as a large mascot beaver and are hopelessly stuck in the suit, contact us at ti...
It's A General Manager Blood Feud!
We don't mean to imply that when you're screwed over by Washington Nationals GM Jim Bowden, it might be time to re-evaluate one's career choices, but ......
This Could End Up Affecting The Eastern Indoor Football League Opener
It's almost no fun to point out Maurice Clarett's foibles anymore. But when cops pull him over with a bunch of loaded guns and a hatchet in the car, it's probably worth mentioning....
Scott Van Pelt Has A Way With The Ladies
All told, we actually kind of like ESPN anchor Scott Van Pelt. He's still a knockoff of the tired "wacky" anchor, but he's not as obnoxious about it as he could be. He seems like a dopey, well-meaning fellow who is happy to be on television....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Soloflex in your den files for divorce ... • MLB: New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox. While you're waiting for the game to begin, why not head over to Hawk Harrelson's blog and watch as he takes shots at Mickey Rooney for no apparent reason. [WGN] • Tennis: ATP Masters Series...
Leftovers: Waiting On Matt
• All right, Leinart: Get your ass in camp, would you? [East Valley Tribune] If anybody goes to this game tonight in Schaumburg and gets us a Bruce Weber bobblehead, you get a free post. We're serious. [Flyers Baseball] • The story behind Carson Palmer's transplanted tendon. [Bloomberg] • Kevin Garn...
"Interests: Redskins, Clubs And GETTIN' DRUNK"
It just wouldn't be the NFL without some truly obsessed, frightening fans, and we've got some pretty worthy ones in the Dead Tree Crew, backers of the Washington Redskins and almost certainly the type of guys who beat up Daniel Snyder in high school....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Madden's HOF induction speech enters its fifth hour ... • Basketball: Men's national team, USA vs. China, at Guangzhou, China. For those attending, here's how to get there. Find Hong Kong, then go north until you hit "a prosperous metropolis full of vigor." Oh, and also, here's who ...
Leftovers: Leavin' Livan
• Hey, look, Jim Bowden actually got off his arse and traded somebody. [Associated Press] • Waiver trades ... explained. [McSweeney's] • We love it when race car drivers have street races. [Jalopnik] • You know, Jason Elam is kind of a badass. [Rocky Mountain News] • Ever wonder what Paul from "The ...
And Just Like That, The NFL Returns
Hey, everybody, there was football yesterday!...
To Watch Tonight...
• MLB: Phillies @ Mets. I could gaze into Mr. Met's beautiful eyes for hours. 8:00, ESPN. • NFL: Raiders vs. Eagles. Whichever team has more fans arrested by halftime wins. 8:00, NBC. • Movie: Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo. Yeah, ball hair. What we need is a strike here. 8:00, FX....
LeftoverDome...
• The Mets/Phillies game tonight will be liveblogged. [MiracleMets.Net] • Jason Giambi gets a little testy when they give him the infield shift. [BlogNYC] • The 50 greatest WWF rivalries [Rivalfish] • Checking back in with Finger Jousting [Fringe Sports Central] • I don't know that any "athlete over...
To Watch Tonight...
• NASCAR. Busch Series, Kroger 200. Talledega Nights taught me all about the slingshot maneuver. 9:00, TNT. • World Cup Soccer. Czech Republic vs. United States. If the MLS All-Star Game didn't convince you that we still suck at soccer... Oops. 10:00, ESPNU. • NFL. Green Bay Packers Intrasquad Scrim...
LeftoverDome...
• Cristiano Da Matta remains in critical condition after his car plowed into a deer. [Jalopnik] • Since you're such a huge Brian Bosworth fan, you're probably going to want to buy this poster, and read these movie reviews. [BACTION!] • Your 2006 NFL Suicide Pool Preview [Kissing Suzy Kolber] • Ebo E...
Applebee's Making Amends
If you watched any amount of last year's NCAA basketball tournament, you probably remember the Applebee's commercials that featured two guys singing the Gilligan's Island theme song, rewritten to be about some kind of a shrimp special. You probably remember this because 1) you hated it, and 2) it wa...
The B Sample Cannot Save Floyd
Floyd Landis's fall from grace appears to be complete. They finally got around to testing his B sample this morning, and - surprise, surprise - it was as tainted as a Paris Hilton pap smear. It's a little sad, but to be honest, it's probably more fun for American sports fans to have another doper to...
To Watch Tonight
What you missed while deciding, apropos of nothing, to work late on Friday ... • Boxing: Anthony Peterson vs. Jose Soto, at Memphis. What division is this? Flyweight? Paperweight? Pantyweight? [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: X Games, at Carson, Calif. Have you ever taken your bike off of some sweet jumps?...
Leftovers: Evicting Mom
• Tebucky Jones tells his mom to get the hell out. [Hartford Courant] • Better get up early to find out what's up with Floyd Landis. [MSNBC] • It's college football poll time! [Burnt Orange Nation] • Well, the refs have some new uniforms. [Uni Watch] • Uh, Boston? Javy Lopez isn't good anymore. [Red...
Why Is No One Talking About The Dominican Steroid Story?
Double Play Depth brings up a question we've been wondering about ourselves: Why is no one making a big deal out of the New York Daily News' steroid scoop last week?...