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Nomar out (quad tear)

I need a drink...

Game cancelled good night folks

First pitch will be at 10 supposedly, but the second system that's 90 miles out is still on an unknown trajectory

I have been waiting for this day since Lima's last stand in '04. While I know what the Dodgers are up against and know that they are seen as the underdog, I think that they may pull it off but it will go at least 4. Think Blue Post #1,000 (No Beef Roids Used)

I had no idea such a thing even existed. What an eeeevil Republican? You'd think we're all evil by the way we're represented.

I must admit.........I will be tempted. Holy shit...hash browns and a McRib there's a winning combo right there.

The front of the shirt isn't bad, but the back has got to be the stupidest thing since the Brokeback APA shirt. I'd like to see an evolution of the WWE Championship shirt with all the title medals on it.

Big article in the LA Times today about the show and Scientology Nip/Tuck warms up to Scientology

I want the McRib as a permanent menu item

It's all but been officially announced by Dana but UFC 65 will be in Sacramento with Sylvia v. Monson

1) Who will win the MVP? Kobe if he pulls off the Wilt against the Raptors 2) Who will win the ROTY? LaMarcus Alridge 3) Which team will be most improved in 2005-06? Houston Rockets 4) What player(s) is most likely have a breakout season? Francisco Garcia 5) What team had the best offseason? Tie between Houston and Chicago 6) What team had the worst offseason? Detroit 7) What one move will make the biggest impact? Ben Wallace to Detroit 8) What was the most surprising move of the offseason? Bonzi Wells having shitty representation 9) What was the most underrated move of the offseason? The re-up of D-Wade 10) What was the single worst move of the offseason? See #8 11) What team(s) will move into the playoff picture? New Orleans 12) What team(s) will fall out of the playoff picture? Minnesota and the Lakers 13) Who is the best player in the league at each position? SF- Ron Artest PF- Elton Brand SG- Dwayne Wade PG- Chauncey Billups C- Amare Stoudemire 14) Will Isiah Thomas still be with the Knicks after this season? He'll be gone by mid January 15) Will Kevin Garnett still be with the Wolves after this season? He'll be elsewhere in the west 16) Will Allen Iverson still be with the Sixers after this season? Probably not 17) Division winners: Chicago, New Jersey, Miami, Houston, Phoenix, Denver 18) Eastern Conference Finals: Chicago over New Jersey 19) Western Conference Finals: Sacramento over Phoenix 20) NBA Finals: Sacramento over Chicago 21) Make one bold prediction. The Bond Measures will fail and during the All Star Break Joe and Gavin will announce the move of Sacramento to Anaheim or Vegas

As an eeeevil Republican, I enjoy the show I find the cast likeable and premise great it takes what I enjoyed about SportsNight and tosses it into the dramatic arena. Also, it helps that my field of study is Entertainment Studies, which explains a lot of my attraction to the show.

No bizarre level is random nonsensical storylines...wait nevermind It will be the American Males

Spike Lee in the booth, Kanye West moment 2006 possibly EDIT: I stand corrected

ESPN: The network that can't go one night without sucking off the Manning family

Tie between NBC and CBS 3. Fox 4. ESPN I was leery about the jump to NBC but they in the most part pulled it off. Madden, yes we can all agree is on the twilight of his announcing career, luckily they got Michaels to reign him in (though it hurt Disney's NBA coverage, but as a Disney fan the fucking deal was quite cool for what they got in trade). We all agree that the Bus stuff needs to stop, but it will at least be about two years or so because Bettis is coming off the SB and being freshly retired. Am I the only one who doesn't like the sideline reporter, it makes me feel like I'm watching Andrea Mitchell report about Corey Dillon's injury instead of something going on at the White House. I want Melissa Stark back, even though she reminds me of Maria, or hell someone more competent. Pink's song has to go, it doesn't have what Hank Williams' song had. His song, while stale now, made you know it was time for the marquee game of the week. This song is a rip off of a classic Joan Jett song done by a pop artist whose star hasn't been brightly shining since 2002 in addition she doesn't have that football feel. Her music would work better at an X-Games rip off. The pregame show, while great needs an epic open that reflects the title of the show: "Football Night in America" with shots of different locales in the US with an epic John Williams piece almost reminiscent of the '84 Reagan "Morning in America" ads. More John Williams....Memo to NBC-Universal: Release a cd, call it John Williams and the Peacock with the SNF music and the Mission, the olympics, etc. It will sell. One last thing on NBC, I have never been to New York so maybe I am uneducated but instead of the Horse Trailer that Madden and Michaels had on ABC we have a lucite block with the player of the game's picture on it displayed on the roof of 30 Rockefeller Center, which I'm guessing most people don't get to see, except on tv and the crew who put the picture on. CBS is simple and status quo, still not as it was during the heyday in the 80's-93 with Musberger, Bradshaw, Madden and Summerall, but still good. Big coup on getting James Brown who I think is the best pregame moderator right now. The selection of games are lacking at least in my market, but what can you do? Their announce crews are a bit dry, but they get the job done. Fox, Bradshaw seems to be carrying the entire show, Buck should stick to baseball (even then he is nowhere near Vin Scully who is one of the benchmarks of sports broadcasting), Fox seems to update their graphics package every year or so now almost to the point that it we're gonna have playbook selection screens during the huddles by 2010. The dancing robots are quite out of place, give me the wireframe of the NFL Today 1984 instead. Still some of the best music in sports, but way overplayed. ESPN, god help them all. Theismann is fucking awful since the dawn of time, Korheiser just seems bored, Trico is trying to play the straightman to two other boring personalities. Makes me long for the days of Dennis Miller. I would rather Disney write a big check to send Cody and the kids to whatever Div-IA school they wish, send Kathie-Lee a big muffin basket and bring back Frank Gifford. Roone Arledge must be spinning in his grave upon seeing what has happened to his creation. NFL Network I'm not hopeful for either if it's the lesser Gumbel and Collinsworth calling the game. It would be like watching Inside the NFL lite. Less filling but just as boring. Also to Fox and CBS, is it possible to give us double headers instead of one game and then like golf or a movie of the week. Off topic, but god I miss the NBA on NBC

Bring on the flurry of Steph's baby daddy innuendoes and a reunification of Hunter and Steph as an onscreen couple. It's like fall of 99 all over again.

The second one isn't bad as long as it doesn't have the stupid WWE logo plastered on it, it looks like something you'd find at like PacSun or something (not my cup of tea but for some it isn't bad) The first one looks like a retarded kindergartner took pieces of multicolored radioactive shit and smeared it on a wall.

Solid premiere, but the line Bree says about not engaging in oral sex because of her political persuasion made me chuckle even though some of us do engage in it and enjoy it. Though Lynette owned tonight.

Despite everything Vince has done he does have a big heart for forgiveness. I can't see him burying Kurt Angle's legacy (short as it is) or never bringing him back. If anything if Kurt wants back I think it will be a case of the grass really isn't greener. No he'll bring him in to bury him on national television.

That just further shows that Sony will just about rip off anything. Problem with that statement is that Sony distributes the Spidey films.

I think that this is the make or break season

I saw it once in like 1992 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada...Needless to say I didn't try it I got the Michael Jordan Happy Instead

There are rumblings on our sports talk station that UFC 65 in November may be eminating from Arco Arena in Sacramento with a two title double ME.