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Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Washington Wizards
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Leftovers: Uribe Speaks!
• Juan Uribe explains what happened with the whole Jeep business. [Foul Balls] • Sebastian Telfair, poor police witness. [ESPN] • A new way to increase the effectiveness of hockey goalies. [Puck Update] • Where ESPN Mobile went wrong, and how others will do it right. [Money] • Man, we'd love to just...
Today In Broadcasting History
So what now for Lamar Thomas? It's ironic that the only real loser in the big UofM-FIU battle on Saturday was the guy sitting in the announcer's booth — albeit a guy who wanted to get down there and mix it up, or so he said. Thomas, as you know, was cast adrift by Comcast Southeast Sports on Monda...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Charlotte Bobcats
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
You Don't Like Your Team As Much As Browns Fans Do
This is old, but we hadn't seen it: Some magazine or something ranked all 32 NFL teams on their fan loyalty. We like little lists like this, but we're kind of Tourettic....
A Man Like This Has No Business On A "Practice Squad"
Guess who's back everybody!...
Our Favorite Stoned Burnout
The first game we ever saw at the new Busch Stadium was also the first game Jeff Weaver pitched as a Cardinal ... and it was rather unpleasant for the both of us. (Our experience would, in fact, get worse.) We couldn't imagine Weaver lasting longer than a couple of weeks; the best compliments we cou...
Leftovers: Yeah, We'd Drink What He Recommended
• Ben Johnson endorsing an energy drink. Seriously. [BrandChannel] • So what's the problem with the NHL, anyway? [The Bleacher Report] • Goodbye, Jim Fassel. [ESPN] • This T-shirt is just being mean. [We Are True] • Now this is a car we'd feel comfortable driving around. [Jalopnik] • Five choke jobs...
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Miami Heat
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Also, We're Pretty Sure That's A Facemask Penalty
Welcome to Brawlgate, Day 4, as fallout continues from Saturday's melee between the Hurricanes and Golden Panthers. The Atlantic Coast and Sun Belt Conferences handed out 31 one-game suspensions late Sunday — 18 for Florida International, 13 for Miami — but, as they say, a new wind was about to blow...
Leftovers: Lou Piniella Heads To Wrigley, Ken Macha Heads Home
• Please, don't mention anything about his ability to speak two languages. [Chicago Tribune] • Oh, and see ya, Muppet Macha. [San Francisco Chronicle] • After a nasty server outage at the worst possible time, Baseball Prospectus is back online. [Baseball Prospectus] • Duke's Greg Paulus hurts his fo...
Look, It's That Guy Who Invented The Wave! Let's Get Him!
So The Wave turned 25 years old on Sunday, and get this: Someone is actually taking credit for it. We've talked about this before, but George Henderson, aka Krazy George, lays claim to inventing the crowd participation novelty at an Athletics-Yankees playoff game in 1981, when he was Oakland's desig...
Trying To Make Sense Of Anything Involving Steve Lyons
MJD covered this over the weekend, but we really feel like we had to weigh in: We have absolutely no idea what was racist about what Steve Lyons was fired for saying during Friday's A's-Tigers broadcast....
Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Orlando Magic
It's hard to believe, but the NBA season is just around the corner. So come with us now as we present five tiny tidbits on each team, just to get you in the mood. Today we continue with the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....
Hirshey: Don't Blame It On The Meds
Let's not beat around the bush: ARSENAL WILL WIN THE PREMIERSHIP. That is not a statement I imagined I would be making as recently as a month ago, and one that has absolutely nothing to do with the fistful of painkillers I'm required to take every day since tearing the miniscus in my left knee att...
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LeftoverDome...
• You know what the Mets should have done when Jeff Suppan winked at the pitcher (he claims he didn't)? Put a fastball in his ear. [Metsquire] • I love the animated BCS races. [Rocky Top Talk] • Good news, Pacers fans... the weed did not belong to Jermaine O'Neal. [Cornrows] • Even if it wasn't Heat...
He Definitely Won't Have To Sit Next To Lou Piniella Anymore
Fox baseball analyst Steve Lyons was fired last night, and with an assist from Richard Sandomir in the New York Times, here's what got him axed:...
Kirk Herbstreit Hates Your Funky Dance Moves
I promised you more Kirk Herbstreit vitriol, and here it is. During Thursday night's Virginia Tech/Boston College game, Herbie delights in verbally lighting up Virginia Tech linebacker Brenden Hill....
LeftoverDome...
• The DIII artists formerly known as the McMurry Indians lost an appeal to the NCAA to keep their nickname, and will be going without a mascot or nickname all together. Cool, so it's like European soccer. [D3 Football Daily Dose] • What to do in Green Bay when there's no football game. Somehow, they...