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The Closer: Jose Contreras Will Rock Your World
Notes from a day in baseball:...
Hirshey: We Waited Four Years For THIS?
David Hirshey's World Cup Closer begins today. Enjoy....
Live Blog: Korea Republic Vs. Togo
As you would probably expect, it's not good when your coach leaves the team immediately before the biggest three matches of your life. Of course, it's also not good when your team is Togo, so there's that....
Picking Through The U.S. Carnage
One of the funnier bits "The Daily Show" has done of late was to run training video of late terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi set to the "American Idol" song "Bad Day," which was always played when a contestant was voted off the show. It somehow summed up so many conflicted and complicated wor...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you can't remember which beer can was shaken vigorously and which wasn't ... • College baseball: NCAA Division I super regionals, Game 3, Sites and teams TBA. Yeah, see, that's not really much help. [ESPN] • Stanley Cup finals, Game 4, Carolina at Edmonton. The Oil vs. Water series ...
Live Blog: Italy-Ghana
All right, we wrap up a rollicking day of live-blogging — a TRIPLEHEADER, as they sometimes say — with that time honored international rivalry: Italy vs. Ghana. What can we tell you about this game? Well, Roberto Benigni will most certainly not be playing....
Listen To Willie: Beware Blasting Caps, Kids!
The fine folks at Zembla have uncovered a rather hilarious old public service annoucement from Willie Mays back in the '60s, where he warns all the kids about the dangers of ... blasting caps....
Your Americanized World Cup FanFest
Reader Mike Gaydos — along with other Deadspin readers, whose reports we eagerly anticipate — is on site for us in Germany, specifically in Stuttgart, at the Stuttugart Fan Fest. Well, he was there Saturday, anyway, to watch the England-Paraguay game....
Live Blog: United States-Czech Republic
All right! GO AMERICA! The one World Cup moment the majority of Americans will actually be paying attention is upon us: The red, white and blue is going soccering!...
Live Blog: Japan-Australia
All right, if you enjoyed yourself a solid weekend of World Cup action — yeah! we sound like a Coke commercial! — but you're stuck back at work, not quite woken up yet, sad you're not at a pub somewhere ... worry not! We're here for you....
To Watch Tonight...
• NBA Finals: Miami Heat @ Dallas Mavericks. At this point, I can't even enjoy a sporting event if Tom Petty isn't involved. 9:00, ABC. • MLB: Cleveland Indians @ Chicago White Sox. Seems like the Indians always play on Sunday night. Let someone else have a chance. 8:00, MLB. • Movie: Eight Men Out....
Hey, Not Bad, Angola
Portugal got the win over Angola in the late game today, 1-0. Credit Angola for making it a close game. They played well and competed hard, but at times, you could see the looks and their faces that said, "Dammit, I wish we were as talented as these guys." Pedro Pauleta scored Portugal's lone goal a...
Robben Ignites The Dutch Oven
It was the Arjen Robben show this morning for the Netherlands, as they took down Serbia and Montenegro by a score of 1-0. He was a pain in many S&M asses this morning, controlling the ball, creating plays, and scoring the day's only goal. Serbia and Montenegro had their chances, but came up with s...
Lord Stanley Sashays Over To NBC
In case you haven't noticed (and judging by the ratings, you haven't *), the Carolina Hurricanes have opened up a 2-0 lead against the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Finals. The series moves back to Edmonton (and back to network television) this evening....
To Watch Tonight...
• NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Carolina Hurricanes @ Edmonton Oilers. "I don't get OLN" is no longer an acceptable excuse not to watch. So you'll need to come up with another one. 8:00, NBC. • NASCAR: Busch Series, Federated Auto Parts 300. And "I wanted to watch the NASCAR race" is not going to do, eith...
Another World Cup Visit...
• Argentina 2-1 Côte d'Ivoire. A fine game with a lot of chances for both teams, but Côte d'Ivoire was unable to pull it out. Drogba gave them a goal in the 82nd minute, and it was frantic for a while, but they couldn't get the equalizer. And Argentina looked sharp, getting first-half goals from Sav...
Favre, Jeter, Kobe, Barry... All Your Favorites
Harris Interactive conducts a poll every year to determine America's favorite athletes. Michael Jordan has occupied the top spot every year since 1993, but this year, Tiger Woods shoved him out of there like Bryon Russel, and Tiger took MJ's top spot. I guess the people of America really loved tha...
In This Case, We Have Quite Enough Cowbell, Thank You
I wasn't lucky enough to see the World Cup's opening ceremonies yesterday, but according to The Sun Online, I missed a hell of a show. The three-paragraph article uses the words "dingalings," "dongers," and "clangers." It's so rare that you see that in any of our newspapers, and I think that's the...
Checking In With The Copa Mundial...
• Trinidad & Tobago 0-0 Sweden. T&T goalkeeper Shaka Hislop was like a vintage Patrick Roy out there, making save after save, helping little Trinidad & Tobago earn the unlikely point against the yellow-clad Swedes. Shaka, who, according to ABC's Dave Revsine, played at Howard University and interned...