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Fantasy World: Baseballapalooza!

Rick Paulas

...wait, I did. Fifteen years later, many of those mid-90s "alternative" bands are back in the news. Weezer and Blink 182 have announced a summer tour. Marilyn Manson and Green Day both just released...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009

The Hard Sell

Ryan McGee

...man when his livelihood has been batted about in the headlines and speculated upon on the cable news channels for more than a year. On Monday morning, the day before the salesmen held court by...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Looks Back: A Brief Interview History

Ted Bauer, via others

...gotta say, "What are you talking about?" I admire Chris Berman for what he does. Sports and news are both hard; you have to know A LOT about A LOT. These days, so many viewers...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 03, 2009

The ultimate Ultimate Race

Luke Cyphers

...untapped-actually-not-really-that-large offshore oil reserves would have to wait. And that was great news for Peak Oil! With low, low prices, there's no profit motive, which means no reason to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 02, 2009

Behind the Bets

Chad Millman

...owners, already life's biggest winners, want to try their luck with the lottery. That was the news out of their meetings last week, where team bosses voted unanimously to allow stamping state and local...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 28, 2009

Bruce Feldman on -- the top 10 most improved college programs of '09

Bruce Feldman, as opined by Ted Bauer

...teams most likely to improve in '09. Tops on the list? ND and Michigan. That's good news. Did anyone watch that game last year? (Probably millions of people did.) It was sloppy and frustrating...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009

In This Issue: Lionel Messi

Mag.com

...bassist as the most ubiquitous Flea in the world. Yep, just a matter of time. The good news is that on the day of what is surely Lionel Messi's biggest game to this point...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 27, 2009

The Athlete Roll Continues: A-Rod and Kate Hudson?

Ted Bauer

...they will punch you square in the mouth for even mentioning the NY Post as a reputable news source, and then kick you in the ribs as you lie on the ground. Seriously. We've...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009

Twitter enters recruiting fold

Ryan Corazza

...service similar to an e-mail -- permissible for coaches to use in contacting recruits. This was big news because (1) it hadn't been acknowledged before by the NCAA and (2) because coaches got a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009

Fantasy World: Substitute Bats

Rick Paulas

...Longoria is, indeed, pretty good at hitting baseballs. But there's also plenty of not-so-good news we could glean from the first month. And yet, for whatever reason, people are going out of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2009

NBA All No-Defense Team: So, who you got?

Ted Bauer, via San Jose Mercury News

Read this. What do you think? Well, why don't you let us know? We can have quite the nice conversation about it. 'Till then, friends.

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 12, 2009

Dirk Nowitzki's "Girlfriend" Situation: The Best Read

Ted Bauer, via Dallas Morning News

...deal, don't worry -- you ain't alone. If you read this article from The Dallas Morning News, though, you'll be much smarter about it than most of your friends and co-workers. Don...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Brian Hill

...victory Wednesday night. Less than 24 hours later, the historic feat was trampled underfoot by the stunning news of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension for using a performance-enhancing drug. Like a pampered Hollywood...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 08, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...recently. He was pulled out of the press box, of all places, to be given the bad news. And while some concentrate on the setting -- a playwright with no sense of subtelty could never do...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 06, 2009

Update: Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo

Ted Bauer

This article means well, and it will take you less than two minutes to read (gawd, we hope), so we suggest checking it out. The funniest part is the u...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 05, 2009