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Philadelphia bloggers welcome in recently acquired pitcher Joe Blanton by updating his neglected MLBlog. [The Fightins]
DVR lineup TBA
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while rescuing fake babies...• 7:00 p.m. — MLB: Royals at White Sox. If the Royals can get on some kind of winning streak, maybe they can sneak into the NL West and contend for a playoff spot. [WGN]
• 8:00 p.m. — Movie: Open Range. The thrilling story of a lawless part of frontier-land where Kevin Costner still directs movies. [A&E]
• 9:30 p.m. — NASCAR Nationwide Series: Missouri-Illinois Dodge 250, Madison, Illinois. Good advice. I dodge Illinois and Missouri whenever possible. [ESPN2]
Wine no
NFL To Charles Woodson: Only We Can Endorse Alcohol
Three new things I learned after hearing about this story: (1) NFL cornerback Charles Woodson has come out with his own wine called "Twentyfour." (2) Charles Woodson still plays football. And (3) NFL players aren't allowed to endorse alcohol. More »
British Open
The Normans Have Invaded England Yet Again
Not since 1066 has England been this shocked of a Norman ruling their empire. Greg Norman, winner of the '86 and '93 Opens, is the clubhouse leader after 54 holes with 2-over-par. He was a half-inch from finishing the 18th hole with a chip-in and another few inches from an eagle on 17. A couple more breaks and the 53-year-old newlywed might possess a four-stroke lead. More »
On this day 36 years ago, Muhammad Ali fought Al Lewis in Ireland. Yes, this is your boxing post of the day. [ESPN]
In Brief
Dale Earnhardt Takes The New Camaro Sideways With CNBC On Secret Aussie Test Track
FROM JALOPNIK.COM: While yesterday gave us our first look at the un-camouflaged new Chevy Camaro, who knew CNBC's Phil LeBeau had a scoop that'd put our blow-the-top-off coverage of Chevy's new muscle car to shame with the mullet-wearing demographic? More »
Woody Paige
Broncos Stink Like A Flower That Stinks Really Bad
Here's a game for you the next time you pick up the sports section of a newspaper. (If people still do that these days. Zing! High five!) Find their local columnist and count how many consecutive one-sentence paragraphs that lead off their article. Today, it's Woody Paige, and the count comes in at six. More »
Mexicutioner
Joakim Soria's Nickname Is Blogger Tested, Mexican Approved
It's about time the Kansas City Royals got themselves a bona fide All-Star, after branding Ken Harvey and Mark Redman as such. Joakim Soria is the Royals' scintillating closer, saving 25 of 27 games and sporting a 0.72 WHIP. With stats like that, a guy needs a legendary nickname, and he's got it now. Meet "The Mexicutioner." More »
This is how you fit nine people on a motorcycle. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
Saturday afternoon storytime
Fake Exclusive: Will Leitch Wants To Unretire From Deadspin
He holds sports blogging's most heralded records for posts, pageviews, and consecutive days blogged. He also holds the dubious record for most HTML tags left open. Will Leitch stepped down as Deadspin editor last month. But now he's making headlines as he's hinting toward returning to the sports blog that once loved him. Here is his first public interview after his announcement. More »
Major league manager
TV Or Command Line Baseball? You Make The Call
Aside from the British Open, you're probably best not watching TV unless your son/cousin/girlfriend is playing in any of the televised games. Instead, here are your marching orders: find a copy of the old DOS game Major League Manager, plug in any of your successful fantasy teams from this year, start a league that includes the 1927 New York Yankees, and play a seven game series. Then watch a bunch of "graphics" and computer blips simulate a baseball game. Oh wow, that asterisk went above that horizontal line! Home run!! Then, after each game, you can print out the box scores on dot matrix paper, then kick back with a cool, refreshing Crystal Pepsi. That in itself is a full day. More »
British Open Update: Nobody's under par, either overall or today. David Duval and Jean Van de Velde are both +10 for the round, and they're still not done scrambling around the green. The lead is a healthy +2, shared by four men including Greg Norman. 2003 Open champion Ben Curtis, at +7, made up a metric tonne of ground with a round of par, jumping from 38th to 12th. A gust of wind was last seen ticketed for speeding through a school zone, going 40 mph on a 20 mph stretch of land. [PGA.com]
Manny Ramirez
Manny Ramirez, what a free spirit! That hair, that carefree attitude. He's like the Dharma & Greg of our generation! And this is what makes him so lovable, right? Well, no. That would be fielding attempts like this. More »
Tom Emanski Is Rolling In His Grave
Manny Ramirez, what a free spirit! That hair, that carefree attitude. He's like the Dharma & Greg of our generation! And this is what makes him so lovable, right? Well, no. That would be fielding attempts like this. More »
Renaming The Sonics
But There's Already An Oklahoma Thunder
It's not much of a surprise to Oklahomans that some derivative of Thunder was going to be the newly relocated Seattle SuperSonics team name, be it Thunderbirds, Thundercats, Thunderpants, or the Fighting Dan Majerles. But it looks like they're just going to go with Thunder. The Oklahoma City Thunder. There's your newest NBA team, perhaps. After all, the NBA's registrar company snatched up the okcthunderbasketball.com domain. (Rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it?) One thing, though. There's another professional team in the state that call themselves almost the exact same damn thing. More »
new england revolution
Trouser Snakes On A Plane
Remember that scene in Airplane where everyone starts freaking out that the pilots are sick and then, pow, some topless chick runs right in front of the camera? That was the first time I ever saw an unclothed pair of boobies in cinema ... while watching it with my parents. They didn't realize that was part of the movie. This was also last week. I tell this story because it's certainly the first time that the New England Revolution soccer team have been on board with a naked man. That they know of. More »
Week In Review
Week In Review: It Was An All-Star Week For Everybody
Fun week. Enjoy the weekend. For you East Coasters, it's much too hot to go outside. Instead, grab yourself an icy cold Fribble and spend it inside with Matt Sussman as he deftly handles the Deadspin weekend duties. Hopefully, he'll be able to update us on the status of Mike Lupica. He might still be in the tunnel for all we know. More »
Red Sox pitching prospect Beau Vaughan is having a gun pulled on him by the photographer that took this photo. [Portland Sea Dogs]
