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About Last Night ...
What you missed while mourning the loss of Ingmar Bergman ... • Cycling: Alberto Contador wins Tour de France (pending urinalysis). • Motor sports: So Tony Stewart pretty much owns the Brickyard, eh? • MLB: That sound you hear is THE CUBS a half-game out of first!...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch before you take your siblings on a train ride across India ... • MLB: Tigers at Angels. Jeremey Bonderman is Mr. Sunday Night. [ESPN] • Cycling: Tour de France's final stage. Hey, I thought this was over? [VS.] • TV: Flight of the Conchords. Bret? Present. Jemaine? Present. Skeets? Pre...

All Hail The '89 Turbo Mini-Van!
Paul Smith, 43, of Seneca, Illinois owns a 1989 Dodge Caravan with faux wood grain sides and 185,000 miles on the odometer. "So what," you say? Your ex-girlfriend's old man drove the same piece of junk. Fair. But did it house a turbocharged engine that got her up to 105 m.p.h. in 12.65? I didn't thi...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you crush the Russians in Super Spike V'Ball ... • MLB: Florida at San Fran. A Giant is on the verge of greatness! [ESPN] • Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 19. I hope someone runs over a mountain lion! [Versus] • Classic Boxing: Holyfield vs. Foreman. Hey, why doesn't my Lean Mean...

You Still Got That Little BB In Your Eye, Kornacki?
You'd think having to cover the Kansas City Royals was a pain in the ass as it is when ... BAM! A pellet-gun bullet straight to the face! Jesus, Emil! Watch where you point that thing!...


Vick Co-Defendant Set To Make Plea Agreement
One of Michael Vick's co-defendants is about to throw him to the dogs. (Zing!) A plea agreement hearing has been scheduled for Tony Taylor — no, not the Pride of Philadelphia — at 9 a.m. Monday in the federal dogfighting conspiracy case....

It's Never Good When The MLS Has The Best Week
explains Beckham to us much better than we did to the world. • Careful of what cars you steal. • One more time: Gay Yankees. • We live blogged a guy talking into a microphone. • Stop the ESPN Motion. • Matt Leinart says he's a great dad, and even remembers his kid's name. • Our NFL Season Previews b...

Who's The Next Professional Athlete To Be Proven Pure Evil?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....

NFL Season Preview: Baltimore Ravens
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, running one every weekday, we have to start this week. So there you have it....

Don't Burn Your Vick Jersey Just Yet
We hope you already own a Michael Vick jersey and haven't burned it, because it's about to become a rarity....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you whip out a machine gun from a guitar case ... • MLB: Atlanta at San Francisco. Check out the much-slimmer Barry on the TBS sports page. [TBS] • Major League Lacrosse: New Jersey at Philadelphia. Ow! Right in the mesh. [ESPN2] • Soccer: MLS, Chivas USA at New York. Is soccer our ...

Vick Pleads Not Guilty To Dogfighting Charges
Mark your calendars on Nov. 26 for the start of the most captivating dead dog/quarterback melodrama in legal history. Our Man Mexico has plead not guilty to the big charges. Trial begins November 26. What are the odds he'll play by then? We say they're low....

NFL Season Preview: Miami Dolphins
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, running one every weekday, we have to start this week. So there you have it....

Fenway Concessions Now Serving Flaming Moes
The Simpsons Movie is but a few scant hours away, and I must confess that I'm a little excited. And the Boston Globe is celebrating in its own way, employing that wonderful online utility, Simpsonize Me, to render several Red Sox players as they would look if they lived in Springfield and hung out w...

Deion Sanders Finds Dogfighting Quite Exciting, Actually
Via The Fanhouse, it appears Deion Sanders has a few choice things to say about Michael Vick and his alleged dogfighting. And, if you don't mind us saying, we believe Deion Sanders might be completely insane....

Fausto, Sans Devil, Beats Beckett
Faustus is Latin for "auspicious" ... so Fausto must mean the same thing, maybe? My spanish is not adequate. Remember when the Indians wanted to make Fausto Carmona a closer? Oh, those wacky coaches. The last time Carmona faced the Red Sox — last season — he blew two consecutive save opportunities. ...

NFL Season Preview: Carolina Panthers
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, running one every weekday, we have to start this week. So there you have it....
