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Barry In Tampa ... What Might Have Been
As we continue our plodding march toward "history," a march that has taken so long that we can't even keep up our outrage anymore, we consider what might have been....
Great Sportswriters, Reading Aloud
We know they have the Varsity Letters Sports Reading Series every month in New York City, so sometimes they struggle to get people worthwhile. (Like this idiot.) But their crew tomorrow is particularly excellent....
NFL Season Preview: Kansas City Chiefs
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
NHL Comes Crawling Back To ESPN
After being slapped repeatedly across the head and neck for a couple of years, the NHL appears to be crying uncle on the whole nobody-can-watch-their-games-on-television thing....
In The Aftermath Of The Still-Uncompleted Garnett Trade
Though it's still not "official," it's pretty much a given now that Kevin Garnett is going to be a Celtic. This is an odd matter for us to wrap our minds around; we had sort of assumed Garnett would die a Timberwolf, no matter what he wanted....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while shooing away the cat ... • MLB: Philadelphia at Chicago Cubs. We welcome our new Cub overlords. [ESPN] • MLB: Baseball Hall of Fame Induction from Cooperstown. Relive the glory of Tony Gwynn saying "passion for the game" 114 times. [ESPN2] • World Combat League: Oklahoma at Dalla...
Sports' Other Famous Dogfighter
In case you're one of the people who would love to see Michael Vick tossed into jail for a decade while he deals with his own rape stand, it might be instructive to look at the case of former Portland Trail Blazer Qyntel Woods....
NFL Season Preview: Indianapolis Colts
Believe it or not, folks, the NFL season is much closer than you can possibly imagine. So close, in fact, that, if we're going to fit in every NFL team preview by the start of the season, we have to go this early. So there you have it....
The NFL Network Tells Deion To Shush
Remember Deion Sanders' compeletely batshit bonkers "defense" of Michael Vick for dogfighting? Well, amazingly, the NFL didn't take too kindly to it....
If Vick Can't Trust His Dogfighting Buddies, Who Can He Trust?
The ball is officially rolling in the Michael Vick case: Tony Taylor, or "T" in the now-famous indictment, has plead guilty in exchange for testifying against Mr. Mexico....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while mourning the loss of Ingmar Bergman ... • Cycling: Alberto Contador wins Tour de France (pending urinalysis). • Motor sports: So Tony Stewart pretty much owns the Brickyard, eh? • MLB: That sound you hear is THE CUBS a half-game out of first!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch before you take your siblings on a train ride across India ... • MLB: Tigers at Angels. Jeremey Bonderman is Mr. Sunday Night. [ESPN] • Cycling: Tour de France's final stage. Hey, I thought this was over? [VS.] • TV: Flight of the Conchords. Bret? Present. Jemaine? Present. Skeets? Pre...
All Hail The '89 Turbo Mini-Van!
Paul Smith, 43, of Seneca, Illinois owns a 1989 Dodge Caravan with faux wood grain sides and 185,000 miles on the odometer. "So what," you say? Your ex-girlfriend's old man drove the same piece of junk. Fair. But did it house a turbocharged engine that got her up to 105 m.p.h. in 12.65? I didn't thi...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you crush the Russians in Super Spike V'Ball ... • MLB: Florida at San Fran. A Giant is on the verge of greatness! [ESPN] • Cycling: Tour de France, Stage 19. I hope someone runs over a mountain lion! [Versus] • Classic Boxing: Holyfield vs. Foreman. Hey, why doesn't my Lean Mean...
You Still Got That Little BB In Your Eye, Kornacki?
You'd think having to cover the Kansas City Royals was a pain in the ass as it is when ... BAM! A pellet-gun bullet straight to the face! Jesus, Emil! Watch where you point that thing!...
Vick Co-Defendant Set To Make Plea Agreement
One of Michael Vick's co-defendants is about to throw him to the dogs. (Zing!) A plea agreement hearing has been scheduled for Tony Taylor — no, not the Pride of Philadelphia — at 9 a.m. Monday in the federal dogfighting conspiracy case....