Archive for June, 2007

Two Outs, Bottom of the Ninth … Do You Go With Scarlett or Alba? (A Quasi-Sports Discussion)

Posted June 27, 2007, 7:11 pm by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

Slowest sports day of the year? It’s up there. So we’re stepping out of the sports realm for a moment and asking a silly question. A friend mentioned to us that he recently had discussed the following with someone, and a conclusion could not be reached: who has dated hotter women, Derek Jeter or Justin [...]

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Bill Simmons and Rachel Nichols Should Probably Keep a Safe Distance from This Guy

Posted June 20, 2007, 6:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (107 Comments)

At the risk of over-doing it with posts related to the four-letter today, when somebody sounds off on ESPN in a manner like that of a young fellow named Adrian Dater, well, we must bring the news to you. Dater, you see, ran into a fellow journalist at the Yankees-Rockies game Tuesday, and the two [...]

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Justin Henin is Either Not Shy About Her Herpes, or She’s a Regular Sarah Silverman

Posted June 14, 2007, 2:22 pm by Jason McIntyre (25 Comments)

This is French Open winner Justin Henin. Obviously, the photo isn’t from the tournament she won last week; the Parisian Clay isn’t purple. But don’t let the surface fool you. The real story here is a gem of a find by Can’t Stop the Bleeding: Henin either doesn’t mind talking publicly about her herpes, or [...]

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Jeff Reed, the Pittsburgh Kicker, Enjoys Alcohol, Hair Gel, and Women.

Posted June 13, 2007, 3:24 pm by Jason McIntyre (1 Comment)

What can you say? You’ve got the guy who needs to mix in a salad keepin’ it trailer and eager to shake hands with a shirtless drunk whose hairstyle reminds us of Yahoo Serious. Then there’s the boneable blonde climbing over stools, ostensibly hoping to meet an NFL kicker. Is it just us, or do [...]

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Fending Off Unruly Fresno State Fans in the Grocery Store: an Interview with Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports

Posted June 6, 2007, 6:39 pm by Jason McIntyre (20 Comments)

We usually reserve interviews for the end of the week, but there’s a special delight today: Yahoo sports NBA columnist Adrian Wojnarowski took some time out of his busy NBA Finals schedule and allowed us to badger him. He’s written a book or two and also previously wrote for big, bad, ESPN. Q: You used [...]

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We Interrupt Sports Talk for a Movie Discussion

Posted June 4, 2007, 6:26 pm by Jason McIntyre (2 Comments)

We had an incredible debate a couple weeks ago about the greatest movie trilogies of all-time. It was one of our most-commented on posts this year. So this summer, in collaboration with the movie onslaught in the theaters, and because we’re now Netflix members, we figured that at least once a week, we’d try to [...]

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