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The Porn Stars Of Tempe
Inspired by a post at Every Day Should Be Saturday comparing the Texas Longhorns logo to female reproductive organs, the fine folks at The M Zone have come up with other college sports logos that have more than passing resemblances to various pop cultural icons....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: Mexico
The World Cup is ominously close! So that you aren't caught offsides (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 on your favorite team, or even a team you hate, send it along to [email protected]...
Quite Frankly With Scott Van Pelt
We never quite know what to do with Scott Van Pelt. He seems like an intelligent enough guy and is smart-alecky without being overly, soul-crushingly obnoxious about it. But, man, those catchphrases. The guy is positively Berman-esque, minus the "You're with me, leather." We'll admit to cringing w...
The Closer: Fear The Awesome Hitting Might Of Mark Mulder
Notes from a day of baseball. • 1. Mulder Gets A Little Raucous During Housewarming Party. When they said that the new Busch Stadium would be a pitcher's ballpark, we didn't know they meant it this way. Cardinals starter Mark Mulder clubbed his first career home run on Monday, right over the new H...
Duke DNA Bomb Drops
The news broke early yesterday evening; There was no DNA match of any of the Duke lacrosse players with evidence collected from the accuser in the rape case. As one would expect, the lawyers for the players are claiming vindication, while the district attorney emphasized that the investigation is ...
Leftovers: Replacement Umps?
• Umpiring trouble in the minor leagues. [Toledo Blade] • We're not sure why anyone would want a press pass anyway, but MLB continues to refuse them to just about anyone who writes online. [Denver Sports Zone] • Jeffrey Meier is turning out to be quite the ballplayer. [Wesleyan Athletics] • Duke lac...
Just Another Night At The Fleet Center TD Banknorth Garden
The thoughts of various individuals in this picture:...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Marlins
Baseball is here! Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're previewing the season by going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. Beginning tomorrow we'll be previewing World Cup soccer teams, so if you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us ...
The Closer: Bronx Cheer
Notes from a day of baseball ... • 1. Well, That's Two. It was a headline in The New York Times that really bothered us: 'Yankees Rough Up Angels' Colon.' But they were refering to Bartolo Colon, of course, who got pounded by A-Rod & Co. 10-1 yesterday, and hey, the Yankees are off! After beating ...
It's Hard Out There For A Garvey
When we were kids, there were two baseball players we were instructed to pattern ourselves after, examples of how the game provided structure and organization and produced quality, upstanding gentlemen who were beacons of Good American Values to us all. One stood for hard work, hustle and dedicati...
Leftovers...
• 21 reasons for a Buffalo Bills fan to think it's just not worth it anymore. [ForwardProgress.org]...
Masters Morning Mayhem
Golf was on at 8 a.m. this morning, which was a pretty good way to ensure that I wouldn't be watching it. But I missed some compelling action, it seems....
Leftovers...
• Thin, blonde, figure-skater... you know you'd hit it. [news-press.com]...
Julius Hodge Shot
Nuggets guard Julius Hodge was driving on I-76 in north Denver when a vehicle pulled up alongside his and started unloading. Hodge was hit several times in his lower body, but the team said he's in fair condition and expected to make a full recovery....
Week In Deadspin: Hello, Horsehide
• Florida won the national championship in a tremendously boring Final Four. • Anna Benson renewed our faith in romance. • We introduced the Daily Closer as baseball spread its yearly seed all over our loins yet again. It turned out not to be the best day for Derek Lowe. • Beware of Jenn Sterger's...
Leftovers: A Joyride From The Past
• The alleged victim in the Duke lacrosse case has a brush with the law in her past, when she took a cab driver's car for a "joyride" while under the influence of alcohol. Some say it brings up questions about her credibility, but we think it has as much to do with whether or not she was raped as th...
Brett Favre Will Do Something, Someday, Maybe
We swear to God, we just got this news alert from ESPN.com about Brett Favre's "retirement" "plans."...
One Tiny Tidbit On: The Reds, The Twins, The Blue Jays and The Rangers
Baseball is here! Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we're previewing the season by going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don't Know about them. Today we close out this feature with four leftover tidbits from four different teams. On Monday we'll begin previewing the Worl...
Tiger Woods Successfully Completes High Five
As we congratulate Tiger Woods for finally figuring out the correct way to slap another man's hand with his own, we take a look at the Masters, which, for all its bluster and Carlyle Group vibe, is the one golf tournament we look forward to every year, even if it's just because it reminds us that ev...
Leftovers: Bonds (And Only Bonds) On Bonds
• Well, we probably could have seen this coming: "Bonds On Bonds" not actually improving on the ratings of whatever what on that channel before. [USA Today] • Somehow, we always knew Tom Lehman would end up involved in a drive-by shooting. [KTVU] • The Cardinals have this all figured out: Raise tick...