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So Long, Wimbledon. See You Next Year!
Well, we missed possibly the greatest match ever in women's professional tennis. Damn it. Earlier today, Russia's Maria Sharapova met Ashley Harkleroad of the U.S. in Day Four Qualifying at Wimbledon, with the fourth-ranked Sharapova coming away with a 6-2, 6-2 victory (like the score mattered). M...
Grand Theft Auto: BALCO
So in the new Grand Theft Auto game, one of your "missions," according to Sam at SLAM Online, is to hunt down and kill an informer planning on giving a doping report on "our country's most famous athletes" to the FBI. The man, we're told, has more than a passing resemblance to BALCO barker Victory C...
Leftovers: Smell The Glove
• Gustavo Chacin's hairless cologne has now gone mainstream. [Fan 590] • The NBA is no longer with leather. [NBA.com] • This has nothing to do with sports, but when Axl Rose bites someone, we're going to mention it. It's who we are. [The Hater Nation] • Wintrop's coach heading to College of Charlest...
Hirshey: France Is Dead, Long Live France!
Admit it: After weeks of watching the Beckhams , Ballacks , Figos and Tonis and the rest of the preening World Cup showponies parade their smoldering good looks and luxuriant manes around the field after a match, didn't it feel good yesterday to see a couple of ancient chrome domes like Zidane and B...
Leftovers: Losing Isiah?
• Isiah Thomas has one year to turn the Knicks around. What could possibly go wrong? [New York Post] • You don't think the NBA listens? Look, they're putting up ads for referees? [NBA.com] • The Weekly Standard takes on soccer. You can probably guess what happened next. [The Weekly Standard] • Hones...
Live Blog: Spain Vs. France
A little way to keep yourself entertained during this World Cup if you happen to be the sort who has trouble retaining interest? Pretend the countries are their corresponding characters in "Mike Tyson's Punch Out." Therefore, this one is Don Flamenco vs. Glass Joe. There. Don't you feel better? Yo...
Even More Trouble For Duke Athletics
Yeah, see, it really hasn't been a good few months for Duke athletics. Jeez....
Live Blog: Brazil Vs. Ghana
If you're the type of person who's still upset about the United States losing to Ghana last week, you might be lamenting that this could have been the U.S. playing in this game. But you know what? We highly doubt you're that type of person....
Hirshey: B'Day, Mate
David Hirshey will write regularly during the World Cup....
Leftovers: The Math Of Penalty Kicks
• Inside the game theory (and randomness) of penalty kicks. [Slate] • "The Apprentice" is doing halftime shows at MLS games. Whom does this debase more: "The Apprentice," or MLS? [Reality Blurred] • NBA good guy: Andrei Kirilenko, who gives back to the community and gives one free pass a year from h...
Live Blog: Italy Vs. Australia
As we continue along the Round of 16 — these games really are quite more exciting when they loser goes home — we start off your weekday live blogging with a team representing a country that was founded by the exiled convicts of another country ... and, much worse, a team that tied the United State...
Leftovers...
• Transcripts of the messages waiting for Shandon Anderson on his answering machine. Poor Karl Malone. [Zembla] • Fun facts about each of the 16 teams in the World Cup's knockout round. Did you know that a Swedish playwright once tried to kill himself by running repeatedly into a tree? [I Dislike Yo...
Some Big Hockey Happenings This Weekend...
• The NHL entry draft went down yesterday, and it included a record 10 American players taken in the first round. This, of course, builds tremendous hope that one day the United States will have an international hockey team that will generate tremendous interest and hype, only to fall flat on their ...
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:30, Speed: Formula One Racing. Grand Prix of Canada. Winner gets a lifetime supply of Celine Dion albums and Tim Horton Donuts. 1:00, TBS: MLB. Braves @ Devil Rays. The kind of matchup for which interleague play was created. 2:30, NBC: Tennis. Wimbledon Preview. Probably your best chance today at...
Leftovers...
• A great recap of a day spent watching Togo and France at the World Cup. Man, that sounds like fun. I gotta get to one of these World Cups. [The Third Leaf] • Superagent Scott Boras has convinced someone, somewhere, that he is in fact God. [Farther Off the Wall] • An argument for the lifetime ban o...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
1:00, Fox (East Coast): MLB. Phillies @ Red Sox or Astros @ White Sox or Reds @ Indians. Find your game here. And if you're not getting the game you want, then I at least hope you're lucky enough to get the Tim McCarver broadcast. 3:00, ESPN: World Cup. Argentina vs. Mexico. I think you'll enjoy thi...
Week In Deadspin: The Many Names Of Jay Mariotti
• The Mets, on the whole, are fairly tame partiers. • Hockey ended. • Mickey Mantle, charmer. • David Hirshey was consistently awesome all week. • Was that really YWML on "TRL? Yipes ... it really was. • Michael Doleac, NBA champion. • You might have noticed this, but we did a lot of World Cup live ...
Leftovers: Til Death Do Us Root
• Get your favorite players face ... on your casket. [Eternal Image] • The French just won't leave this Lance Armstrong business alone. [Saved By The Blog] • Bill Plaschke, not exactly a soccer expert. [Fan's Attic] • Now this is a seriously pissed off junior high basketball player. [ABC News 49] • ...
Live Blog: Switzerland Vs. Korea Republic
The tightest of all the groups, Group G has three teams all with legitimate chances at making it into the next round. But these are the only two who control their proverbial destiny. The winner here automatically wins the Group and advances to play Ukraine next Monday. A draw means all kinds of ch...
Live Blog: France Vs. Togo
Ah, France. The French might have won the whole business two World Cups ago, but right now, they're looking like they could be in serious trouble. They need a win here, obviously, and then they have to either win convincingly or hope the Switzerland-Korea game doesn't end up in a draw. That's what...