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Leftovers...
• Here's a hip Muhammad Ali song, if you're into a blues-y, horns-y type of groove. By a guy named Cory Branan. [The Hell You Say]...
This Feels... Big.
The Pistons and Cavs will be tipping off any minute now. I can't be sure of what, but we're about to witness something. I think just about everyone in the universe is rooting for the Cavs, with the exception of hardcore Pistons fans. Everyone either wants to see LeBron win, or wants to see LeBron...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NBC. Poker: National Heads-Up Championship. The semifinals: Shawn Sheikhan vs. Ted Forrest and Chris Ferguson vs. Huck Seed. 1:00, CBS. Auto Racing: American Le Mans @ Mid-Ohio. Shouldn't be too difficult to find a flat patch of land for a race track in the middle of Ohio. 1:00, ABC. IndyCar...
Leftovers...
• So, a rugby guy gets suspended for a positive drug test, and most people see to think it was the yayo. He's 31 years old. He and a scout believe that he has a future in the National Football League. In related news, I believe I will one day dunk on Dikembe Mutombo. [Armchair GM]...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, NFL Network. NFL Europe. Colonge Centurions @ Rhein Fire. If you're really, really curious about what Kliff Kingsbury is up to. 1:00, Fox. MLB: New York Yankees @ New York Mets. I believe this one's for the east coasters only. 2:00, ESPN2. LPGA Golf: Sybase Classic, Third Round. I'm a huge G...
And The Ones Get Sevens...
Screw "About Last Night!" After a night of basketball like that, it can be demoted to the two-spot......
Week In Deadspin: You're With Us, Neil
• Dirk Nowitzki loves David Hasselhoff. • Even with no mullet, we'll still miss Doug Flutie. • Neil Everett has balls of steel. You're with us, Neil! • Hey, look, it's the Atlanta Hawks mascot on a moped. • Ron Zook rocks your ass into next Tuesday. • College baseball's version of Sofia Coppola (t...
LeBron Goes For It All Tonight
No. 1 email we've received over the last 48 hours: "Hey, asshead, still think LeBron's playoff debut is unremarkable?" (Answer: OK, maybe he's doing all right.)...
Leftovers: Don't Let Him Drive Into The Sunset
• Longtime coach Eddie Sutton all set to retire. [ESPN] • Your early season Win Shares leaders. [Hardball Times] • Joey Harrington ... unleashed! [The Sports Frog] • What's it like to have a business meeting with Ron Artest? This is pretty much what we imagined. [Bad Idea Blue Jeans]...
Hey, Kids, Let's Play Nintendo!
Thanks to SporTech Matter for this beauty of a find: It's the actual original 1987 television commercial for RBI Baseball, the Nintendo game that we (and, we suspect, the majority of you) spent most our youth playing until we were yelled at to go to bed....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Costa Rica
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Costa Rica! And for World Cup previews...
Record For Stuffing Face With Pig Ass In Jeopardy
You're probably going to make fun of us here, but we consider competitive eating a sport. We do. We never had until we worked with writer Larry Getlen on his story "The Champions Of Consumption" for The Black Table, our old stomping grounds. The two-part series looked at the history of competitive...
Leftovers: Those Youngs Are Awfully Angry Folks
• Tigers' Dmitri Young charged with domestic violence. [Detroit Free Press] • It's Vijay Singh's Sex Tips For Girls. [Utter Wonder] • Yankees fans and Red Sox fans apparently remember experiences somewhat differently. [Harvard Gazette] • The marketing director of Applebee's has resigned. "Just sit r...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Croatia
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Croatia! And for World Cup previews th...
We Are All Stunned
Well. It's little wonder the The NBA Is Back! platitudes are being brought back out there. This is downright fun....
LeBron's Chance To Take Over
Well, for those of you who are just now waking up from that Clippers-Suns epic last night, there's no time to rest, people. Two more games tonight, with the Mavericks trying to finish off the defending champions and, most compellingly, LeBron James and the Cavaliers continuing their unlikely quest...
Leftovers: Plunking Barry
• Inside the night of the guy who kept trying to hit Barry Bonds. [ESPN] • What's funnier than Larry Brown and Isiah Thomas playing a game of chicken? Not much, really. [New York Daily News] • Inside the mind of Steve Nash's cat. [The Mighty MJD] • So BadJocks has officially gone dog nutty over hazi...
Dirk Nowitzki Gets His Hasselhoff On
We suppose, had we put two and two together, we could have seen this coming. In a way, it has a certain spectacular cosmic inevitability....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Cote d'Ivoire
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offside (they have that in soccer, right?), we're previewing all the participants, bringing you Four Things You Don't Know About Them. If you have a tidbit, send it along to [email protected]. Today: Ivory Coast! And for World Cup preview...
Leftovers: CSI: Big Unit
• So, seriously, what IS going on with Randy Johnson? [SI.com] • Uh, Reggie Bush's hamstring is all right, right? Right? [Rotowire] • What would have happened to Steve Nash, had he not been a basketball player. [SPIN] • Minor league team responds to asshead who sued over not receiving free tote bag ...