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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]....

Whatever It Takes, Tiger Fans. Whatever It Takes
It's World Series week in Detroit, and you know what that means: Fans doing anything they can in a mad, desperate dash for tickets. (If the Cardinals somehow sneak in, you know we're whoring ourselves out. Though we're still not going anywhere near a press box.) Our first entry is an eBay auction of...

Come Watch Mike Tyson Fight A Kangaroo
So, it's come to this. You thought Mike Tyson had hit bottom? You know nothing of the bottom, my friend. You can't handle the bottom! As part of Mike Tyson's World Tour which launches on Friday, the 40-year-old announced that some of his opponents may be women....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you lounge on the Beanbag Chair of Highly Questionable Taste ... • MLB: National League Championship Series, Game 5, New York Mets at St. Louis. Oh no, Lou Piniella's in the booth! No one's job is safe! Run! (Note: This game is unlikely to be played. Freaking rain.) [Fox] • NFL: Chi...

The Tigers Are Making The World A Better Place
OK, now that we have the floor, we, like pretty much everybody not from the Bay Area, were ecstatic to see the Detroit Tigers clinch their first World Series trip since 1984 over the weekend, in pretty much the most exciting way possible: A walk-off shot at home. We love the above Getty Images photo...

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...

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]....

Juan Uribe Is Sensitive About His Jeep
Taking a page from the Ugueth Urbina playbook, it appears White Sox shortstop Jose Uribe and his brother Elipido got themselves in a little bit of trouble this weekend. The kind of trouble that features people shooting each other....

Playoff Blogdome: NLCS, Game 4, Mets At Cardinals
Canvassing the blogs after New York's 12-5 win over St. Louis in Game 4 of the NLCS:...

This Morning, It Seems Like Everyone Is Named Carlos
As usual when we watch a playoff baseball game involving our beloved Cardinals, we spent the first four innings of last night's Mets-Cardinals NLCS Game 4 pacing around the room, muttering to ourselves, randomly spitting out expletives and all together looking like anything but someone engaging in a...

It Was Never Going To Be That Easy
If you'll forgive yet another reference ... that really escalated. We mean, that got out of hand fast....

To Watch Tonight...
• NFL: Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos. Oakland Raiders? Well hello, ratings bonanza. 8:15, NBC. • MLS Soccer. Real Salt Lake @ Club Deportivo Chivas USA. I know you probably aren't a huge soccer fan, but I mean... it's the Raiders. 7:00, Fox Soccer. • College Football: Boise State @ New Mexico Sta...

Tigers Reach The Promised Land, Jeff Suppan Dominates Everything
We'll get to the Cardinals in a second, but first, here's Jalopnik's Ray Wert on the Tigers win against Oakland last night:...

To Watch Tonight...
• College Football: Florida @ Auburn. Many Gator fans will enjoy the coverage on ESPN Classic, which will have, at all times, a camera focused directly on Tim Tebow's balls. 7:45, ESPN Goddamn Everything. • Major League Baseball: Mets @ Cardinals. Let's see how long Fox can make this one last. 7:30,...

Today In The Premiership...
• Aston Villa 1-1 Tottenham. The day could've been so much worse for Juan Pablo Angel. Instead of missing the net on a penalty kick, three minutes later heading one into his goal, losing the game, and ending up in the trunk of a hooligan's car with his head wrapped in duct tape and his shoes on fi...

Perhaps This Could Have Waited
I realize that we probably shouldn't expect a lot of dignity from the New York Post, but... well, this is a bit much. The above cartoon ran in the New York Post yesterday, and while I haven't seen a ton of outrage about it, the person who sent in the tip says that several radio guys were freaking ...

One Series Almost Over, One Just Getting Started
For a while last night, it seemed like there was a pretty good chance that the Tigers/A's series would actually be over before the Mets/Cardinals game. The Cardinals posted a manly three-run ninth inning to finally win a 3-hour and 58-minute game that did not go into extra innings....

Week In Deadspin: What The Fungus??!!
• Jeez, lady, just hush already. • It was very sunny in Philadelphia last Sunday. • A tragedy in New York. • Soccer's Buckner. • Maybe the Vikings will spend their off week on a band bus. • Albert Pujols, enjoying the hometown product in a visually disturbing way. • So this is why Brett Favre won'...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch after observing Jim Rockford run afoul of the local authorites once again ... • College football: Pittsburgh at Central Florida. We're not familiar with either of these teams this season ... but ESPN would never schedule it if they weren't good. Right? [ESPN] • MLB: American League Cha...

Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Atlanta Hawks
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 begin the Southeast Division, so do us a favor and send your tips to [email protected]....