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Week In Deadspin: Let's Hug It Out ... Well, Perhaps A Hug Isn't The Best Idea
• It turned out not to be the best of weeks for Harold Reynolds. • Hee hee. Jockeys running. Hee hee. • Floyd Landis has had a busy seven-day stretch. • We're dangerously close, folks, to "You're With Me, Leather" night at the ole ballpark. • AJ Hawk and his contractually convenient morals. • It's...
Leftovers: Don't Mess With Carlos
• Carlos Lee goes the Chuck Norris route, now a Texas Ranger. [ESPN] • That strip club slap trial in Toronto is still going on. Today, Sam Cassell! [True Hoop] • Fun with foul balls. [Boston.com] • Bid on your Mike Cooper shirts here. [eBay]...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who Will Be The Next Broadcaster Hit With Sexual Harassment?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him and let him know what you think of him....
Oh, So This Is Where Floyd Landis Has Been
Note on the photo at right: Moments after it was taken, two bears on unicycles were seen riding the trail in the opposite direction, one of them wearing a purple jacket. But anyway, that's not why we showed you this. The 13th Unicycle World Championships are being held right now and run through Aug....
Unhappy To Be Stuck With You
We've all known that our main man Chris Berman — who was such a joy to watch broadcasting the Cardinals-Cubs game last night! — has had a lifelong pants party with Huey Lewis And The News. (We think they show the footage of him on stage with the band at least twice a year.) But we had no idea just h...
Leftovers: Yeah, This Might Hurt The Reputation A Bit
• You know, this whole thing can't help his Christian speaking career. [All American Speakers] • If you can't win in Philadelphia, it's wise to change your name. [Attytood] • The University of Cincinnati LOVES THE LADIES. [CSTV] • We love it when Cardinals fans take over other stadiums. [Denver Post...
Michael Irvin Arrested!
You know, it's a sad day when ESPN analyst Michael Irvin is arrested for something, and nobody even notices or cares....
Leftovers: Jefferson's A Gamer
• Richard Jefferson's secret training technique: Halo 2. Really. [Life On A Bench] • There's nothing Elvis Stojko can't do. [The Star] • The John Sterling drinking game! [Sox Fan In Hell] • An excellent blog interview with Buster Olney. [MetsBlog] • Tony LaRussa's dog dies. We guarantee you our mom ...
Leftovers: Saying So Long To Letterman
• Danica Patrick now set to not win races for a different team all together. [Indianapolis Star] • Adam Morrison will not be crying at the World Championships. [Fox Sports] • Yankees fans find something to complain about: The announcer. (With good reason.) [So, Do You Like ... Stuff?] • Troubled Tex...
Leftovers: Ty Law? TY LAW
• Ty Law, heading to Kansas City. [New York Times] • Not his fault, but we still blame Bill Simmons for this. [Detroit Free Press] • Some solid Brett Myers signage. [The 700 Level] • The true importance of the signing bonus. [I Want To Be A Sports Agent] • Wait ... everything is quiet in Eagles' cam...
Where's The Love For Jered Weaver?
The headline on SI.com this morning reads, Weaver-Mania hits LA. As well it should: Jered Weaver won his seventh straight start on Sunday for the Angels ... that's seven career starts, and seven wins. Not since Fernando Valenzuela started 8-0 as a rookie for the Dodgers in 1981 has something like ...
LeftoverDome...
• Yahoo! Sports evidently has a hit out on Tiger Woods' wife. [Yahoo! Sports] via [NBX Sports] • A five-step program to make yourself an MLS fan. Admirable. Bit of a pipe dream, maybe... but admirable. [SoccerNista] • Why the paucity of Jews in sports? Rivalfish investigates. [Rivalfish] • Bill Beli...
Today In The Premiership...
• Ruud Van Nistelrooy liked Germany so much that he wants to go back. Ruud wants his next season to be with Bayern Munich of the German Budesliga. Real Madrid had previously made a bid to acquire Van Niistelrooy, but it was rejected by Manchester United. I'm not ruling out the possibility that the...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
8:00, ABC. Golf. British Open, Final Round. You can still catch a few holes of Tiger breaking out whoopin' stick if you hurry. 1:30, ESPN. IndyCar. ABC Supply Co./AJ Foyt 225. Well, if nothing else, President Bush approves. You're doin' a heckuva job, Indy. 2:00, TNT. NASCAR. Nextel Cup, Pennsylva...
Vlade Looks To Avoid Contact
A link in a previous Blogdome went to this post at To the People about Vlade Divac's noble interest in purchasing a heretofore government-controlled newspaper in Belgrade. That is not going to be happening now. Why? Well, mainly because Vlade Divac doesn't want to be killed. Vlade made this sorta ...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
9:00 am, ABC. Golf. British Open, Third Round. The Open continues until 2:30 or so, and we're getting a bit of an early start today to accommodate it and the Tour de France. 1:00, FOX (East). MLB. Cubs @ Nationals, Astros @ Mets, A's @ Tigers. The winners of the Tim McCarver sweepstakes this week?...
Week In Review: Goatriders, Tornadoes And Carl Monday's Goodbye
• The brilliant (and somehow underrated) final chapter in the Carl Monday-Mike Cooper odyssey. • Jimmy Johnson ... TOPLESS! • Keep your wives away from Bill Belichick! • Curt Schilling, man of the online people! • You can absolutely not go wrong with a Bob Knight instructional video outtake. • No ...
Leftovers: The Rainman Reigns
• Shawn Kemp arrested for marijuana possession. You think you know a guy. [Houston 2 News] • Big glitch in PSP version of NCAA Football 2007. [PSP Fanboy] • Shea Hillenbrand would like to tell you something. [The Phat Phree] • Mark Schlereth, philosophizer. [Kissing Suzy Kolber]...
Leftovers: Getting To The Bottom Of Tillman
• So here's the best thing the ESPN E Ticket has ever done. [ESPN] • Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo, still fighting. [Boston Herald] • The only possible explanation we have seen so far that makes sense as to why Barbaro is so "popular." [The Mighty MJD] • Aw, an NFC West preview. We can never get enough...
Who Loves Ya, Baby?
We find it hysterical that we live in a day and age that it's legitimately shocking news when a two-time NBA MVP shaves his head. We're not quite sure what Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash was thinking when he decided to shear all his locks, but we're imagining it involved either Molson or an e...