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Morning Headlines: Yankees 7, Phillies 4
26 days ago by
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Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then...
Pre-Gaming: Halloween Edition
29 days ago by
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Saturday is Halloween and it's college football, so they're essentially combining two great days which should make one cluster **** of excellence.This is where I could go all cliché on you and say, "Which teams have been wearing disguises all season," but that'...
It's hard work being Tim McCarver
October 29, 2009 by
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Being a catcher is hard work, man. Gotta be able to hit a nasty slider, handle a similar nasty slider and play at your best in the toughest situations.For former catcher Tim McCarver, that was the easy part. Trying to broadcast a World Series is much more difficult.Veteran Fox analyst...
The train wreck that is the Washington Redskins
October 29, 2009 by
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Very funny sign! Good work, 'Skins fans! Too bad this got you kicked out of the stadium because Dan Snyder is now controlling free speech.Still, is Snyder the one to blame? He throws money at problems and makes some costly signings, yet are you complaining about Albert Haynesworth...
Morning Headlines: World Series Game 1
October 29, 2009 by
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Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then...
5 Reasons Why the World Series sucks
October 28, 2009 by
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Game 1 of the World Series is hours away and, with the exception of 2002, we will likely be watching something else.Maybe it's the teams, the ample other sporting events going on or FOX's telecasts, but this time of year, we just sorta lose interest. It's kinda the same...
We're SPORTS blogs, people! Let's keep it that way...
October 27, 2009 by
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Lots of commentary the last week of what's been going on with blogs bringing to light various scandals and affairs that have nothing to do with sports, yet feel obligated to comment on it.Deadspin's taken lots of heat for this post and this one. Steve Phillips, recently fired...
Alex Smith is good? Young Alex Smith is good?
October 26, 2009 by
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Young Alex Smith was a nice punching bag for our jokes to land as this site launched in late 2005. He was the big-money guy who played like a guy, well, who couldn't hold onto the football very well.Humor turned into sympathy as the guy could never really latch on. Hard to feel...
Pre-gaming: College Football is entertainment, after all. Let's go already!
October 23, 2009 by
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Anyone else, we hate to say it, bored?This (albeit young) college football season is just missing something.Where's the BCS chaos?Where's the epic Heisman race?Where are the multiple top-5 matchups?We have Florida, Alabama, Texas and everyone else. And, frankly, those three...
'He's going to be suspended for doing a thing like that'
October 23, 2009 by
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Ah, Ron Artest in the Philippines. Great stuff. Turn the volume up. The commentators are fantastic!"He's going to be suspended for doing a thing like that.""Oh yes."They can't teach that stuff...
Ronnie Brown, with a hotel, is gonna cost you a pretty penny
October 22, 2009 by
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Fantastic work by The Pigskin Doctors to come up with this amazing Monopoly Board of running backs by committee.We've always been a huge fan of the yellow-green corner, though the Ravens'-Cowboys' tandem ain't gonna cut it.Can always win on the railroads, too. The New...
Morning Headlines: Phils beat Dodgers to win NLCS 4-1
October 22, 2009 by
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Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then...
Cockfighting, rain in Seattle
October 21, 2009 by
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Seasonal Affect Disorder is big in Seattle; the rain, cold and gray adds up and causes legitimate unhappiness. A man busted for a cockfighting ring has nothing to do with that.A South Seattle man accused of raising roosters for an alleged cockfighting ring has been charged.According...
The Toronto Maple Sox?
October 21, 2009 by
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The following is written by David Kamoe, a life-long sports fan whose sister is a close friend. David is an avid A's fan, wen to to high school with Drew Gooden and can't believe that Giants commentator Mike Krukow used to refer to the right-centerfield expanse at Pac Bell...
Ted Williams saves Halloween
October 20, 2009 by
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Never too early to start having Halloween parties. Damn, it'd be fun to celebrate Halloween in April. Who needs an excuse to dress up?This wonderful costume -- Ted Williams' friggin head! -- comes to us from Unathletic Mag with a bounce pass from With Leather.The whole cryogenic...
This totally sucks, but not for me for a change
October 20, 2009 by
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I seemed to have won by two yards. Yes, after LT's 100-yard night, I won by .01. That's ****** on all levels for the other guy who is an awesome dude and commenter on the site.Of course, I thought I was losing by about three yards for the last eight minutes of the game when...
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October 20, 2009 by
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I've put my finger on those Broncos uniforms: it looks like the University of Alabama football helmet, the late 80s San Diego Padres and zebras had one too many tequila shots. (And then had a threesome).Meanwhile the Broncos remain undefeated and the NFL's most successful surprise...
Morning Headlines: Phils beat Dodgers to lead NLCS 3-1
October 20, 2009 by
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Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then...
Just when you think you've got things figured out, the Raiders look like a professional football team
October 19, 2009 by
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Head in hands: Philly loses to the lowly RaidersThe thing in professional sports, we guess, that just doesn't happen in the college game are these tremendous surprises. Perhaps it's because of parity and salary caps and the fact that there are only a handful of teams in the...
A Rabbi, ejection and Madison Square Garden; somehow Isiah Thomas not involved
October 19, 2009 by
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Preseason game between the Knicks and Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Tel Aviv coach gets t'ed up twice: immediate ejection. But he was enjoying New York, his team was playing well and he just didn't want to leave. So, **** it! He didn't.The New York Knicks' 106-91 victory over...
Pre-Gaming: Fried Butter, Taylor Mays and how this year's Heisman race is as lame as the 69th Academy Awards
October 16, 2009 by
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Fried butter: the reason why 2/3 of Americans are overweight**** it. Grab some fried butter, a bacon cheeseburger on a doughnut "bun" and let's head straight to the games (and the bathroom).Games broken down on a one-to-four-bunny scale:Four bunnies means: "Do not...
Ruth. Williams. Wait a second, Barry Bonds took steroids?
October 15, 2009 by
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SI's Joe Posnanski wrote a column yesterday evaluating the best hitters to ever play the game. Pure hitter. No base-stealing. No five tool ********. Just hitting.The list is pretty much what you'd expect and will create all sorts of debate that is completely moot because you...
ENOUGH! Play the damn game already
October 15, 2009 by
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Saturday: Dodgers beat Cardinals 5-1 to sweep series.Sunday: Angels beat Red Sox 7-6 and Yankees beat Twins 4-1 to both sweepMonday: Phillies beat Rockies 5-4 to win series in four.Tuesday: Nothing happensWednesday: Nothing happensThursday: Game 1 of the NCLS; THE YANKEES AND ANGELS...
Morning Headlines: John Wooden turns 99!
October 15, 2009 by
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Most mornings, we'll lead off the day with some AM headlines -- but not your traditional ones. Rather we'll focus on one game or story and write headlines that are completely inconsequential and insignificant to the outcome of the game. We'll give a few examples and then...
0-82: How the Warriors have already ensured themselves a terrible 09-10 season
October 14, 2009 by
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It's a very good thing we don't care for the NBA (or the Warriors, really) because Golden State is becoming the Oakland Raiders of professional basketball.A timeline:-August: Stephen Jackson publicly asks to be traded.-Sept. 28: Monta Ellis says he won't share the backcourt...
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