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Your AL West "Preview"
All right, last one of the day until tomorrow ... we think this is actually the easiest division to pick, which is why, obviously, we're going to have it entirely wrong....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as Grover from Sesame Street discovers a cancer cure ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, championship game, West Virginia vs. Clemson at New York. Or, the play-in game to face the Niagara in the NCAA Tournament. [ESPN] • NBA: Detroit at Chicago; Phoenix...
Do Not Judge Trump Until You've Walked A Mile In His Hair
Donald Trump's hair is back in the news, this time putting its very existence on the line in some sort of bet with not-crazy-in-the-least WWE frontman Vince McMahon. It's actually a pretty boring proposition; if McMahon's chosen wrestler wins the match, The Donald must shave his head. If Trump's goo...
Strangely, The Statue Is All Natural
See, this is why you should hold off of bronzing your players until they've been retired for a while....
Your AL Central "Preview"
Everyone says it's the toughest division in baseball, but we think it's just the mostly hotly contested: You could pretty much interchange any of those top four teams and not sounds like a fool. But those Royals ......
Baseball Season Preview: Texas Rangers
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Your AL East "Preview"
All right, whether you're ready for it or not, baseball is starting Sunday night. (The Mets will watch the Cardinals raise their World Series title flag. The Cardinals won the World Series last year.) The full slate of games kick off Monday, so we figured it was time to start previewing some divisio...
Nothing Says "Comfort Hug" Than A Room Full Of Whores
You know, sometimes we wonder if Deadspin were British (or Czech) and the major sport was — ha! — soccer, we might have even more fun around here....
Ronald, Wooden And Some Teenagers
Last night was the McDonald's All-American Game in Louisville. It attracts a colorful, surreal crowd....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while your dog eats steak and truffles ... • NBA: Houston at Los Angeles Clippers. One day the Clippers will be good, and all people will travel to appointments with personal rocket jet packs. [ESPN] • Prep basketball: McDonald's All-American Game, at Louisville. Welcome to the creepie...
Clog, The Illini Way
Our father's birthday is in August, and we were trying to figure out what we should give to him. It's difficult to shop for Dads; we're not sure there's any Cardinals merchandise left....
Baseball Season Preview: Chicago Cubs
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Operation: Keep A-Rod From Weeping
Tired of all the hatred and cynicism piled upon poor, innocent, sensitive Alex Rodriguez? Wish someone would just cut him a break already? Think the world would be a better place if we could all come together as one and band together behind the man with the purple lipstick?...
Nothing Better Than A Sports Dad
Sports dads creep us out, generally speaking, and yeah: Dads of world-class female athletes actually do creep us out more, whether that's fair or not. We have no children, but if we did, we think we would discourage them to play sports, or at least discouraging them to do so around us. We think, lik...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you find out "Galaxy Quest" has been canceled ... • College men's basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, semifinals at New York, West Virginia vs. Mississippi State; Clemson vs. Air Force. What, we can't call it the Final Four? [ESPN2] • College women's basketball...
Baseball Season Preview: Montreal Expos
One of our favorite in-person baseball memories is watching the Expos play at Olympic Stadium a few years ago. This was back when Omar Minaya was the GM, during that season when he tried to make a mid-summer wild-card run. We saw the second game Bartolo Colon pitched for the 'Spos after his trade. T...
Baseball Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Erin Andrews, Unplugged
The folks at CSTV's Hoops Odyssey, the guys who brought us that much-debated Billy Packer video, have a gift for you Erin Andrews completists out there: An interview with the beloved ESPN courttsider, complete with a conversation about her days as a Gator Dazzler. She seems nice and smart enough, wh...
As Billy Donovan Turns ...
It has been a while since a sport's biggest stage has been overwhelmed with something as tedious as a potential coaching change. The most famous example, of course, was when Bill Parcells had his one foot out the door while supposedly preparing his New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. We never fe...
One More Look At That Sheed Shot
So we know we just wrote about this in the NBA roundup, and that you've probably seen it on "SportsCenter" or somewhere else already, but, frankly, we just want to have it on our site: Here's Rasheed Wallace's batshit crazy 60-footer last night....