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Playoff Roundup: We Warmed Up For The 19th
• We had to run out to see In Her Shoes in the ninth inning of the Astros-Braves game yesterday. Brad Ausmus was coming up, so we knew we wouldn't miss anything. Anybody catch what happened? • Our favorite part of the game is that if the game went so long that Roger Clemens wouldn't have been able...
NFL Roundup: Davenport Craps Out
• After intercepting an Anthony Wright pass in the end zone, Lions defensive back Dre Bly honored injured Packers running back Najeh Davenport by doing a spitting-image impersonation of him. Which was nice, we thought. • After yesterday, we'll just say that we're going to really enjoy watching Terr...
Live Blog: White Sox vs. Red Sox, Game 3
Barring rainstorms on the East Coast that push everything a few days back, this should be, unless the ALCS goes seven games and the NLCS goes six, the last afternoon weekday playoff game, which means the last live blog, which means we're sure you're just devastated. But this is almost certainly th...
Leftovers: Gagne Rips Those Filthy Rich Jerks
• Gagne, speaking from his luxury yacht, rips Dodgers for being cheap. [MSN Sports Filter] • End of a large, gangly, not-so-bright era: Lakers put Divac on waivers. [Show Time] • Niners trade Jamie Winborn to Jaguars, the key move that will have both teams Super Bowl Bound. [49ers News]...
Tony Parker: The Only Cool Spur (And Frenchman, Actually)
Great NBA blog FreeDarko.com — Darko's current mood is "enraged," by the way — has made a pretty amazing find: A rap song featuring Fabolous, Spurs point guard Tony Parker and some French rapper named Booba. This is pretty fantastic for several reasons — you can download the song here — not least ...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as spies rummage through Dick Cheney's desk ... • College FB: North Carolina State at Georgia Tech. Coach Chan Gailey — remember him, Dallas Cowboys fans? — has fashioned Yellow Jackets into a lean, mean fighting machine ranked No. 60 in scoring defense. [ESPN] • NLDS, Game 2: Padres a...
Leftovers: Drop That Freaking Puck
• Hey, The Outdoor Life Network isn't doing too bad, for some first timers. [Puck Update] • UCI to investigate Lance Armstrong doping charges — Inspector Javert simply will not let it lie. [MSNBC] • Miami awarded Super Bowl in 2010 ... sorry, Duluth! [NFL.com] • Marlins eye Joe Girardi for manageria...
Brokeback Mountain Update: Inscrutable Brit Slang Edition
We still can't quite get enough of these still-percolating Peyton Manning-Kenny Chesney rumors. To get you up to speed, British gossip site Popbitch reported that one of the main reasons for the Zellweger-Chesney divorce might have been his "friendship" with Manning. We then uncovered an old quote...
Red Sox Fans Remaining Oddly Calm
Oh, how we love a good "pitcher looking forlorn in the foreground as guy who just homered off him trots around the bases in the background" photo. After last night's 5-4 loss to the White Sox, thanks largely to a Tony Graffanino error and a Tadahito Iguchi three-run jack shortly thereafter, Boston...
Orton, Bears Acknowledge Drooling Jack Daniels Photos
For all you poor souls who doubted the authenticity of our Kyle Orton getting bombed pictures, stand up and recognize: The Bears and Orton addressed the pictures yesterday....
Live Blog: Braves vs. Astros, Game 1
If you're stuck at work at 4 p.m. ET or fortunate enough to live in a time zone that doesn't involve staying up past midnight just to watch a darned playoff baseball game, we're here to help. We'll be live-blogging Game One of the Atlanta Braves-Houston Astros game. We will do our best to appear m...
To Watch Tonight ...
What to watch as the real estate bubble hovers just above your head, then pops ... • ALDS Game 2: Red Sox at White Sox. Wells vs. Buehrle in the matchup you've been waiting for. Well, not really — just play along, OK? [ESPN] • ALDS: Game 2: Yankees at Angels. For some reason we're wondering what bar...
Leftovers: Call the Fashion Police
• If there's one thing that's needed in sports, it's a dress code in the NBA. [The Airing Of Grievances] • It's a NASCAR thing, you wouldn't understand: Waltrip's penalty rescinded. [Newsday] • Alex Smith thrown to the wol ... gets starting nod for 49ers. [Mining The Gold Rush] • What, now you can't...
Playoffs Pants Party: Braves vs. Astros
As Astros blogger Crawfish Boxes points out, the general consensus about the Atlanta-Houston series is that the Astros should win going away. We understand this, somewhat — we begrudgingly picked the Astros to make the World Series, after all — but it seems awfully lopsided, considering the Braves...
Another Freaking GM Who Doesn't Need To Shave
Honestly, at some point, we're gonna end up seeing baseball owners sitting at the bedroom window of high school Strat-o-Matic games, wearing sun visors, peering through binoculars and feverishly scribbling in a notebook. After Rangers general manager John Hart resigned yesterday, the team hired 28...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while poking the Pillsbury Dough Boy a little too often and a little too vigorously ... • ALDS: Yankees' Mussina does his part to head off disaster that would be an Angels-Padres World Series. • NLDS: Jake Peavy discovers broken rib, Padres discover they're down 0-1 to Cardinals. • A...
Live Blog: White Sox vs. Red Sox, Game 1
If you're still stuck at work at 4 p.m., or if you're any further west yonder down the country, we are here to help. After a surprisingly stressful Cardinals-Padres live blog, we're back to do the same for the Red Sox and White Sox. Email us and let us know your thoughts....
To Watch Tonight ...
• MLB: NY Yankees at LA Angels. Shhh, don't let this get around, but the game's really in Anaheim. [Fox] • College FB: Troy Trojans at North Texas Mean Green. Nothing like a little Sun Belt Conference to take your mind off of your Padres' 0-1 start. [ESPN2] • "Bound For Glory." We know this Dick But...
Leftovers: He Learned From You, Knight!
• Season on the Brink: John Feinstein's on-air obscenity won't cost him his job. [The Wizard Of Odds] • Tigers snap up Jim Leyland, causing Lou Pineilla to angrily throw various items around his house. [The Detroit Tigers Weblog] • NASCAR: Johnson takes blame for Talledega crash, exchanges insurance...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Jay Mariotti
"Never dull and always armed with an opinion ..." Beware those eight little words. When you read them, it can only mean: A) Ann Coulter has escaped her zoo enclosure and has written another book; or B) Your paper is promoting its circus freak show sports columnist. Jay Mariotti is one of these. He...