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Derek Jeter > Daniel LaRusso?
Yesterday's Derek Jeter post got me a little nostalgic for the greatest teenage karate movie ever made, and I wasn't really sure why. Until just now....
This Week In The SSW
For years — OK, a couple of days — Slate writer Robert Weintraub has been tinkering with a concept called The SSW, short for "The Sean Salisbury Wisdom," which tracks the consensus of the football punditocracy to ensure those triumphant declarations from Friday aren't flushed down the memory hole on...
Time Traveler Beams In For Patriots-Cowboys Presser
Absolutely bizarre question-and-answer session at the end of the Patriots-Cowboys game last night: Apparently, it's not so difficult to get a press pass in Dallas....
ALCS Blogdome: Eric Gagne Is In Ur Bullpen ...
A look at what the Boston Red Sox Internets are saying following their 11-6 loss in extra innings to the Cleveland Indians in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while learning the intricacies of chess ... • MLB: Oh, there will be a Game 5; I'm absolutely sure. Indians 13, Sox 6. • College Football: Kentucky shocks No. 1 LSU; Oregon St. upsets No. 2 Cal. The anarchy! • Boxing: Holyfield's quest for a fifth heavyweight title ends ... now let's...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while finding Carmen Sandiego. Finally ... • MLB: Good LCS: Rockies 3, D-Backs 2. Bad LCS: Red Sox 10, Indians 3. • NHL: Jagr's nickname is 'The Big Smooth'? Seriously? Rangers 3, Caps 1. • NBA Preseason: LeBron hurts his shoulder; Durant shoots 5-of-22. Ugh....
A Week Of Buggin' Out
• We really enjoyed the Jambaroo this week. • Favre, man ... FAVRE. • Don't let the door hit you on the way out, Roger. • ESPN will come after you even in death. • Jacqueline Gagne, hanging out with the ESPN Conversation folks. • Stanford! Holy crap! • The bleacher peeing lady. • Baseball video game...
It's Scary Down There In Baton Rouge
Last weekend, the genius that is Orson Swindle at Every Day Should Be Saturday attended the Florida-LSU game in Baton Rouge. We've never been to an SEC football game, but, man, do we want to now. We've never heard a better description of the madness of college football Saturday in the South than thi...
The 49ers Have Many Ways To Make You Hurl
Oh 49ers, what have you gotten yourselves into now? It seems that in order for the team to acquire the land that it needs for a proposed new stadium in Santa Clara, the 49ers would have to purchase and operate the Great America Amusement Park, which is next to the site. And what's more, the team is...
Dennis Miller Explains It All ... On Versus!
So Dennis Miller has a new show, which shouldn't surprise anyone; the scraggly bearded one tends to sample the dial these days like Lasorda at a wedding buffet. But you'll be happy to note that this time he's found a classy home: Versus! Nestled between Ultimate Cage Fighting and Pheasant Hunting, g...
This Week In The SSW
For years — OK, a couple of days — Slate writer Robert Weintraub has been tinkering with a concept called The SSW, short for "The Sean Salisbury Wisdom," which tracks the consensus of the football punditocracy to ensure those triumphant declarations from Friday aren't flushed down the memory hole on...
You Should See The Portion Of The Costume That Fell Off During Mile 3
If you like marathons, and AJ Daulerio, then feast on this! It's from the Chicago Marathon, via 100 Percent Injury Rate, who got it from some site called Avant/Chicago. The funny part is that when you go there, it's all normal, bland photos of people running, until you trip over this one....
Let Isiah Thomas Manage The Phillies!
• Soccer players are manly. • Much genius happening on the ESPN Conversation boards. • Please do not make noise, fan. • Tom Brady is selective about his in-flight movies. • Good week for Isiah. • Get after it, football fans. • Somebody tag Holliday. • How to win a starting job. • Goodbye, Walt Jocke...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after putting up your National Porn Sunday decorations ... • College football: Kentucky at South Carolina. Kentucky has the talent to win this game. This is Kige Ramsey for YouTube Sports. [ESPN] • MLB: Divisional playoffs, New York Yankees at Cleveland, Game 1; Chicago Cubs at Arizona...
Don't Panic Just Yet, Cubs Fans
Because we are committed to the month of October affording us as little sleep as possible, we stayed up and watched the whole Cubs-Diamondbacks game last night, and we don't quite understand all the fuss about Lou Piniella pulling Carlos Zambrano after the sixth inning....
Real Backups Frame The Starters
Some backups on minor college football teams are crude in their attempts to earn the starting spot, resorting to stabbing the starters. Jacksonville University running back Cecil Coltrane was far more wily about it....
Tom Brady Loves To Fly And It Shows
Tom Brady's offensive line is fierce in their devotion to him, and that includes, apparently, censoring the in-flight movies on flights to away games. No sooner had the movie begun on the Patriots' flight to Cincinnati last week than a moment during the opening credits proved a bit, um, awkward for ...