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Joe Torre, Back When He Had To Work A Little Bit
Even among people who hate the Yankees, there is a grudging respect for manager Joe Torre, who exemplifies class, stoicism and wisdom in a game that many consider often lacking in all three....
Finally Making Some Money Off Southeast Jerome
Fully capitalizing on something it stumbled across last season, the official Redskins site Redskins.com is now selling T-shirts adorned with every Clinton Portis character from his press conferences last year. Those who were with us last season will remember our schoolgirl crush on Portis, particu...
The Uniforms That Made Baseball Cry
It was Retro Day at Petco Park on Thursday, which probably doesn't mean much to you if you weren't a baseball fan in the 1970s. But for those who lived through those dark, confusing times, you have our sympathy, and we're sorry you had to relive the horror. We've all seen pictures such as the ones...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after coming upon a scene of cruel, wanton destruction ... • Basketball: Men's national teams, USA vs. Puerto Rico, at Las Vegas. Let the utter disappointment begin. [ESPN2] • Extreme sports: X Games, at Carson, Calif. Step off, George! [ESPN] • MLB: Cleveland at Boston. To save time, ...
Remember: Dale's The One Who's Always In Trouble
One of our favorite old stories — memorialized in a classic early Bill Simmons column — was the Atlanta Gold Club trial. Remember that? The one where all the athletes — Patrick Ewing, Andruw Jones and, uh, Stephen Baldwin — kept getting sexual favors from a strip club in Atlanta. (Yes, Rodman was in...
Leftovers: Chan Ho, Bleeding
• Chan Ho Park, really not feeling so well. [Baseball Musings] • Juan Gonzalez and his bag of steroids. [New York Daily News] • Former jocks turned actors, if you can call them that. [CourtTV] • Hey, some rare good press for ESPN Mobile. [Technology Review] • The Arena Football 2 playoffs are ON THE...
God, Training Camp Is So Disgusting
Far be it from us to tell any football team how to run their business, particularly during the big petri dish of sweat and blood and all kinds of other disgusting things in the midst of training camp, but we suspect a new policy the 'Skins have put into place might have been worthwhile to institut...
Yao Ming's Big, Big Stand
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming doesn't just spend his offseasons taking a stroll or two around the track. He also spends it saving elephants by swatting away bullets heading toward them directly out of the air. See, he's not just tall; he's made of some sort of indestructible material....
Buyer Beware ... And Beware Again ... And Beware Again
In a classic Oh, Now You Tell Us moment, Philadelphia owner Jeffrey Lurie has suddenly realized that, aw, jeez, maybe it wasn't actually the best of ideas to bring in wide receiver Terrell Owens....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the last surviving munchkins steal your car ... • Boxing: Featherweights, Rogers Mtagwa vs. Alvin Brown, at Philadelphia. How come ESPN boxing isn't like the fight scenes in the Rocky movies? [ESPN2] • MLB: Philadelphia at St. Louis. Hit streak or not, I'm going for a beer. [ESPN] •...
Leftovers: Booting Sooner
• Oklahoma's starting QB is kicked off the team. [The Oklahoman] • You know, a coach who is also a pimp is a versatile fellow indeed. [The M Zone] • A nice review of a book we very much enjoyed, actually. [Orlando Sentinel] • USC player nailed for steroids. [Los Angeles Daily News] • Cubs fans reall...
Save The Chorizo!
We can all agree that we give much love to the chorizo, slight discomfort with cheap ethnic pandering aside. The chorizo has taken the country by storm! Considering there isn't that much more to talk about in relation to Milwaukee Brewers baseball right now, you'd think the chorizo would be out ther...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you put the finishing touches on your new line of adult swaddling clothes ... • WNBA: Indiana at Detroit; Houston at Sacramento. Be the first in your family to watch an entire WNBA doubleheader. [ESPN2] • MLB: Blue Jays at Yankees. Come watch New York bask in its Abreu-ness. [YES Ne...
Leftovers: Not Quite The Seventh Floor Crew, But ...
• Wait, Miami players suspended? Really? [Fanblogs] • The Red Sox made no trades. Here's what it meant. [SethMnookin.com] • So, what IS wrong with the MLS, anyway? [That's On Point] • Ladies and gentlemen, the Freddie Mac show. [AtlantaFalcons.com] • You know, we are starting to think we're cursing ...
Some Folks Are Still A Little Mad About That Scab Business
So, Cory Lidle has left the Phillies and is heading to the Yankees. In an interview, he said he was excited about pitching in the Bronx because "over the last few years I haven't had a clubhouse that expected to win with me." This got back to Phillies reliever Arthur Rhodes, who was less than please...
Here Are Those Tirico Stories We Hinted At Last Week
Last week, while discussing Harold Reynolds' firing from ESPN for sexual harassment, we — in retrospect, somewhat flippantly — pointed out that what Reynolds was accused of paled in comparison to some of the allegations against Mike Tirico in Mike Freeman's 2000 book ESPN: An Uncensored History. We'...
Not Looking Good For Mr. Landis
For those still holding out hope that Tour de France winner Floyd Landis is truly the nice Mennonite boy who feel victim to an unfortunate, accidental circumstance involving testosterone on Jack Daniels, The New York Times has some bad news today....
Derek Jeter Would Like You To Smell Him
Sometimes, this job is a little bit too easy....