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Leftovers: Temper Tantrum Edition
· When Baseball Players Attack: Oliver Perez, Pittsburgh Pirates; Kenny Rogers, Texas Rangers. [ESPN.com] · Law & Order: Beverage Victims Unit. Man pleads not guilty to dousing Giambi. [San Francisco Chronicle] · Flyers' Roenick rips fans of hypothetical pro hockey league. [TSN]...
Left On Base: Wait ... Where's Larry Brown?
· Cavs Catch Ferry: Cleveland has a new GM. [Cleveland Plain-Dealer] · Valentine to Baseball: World Tourney is "insulting." [Associate Press] · Have Gun, Will Travel: Clippers' Wilcox arrested. [USA Today]...
Left On Base: Sorenstam Hanging Around Like A Demented Barnacle
· U.S. Women's Open: Sorenstam surges to, well, ninth. [The Golf Blog] · Larry Brown plans hospital stay, and we're not feeling too well ourselves. [MSNBC] · Somehow a red card just doesn't seem sufficient: Soccer star robbed during interview. [SI.com] · A monster hangover, plus this: Dolphins wave ...
This Week In Weird Foreign Sports
We tend to find European sports terminology hilarious, mainly because it points to how equally absurd American sports terminology is. We all might know what "a blooper to shallow left" means, but to anyone not intimately familiar with baseball terminology, that's just nonsensical babbling. So here...
Ron Mexico Lives!
The upcoming videogame "Blitz: The League" — a role-playing football game that takes you on and off the field, from the writers of ESPN's allegedly controversial "Playmakers" — has made headlines for signing up Giants Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor and showcasing rampant drug use and violence in t...
Left On Base: Burning Dolphin Rubber
· Corvette Summer: Dolphins' Quintin Williams arrested for drag racing. [Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel] · Sorenstam lures opponents into false sense of security at U.S. Open. [The Golf Blog] · What Game 7? Suns, Knicks talk Richardson-Thomas trade. [Sportsaholic] · Transsexual to play in women's socce...
Would You Call This A Throw Pillow?
We've never been to Japan, but we have heard many stories, most notably about all the varied ways a blond girl from the United States could make some really easy and strange money simply by hanging around with uptight Japanese businessmen half her height. We always chalked these up to urban legen...
Left On Base: Rose's Sad Gallop Continues
Rose will go to Cooperstown. Don't get excited: he's just signing autographs. [MSNBC] Larry Brown may be talking to Knicks. Yeah, that's just the move to improve your health. [Akron Beacon-Journal] Dodgers: "Screw it, let's just disband." Gagne to have season-ending surgery. [BrownBullfrogBaseball] ...
Leftovers: WHELP In Cincinnati
Reds fire Dave Miley. Yeah, that'll turn the tide. [Catbird In Nosebleed Seats] Former champ Henin-Hardin upset at Wimbledon. Sad, really. [ Blackhawks fire Brian Sutter for dismal 0-0 record this season. [SportsNetwork] Strauss' second hundred leads England to record one-day score in day-nighter. [...
China And David Stern: A Perfect Match
Street and Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports that the NBA is considering merging with the Chinese Basketball Association. They haven't released any possible terms for the league, but we have a few guesses:...
Leftovers: A Little Bit Of Irish Nipple
Body-part inventory complete: McBride says Tyson "bit my nipple." [Boston Herald] Davenport, Federer wrap up early at Wimbledon, head home to watch some telly. [ESPN] Florida A&M puts self on on double secret probation. [St. Petersberg Times] Calhoun thrown off UConn gravy train, sustains minor inju...
Bobby Abreu's Otherworldly Restraint
All right, now, we pay pretty close attention to this sports business. (We do it for a living, after all.) But we'll fess up: We had heard nothing about this Bobby Abreu story from last month. Maybe it's because we don't watch Spanish language TV. But still....
Leftovers: Bye Bye Spielman
Dolphins GM quits. Sadly, there's no sex tape involved in this one. [Miami Herald] Roger Clemens continues tour of every Major League ballpark. [The Dugout] Bow climbs to top of standings. Chances are she didn't see Warren Sapp up there. [San Francisco Chronicle] Puerta makes French Open finals, sti...
Leftovers: Childhood Pals Mikan and Almonte Watch Paths Diverge
· You're only as old as you feel: Danny Almonte begins summer baseball season. [Miami Herald] · George Mikan, 80, RIP. NBA's first center of attention has left the building. [NYT]—RC · Ricky, Dolphins a mere $3 million apart. Can world peace be far behind? [Miami Herald] · Colin Montgomerie denies c...
Leftovers: Burn Those Yellow Ribbons
Lance Armstrong under investigation, but it's not what you think. Um, you were thinking steroids, right? [Cycling News] Will the horse have to appear in court? Man sues to name racehorse after slave. [San Jose Mercury News] Comeback Player of the Afternoon: Juan Gonzalez. Hey, he lasted three pitche...
Leftovers: Beckham To MLS?
Does Beckham know that, over here, "football" has a completely different meaning? [SoccerNet] Packers off by one, mistakenly retire jersey of backup defensive lineman R-Kal Truluck. [SportsNetwork] Davenport told to pack up her crap and get out of France. [Tennis-X] Ask your doctor if Metamucil is r...
Leftovers: Soccer Hooligans On The Street
Liverpool soccer fans celebrate championship by drinking, dancing in streets. Or, as they otherwise call it — Friday. [A href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/story.jsp?story=641788">Belfast Telegraph] Hey Kellen Winslow, you know that $3 million we gave you? We need it back. [The D...
Leftovers: NFL Lowers Horsepower
NFL bans horse-collar tackle, in the most dramatic rule change in league since the actual ban of horses. [Football Outsiders] Roddick ousted from Open as the last American left in France is kicked out. [Tennis-x.com] Rickey Henderson, 46, makes his Surf Dawg debut. Long Beach Armada to counter with ...
The Ron Mexico Name Generator
Our friends at Gorilla Mask have come up with a lovely device: The Ron Mexico Name Generator. It's easy: Just type your name in, select your gender and whammo, you can go incognito just like our man Vick. (Strangely, there's no form for "sexual history.")...
Leftovers: Oh, Put a Cork in it, Sammy.
Sammy Sosa swings at critics who say he dodged White Sox. Makes case by using frantic hand gestures. [Chicago Sun-Times] Your French Open update: Davenport, Venus survive. Now, take a breath and go on with your day. [Tennis-X.com] Mall magnate vows to keep team in Minnesota after Vikings sale approv...